Arkham asylum replacement theming??

[Guest 239]

That's exactly what I mean. The fun is in the speculation, but coming on here and saying "My dad's ex-wife's dog's previous-owner's pizza man who once drove to Movie World says that the replacement will definitely feature the letter 'E' in the title" is kind of annoying? I'm just not a huge fan of the charades that comes from telling people you know something but not saying what you know. If its meant to be a secret then keep it as such. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by CaptainLazerGuns

[sansborgor]

If we can't know, but you already do and tell us that you know, then that's not really fair. It just makes no sense to give teasers to people in very vague descriptions when you're not even employed by VRTP or a website/page dedicated to sharing information about them. After all, if what your saying isn't true then we've just been led down a rabbithole of speculation which we didn't need to discuss

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by sansborgor

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Here's the thing - if they are trolling you - then you're playing right into their hands.

if they aren't, then they're going about it in the worst way possible. This doesn't earn them any rep points. It's like me saying 'arkham will be replaced by a ride that may or may not be a coaster. And it may or may not be black, white, red, grey, pink, green, purple, orange or fuschia.'

If one of those things is right, i'm gonna stand on my soapbox and proclaim loudly how right I was... but its easy to hit the target with a shotgun from 5 steps away.

We've covered on these boards many times how much the "i know something but i can't tell you" crowd can just fuck right off so either way - just don't feed them?

[Im Hungry]

So what I'm getting atm:

If you hold confidential information, don't share it. And if you do use the 'special list of dos and don't shares' (but it's recommended you don't share).

Either way, if you do, use SUBTLE hints to not share EXACT details, like:

"what colour will the track be?"

"oh idk, it beams with bold, bright and brilliant colour, silky flaked texture, dazzling on the side of a shiny coke can..."

[joz]

This has been a thing since basically forever. From my point of view, once something has been announced broadly to staff then it's fair game. If you really care about stuff not getting out, you don't release it to hundreds of people. Mostly, we don't do the NDA chest thumping here once it's at that point. I 100% guarantee you that once front line staff know, competitors know. There's no point acting like it's some big commercial secret.

 

The other thing is that the people who know, mostly dont need to impress everyone with what they know. I would guarantee you that there are heaps of people who know, but they don't feel the need to post it to the forums for internet brownie points. There's an old saying; 'Those who know the least, know it the loudest', and I think that's really true with this. Oh you know 1 thing? Cool, so does everyone else!

 

I think the general feeling isn't one of keeping secrets, but it's respect for the person who told you to not go spreading it everywhere. I think that's why some people get their noses out of joint when someone comes in and teases something. It's like 'We all know that, be more respectful' and bring up nonsense about NDAs and whatnot to justify it. Really though, there aren't any secrets, most people who have been here a long time know what all the parks are doing a long way out. Sometimes it makes things hard because you want to say what's up but you can't. Parkz got slammed for being too negative a couple of years ago about DW's future, listing Tot, Wipeout Buzzsaw and Log Ride as rides that will probably close in the next few years. Some of that was information sourced from a variety of industry and inside sources, but it was also quite important contextually to give the full picture and provide accurate commentary. On the forums it's the same, you can't have a real conversation when you know stuff without taking stuff into account.

Broadly though, we as a group (i mean EVERYONE on here, not just the admins) get it right. Some people's lines are further than others, but I've not seen anyone have a full on dump everything they know online moment. Most people moderate themselves a bit and are respectful to their sources.The only thing I think we get wrong as a group, is we tend to play the person, not the issue. People love to name drop, and talk shit about management by name, and TBH I think that's worse than hinting that you know stuff. "This person mismanaged SW" "This person wrote a crap show" "This person botched the install of Sccoby Doo next Gen" isn't needed. SW has been mismanaged, that show is crappy, next Gen, particualy when it went in, was beyond a joke is saying the same thing, but isn't making it personal. I'm tempted to have that being a rule that we don't mention staff or management by name so you don't get the childish name calling and low key bragging that you get.

 

Also put more effort into not being triggered by people obviously trolling, and don't be the NDA police. Peace!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Maybe its time you stopped using that beer stein @joz. @Slick reckons that's why your beer is flat.

[New display name]

1 hour ago, joz said:

I'm tempted to have that being a rule that we don't mention staff or management by name so you don't get the childish name calling and low key bragging that you get.

Nobody has been name calling and you might want to ask the person you are talking about here, to change his user name to Park Management.🤪 

Anyway, I have no problem if Parkz wants to change the rules on the trot but let be noted it has always been the way of Parkz.  Even from the very top.

 

“It's laughable how DeborahThomas was able to throw the Disneyland buzzword out there and distract people while saying exactly what yesterday's ASX release said. It is a transparently obvious attempt at damage control....................

[joz]

There's a difference to posting in direct response to public comments to bashing someone behind their back or name dropping for the street cred, and I think anyone engaged in this in a good faith way can see that. You're allowed to say '<name> spoke to the media and said this. I agree/disagree with them' compared to just bringing someone's name up out of the blue to criticise them and things they've done.

 

FWIW I wasn't targeting you with the original comment, I actually forgot the name dropping was a thing you'd done till you reminded me by posting about it. It's been a thing on the board for the past few years and I don't like it. I've probably done it myself if you go back in time enough, but it has been a bit of a trend at different times for lots of people to do it, and I don't think it is either good or helpful.

[New display name]

100% I thought you were giving me a public roasting as the first example you posted was mine.  It doesn't matter anyway because I really don't care and as I said if you don't want me to do it, I won't.   I haven't come back to cause shit. 🙂

[joz]

That's very good to hear!

 

Nah, it's been going on for the past 2 or 3 years a lot. I've mentioned it once or twice before, but not for a while. I wasn't consciously picturing your posts when I wrote all that 

[MrLukeCarroll]

Disney Parks' forums if you weren't allowed to mention Bob Chapek by name

[Jdude95]

No speculation here, just "publicly available" information apparently 

38 minutes ago, New display name said:

 I haven't come back to cause shit. 🙂

Well that's no fun! 

[New display name]

1 hour ago, Jdude95 said:

Well that's no fun! 

I'm not stopping you.  You don't need me to hold your hand anymore.😊

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

16 hours ago, New display name said:

I haven't come back to cause shit. 🙂

🤔

 

[New display name]

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

🤔

 

OH, Stop it.

 

 

 

 

[TimmyG]

On 29/07/2021 at 3:01 PM, New display name said:

I haven't come back to cause shit. 🙂

You don’t need to cause shit, there’s heaps of fodder on here without needing to involve yourself.

In regards to what to do with Arkham, I’d say pull it down, remove all the theming (whilst it was better than without it, a lot of it is just flat graphics). Let’s expand out the park footprint, there’s heaps of space and land around there, and if noise is an issue, put it in a building. 

 

[themagician]

From Bikash “We also have the brand new, tallest waterslide at Wet’n’Wild, obviously the Atlantis at Sea World with the Trident and the wooden coaster, and there are a whole bunch of things we have planned for when we re-open. You are in for a very big treat here Gold Coast.”

Maybe the big treat is the AA replacement?

https://www.mygc.com.au/watch-behind-the-scenes-with-village-roadshow-theme-parks-during-lockdown/

[webslave]

I think he considers the treat to be the sum of the parts.

[Jdude95]

I have a bunch of things planned for when QLD reopens too. I've got some shopping to do and some people to see. It's a very big treat for my friends and I!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

20 hours ago, Jdude95 said:

I have a bunch of things planned for when QLD reopens too. I've got some shopping to do and some people to see. It's a very big treat for my friends and I!

Are we still going to that restaurant near yours?

[New display name]

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Are we still going to that restaurant near yours?

I don't know how many times I need to tell you, but Maccas isn't an exclusive restaurant.🤪

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Nah not talkin about maccas. there's a little chain of places that makes 5 star food.

[Village Idiot]

You heard it here first folks (Unless you are a cast member at one of the staff town hall meetings 😁)

Arkham will be replaced by <drumroll>  Dual Vekoma family boomerangs and a new suspended coaster.

[Vidgamer]

So three coasters in the current ride envelope?

[Rivals]

33 minutes ago, Village Idiot said:

You heard it here first folks (Unless you are a cast member at one of the staff town hall meetings 😁)

Arkham will be replaced by <drumroll>  Dual Vekoma family boomerangs and a new suspended coaster.

two questions, 1) where did you get this information from? and 2) if this is the case, is it sort of similar to tripsdrill’s Vekoma STC and Family Boomerang?