Tricoart

April 2024, really? There’s gotta be more going on than just a repaint, then, right? No way it takes ‘em over a year just to shuffle it between carparks.

I don’t really care about the text personally, mainly because I didn’t notice it ‘til it was pointed out here by people wanting it changed/removed, but that’s pretty unlikely reasoning. First, its ‘theme’ consists of a couple of questionably-worded signs & some warning tape, it’s not even close to being thematically representative of what ‘very industrial buildings have’. And, even if we imagine for a second that it was, I’d still bet pretty high on “Let’s add a barely noticeable, caps-lock Arial text decal of the ride’s name onto its’ vehicles, as to enhance the industrial theme of our 390ft tall pole” being a brand new thought process.

They’ve also got a bad relationship with the phrase ‘Now Open’

Except B&M were a newly formed, unproven company with proven staff from Giovanola, making a relatively risk-free ride, and RMC were a newly formed, unproven company with proven staff from Arrow/S&S & Silverwood, retrofitting a relatively risk-free ride. Zamperla, on the other hand, is a classic company with nothing to show for growth or improvement (unless if you want to argue for their Lightning model, but like, c’mon), massively changing almost everything about one of the worlds tallest & fastest coasters. Not to say improvement can’t come from a classic company, obvious example of such being Vekoma, but I can’t think of any circumstance where it’s happened so quickly, let alone on such a gargantuan scale, let alone without major issues. Every company has to start somewhere, yes, but starting from the top is a hell of a gamble for both parties, no matter how you look at it.

Update on GD via passholder email, main ‘newsworthy’ thing here is that they’re gonna hold a contest for it.

New Deep Sea Dodgems concept art, via passholder email.

New passholder email states work will commence on the 29th (Monday).

Okay Google, what’s the definition of ‘monopoly’

I believe the two-launch theory was that the station’d be placed at the opposite end of the launch track, it’d launch backwards from 0 into the spike at the beginning, then carry the momentum from the spike into the 2nd, forwards launch to clear the tophat. But that sounds super uncomfortable, among other things.

Giving “military grade protection” vibes

Every cycle of Top Thrill Dragster is personalised.

Yeah, it seems to be just the override for the front seats. What makes it worse, though, is that there’s no door handle on the outsides either, so not only can you only open up the front doors with their fiddly manual release (provided you’re in a clear mind while your car is on fire), but neither you, or emergency services, can open the back doors from the outside ‘cause all doors & windows auto-lock, and all doorhandles auto-retract if there’s a fire.

Drop Belindas raining from the sky

They forgot they were meant to repaint Rivals, saw they’d ordered all the paint and said screw it.

And I’m sure there are measures in place for Objectif Mars, as well as any other ride that sports Li-ion batteries. If that weren’t the case, there’d be much more incidents & Li-ion batteries’d be disallowed.

Where’d you see any sooking/crying? It’s a discussion about Dreamworld expansions, and it’s hard to discuss modern Dreamworld’s expansions without also remembering what past Dreamworld had, and the fact of the matter is that, as of right now at least, it’s scaled down. Even just in the last 4 years, and only including rides, they’ve closed: Wipeout, Tower of Terror, Rocky Hollow, FlowRider, Big Red Cars, and BuzzSaw. In that time, they’ve opened Sky Voyager & Steel Taipan, which are good attractions in their own right, but don’t do much to regain what’s been removed (the only possibly direct comparison is ST = BuzzSaw + ToT). They’re continuing to, at least begin, recuperating what they’ve let go with more soon-to-come expansions, some of which are pretty inarguably better uses for their plot than what stood before (Rivertown), but there’ll still be gaps to fill, and thus discussions to be had.

Yeah, it could very well be that that’s the case, just discussing the chance that it’s their finalised colour instead, ‘cause it’s more interesting than just guessing colours again, and there’s always a chance of it being the case.

https://www.tesla-fire.com/index-amp

Exactly, like maybe there are existing technologies that JR (JR2?) could’ve used instead, like a switch track midway through the ride a la Expedition Everest, but that doesn’t mean this is useless or “one of the stupidest elements on a coaster”. And, even if it somehow is such a pointless endeavour, it’s literally a family coaster. So what if it’s got a system that does something a second slower than another ride, or doesn’t rotate to the preconceived angle that makes it worthwhile? None of the target audience is going to the ride, seeing the turntable and going “I can’t believe Dreamworld didn’t make the turntable rotate 90 degrees or more, I’m cancelling my season pass & going to Sea World.”. It’s a concept that Vekoma made, and Dreamworld saw worth in purchasing. That’s it. And, again, I think the element makes more sense once you look at their Boomerangs (hence why I bought them up, in an attempt to explain why it’s weird to call off the concept before the first installation has even been constructed)

World’s first perpetual motion device in a Rapids ride.

Okay, there’s a point, but that’s a different example to ‘a switch track like ST’. We’ll never know for sure why Vekoma/DW opted to use this over a similar (but modernised) system to Expedition Everest, but the aforementioned option could be seen as more efficient for Jungle Rush’s use case, from an outsider’s perspective. If I had to guess, though, it’d come back to Vekoma perhaps already making the technology as a bridge between their family models, and Dreamworld opting for it instead so they can use the “world’s first”. And, just as I never suggested an Expedition Everest-like system, it was bought up as an explanation/example. That’s a predictable thing on every cycle, with one row at the end of the train. I’d just be interested as to how the ops are trained to check the backwards train, if they walk the opposite direction down the train, or just check them the same direction with the riders facing away from them. AFAIK it’s based off assumption, (maybe one or two people’s insider info, idk tho) and ‘the ability to run both backwards and forwards’ in the description they’ve given. We pretty much have nothing to go off for most aspects of the ride, though.

Honestly, it'd be kinda cool if they kept it as that bare gray colour. It wouldn't impede or clash with Superman as it's such a barebones colour, whilst still being unique enough to not completely blend in, and could be seen as an homage to Arkham/Lethal Weapon to boot. If that isn't the case, though, hopefully they choose a colour that's suitable for the ride & the plot it's going into.

Yeah, that was the knowledge I was basing my above theory off, as it’d assumedly look rather awkward to have the turntable high enough to gain enough momentum to traverse the layout after disengaging, but still have it be located indoors. And, seeing as it’s two different experiences (& therefore more rerideablility & preferences), I was thinking they could possibly load front riders separately from back riders via a split in the queue like those on B&M Wings), and alternate between those groups per cycle (I guess kinda like a fast track vs general riders? Idk what to compare it to, hopefully I’m making sense though).

If I had to guess, though it'd be thematically interesting for it to be indoors, I reckon the turntable'll be outdoors, and at most have some set pieces nearby (rockwork, plants, etc.), plus maybe some accompanying audio. Also currently think (or, at least, hope) that it'll either be 2 separate queues, or perhaps a split in the queue like what you'd see on a wing coaster. If it was random, it may lead to further operation issues w/ people requesting to ride forwards/backwards due to preference, motion sickness, etc.

How have you not yet seen in this space, or any others, that the purpose of marketing is to fluff up what may otherwise be seen as mundane? Dozens of examples of meaningless "world's firsts", records, etc. come to mind without the need for any research. This does exactly what it says on the tin, it's a turntable that holds you at an inclination instead of being completely flat, meaning it can function like a full-circuit alternative to a boomerang. If it was a normal boomerang/shuttle coaster, it would be locked to operating with only one train, it would need to traverse the layout twice (thus worse capacity & a shorter ride), and it wouldn't be able to use the established precedent that riding backwards is a premium experience as it'd happen every cycle. If it was a switch track like ST, it would need to be launched (meaning it would assumedly cost more to operate), it would need special backwards seating to capitalize off of said precedent, and it plainly just wouldn't be a unique selling point for Vekoma. I think the purpose of an inclined turntable goes beyond Jungle Rush, as being a capacity-friendly, unique to the market hybrid of their full-circuit, more expensive family launched coasters and their cheaper, shorter family boomerangs. That way you get the 'spectacle' (for want of a better word), pacing, and theming opportunity of a full-circuit ride, with the 'premium' of, and rerideability due to the chance of, riding backwards. What's the point of a tilt track when a drop is already achievable without the complexity? Innovation, uniqueness, and (perhaps most importantly) a selling point. The main downside/confusing factor IMO is that, if it truly does operate that way, the ops'll be doing every second pass-through in reverse, or in the opposite direction, which'd add complexity to checking restraints.