Eureka Mountain Mine Ride reopening discussion

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Yep - something definitely wrong there where Dreamworld makes a change and actually tries to make it fit in with the existing theme!

Of course, it'd be nicer if they'd tried to weather it first, but I guess that'll happen soon enough in Dreamworlds patented allowing things to weather naturally project.

[bladex]

they just replaced the door to make it look cleaner after the quick bodgey boarded up job they did

Edited May 30, 2015 by bladex

[Theme Park Girl]

But they didn't really need to because: 

a) the theming in gold rush area is intended to be old/run down looking. The original boarding up conveniently fit in with the theming already, and

b ) it's for a door which is down a small unused alleyway which is mostly out of the public's view anyway. There are no obvious attractions down that way. Only way people will really see it is if they go out of their way to walk down there (and have reason to to begin with). Lately it has only been us Parkz buffs who have been keeping tabs on Eureka testing progress, and I seriously doubt they upgraded the door just to impress us ???

Obviously staff don't care what the door looks like. So I can't see them putting in such effort unless they actually intend for the door to be seen & utilised by visitors in future. 

Food for thought! 

Yes, it may be "just a door" to most. But I am an optimistic person and to me, it's a big, shiny golden door of progress  ???

Edited May 30, 2015 by OceanGirl

[Brad2912]

 Or maybe it's a 'we wanna store stuff in tthe old queue house, but oops we boarded that door up, let's just fix it' door.

[Theme Park Girl]

They have the bigass double doors on the opposite side of the room for that

[Brad2912]

Aware of that but that's like saying why have a back door to your house if there is a front door. 

 

Convenience 

[Richard]

I don't think the temporary boarded up door in any way/shape/form fit the theme. I also think staff at theme parks -- all staff from cleaners to CEOs -- absolutely should care about little things like how a door looks to guests. Not because a tacky patch-job will impact a guest's day or make the park less money (but things like this certainly add up), but because an employee who is noticing and caring about things like this obviously has pride in their job and is in the business of customer satisfaction.

It looked ghetto before, and thankfully they decided to do it properly. But if we're singing the park praises for this sort of thing then the bar is kind of low isn't it?

[ScienticianLady]

Does anyone have a photo of it boarded up?

I bet they are doing it just to mess with us ;)

[Brad2912]

Just go back through the thread 

[Theme Park Girl]

Just go back through the thread 

It's gone. Was looking for it last night to compare, but seems it was in another topic this has since been removed/deleted (the one with andrewh's trasspassing photos I think) as I couldn't find the response post I made to it in my post history. 

[Richard]

Restored this photo for the sake of the discussion. The photo was originally deleted along with with the topic about this.

Edited May 31, 2015 by Richard

[Tim Dasco]

What did it look like before they boarded it up? Was there just nothing or what?

[Theme Park Girl]

What did it look like before they boarded it up? Was there just nothing or what?

It was like a half waist-high door, like this.... 

[Tim Dasco]

No wonder why they decided to change it.

[Andrewh]

This was the old exit door.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^No, please... continue posting photos obtained whilst breaking the rules. 

[rappa]

*slaps self in face

I felt a bit bad for this guy but no on second thought he really is just a complete moron. 

[AllegroCrab]

Andrewh is our own personal Vice documentary maker.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

No wonder he got banned from DW.

[pushbutton]

Why is it that behind the apparent anonymity of the Internet some feel it's OK to insult people they have never even met?

[Brad2912]

Why do some people on the Internet think they must go on a personal crusade to defend anyone & everyone that they feel has been wronged? 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Who insulted who? And how?

Are you referring to Rappa's completely apt description of the guy as a Moron?

Push - i've got news for you - that wasn't an insult. That was a perfect description of an idiot who wanders into a ride envelope, out of bounds, risks his life to take photos, brags about it, then gets all butt hurt when we don't react with absolute awe, and instead shout him down as the moron he is... so he continues to defend himself despite nobody supporting his position.

Believe me - theres enough people on these boards that know who Rappa is - so there's no anonymity there.

I'm with Brad on this one. Too many 'do-gooders' who stand up for others who don't need (and didn't ask) to be stood up for. The guy is PROUD he got banned from DW. He Brags... and continues to post the pictures he got shot down for... I don't think he wanted you to stick your brown nose into it...

YOU feel upset about it, and YOU have felt wronged often enough on these boards even when stuff has had NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

Stop trying to be everyone else's knight in shining armor. It doesn't suit you. By all means stand up for yourself... but your whiny-assed baby approach to defending others doesn't earn you a shred of dignity... and each time you complain about the actions of others (especially those who are the moderators and leaders - who make the rules here) you just encourage more of us to laugh at you.

[rappa]

My opinion is if you would say it to their face you can say it online. Now they put themselves out there online so it's an appropriate forum to say something to them. 

What I can't stand though is keyboard warriors who sling crap online and then are a meek little spineless wimp in person. 

[webslave]

I still for the life of me can't work out why anyone on here continues to appoint themselves enforcer of a park's rules.  That's up to the park.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Nobody has been appointed enforcer of anything.

And by the sounds of things, the park has enforced their rules by imposing a ban.

Look at it this way....

What do you call a person who gets absolutely blind drunk, gets behind the wheel and flies down a highway doing 140km/h before writing himself off into a tree?

A moron.

What do you call the same person who gets pulled over by the police before he has a chance to injure anybody, and subsequently charged with the offences he had committed?

A moron.

It's not just the police that are allowed to give their viewpoints on the stupid actions of an idiot... the media does it every day.

Everyone is entitled to have their opinion, and they're entitled to share it, so long as they're prepared to receive rebuttals that may disagree with their opinion.

My opinion is if you would say it to their face you can say it online. 

​^THIS.