The Off Topic Topic

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Was anyone on here able to do Disney Quest when it existed at Disney Springs? I was going to do it when I was in America however it never just seemed to interest me but seeing it's now closed it will be interesting to see if anyone on here did it 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Adventures With JWorld

[Flynn_Smith]

Why is it taking so long for Ekka to announce their rides? Adelaide have already announced theirs and its not until late september!

[themagician]

They have?

https://www.ekka.com.au/entertainment/rides

[Flynn_Smith]

17 minutes ago, themagician said:

They have?

https://www.ekka.com.au/entertainment/rides

I mean, a full ride lineup

 

[XxMrYoshixX]

On 7/26/2017 at 6:10 AM, Adventures With JWorld said:

Was anyone on here able to do Disney Quest when it existed at Disney Springs? I was going to do it when I was in America however it never just seemed to interest me but seeing it's now closed it will be interesting to see if anyone on here did it 

Disney Quest, from what I have seen of it, was like our own Sega World fed super steroids - it was essentially a giant arcade, littered with games, left, right and centre. It had some rare games in it as well - including a replica of Fix it Felix Jr, a 16 player Daytona setup (that got replaced with a Nascar game in Disneyquest's last couple of years) and a one-of-a-kind arcade port of the Cars 2 video game. However, the main attractions appeared to age quite poorly - the video cameras on one of the rides shot in an extremely poor resolution, and the graphics looked extremely outdated on the Pirates of the Caribbean game.

Think something like Timezone in Surfers Paradise or the old Sega World, but fed steroids.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

So TPSN is a place now?

[Gazza]

Fountain reacts only.

[gumb00t]

Does anyone know how to search for roadworks plans around Gold Coast? Similar to searching the Gold Coast pdonline for building plans and applications...but for roadworks?

cheers 

[Rollercoaster_Lover]

Heard a staff At the exit of Scooby Doo say they are changing the whole theme!

[Flynn_Smith]

55 minutes ago, Rollercoaster_Lover said:

Heard a staff At the exit of Scooby Doo say they are changing the whole theme!

This reminds me of the time that staff member at superman told me that DC Rivals would be a marvel coaster. They won't change the theme

[Brad2912]

2 hours ago, Flynn_Smith said:

This reminds me of the time that staff member at superman told me that DC Rivals would be a marvel coaster. They won't change the theme

Whilst I speak with no inside knowledge, I can comfortably state the likelihood for the SDSC receiving a complete re-theme is exponentially higher than what the chances of Rivals being a Marvel Coaster was 

[themagician]

I doubt they would want to, or have the time to re theme the whole ride. The ride is closed for 7 weeks, and highly doubt that there would be enough time to remove all of the Scooby Doo theming, and then reinstalled new theming. And the ride is very popular and iconic for the park,  not just for the experience, but the SD theming really adds to it. When they reinstall the theming, if they have just replaced it, I'll be quite happy with that, but if they've taken the opportunity to upgrade it and enhance the experience, that will be even better.

[Brad2912]

I haven't ridden since the initial theming was removed, but is there much Scooby specific themeing left inside? 7 weeks is a decent chunk of time to theme a ride 

[Flynn_Smith]

10 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

I haven't ridden since the initial theming was removed, but is there much Scooby specific themeing left inside? 7 weeks is a decent chunk of time to theme a ride 

The swinging axes are still there. There are a few monsters still there aswell. 

[jjuttp]

Wouldn't they also have to change the facade too? Cause its almost directly from the film, wouldn't there be rights sitting on it? Not to mention surely there's some promotional thing they can tie it in for in 2019 for Scooby's 50th.

[Naazon]

When they say Re-theme is it possible they mean keeping SD genre and just getting all new thematic pieces? 

[diesal11]

8 hours ago, Rollercoaster_Lover said:

Heard a staff At the exit of Scooby Doo say they are changing the whole theme!

Funny, when I was there a few weeks back a staff member in the line told me it would be kept the same.

It's as if Park Staff don't know themselves, or just aren't allowed to say.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^and sometimes they just like to spread a false rumor to have some fun with guests, and see how quickly the rumor spreads.

[Aw hype]

Since this is the off topic topic, I thought I'd share something. Today we were learning about Energy in Science, and there was some video we watched detailing types of energy associated with roller coasters (gravitational potential etc.) and B&M stand up coaster Green Lantern at SFGA was used as an example. All my classmates were in ore at the sight of a coaster. Kind of funny actually because kids were saying tallest, fastest etc roller coaster in the world. I told them the world's tallest roller coaster kinda Ka was there. Then rambled on about what elements there were in gl, what manufacturer, how it was chang at kentucky Kingdom, how and when Kingda Ka became. They all looked like zombies. Mind you my teacher was impressed.

 

[Flynn_Smith]

43 minutes ago, Aw hype said:

Since this is the off topic topic, I thought I'd share something. Today we were learning about Energy in Science, and there was some video we watched detailing types of energy associated with roller coasters (gravitational potential etc.) and B&M stand up coaster Green Lantern at SFGA was used as an example. All my classmates were in ore at the sight of a coaster. Kind of funny actually because kids were saying tallest, fastest etc roller coaster in the world. I told them the world's tallest roller coaster kinda Ka was there. Then rambled on about what elements there were in gl, what manufacturer, how it was chang at kentucky Kingdom, how and when Kingda Ka became. They all looked like zombies. Mind you my teacher was impressed.

 

Im doing this exact same topic at school aswell. Except the video we saw stated that Kingda Ka was the tallest, fastest and longest coaster in the world. smh

[Aw hype]

12 minutes ago, Flynn_Smith said:

Im doing this exact same topic at school aswell. Except the video we saw stated that Kingda Ka was the tallest, fastest and longest coaster in the world. smh

Yr8 academic extension's what I'm doing

[WalleyWorld]

@Flynn_Smith & @Aw hype That's cool that your science teachers are referencing real roller coasters to teach physics. Also, it's great to see younger members on the parkz forum

Edited August 3, 2017 by Luke

[themagician]

Back in my school days, a group of students studying physics got to go to DW and where a specialised jacket, which recorded speeds and forces, while they went on the rides. And they used that data for analysis and study.

[Flynn_Smith]

15 hours ago, themagician said:

Back in my school days, a group of students studying physics got to go to DW and where a specialised jacket, which recorded speeds and forces, while they went on the rides. And they used that data for analysis and study.

My school still does that. I guess it makes students more enthusiastic about learning this stuff?

[xRazzBerryx]

Silver Dollar City's new coaster for 2018 (manufactured by Mack) is looking amazing. They just added a 90 degree drop straight out of the station?!?!