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  1. Dean Barnett
    Hard agree, Talocan is the bomb diggity.
  2. Dean Barnett
    Not sure how it impacts on rider throughput - but Tusenfryd were cycling staff every 1hr throughout the park from ride to ride.
  3. Dean Barnett
    I know you guys hate comparing - but the most expensive skip queue that I can think of is Rise of the Resistance ... at Walt Disney World at $USD25 or .. $AUD38. That was just the peak though.. it's usually $AUD31.
  4. Dean Barnett
    Last time I was at the park the queue for backwards (at $25 a head) was 15 trains long. At the 5 min dispatch rates; the queue for this premium add on was around 75 minutes long. I’ve said this heaps of times here but until dispatch rates of coasters (especially rivals and superman) get twice as fast … guest experience at the park will always be suffering. Even if you do pay whatever they chose to charge for the day - the painfully slow operations will still suck… just less. God forbid if they ended up getting a RMC with the trains that actually need a two pass train clearance procedure🤦‍♂️
  5. Dean Barnett
    Feb 23 Today
  6. Dean Barnett
    Top tip for ToT - you can actually get them to run the ride with english dialog .. just ask :)
  7. Dean Barnett
    If the first RMC we get is a family coaster - that'll do me.
  8. Dean Barnett
    I think the ride experience is different enough. A lot more kids will do this over the spinning pendulums.
  9. Dean Barnett
    I’ve got this guys! They should just rip it down and replace it with a S&S screaming swing Could tick the mandatory “Australia’s / southern hemispheres first” something Reliable as, packs a punch, huge throughout, only needs 2 staff, will fit and only had a height limit of 1.2m
  10. Dean Barnett
    I wonder if they’ve ever restarted the media server ?
  11. Dean Barnett
    Am I an idiot - or is VRTP for apparently using a low fog effect in a outdoor uncontained area in really small quantities? It makes zero sense... unless the station was closed in with curtains both ends.. even then it would be so expensive they'd never keep up with it.. haze would be much better. The low fog effect on the shows such as Masked Singer/AGT/X Factor etc cost $20/minute to run.. so expensive that they don't even use them until the last rehearsal/record.
  12. Dean Barnett
    Exactly.
  13. Dean Barnett
    This one ?
  14. Dean Barnett
    This is pretty much RMC's business model. While I'm happy that the ride will exist again, the loss of the launch is a huge L. I only got to do it 5 times but it was bloody incredible - better than Formula Rossa in my mind. Acceleration > Top Speed. The previous launch was 1.48G, this one is 0.48G.. even Red Forceless will have more force. Throughput should be pretty much the same, and the twist might be better with riders sitting higher off the track.. but still a pity.
  15. Dean Barnett
    Firstly it is not a CO2 effect.. CO2 is used either in jets or to cool fog to keep it low, or it can be used to create haze... which is different again. I'm pretty sure they have a smoke machine - like one you could get from Jaycar. It could definately be triggered early manually - or maybe a set time after the train gets locked. The haze isn't required by any means.. but any smoke detectors would probably be triggered by the smoke existing effect. Haze wouldn't impact visiblity - it's used on tv every single day - it just allows beams to be defined. Again none of this is important.. just a nice to have if they're gonna close it several times a year. I'd rather they get better at dispatching trains any day of the week
  16. Dean Barnett
    I really unestimated the amount of door chat that I would inspire... anyway for my further 2c, I'm voting for light curtain over trap because they couold keep haze in al the time!
  17. Dean Barnett
    Fully enclosed station Queue looks unprotected from the 120mph launch.. Grandstand is missing from this but apparently will stay My reaction
  18. Dean Barnett
    Operator presses button to open doors Operator visually checks doors are open (departing and arrving doors open at once) Operator dispatches ride. Arriving train parks - operator presses button to close doors The trains already dispatch painfully slowly so it's not gonna impact on throughput anyway. Will probably save them money from airconditioning losses too. It was just an idea .. sorry.
  19. Dean Barnett
    Just turn it off when it doesn't work. Like all the effects on superman etc
  20. Dean Barnett
    Exactly
  21. Dean Barnett
    What kinda injury happens if ST’s switch track doesn’t lock in properly?
  22. Dean Barnett
    To preserve the show scene of the station and contain the smoke efffect.
  23. Dean Barnett
    I hope they put some light curtains in next time levi goes down for its bimonthly maintenance
  24. Dean Barnett
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230730151056/https://www.zamperla.com/top-thrill-2/
  25. Dean Barnett
    New arrival - CPFoodBlog
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