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What ride should replace Doomsday Destroyer?
Gazza replied to Prequel's topic in Theme Park Discussion
You guys seen the cycle Toxicator runs? Does 5 flips at one point of the cycle ! -
No just has to be part of a theme park. Read the thread title. Picking some random pub several km is clearly not a theme park pub. It would be like picking a random McDonalds and calling it a theme park burger joint. AOS doesn't count because its a scheduled performance, has like 2 options on the menu. Nobody looks at AOS thinks its a pub you just go to. Skypoint doesn't count because the attraction itself is not a theme park / amusement park, which is why Scenic World was knocked out. This is just arguing in bad faith.
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SW doesn't own the TGI Friday's site and its too far away. Dirty Harrys doesn't have pub food. Neither of those points pass the sniff test.
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I didn't mean this to become a thread on technicalities but you leave me no choice dapto. - Banana bender pub passes the sniff test in terms of being a theme park pub. Its not inside the gate line, but clearly any sane visitor would eat there in preference. - ever since scenic World made it clear they're not building their roller coaster. They don't get to be called a theme park in my opinion.
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So as far as I know, there are only three places in Australia where you can get a proper sit-down meal and beer in a pub/tavern style setting in Australia with table service. Considering the preferences of the Australian market, I find this surprisingly low number! If you have eaten at all three, which is your favourite? Also, if you think there is a place that should be in the poll, please tell me and I can redo it.
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^In my experience I thought it was fine. Yeah I had to wait 60 mins a couple of time for rise of the resistance and for Slinky Dog Dash, but then on the other hand I got on pirates of the Caribbean in 10 mins. In fact, here is my trip report from 2023 I stayed at Magic Kingdom 9am-4pm and according to my trip report I took 16 rides on attractions. So that's more like 2.2 units of entertainment per hour. Granted I skipped the line on Tron and 7 Dwarfs, but even without doing that, 14 rides in 7 hours is still very good. I don't think I've ever had a day at a Disney park where I "only got on 5 rides all day". Statements like that are cope, they are well run parks.
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So just on this, in the industry theme parks should aim to provide 1.5-2 Units of Entertainment per hour. That is, guests want to experience some form of attraction about every 30-45 mins On some days this will drop because "you cant design the church for Easter Sunday" and on certain days you'll get 2hr waits because its too expensive to build out capacity if you only get smashed a few days per year. But if a park is routinely getting 2hr waits on more than say 10-14 days per year then that might indicate there's not enough capacity for the attendance.
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred - Impacts on the Theme Parks
Gazza replied to themagician's topic in Theme Park Discussion
It's kinda cool to see this system deployed as intended. -
Get the blue fire station music playing somewhere, particularly from 2:25 https://youtu.be/uS5Ixb0qCdk?si=a_spulOwodycLS3n
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Hey did anyone notice that Dreamworld has started playing the music from Vliegende Hollander around main street. Makes me happy. For some reason I kept thinking it was Pirates of the Caribbean music and then 30 mins after I left the park I was like "oooooh I remember where that's from!". Any other new music that has popped up?
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What ride should replace Doomsday Destroyer?
Gazza replied to Prequel's topic in Theme Park Discussion
No the ride actually had a design oversight where the wiring looms were only long enough to reach between sections, so if the ride were ever dissembled, it would require cutting. -
You can have light curtains that turn on when the train is parked. If a guest walks through it sets off an alarm. Meanwhile in Denmark: Funny story, I was in Korea, I was catching a high speed train and i decided to walk to the front to get a photo of the nose cone. As soon as i got near there, an alarm went off and a message in both Korean and English..."You are in a restricted area, please return to the main area of the platform"...I scurried back red faced. It's common to even have CCTV in warehouses which use AI to pick up if workers deviate from designated walkways etc.
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Damn wanted to nominate Jamberoo for best ops.
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I just keep thinking of parks like Tripsdrill, Hansa Park and Emerald Park that have opened rides with concrete shell stations and zero theming:
