The Off Topic Topic

[joz]

I humbly step down in people's minds as a Disney expert.  Whilst my knowledge is more extensive than I feel is socially acceptable, compared to the encyclopedic knowledge of others I'm barely even autistic.

[themagician]

1 hour ago, Adventures With JWorld said:

Just going to give people the heads up if anyone is planning to visit Dreamworld today

The park is currently experiencing a power outage with Buzzsaw, Giant Drop and Motorcoaster, these rides are apparently not going to reopen for the rest of the day  

Dreamworks, ABC Kids and Hot Wheels are not affected by this outage as I'm fully aware 

UPDATE:

Patk has lost all power and guests are not being let into the park until a generator arrives on site 

From FB: Dreamworld will be operating from 12pm to 6pm today. WhiteWater World will be open from 11am and entertainment and shows are currently underway in the front of the park. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

8 minutes ago, themagician said:

From FB: Dreamworld will be operating from 12pm to 6pm today. WhiteWater World will be open from 11am and entertainment and shows are currently underway in the front of the park. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Park has just reopened 

following rides that are operating:

All rides in Dreamworks besides Pandamonium and Escape From Madagascar 

ABC Kids World

Tail Spin

Hot Wheels 

Shockwave

All other rides are due to go back online at 12pm

Edited July 4, 2017 by Adventures With JWorld

[rappa]

This is not exactly a one off. I sure hope DW is getting some good compensation from the utility company for the large amount of down time it's had from power failures recently.

 

[joz]

Speaking of one off things, why is Wet n Wild so busy today?

[Gazza]

School holidays and good weather?

[Jdude95]

Queensland's two weeks of winter are over, it's back to moderately warm days and cool nights. I can see why WnW would be busy.

[joz]

Thing is the park has gone from maybe 20 cars in the carpark over the recent school holidays to having a good couple of hundred today and when I drove past a queue halfway down Mammoth (only one side but still).  We've had nice days over the holidays but this is the first time I've seen the place looking properly busy, and having it happen so close after passes have expired is odd too.  Strange to me, but good to see in any case.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

NSW, VIC, ACT and WA didn't finish term 2 until 30th of June. For them, this is day 4 of the school holidays. take into account travel, colder days in the few days prior, the fact that there are other parks that they could have visited on their passes, and it kinda makes sense. QLD school kids likely wouldn't do WNW during the winter holidays, since their passes will let them visit once it warms up - but for interstaters who might only visit once a year - why not take advantage of the fact that the park is included in your multi-park ticket?

[joz]

NSW and VIC school holidays just started, that'll do it.

[Rollercoaster_Lover]

Dose anyone know how busy MovieWorld is today? I'm going down soon with a few friends

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

19 minutes ago, Rollercoaster_Lover said:

Dose anyone know how busy MovieWorld is today? I'm going down soon with a few friends

It's been pretty busy at the park 

[Rollercoaster_Lover]

3 minutes ago, Adventures With JWorld said:

It's been pretty busy at the park 

Wait times?

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

34 minutes ago, Rollercoaster_Lover said:

Wait times?

Scooby has a 90 min queue when I went to it a few mins ago

Will check other rides soon

[Rollercoaster_Lover]

When I arrived at MovieWorld today we were watching Greenlauntern and it got stuck, for about 30-40mins on the 2nd last breakrun before the barrel roll.. huge line she today

SE:1hr

JL: 1hr 30mins

SDSC: 2hrs

[Santa07]

I'd recommend waiting until next week since QLD school holidays will be done by then (that's certainly what I'm doing anyway)

[red dragin]

^ Most, I know of at least one private primary school that has next week off here in Brisbane. 

[Brad2912]

25 minutes ago, red dragin said:

^ Most, I know of at least one private primary school that has next week off here in Brisbane. 

That's very strange given private schools all went on holidays a week prior to the state school kids so are now in their third week of holidays 

[red dragin]

My boy is on his last week now, but genisus at Warner started a week later, so still has next week to go. My colleague is sending her kids off to Sydney for a week. 

[pin142]

Went today, Scooby was around 30 minutes, Green Lantern at the most 5 minutes, Superman 5 minutes at the worst, Arkham 15 minutes. Didn't do JL, Doomsday was around 10 minutes. Scooby at around 5pm was also down to around 5 minutes. Couldn't have chosen a better day to go.

[Flynn_Smith]

Same at Dreamworld. Tower of Terror was 30 minutes all day, Giant Drop, Buzzsaw and Hot Wheels were walk ons, and the rest was 10-15 minutes wait. 

[Gazza]

By chance I discovered a Belgian coaster enthusiasts blog with trip reports from our parks in March 2016. Toggle on translate and enjoy....

https://rollercoastertraveller.com/2016/03/24/1081/

https://rollercoastertraveller.com/2016/03/28/dagboek-down-under-sea-world/

https://rollercoastertraveller.com/2016/03/23/dagboek-down-under-dreamworld/

https://rollercoastertraveller.com/2016/03/26/dagboek-down-under-on-the-road-aussie-world/

 

[Brad2912]

New slate of attractions announced today by Disney..

Disney World: Mickey Mouse, ‘Toy Story,’ ‘Guardians,’ and More Score Attractions

The D23 Expo wasn’t just about Disney’s slate of animated and live-action adventures this year, because we got some real world updates from the House of Mouse as well. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts has confirmed that Mickey Mouse’s very own ride will soon be coming to Disney World in Orlando, Fla.

Following the onstage presentations of “Wreck-It Ralph 2,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Aladdin,” and many others this weekend, Disney Parks chairman Bob Chapek took to the stage to confirm the “first ever ride-through attraction built entirely around Mickey Mouse” on Saturday.

Apparently, the ride will be similar to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “It’s a Small World” attractions in that it’s a tour — à la Steamboat Willie — only Mickey’s ride will be in “2.5-D” (No 3-D glasses required). Instead of Mickey operating a boat, Goofy will actually be the one steering a train in this modern reimagining of classic Disney cartoon shorts.

Chapek also shared that there will be more hidden Mickeys on this new Mickey Mouse tour than any attraction before it.

Other updates included a new “Ratatouille” ride set for construction next to the Eiffel Tower in Epcot, naturally, as well as another “Guardians of the Galaxy” attraction in the same park. Magic Kingdom will welcome a “Tron” ride immediately next door to Space Mountain, with hopes of opening in time for Disney World’s 50th anniversary — Oct. 1, 2021.

Toy Story Land has also been announced for summer 2018, which will coincide with Paradise Pier being rebranded as Pixar Pier. A new theater and space-themed restaurant are also in the works for the Florida park.

Across the country, “Spider-Man” and “Avengers” will be getting new rides at California Adventure, with the hopes of eventually expanding to an entire superhero universe in real life.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/disney-world-mickey-mouse-guardians-ratatouille-tron-rides-1202496802/

[joz]

Was going to offer in depth thoughts, but I'll just sum it up buy saying Pixar Pier sounds shit, rest is either solid or awesome.

[Zanstabar]

It seems weird to me that they'd be focusing on rejuvenating Paradise Pier/Pixar Pier already, considering it got so much attention during the original DCA makeover. I would've much rather seen them focus on Hollywoodland or a Bug's Land.

That said, Tron Light Cycles, Guardians of the Universe of Energy, Mission: Space: The Ride: The Restaurant, and the Great Mickey Ride all seem like great additions. I'm really excited to see how this 2.5D effect works.