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You mean like this?? https://youtu.be/c_sS2hjAJI8

Not if they tear the rest of that POS down with it

We’ll let this run its course but it’s a shit topic to be sure and when It descends into nonsense we’ll lock it.

Dunno maybe because the people that get on their rides all walk off of them at the end alive? You kill people because of shoddy park upkeep and people are likely to be more critical of your approach to park upkeep... that’s just how it is.

Is that difference going to be 4 major attractions open and running because if not who cares? It's easy to fly a "hey we are doing so good" when all of the things are drop in the ocean spend wise and basically the most you can do for the least amount of investment as possible. Yet to see a single non reactionary move from the park since the accident.

Or maybe just build a good solid family water ride with no gimmicks

God that’s a tad tacky letting them hang their dodgy banner.

It’s not uncommon for a park to have one of these people. Wonderland had Kevin, Knotts Berry Farm has Richard and seems DW has Ben. These guys are usually a bit on the spectrum which seems the case here also, and the parks are their comfort place. It’s not really any different to someone that gets home each afternoon and plays fortnight, instead they go to the park.

I don’t know why Australian parks have this fascination with sacking everything at the front 200m of a park. Put a new coaster back in the park to draw people into it. Our parks are terribly cramped when you compare them to something say like Knotts or Magic Mountain.

I don’t know what they could have put in. Possibly a large full circuit coaster? Spend more money and send it out the back or something. Im not sure, and I’m not saying it was a bad decision for the park. But I am saying it was certainly a tipping point where thrills took over priority from theme. That’s definitely the catalyst for the park starting to lose its charm. It’s why it was ok to plonk tailspin or Motorsport or cyclone in OCEAN PARADE. And everything else of the same nature.

Correct. The argument that current generation isn’t interested and therefore doesn’t need quality and detail is false. This is being proven time and time again but the latest offerings by Disney and Universal. They HAVE to keep outdoing each other because it’s been shown when one takes immersion to another level, they lose business to the other. immersion and detail is key.

You spelt Clark wrong

I disagree here. for me tower stands for the moment the park went “stuff the theme we want to pull in quick bucks” if they’d tried they could have build a world class ride without destroying majority of the park.

Never understood why they didn’t just lightly dress those drive buildings all those years.

I certainly won’t miss those dozen cool rooms dotting the dreamworld landscape

Omg wow. Are they employing professional graphic designers or school kids?

Is it so much for us to ask our parks to repaint over NDT areas after they are completed so our rides don’t have these splotches all over them?

100% needs a Chute the Chutes ride to anchor ocean parade. Have even done the numbers and one could fit into existing area footprint without losing much at all

There’s nothing wrong with parents ridding kiddie coasters with their children. Thats kind of what they are designed for

Don’t know what is more sad. The thought of a bunch of full grown adults trying to ride a kiddie coaster, or the thought of them doing it to try and emulate a rollback and the behavior of another group of full grown adults 👍

Sounds like it is good for the business. Just maybe not for customers who want to pay less.

Hang on... Rivals and Superman closed at the same time? I feel bad for guest services staff already.

Well one you decided to put a dollar figure on something you know NOTHING about, and no you're wrong, any sort of work in parks these days costs a fortune. But then you decided it's ok for them to have tape because you assume they have cast members there... so I'm done with this 'discussion' now, it really has gotten comical.

Ladies and Gentleman, from the Gold Standard of theme parks who care about the tinniest detail of guests... happens EVERY DAY

If they put up signs saying "Closed to make way for a new attraction" every person on here would bitch about that and call them out. Rebuilding that space permanently would cost 100s of thousands of dollars. Would anyone want that spent rather than say a big return on Wild West? Of course not. I mean get real, all of those above ideas range from comical at best to down right silly at worst.