Everything posted by rappa
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What will replace Looney Tunes River Ride?
If the driving school ride comes in I also agree time for Speedys to go. There's a fair bit of land there up the middle of the land, maybe a new signature outdoor ride could be next. Maybe something that kids and parents can ride. Like one of those little parachute drops or something.
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Maintenance Schedule
Paint on superman looks great!
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
The ball rotates around it's axis so the operator who is strapped into the seat remains upright.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
The walks spotty describes are not for structural integrity of the track. It's just to check things are working, exit lights and doors are functional, no obstructions in the ride envelope. AlexB I'm not sure why wood coasters need a daily walk and steel don't but no it's not a daily check. And the 'ball' takes hours to do a full circuit. It's not used daily.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
All amusement park rides follow a strict set of guidelines from the manufacturer on regular inspection intervals for track etc.
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The Off Topic Topic
Oh k I can't believe neither of these has made the bulletin
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The Off Topic Topic
Where are you getting these photos?
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
It's probably worth noting too that 'ride ops' as most people probably think of them are not the entry level ops staff you may think. The actual operators at the main panels that push the buttons are a level of staff about that and it would take a while to gain one of those positions on the major rides. It was summed up best said above that all jobs have ups and downs. I've never been a ride op but the parks are a great unique place to work. It's like any job, it is what you make of it. Loving the job and being positive means that the shit days (and there always gonna be shit days) just don't matter in the scheme of things.
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What will replace Looney Tunes River Ride?
^haha I mean whether or not something is happening, that building is ringed by the main service road for the park. Pretty well any employee would see stuff was happening if it is, so hard to really reprimand anyone for saying "something is being built".
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What will replace Looney Tunes River Ride?
I laughed too hard at the fact this guy calls himself Lukeybaby
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Movie World - Carnivale
That statement is just stupid. By that logic, the whole park is a money maker and nothing more. This is simply another event to entertain guests and mark money, which is why the park exists. Please explain your silly comment.
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The Off Topic Topic
WHAT THE HELL!
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
Yeah it's surprising how quickly the ride drains and fills.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
Yeah no water actually stays behind the mountain. It will all come down to the main lagoon. If you have a look next time you're at the ride, you can see a water line around the walls of the lagoon and the timber surrounding the runout that gives an idea of the shutdown water height.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
Yeah I would discourage any posting of where the 'blind spots' are on ride cameras just due to the fact people may be stupid and try to use that info act up.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
Hmmm... Just hold your breath for a little while longer... I rode 2 weeks ago and there were tons of full colour lasers everywhere in the coaster part. They're not their now... What could that mean? As for superman. Once the train leaves the station the ride does everything on its own.
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2014 In Dreamworld - Tail Spin construction, Wipeout refurbishment, Triple Vortex construction
I really don't know if Id say JL is worse than Batman. They are both just really different.
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2014 In Dreamworld - Tail Spin construction, Wipeout refurbishment, Triple Vortex construction
It's amazing, such a classy sign to match the height requirement one beside it. And another fairly lack lustre addition for dreamworld. Big surprise. This park is such an incredible dissapointment.
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What will replace Looney Tunes River Ride?
Only if they've got nothing better to do
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2014 In Dreamworld - Tail Spin construction, Wipeout refurbishment, Triple Vortex construction
Second hand dodgy chair swing from cedar fair parks Or boat ride from holiday world
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What would you like to see at Gold Coast Theme Parks soon?
12-15 million really sits at the top end of what the parks are spending these days.
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What will replace Looney Tunes River Ride?
God I was I was saying that about 2005! Haha
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What would you like to see at Gold Coast Theme Parks soon?
I'm not totally sure on sorry. I think you'd have to do something with haunted ghosts from the west or something like that. Maybe work something in with Boot Hill being close by. Definitely give the building a facade to suit the theme. But it could maybe even be subtle rather than big and imposing. Really set people up to have no idea what they're in for. You'd need a pre show room to set up the story and I think some inside que to build anticipation. They would have to dig out the hillside where the seats currently are but it's not a ridiculous undertaking. Don't do the entrance via west as it makes it hard to close west and not this ride. I'm open to suggestion on firm story. But you only have to look at how much Alton did with a simple ride system and a solid story. That ride is awesome! You could do something pretty awesome for sub 8 million I recon. Maybe even cheaper.
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What would you like to see at Gold Coast Theme Parks soon?
I keep saying it... Vekoma Mad House. We've seen how awesome they can be when some right (Hex) and we don't have one in Australia. Use the show stage building and theme it to yes some sort of haunted attraction. High capacity, family friendly, no noise.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster fire and lighting effects
The whole building doesn't have these. Just the laser portion. So if due to air movement you ended up with say smoke back at the load dock, you could get an alarm.