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If you are heading up in January the park will be in full gear, Superman will be firing on all cylinders and the staff are dedicated, so you should be able to get as many rides as you please. Ride it whenever because the queues arent that bad with 2 train operation. When i went i got there before opening, when they do open rides dont start for half an hour which was plenty of time to get organized (Get an all day locker if you want one etc) Scooby Doo and Wild West actually get longer waits (longer ride duration + broader appeal) so they are better to do early. I did both right at the start and got 2 rides on each with no queue. And maybe actually do batwing first since it is a lower capacity ride and the new thing, so that could lead to long lines. LW, Batman Adventure, and Road Runner just do whenever. And dont forget Shrek 4D, its excellent!

What about the wheel?

Thats the whole point though. At least we are debating in a thread out of the way of the others. I think though one of the main attractions of woodies is the fact they can do these sort of layouts cheaper than steel.

Yeah, coasters can do that.

Im not really bothered, both types can be very good, or very bad depending on how its designed, who makes it etc. Im more interested in DW getting a good coaster rather than any paticular type. But with DWs maintenance quality, I wouldnt trust them with a woodie.

Well, there is a bit of a waiting list for their rides. Agreed, it seems silly the government would make a law about a ride that there is only a few of in the world.

Yeah, its what you want...

Is that when you drool and growl at the same time?

The last I saw of it was a concrete slab. Is it a roller rink?

Because the viewer might own a 1m wide plasma with good speakers (not me though) and might want to enjoy the program on that rather than the small, blurry youtube screen. Oh, and maybe they dont want to break copyright laws either?

Going by the date this video may have been taken on the night.

Hmm, but you would get 2 experiences if for example you used your pass at WnW and MW (wet and dry park). Also, a world pass only gives you 2 days of entry, but a Summer pass gives you three 3 (with more total park hours if you visit WnW at night). so it is worth the extra $13 (An extra $13 works out to paying only $3.25 p/p for a whole extra day) Plus i feel the Summer pass is better value because WnW is a bigger park than WWW (though WWW has the new rides) and MW is a higher quality park than DW. And as for the flexiblity aspect, you dont have to wait till Jan 1st to park hop... you can already do it with the summer pass. And of course, there is that added bit of flexiblity of going to SW as a 3rd option in your combination. Personally i think the Fun Pass is the best value of all though.

Nah, its just an Intamin launched coaster with steel supports/track built in a style that resembles the wooden coasters found commonly at pleasure piers.

Yeah, but notice nobody has mentioned a ferris wheel I never questioned that rides like reef diver or angry beavers can make you sick.

I dont know why DW rulz had a problem with that. I was just saying the information in context. In his earlier comment he said I was merley juxtaposing the actual numbers together to prove that it wasnt such an unfair match up (2 against 3). Still, i think its funny how you forgot about an entire theme park, and then went off when I pointed it out in a way i felt expressed my self in the clearest manner. (Or should i say "most clearest") Anyway, enough with the arguing... There is no doubt WWW is a great park and $42 isnt too bad, its just the annual pass situation is silly. But Adam makes a good point, if the prices are too low then demand will be too high and they will have persistent "sell outs", if they put the put the price up a bit at least demand will be regulated a bit.

Well for starters, WVTP owns 3 parks, MLT owns 2 parks, so get the facts straight for starters. In a competitive market you cant just price based around your size, without thinking about what people will pay. Think about it this way, In my town there are 2 McDonalds (same owner for both) and one Hungry Jacks. Similarly there are two Safeways, but only one Coles. Does this mean that Coles and Hungry Jacks can charge more for equivalent products just because they dont have the same market penetration and have not spent the extra money on opening stores? Of course not, they are basically neck. I think its odd that you seem to think that because a park is smaller it has a right to charge more because it wouldnt get the same numbers of visitors. Why should a park who has spent less on new rides and efforts to get more customers be "rewarded" by simply charging more. If you are not spending enough on capital then you cannot expect the same profits as someone who has. Going by your logic i could buy one of those little clam shaped pools and a slide from a toy store, paint a sign and call it "Gavs Splash Land", but i can charge $2000 admission because im not going to get the same visitors and I dont have the same number of rides as other waterparks.

I know what you mean, I like Ozcoaster though, it never intends to be the biggest or most revolutionary, its basically just a laid back site for Ian to show off his work really, nice little site though.

What has that got to do with it? -A summer pass (2 Parks) is cheaper than a world pass. -An aqua max pass costs more than a Wet'n'Wild season pass -WWW one day entry costs more than WnW one day entry -Maquarie places more restrictions on their tickets, such as not being able to park hop with a world pass (compared to a summer pass) and being blocked out of visiting WWW on a season ticket for roughly a quarter of the time.

What I want to know now is, what will WWW do if WnW simply puts in new slides that directly compete with DWs new offerings? According to the WWW website the Rip cost about $1.4 mil from memory (lol too lazy to check), and that is just a fraction of what WnW spent on all its expansions. I mean they could always just install say a couple of master blasters, and a couple of cannon bowls off the one tower, it could be done for under 5 mil and basically then the only real point of difference between both parks is WWW having BRO. But i must say its odd how WWW havent tried to better any of WVTPs deals, they are charging more for tickets, i guess they must be relying soley on the parks novelty...

No school holidays for AquaMax pass holders? Too bad that the hottest part of the year is in school holidays. I vote for the $90 WnW pass.

No matter how many times I hear that complaint it always makes me laugh. TOT at DW lasts for 27 seconds (source; R-C park/ride DB), but for that you generally queue for longer than 15 minutes. Superman escape (going by a video I shot) lasts for 30 seconds on the high speed bit, so no matter what its still a longer ride since its got the special effects part at the start. Double standards IMO.

I was wondering the same thing too, they have spent 3 years organizing the ride, but how does the money they saved compare with what they could have made by having the ride open to visitors sooner and making a profit minus whatever extra it cost to go with a normal manufacturer?

Hmmm, didn't YOU read the article properly? We all know what slide is big and green..... Sounds suspiciously like that orange and red thing with the uphill bits. Hmm, what slides have lots of turns and 360s sounds like the ones that are over at Cyclone. Well the whirlpool is obviously refering to the big red and purple bowl, and we know from richos update that there is a water curtain at the end at the end. And of course we have seen a number of purple slide segments sitting around, which will naturally be pretty dark inside. I can confirm that these are the actual names, I guess they are original, but I think that "The Green Room" is far too out there, only people who know about surfing will get it, I think most people (like I did when i was told about it) will think about its meaning with regard to showbiz. I think the article has poorly described some of the rides though, the Rip's description and the Green Rooms description in paticular. They used the word "planned" in the past tense, meaning they have already been organized and are opening with the park.

<Bangs head against wall> Im going by that 60m figure stated, but you are roughly traveling at 0.209m/s or about 0.75km/h, that is FAR slower than even the tamest of kids rides, a lift, or even walking pace and would be barely noticeable, sorry but i just cant see the comparison. While i can see the sickness factor with things like the Swinger Zinger since it does go fairly fast and completes several revolutions throughout its cycle, this wheel will only take you around once and lacks that repetitive motion factor that tends to cause sickness. Also, i was just responding to the rather random comment about MW having a height limit, it just seems odd to bring it up and the first I have ever heard of it, what is even more odd is the fact what is one of the tallest rides in the world is just 5 minutes away, and both have people living nearby.

......Because spending the majority of the ride time navigating slowly through unlit themed areas wouldn't be the most boring thing ever. In other news, MW is doing a second Halloween night on the 1st of November (Wednesday) due to the huge demand. See the website.