Dean Barnett

Why not have 1 opening if you can have 3 seperate ones!

I was specifically referring to the cost All those Vekomas are just trying to replicate RMC's

I've been probably 5 times and this is the first I'm hearing of a water effect on Superman 😕 This is (again a common theme for our parks) stupid.. and I was surprised when I actually saw someone share a ORP to have it not cropped at all.. including empty seats etc. Why are you paying for people to be there if they can't the photo? I'd I've had six flags crop a photo even when I didn't have show any indication that I was interested in buying the said photo. It's also a weird privacy thing when you're making money off selling photos of random people. Scooby in the dark was 100% a better ride... like if you're not even going to bother to mask up a TV hanging on a wall.. why bother at all?

Untamed at Walibi Holland is 120cm, and more realistic for something that scale to be at MW

Luckily there’s a whole bunch of footers spare now! No reason why height limits need to change country to country - the trains are designed to be safe for a specific height for riders globally. I’m also for unaccompanied riders to be based on age not height too. The only reason is to keep some sanity during ride stops / Evacs.

F.L.Y. would be mega cool but it’s way more expensive. Zadra (a massive ground up RMC) cost $10m euro - cheaper than rivals - and again shorter kids can go on them - and they have elements we don’t have (zero g rolls/stalls maybe even a jojo roll)

As much as I'd love a raptor - they're definitely not a capacity sucker like a huge B&M.. and LPS have a very similar product. Boomerangs seem like a really dumb way to attempt to suck capacity - you can only have one train and its unload/load time to ride ratio sucks. I'd rather 1 Mack Spinning Coaster (since the gold coast are obsessed with spinning rides right now). Something like Sierra Sidewinder with a 105cm height limit. Good for kids and adults, a unique ride every time and you can have 2 trains! and nest that inside a RMC. There's no way it could be louder than the SLC. And look! Here's another one that's small - and 10ft less height wise.

OK chill just an idea. It's a custom design so they can just make something fit. RMC's can spend most of their time close to the ground after the lift hill

They should do a ground up RMC - something like Untamed. It would fit in its spot High capacity if they run it right (900RPH) lower height limit (120cm) and something that's missing in the GC coaster lineup (huge airtime moments). 36 meters is a nice in-between drop height too.

It's open every day. I did it in November .. the only downside is it gets pretty cold (was 5-7 degrees C for my visit) which also means the coasters run pretty slow

This exists

That's completely different - the ops would need to balance the ride anyway - nothing changes here. VR only adds time after the ride is secured. Considering the actual ride time is tiny.. it won't really ruins peoples days - unlike running rivals in the school holidays with one train. It isn't worse than any of the station decor that they pump out now. I've seen it work - in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. It works. If a group gets to the front with not enough places left to accommodate the group - they just wait or actually call for smaller groups to come forward. It's brilliant to see in action. Wait until you guys find out how The Oath of KÄRNAN does it's row allocation!

It’s two separate statements. DW shouldn’t be spending money on vanity projects. Honestly how is a lit sign gonna bring in / back more customers ? The irony of the sign being lit and the park being closed 99% of the time of darkness is not lost on me. Secondly - the turnstiles work. The parks I’ve seen them in have guests who don’t understand the main language of the park, understand it. I mean what about this won’t people understand? It’s pretty obvious. I think your statement about guests not understanding them really discredits the guests ability. VR and covid have no link - still not a single proven case of a covid case that was transmitted by touch - so no worries there. It’s a new guest experience - that could change - and it will be the worlds tallest (just) Heck I rather them just add a soundtrack and speakers to the lift gondola.

Yes and it would. This ride actually uses turnstiles too - as soon as the doors to the ride close, the next ride is automatically grouped… by the turnstile (it’s free to run) then it just repeats. The grouper turns into a VR dispenser.

Ok so today I went on the exact same ride model. It was running one train today (the wait was around 20 mins). Here's how it works. The turnstile lets through the exact number of people that fit on the train. Once you're through you put your bags on this thing (load is on the right, unload on the left) That thing cycles with the ride. You then self group. Same ride model. 3 workers (Op, 2 on the platform). Sub 3 minute dispatches (timed when the train reached the unload platform). My point is there's so many ways to make superman better - one free way would be just to have a little basket that the op walks down the train with once its secure for phones and small items.. then just puts the tray in the unload station. At least then people can have their phones... but they refuse to. These guys also double launched it later on in the day when there wasn't a full train load waiting on the platform. Somewhat related - here's a flat ride with self loading.

Make it half price for AP holders... it will look like a bargain and a great offering.. when in reality the same would be available for everyone a few years ago.

And I'm guessing no discount for annual passes? What a rip. if it was $5-10 it would probably get way more riders. It's now 30% of the day ticket price. smh.

This is plain stupid. Easiest way to fix this is the way Kolmården run Wildfire. Yes, a zoo runs roller coasters better than a full fledged theme park.. insane. Once the airgates close they set the turnstile to let 22 people through (the train seats 24). If people want to wait for the front row - thats great. If the 22nd person that gets let through is a part of a larger group - no worries! They just wait for the next train. Simples. The better option would be to have a screen to show how many people can be let though and people just work it out for theirselves .. trust me I've seen this work in person.

Sorry my bad. It was late. Dream world can ...*

Perhaps dispatch based incentives would help?

OK I came up (stole) with a better idea Yesterday I did AtmosFear VR - Liseberg's replacement while their woodie is down. It was brilliant. Something the completely transformed the ride and takes only about 2 mins extra per cycle to add (it's free). I actually thought it was more thrilling than non VR You can choose VR or non VR after the ride is secure. WB could make a *insert super hero movie reference here* version.. and it could even change every few months. The headsets aren't tethered to the ride - however there's nothing below the drop tower apart from a roof. WB could tether them like they do for Can Can Coaster VR with no risk. Oh and how's this - their massive drop tower (381ft) is in the middle of the city on a hill.. and doesn't have any branding on it... and heaps of people still came! Amazing./s

Please. Ok another idea from Tivoli is particularly for rivals and taipan. Pay for the upgrade to the back car at the station! All it needs is a lil terminal thing as pictured (the technology has already been made guys!) This turns the painstaking process of deciding you want to do it - walking back to the relevant ticket office, lining up for that, paying for that - receiving a (pointless) wristband, walking back to the ride then doing the ride….. into just double tapping your watch / phone - scanning then ride. Theme parks thrive of spontaneous purchases - they’d make a killing. Also instant repeat rides! Really looking forward to someone disputing this one.

I’m not sure why you’re so against it - I’ve seen it working in the flesh - I’m not making this up from scratch.

No - it's a balance between letting the entire queue in and it being a free for all, and a old style grouper that the GC parks love. (Of course only in use for days where there's a 10+ minute wait I'm sure I'll be corrected but the only instances of injury from objects falling off riders was the duelling inverts at Universal Orlando - they stopped duelling them and that fixed that. Twisted Colossus at SFMM has nets between trains when they're above or below each other. Seems like a simple fix I rode every coaster at Cedar Point without using lockers. Phone/Wallet/Keys go in a running waistband thing. Simples. Is this not how fastpass works now? If not you can just change the programming.. simples.

It's still rough aF. Would rather a retrack or the inevitable KDRB. Why would they do this with the drop tower car right there? Why would they do this with the drop tower car right there?