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>inb4 thoosie-anon complains that no one will do research on irrelevant regional coaster parks for him
>inb4 liberals-anon goes on a schizophrenic rant about imaginary chinese muslim infiltrators
>inb4 rosalina-anon subtly suggests that the new film presents an opportunity for an indoor mack spinner
>inb4 other thoosie-anon suggests that having an interest in any ride with a story makes you irredeemably a morbidly obese childless disney adult
>inb4 i write up a blogpost about the IP value of pokemon no one cares about
>inb4 we scare away the youtuber that lurks here

Let's get this shit out of the way early. What else am I missing?

>>2862064
>inb4 I make a post in the old thread because I'm too retarded to scroll down and see a new thread was made.
It keeps happening.

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>>2862064
>>inb4 we scare away the youtuber that lurks here
platt isnt goin no where hes our guy

>>2862064
Funny thing about liberals-anon is that he has all the shitty qualities of a stereotypical leftist despite claiming to hate those fuckers.
He attacks people for the slightest thing, tells people to "grow up" when he himself is the biggest manchild of them all, claims he's always right and that his opinions are fact, and also gets defensive when someone insults him -- because he thinks he should be the one insulting others.

>>2862064
>What else am I missing
Guy who's only here to troll thoosies
(of course i know that guy. he's me)

>>2862064
>This liberal faggot complaining about everything. Again.
You showed up a few months ago and bully everyone and everything

>>2862097
>and bully everyone and everything
Pajeet hands typed this post.
1) Please work on your grammar
2) Not everyone you hate is a liberal, just like how not everyone leftists (whom you have more in common with than you think) hate is Hitler

>>2862100 (me)
Btw, before you sperg out, liberals-faggot, I'm not that anon you were replying to.

Do people really not know how to ignore schizos

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Just posting to say I like visiting regional parks and don't get the excessive hate.

>>2862110
>Bring a ladder for a lift evac

>>2862057
I'm feeling nostalgic.

https://youtu.be/vBIugupJl0M?si=mgH68qX7ECapMqjn

https://youtu.be/GGqxgnis1f8?si=o3iXUjGUNeDgDbLU

https://youtu.be/PYhXa9FShoc?si=SDAN25amMxaHOkcr

https://youtu.be/PYhXa9FShoc?si=4dWLqjgEyru-BfaN

>>2862100
A liberal came here and trolled the living daylights out of this place. That's who I'm talking about. Whether he got us to fight or whatever that doesn't take away what was done. Or if it was you pretending that you're some mild normie now.

>>2862133
Huh???

>>2862133
Checked. I remember that guy. He was super gay and even more annoying… leftists are toxic trash. This thread is to discuss theme parks, not gay shit

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Visited Fuji-Q in January and honestly was a bit disappointed. Rides were not as fun as I thought they'd be, actually much more violent than expected. I never get dizzy on coasters but my head hurt so much after riding the 3 big ones.

Other than that, 10/10 location. Zokkon was fun too.

>>2862149
Botched picture, that's what I get for phoneposting

>>2862133
>>2862147
Proof this guy existed? Otherwise you faggots are full of shit

>No response
Yup, full of shit.

Threadly list of Disney/Universal announcements and dates for your convenience:
Florida:
>Monsters Inc. at Studios opens 2027?
>Dinoland EXTINCT
>'Tropical Americas' replace it in 2027
>Rafiki's Planet Watch closing Feb 23 partially rethemed to Bluey by summer
>Front Tire Land replaces Tom Sawyer Island circa 2028
>Liberty Belle Steamship future unknown, intact as of late Nov 2025
>Big Thunder Mountain (Florida) refurb finishes by 'Spring' 2026 w/ Rainbow Caverns
>New Frozen ride animatronics Feb 12
>Walt Disney robot coming to Carousel of Progress
>Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin reopens Spring 2026 WITH MOAR SCREENS
>Rock N' Rollercoaster Aerosmith version final day is March 1
>Muppets retheme by Summer 2026
>>>/tg/ Crossover:
>Earn Lorcana Promo cards at Epcot thru Feb 23.
>Volcano Bay closed Oct 26, 2026 thru Mar 24, 2027
>Lost Continent demolition underway
>Replacement for Poseidon's Fury to be built by Intamin
>Jurassic Park River Adventure closed thru Nov 19 2026
>RRR Replacement early 2027?

California:
>Fast and Furious Hollywood coaster "Summer 2026"
>Mr. Lincoln shows when Walt is uncooperative. True rotation soon?
>Mike & Sully closes 2026, becoming Avatar ride
>OT characters in Cali Galaxy's Edge

Both:
>Soarin' Over 'Murica by Memorial Day
>Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run rethemed to Mandalorian May 22, 2026

Europe:
>Frozen land and Rapunzel teacups, opens in Paris March 29, 2026
>Lion King Splash Mountain water ride at Paris Studio park, late 2027 at the earliest
>New scenes in Rivers of the Far West in 2026
>Universal UK set for 2031
>Disney-Adjacent Bluey Roller Coaster at Alton Towers Spring 2026

Asia:
>Multi-launch Spider-man coaster at Shanghai DL
>Spider-Man Drop Tower at Hong Kong DL, Doc Ock
>Wreck-It-Ralph omnirover shooter replaces Buzz Lightyear in Tokyo by April 2026
>Tokyo Disneyland Space Mountain currently closed until 2027 for ground-up rebuild
>Tokyo maybe razing Adventureland 2026 or later?
Did I miss anything?

>>2862160
> Did I miss anything?
Yeah. What about Cedar Point? Dollywood? Silver Dollar City? Fucking BUSCH GARDENS, SEAWORLD? You know, major parks that aren’t disney or universal?

>>2862161
Nigger, I didn't forget.
>Disney-Adjacent Bluey Roller Coaster at Alton Towers Spring 2026

>>2862160
For for people in Europe: Europa Park, Efteling, Liseberg, Phantasialand, Port Aventura, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, etc etc…

>>2862160
The Buzz retheme in Tokyo got delayed to 2027

>>2862170
Shit, nothing to do in Tokyo's Tomorrowland right now.
[spoiler]Almost as bad as Disneyland California's amirite?[/spoiler]

>>2862171
When I went last spring the land was split in two by work walls so the main area of the land had nothing besides the Baymax flat that gets huge waits. Everything worthwhile (Star Tours/Monsters/the good pizza restaurant) you had to take a side path to get to. Reminded me a bit of Lost Continent

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>>2862160
Thank you for your effort. Please keep intentionally excluding all coaster parks so this faggot >>2862161 cries himself to sleep at night.

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Soul

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>>2862179
soulless

Maybe they should have considered why their food options were shit enough that an already huge mcdonalds was overfilling...

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>>2862180
Blame starbucks. Every fast food place wants to have the aesthetics of starbucks now and that design influence somehow leaked into parks and downtown disney areas. It's also ruining in person retail and gift shops.

What happens when shareholders get to mandate designs instead of actual artists. Rich people have no taste

>>2862180
Still not as sad as the one in Disney World by the All Star resorts.

>>2862160
>look at all these good rides weve removed and are replacing with crap
wow just look at this dogshit list. hilarious disney are so badly run they cant even say when rides (on an 18 month+ refurb) will reopen lmao. Monsters/Tropical America isnt opening next year based on their Thunder Mountain progress. Maybe 2028

>>2862186
I could see the latter opening up for summer 2027 but Monsters isn't even vertical yet

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No AREA15 for Orlando. People need their goyslop instead.

>>2862187
wasnt Thunder Mountain testing before Christmas? Its a retrack and upgraded lighting. Most of disney construction staff must work from home

>>2862191
I recall "push" testing, not full speed track runs.

>>2862191
I meant Tropical Americas could open up in 2027, Encanto might get delayed but the rest is mostly just a retheme

>>2862194
I wonder if Indiana Jones will be decent.
I assume they'll retain the Dinosaur track layout, which means no cool vistas like the bridge in Disneyland.

>>2862195
>I assume they'll retain the Dinosaur track layout
they definitely are and keeping the cars. Im convinced its a lazy retheme, I hope they prove me wrong

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>>2861942
me at the cucumber sprite dispenser in club cool

>>2862160
Does anyone know anything about the Monster Inc ride yet? I feel like the doors makes a ton of innovative potential. They really need to hire actual creative artists.

>>2862160
Did they get rid of the Muppets fountain and the neat gritty 70s NYC cartoony area?

>>2862175
I feel bad for them. They were such nice people. They loved talking about their stupid little coasters, and Cedar Park before we took over.

>>2862179
One of the saddest things about our culture was the phasing out of indoor playgrounds. Moms used to not have to cook or clean. They went to McDonald's and the kids got fed, threw away their trash and ran and ran until Mom went home and put them to bedtime.

>>2862216
What does your wife’s boyfriend think about your disdain for non-disney theme parks?

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>>2862216
>They loved talking about their stupid little coasters, and Cedar Park before we took over.

This general was dogshit before we took over. We're the European settlers building out the new world and they're the angry natives demanding we respect their sacred mountain they were too poor to turn cash-flow positive.

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>>2862161
here's your tormenta construction update :)

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>>2862163
Efteling has a kiddy drop tower ride opening this summer, after that the only stuff they have in the pipeline is adding a new fairy tale to the forest, which is not a real "ride".
There are tons of plans to expand the footprint of the park and build outside the current perimeters, but getting the approval of the surrounding towns and shit is a very very slow process going on for years now, considering the surrounding nature is largely protected and important for the region. One of the plans was a big circus-themed launch coaster, but that's been scrapped completely and they're probably not doing anything substantial until like 2027 or 2028

>>2862222
checked+trvke

>>2862235 (me)
Wait, nevermind, thought he meant "disdain for disney+universal theme parks". I didn't read right
trvke revoked, thoosies don't deserve gets

>>2862226
Based

>>2862186
>wow just look at this dogshit list. hilarious disney are so badly run
That's why it would be nice to see updates and news about parks that AREN'T just Disney/Universal.

This isn't /dug/. It's /rcg/+/tpg/. It's not >>2862160's personal Disney thread.

>>2862215
>Did they get rid of the Muppets fountain and the neat gritty 70s NYC cartoony area?
Who fucking cares

>>2862229
>here's your tormenta construction update :)
Literally already better than any coaster Disney has built

>>2862226
Anyone else not like that little twist on the left side? I just want to go straight down. That little twist is just distracting.

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>>2862229
>six flag's response to going bankrupt is the same thing that drove them to bankruptcy in the first place
Is it over for the US coaster scene? The yuros are building circles around us.

Anyone goes to Six Flags New England? Haven't been there in awhile, heard there's a new smaller coaster ride that is about speed.

>>2862274
A twist going up would have been better with a drop that turns 90 degrees left to enter the runout.

>>2862276
The contract to build Tormenta was probably signed a year or two before the companies merged. Can't really walk away from it.

>>2862215
Most of it's probably going to be staying, just rethemed to Monsters Inc

>>2862286
Yeah but what else do we even have to look forward to? Fast and Furious doesn't looking like it's going to be anything too interesting. Mack and Vekoma have all kinds of new stuff we don't have much of here. Someone needs to buy it.

>>2862265
>>2862266
Low test posts

>>2862299
>Fast & Furious
got to say its a big deal for Universal Hollywood to finally get an outdoor coaster but it looks incredibly boring how slow it goes. Im sure the cope will be "its still testing, it will go faster" but we all know thats bollocks.

Also that Universal Florida is building ANOTHER launch coaster tells me theyre out of ideas. They need more rides like Monsters/Forbidden Journey that will take thousands of people an hour and be great. All the IPs they control and they pick Fast & Furious too...

>one month til carowinds opens
I can finally ride Fury.

>>2862215
Concept art shows that the Muppet Theatre, Fountain, and Pizzarizzo will be essentially unchanged except for themeing.
The Theatre will presumably get a new show (still unclear if they'd port the Laugh Floor and replace it in Tomorrowland or do something different and actually scifi).

>>2862463
My money's on it being Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me

>>2862182
The real money in franchising was always real estate. The desoulification wasn't about copying a certain aesthetic like Starbucks but to make each facility as easy to resell so it can be turned into something else as possible.

>>2862179
>goyslop
>soul
>ever

>>2862217
The fact that marketing fast food garbage to children is still legal at all is the saddest thing about our culture. Thankfully the indoor playgrounds attached to fast food restaurants are at least gone.

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>>2862057
You can get wait times for Disney but Google blocks Universal. Why?

>>2862478
The city with the largest amount of fast food places also has the highest levels of longevity. (PLANO TX)

>>2862222
He hates Disney adults, why

Thoughts on Helios Grand Hotel vs Stella Nova/Terra Luna vs one of the older hotels? The main point is Epic Universe but I'd probably want to go to IoA as well.

>>2862498
>PLANO TX
>highest levels of longevity
Wrong, fatass.

>>2862310
>Also that Universal Florida is building ANOTHER launch coaster tells me theyre out of ideas
What exactly do you mean by this? Launches have much more variety than lift hill coasters, no? Islands of Adventure alone has three very different launched coasters in Hulk, Velocicoaster and Hagrid’s.

>>2862533
I take Ozempic. I'm skinnier than I was in high school.

I will always find it funny how the nigger named Shacklebolt has a starring role in Battle at the Ministry

>>2862552
Rowling was always subtle with the names.

>>2862550
I bet you do. A non-fatass wouldn’t have made the false statement you made here >>2862498.

>>2862559
Yeah so I'm not a fatass. Its a drug called Ozempic. Look it up.

>>2862533
https://youtu.be/K-MV98UrnWg?si=1pl5sW9tQoU_c4Mh

Here is the proof. Thanks.

>>2862565
I'm sure it is called that.

>>2862183
That one shocked me how anti-customer it was.
Parking lot is way too small, interior space is way too small, ordering was super convoluted, no self-refills.

It's sad that all Disney adults have to talk about rn are McDonalds on Disney property

>>2862566
Literally nowhere in that video is it claimed that Plano has the highest life expectancy in the country. Is your brain fat too?

>>2862572
I understand how they ran all the thoosies off but I wish they'd come back. Surely we can get along.

>>2862572
a mcdonalds in the parking lot of a disney motel is more culturally significant than all of six flags globally

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universal orlando is building a Boring Company tunnel between citywalk and epic universe

what on earth are they doing that for? the busses work just fine

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/11/elon-musks-tunneling-company-tapped-to-link-universal-parks/

>>2862580
>tesla makes electric cars instead of trains
>tesla makes self driving cars instead of trains
>tesla makes robotaxis instead of trains
>tesla makes subways for busses instead of subways
Fuck that company.

>>2862582

Until America dramatically changes its demographics or its approach to law enforcement and puts an armed soldier on every form of public transportation, mass transit in America is a fucking pipe dream

Also that's a really dumb comparison because America is networked through roads as it was created after the horse drawn carriage and in unison with the automobile. America is a road country. It has its downsides, but you also dont have to listen to puerto rican rap blasted off a bluetooth speaker and break up a knife fight between "teens"

>>2862580
No speed limit + direct access.

Personally I think the long term plan is to put a second city-walk type venue over by epic and transform the parking lot over there into a parking garage to save space. No one likes big ass parking lots anyways cause it just translates into a long walk back to your car after already walking all day.

>>2862580
>Digging tunnels in Florida

What did they mean by this?

>>2862596
Is that a problem?

>>2862602
He's saying the land isn't suitable for digging tunnels, it's too swampy.

whats cool in japan? taking my first trip there soon

>>2862573
amongst the top longest living. amongst.

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>>2862609
>it's too swampy
What about the underground corridors at MK & Epcot?

>>2862613
Those aren't actually underground, the Utilidors are just a giant building that they covered with dirt and the theme park is just on the roof.

>>2862617
Tunneling under the water table or in swampy areas isn't hard though. Easier than cutting through a mountain

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>>2862580
People fundamentally do not understand hyper loops. According to Elon/Boring, they can be anything you want them to be. I'm sure Universal's plan is to turn them into custom underground busses that don't have to deal with traffic and can get to and from the parks in just a minute or two. Guests won't be riding around in Tesla's they'll be in mini busses similar to pic related (Elon has also said trains are possible). The technology is still extremely new/advanced and I'm not saying it'll work perfectly, but it's a neat idea and if it does work it'll be a MAJOR time saver when getting around the parks. They could also theme it and would have complete control over everything you see compared to the traffic nightmare that you experience now.

>>2862633
I'm unimpressed by them.

I don't think this is going to be free or even cheap for users. That's what the buses are for. This is an upcharge attraction to get between the parks that bypasses traffic above.

>Elon has also said trains are possible
World's tiniest trains

>>2862175
>non Americans actually think they have coaster parks

If it’s not kings island or cedar point. It’s probably some shitty park with 4 coasters max. Cope more.

>>2862580
You're kidding right? I'm getting old and fighting the peasant crowds before you get to the park is a nightmare. This is innovative tech that will improve quality of life.

>>2862590
Honestly Deportations are the key. And I think holding non-white groups accountable when they commit crimes. Catch and release DEI Judges is not working.

Also cap immigration. Less than 1%.

And sell Puerto Rico. And send them back.

>>2862635
The whole point of Boring tunnels is that they're incredibly cheap to build relatively speaking. I also doubt Universal would charge for it when it looks like they want this to be their main transportation to/from Epic. Boring still has a lot of kinks to work out but the idea looks really cool and it makes a ton of sense for a place like Universal. I don't know why you're being so gay about it.

Wouldnt an elevated highway exclusive to Universal busses solve the same issue with dramatically lower costs?

>already have the vehicles
>same benefits as the tunnel (no speed limit, direct access)
>dont have to maintain a tunnel in a state that routinely goes underwater
>florida has tons of elevated highways, it's not uncommon

Unless the issue would be convincing the state of florida to license all that out. Not sure how licensing tunnels works. They'd be going under private property.

>>2862715
the bus stops for epic universe - citywalk never have a long wait wtf u talking about

>>2862767
Not the liberals guy but I remember hearing bad things about the bus frequencies last year, maybe they've fixed that since then.
I only did Epic during my visit in September and the Stella Nova buses weren't very frequent, but there's also a walking path so I assumed they weren't a big priority.

>>2862749
A Boring tunnel would be significantly cheaper and easier than a massive bridge that would also be an enormous eyesore. Don't be a retard.

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Here's your piston peak ride system.

Kuka-style arm pushing a ride vehicle over a simulated off road track.

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>>2862780
Very similar to Minecart Madness with a vertical track holding and powering the system.

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>>2862735
>I don't know why you're being so gay about it.
Because the entire idea is gay and I'm gay, bitch

>>2862749
>Wouldnt an elevated highway exclusive to Universal busses solve the same issue with dramatically lower costs?
Still really expensive, although still less expensive than a tunnel that can run the same buses.

>dont have to maintain a tunnel in a state that routinely goes underwater
Tunneling underwater and under the water table isn't new or a big deal

>Not sure how licensing tunnels works. They'd be going under private property.
Easements

>>2862772
Yeah a bridge would shit up the splendor of the area pic rel

>>2862780
Holy shit It's gonna suck.
It kind of works for DK because of the fake track as a visual aid and the arm being able to mostly hide, at least to the riders.
But an arm alongside a car in a natural outdoor area?
DOA

If I were CEO I'd start rebuilding Discovery Island into Tom Sawyer Island, caves and all, and have the Liberty Belle run a loop from Wilderness Lodge, the new shitty DVC resort next to Tri Circle D, Fort Wilderness, and the Contemporary.

>>2862780
There's no proof anywhere this has anything to do with Cars

>>2862780
>>2862782
Can't see this working as presented. Two big problems:

Speed. It's not going to be able to go faster than a light jog

Safety. What happens if the code/electronics go haywire and it slams the car into the ground? Even if you assume they use motors that can only go downwards using gravity, you've the problem of pushing the car outwards/inwards at the wrong time.

Kuka Arms have the failsafe of not being able to touch and scenery with its range of motion, this is designed to interact with the scenery.

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>>2862788
The arms aren't alongside the car, they're behind it pushing it. The mounting and control point is at the rear of the vehicle. Presumable you'd only be able to see it if you craned your neck all the way around.

My question is how fast can this system go? Will there be a straight-away boost like Test Track or will this be more of like an outdoor dark ride? Concept art shows dust coming off the tires and a racing aspect with another vehicle. If the mounted arms are powering this that means two distinct tracks with arms on either side.

>>2862790
Sure but the timing fits this being the attraction. What else would this be used for? Anything else in the pipeline you think is going off-road? Indy is the only other one that makes sense but we know it's the Dinosaur vehicles.

>>2862791
It's not a kuka-arm. I said kuka-style cause it's mounted on an arm. Forget I said kuka

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If there's two vehicles side by side, and the arm is the ride system, that means two entirely separate tracks.

There's a 500 foot coaster open now and a 300 foot dive being built and Disney adults are excited about riding a new seesaw in 10 years

>>2862798
You could have posted about it and solved your own problem instead of seething about your micropenis

>>2862772
>tunnels are cheaper than bridges
Actual retard

>>2862792
It's not Kuka Arms but you have to look to those to understand the failsafes. You couldn't get slammed into scenery in Harry Potter if the arms tried. That's the final safety measure.

In this ride system, there is no plausible failsafe because it can't be isolated from the scenery, you can't stop it getting hit by cosmic rays and potentially deciding it needs to slam the car down at max strength or pushing it sideways into a fake rock. It needs to be impossible for this to happen.

For another comparison, Test Track has independently controlled cars, that means a car could accelerate out of control and it's physically possible for them to crash into another. To protect against this it's got something like 4 levels of redundancy which all have emergency halts and all of which aim to stop the cars before they get anywhere near each other.

What protection could they have in a ride system where a blip lasting a second could injure a rider?

>>2862803
PLCs handle all that stuff. I'm not worried about it

>>2862602
Basements don’t exist in Florida, you hit the water table the instant you start digging.

>Merlin change their mind and will allow people with anxiety, ADHD or autism to skip the queue
GREAT!
Just when I thought Alton Towers will finally have improved queueing they change their minds because the loud entitled ADHD riddled babies cried about cancelling a £200 annual pass. Pathetic. They really should make all queues wheelchair accessible completely and get rid of the access queues altogether

Get in the queue like everyone else. People with real issues of autism/ADHD will mask it and dont want the attention.

>>2862800
Yes, that is the whole point of the Boring company. They are projecting to build tunnels for $8 million a mile which is infinitely cheaper than a massive bridge. Retard.

>>2862803
Pretty sure the extremely well paid team of professional engineers is aware of the design hurdles inherent with the system and have been figuring it out. They arent gonna build a 200 million dollar ride, open it, and watch as the arm crushes a car full of toddlers because of things a 4chan anon immediately assumed.

>>2862811
>>2862814
shut up

>>2862785
> I'm gay, bitch
Please don’t rape any children, anon. Esp since you obvs go to theme parks where there will be lots of kids

>>2862813
Good news is everyone posting in /rcgtpg/ has just qualified for free front row passes at Merlin parks

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They cut the amount of Mardi Gras floats in half so I did not leave the park looking like a pimped out Mr T. They also replaced the black woman with DDDs with a gay black guy on stilts.

4/10, the beignet was banging

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>>2862780
>>2862782
Here's another image of the same patent, this one screams Star Was and very well could be what's being rumored for DLP. Could be both, some of Disney's recent expansions use existing ride systems

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>>2862160
>Mr. Lincoln shows when Walt is uncooperative. True rotation soon?
Feb 13th according to app showtimes

Is there a particular reason why Intamin hasn't put LIMs on an invert?

Seems kinda obvious

>>2862845
I dont mean the meme shuttle, I mean a full blown inverted with a full track. Velocicoaster, but inverted.

>>2862845
They tried once. Volcano was a maintenance nightmare and is now closed
I'm sure if someone wanted one they'd build it, FLY doesn't seem to have much issues

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>>2862834
Lmao. Unless good people take advantage of this shitty system nothing will change. It’ll just be an endless stream of poojeets, forever

>>2862794
shit looks so fucking gay, I can't believe they are too cheap to keep the rivers MK is dead now

>>2862633
>Elon has also said
a lot of things that never happened

>>2862861
You really going to act like he hasn't accomplished anything?

>>2862867
His employees absolutely did. The main himself, while obviously a great salesman/ front man, is a fucking idiot

>>2862869
Lol whatever you say tubby, enjoy flipping burgers tomorrow

>>2862870
I did have in an out recently for the first time ever bc I was in CA for a work conference. It was everything people said. If they opened in and out in Florida, it would be even more popular that Chik fil a. Floridians would go nuts for the food quality/ price, aesthetics, the paper hats, and the fact that all the employees are White

>>2862845
>>2862848
They still list launched inverted coasters on the Intamin site, so presumably in the 25+ years since Volcano and the impulse coasters they've come up with revisions to the trains and track to ameliorate the problems the first ones had. But if you look at newer inverted launchers from other companies, I think they can offer parks more value.

Intamin coasters seem to have fallen out of favor in the US because of their cost (on par with B&M) and having to warehouse spare parts since the manufacturer doesn't. Vekoma coasters will be a little less expensive and they do warehouse their own parts.

>>2862633
>>2862867
>>2862870
We don't dickride Elon itt

>>2862632
Well I wouldn't know, I haven't studied the field. I'm assuming if Universal has said yes to their proposal then they have done their due diligence and it'll work out.

A lot of people really really really hate Elon Musk.

>>2862943
Most tunnels go under the water table or intrude on underground springs. There are already many tunnels that go underwater and they've been around for decades. There are two underwater tunnels in Florida now, one under a river and the other under a bay.

>>2862943
>>2862956
They have banking tunnels in downtown Jacksonville and they have to have pumps running constantly to stop water intrusion. Tunnels in Florida just don’t make sense for the same reason no homes have basements in Florida. It’s just fucking dumb
>dig 4 feet down, practically anywhere in Florida and water will come bubbling up
T. Digger

>>2862511
I visited Stella Nova a few months ago, I thought it was pretty nice, basically on the same caliber as the Endless Summer hotels. Walking to Epic was really convenient, and the buses to City Walk weren't bad. The biggest downside was there is basically no way to get to anything outside of Universal by walking. The closest store is a Walgreens, and it's at least a half hour walk one way, and the sidewalks were still being built in some places. I get that it's intentional, but it's still frustrating.

>>2862840
That one would work massively better as you could include failsafes in it (physical blocks to stop the arm going too far down).

Would be really neat if we'd see that for the Mandalorian coaster that's rumoured. Would need to be a 6-8 seater though to prevent it being another queue monster like Crush's Coaster

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>>2863029
Worth noting that these images are from one of the other bidders which didn't get chosen (Glydways)

>>2863082
Looks really cheap. Shit

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>>2863088
Seaworld should knock down Atlantis and reimagine it from the ground up with this ride system.

Wouldn't be shocked if in 10 years we have upwards of 8 of these. BGT and Uni are already rumored for them.

>>2863093
A lot of companies are going to be watching the Dollywood one closely. If it can show proven reliability and high capacity in a compact footprint it will be godly for all the parks that have lost their log flumes or rapids rides.

Would be perfect for either Thorpe Park or Alton Towers here.

What’s worth doing in Branson (alone) besides Silver Dollar City?

>>2863094
>Would be perfect for either Thorpe Park or Alton Towers here
Merlin wont build water rides in Britain. High running costs plus paying people to sit and do nothing. Fine for most companies but Merlin arent allowing any wasteful spending in their parks that actually make money.
Theres already rumours the rapids at Thorpe Park are going. They wont remove them at AT yet because there would be huge uproar

>>2863202
The rapids going at Thorpe Park would be an utter disaster. The park already has nowhere near enough for families. It needs a family coaster and also a non-shit dark ride.

I get the impression that the Rocky Boat ride system has pretty low running costs, Dollywood's only has a fairly short water section by the looks of it

Oh and while I’m in Missouri, is it worth adding 4 hours of driving to hit Worlds of Fun? Doesn’t look like they have anything too interesting but still looks like a decent little park.

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Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

>>2863303
>Passing almost directly through Allentown.
>Not stopping by Dorney.

>>2863311
I went there in September and see no reason to return. Well maybe I’ll give Steel Force another try.

>>2862842
thanks

>>2862785
>gay
Please don't go to places where there are families since they have children

>>2862580
Its sad that he has to do Universal. I love Universal but obviously Epcot is an ideal park for Elon Musk.

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>>2862057
Personally I think a guy who isn't Jewish (unless he's Messianic or a Stephen Miller type) is always going to be less liberal. I just heard that 200+ sponsors pulled out of Gay Days even though they had upwards of 30k faggits who were going to show up that day. Disney cancelled it as a result which Eisner would NaeVarR have done.

>>2862582
Seething traincel.

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>>2862590
Demographics actually has little to do with it. The biggest factors are climate and air conditioning. Even poor Americans can attain a car by and large, so the market for transit is limited to the few poors who cannot and extremely dense places. Extremely dense places are rare because of climate and air conditioning.

Before widespread air conditioning, the population centers in the US were in places with nice summers - the midwest, northeast, and California. This MLB map shows where the people and money were around the transition point. Air conditioning made possible a massive transition to the south. Midwest factories didn't just go overseas. They went to the sunbelt with its cheap land, non-unionized labor and suddenly acceptable climate. So you have a ton of southern cities exploding well into the car and suburb age and therefore built around cars. At the same time, you have a bunch of northern cities getting hollowed out - making transit less economical and less necessary in declining cities.

So the only extremely dense places left are the ones that were extremely dense before air conditioning and survived the transition to the south, New York and Chicago most notably, and those are where transit still works well.

>>2863345
you should form your own opinions instead of repeating what Jeffry Epstein's /pol/ tells you to think

>>2863345
Ok Schizo-kun
Anyways, what is this thread's thoughts on Six Flags Qiddiya? It looks pretty impressive with all those record breaking rides, but I wonder how long it will last. They say it's gonna be a real tourist hot spot because of Dubai's location as a travel hub, but I feel like every time I see a video on one of these Arab theme parks they usually look near deserted. Are they even successful at all? Disney's jumping the gun too with building there but I doubt if it'll be the success they're expecting.

>>2863356
>>2863361
Why do you hate information?

>>2863361
Seems like yet another Arab park I'll likely never visit, FF seems to be highly ranked on some coaster sites but those opinions seem artificially paid for. That being said, Falcon's Flight is undeniably impressive and I haven't heard of any maintenance issues, so kudos to Intamin and whoever runs Qiddiya
>Disney
I mean the Arabs are paying for it in full (much like SFQ) so if it goes under it won't hurt their financials (at least directly)

>>2862590
Puerto Ricans are such a drain on our culture. The land was not worth it.

Since there's a lot of back and forth on it, here are my two cents on the whole Tesla tunnel thing.
Looking at all three of the proposals, it's clear that Universal wants autonomous vehicles that can go from point to point. My guess is that they want these to serve low-demand routes (like any of the Volcano Bay ones) without having to use full-size buses with paid drivers. I'm not even sure if the Epic hotels have direct buses to VB, I didn't see any at Stella Nova at least.
The Boring Company deal also isn't concrete, it's just to "start negotiations". I'm guessing they do one small study on how much the tunnels will cost and back out due to the expense, and the project gets watered down to robovans running on the existing busways. Maybe the busways get grade separated if we're lucky.

>>2863284
WoF is small but worth it imo. It's a nice park with a good lineup for its relatively small size.

>>2863361
FF is neat but I'm never going to visit Saudi Arabia or the Middle East so I don't care about it

>>2862943
Communists aren't people.

>>2863371
I'm worried desu that they're gonna do it better than us.

SeaWorld Dubai looks amazing.

>see post on X of people complaining the queue for the shuttle at Cabana Bay is 45 minutes
>its a saturday where the normal warm weather has returned
get up earlier or take the 20 minute walk to the parks.

Also on early ride time, would you go straight to hagrids in hope your only queue an hour or get a few rides on velocicoaster?

>>2863390
I wouldn't count on that, it'll be a give-and-take. Of course it'll be the most modern park, which will probably give us some impressive stuff, but they might be going for completely different vibes from a typical castle park, I mean look at the cyber castle from the concept art. It's gonna be distinctly modern, which seems completely backwards to how castle parks usually operate on nostalgia. I could see that approach being divisive for people.

>>2863420
My general idea is "if there is a must-do ride that gets queues out the ass, rope-drop it". The Frozen ride at Tokyo DisneySea gets three-hour waits throughout the entire day, but when we went there last year we rope-dropped it and only had to wait 20 minutes. A one hour wait for Hagrid's is still better than the alternative, so I would go for that and knock it out first thing, then you don't have to worry about it anymore for the rest of the day.

>>2863356
>instead of repeating what Jeffry Epstein's /pol/
Yeah!! listen to Ghislaine Maxwells /r/politics instead !!!

>>2863353
The biggest problem is white Christian replacement.

>>2863450
DisneySea is a unique park like Epcot or Epic Universe. This is the kind of thing that should be encouraged. Well done, innovative, different.

Recreating SeaWorld worked but recreating Disneyland? This is a park that requires American culture and care behind it. I was looking at the castle in HK. Its purely Disney but it has a unique look.

The biggest problem the Arabs will have is Islamic misogyny and xenophobia.

People want the white princess rides but they are loathed to give people what they want for some reason.

>>2863450
One reason I think they can do it was when I saw how they treated Trump during his visit. They have their own culture yet went out of their way to demonstrate that they understand ours. Better than Any European country has. The Europeans want to send a message: you're in our land. The Arabs said : you can be yourself here.

>>2863459
>The Arabs said : you can be yourself here
no arab has ever said that to anyone ever even when they are in other peoples lands

>>2863420
>Also on early ride time, would you go straight to hagrids in hope your only queue an hour or get a few rides on velocicoaster?

As an AP, we are allowed to wait inside of the park while they open it so I'm always one of the first 10 people on the ride. I walk on Hagrids then go hit up FJ and knock out all of harry potter in 5 minutes. Velocicoaster doesn't really get a line until official park opening

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I know it's difficult with the culture we're currently in, but please try to keep politics out of this general and keep all posts relevant to theme parks and rollercoasters as much as possible. If we become a nuisance for the janny this general will be deleted and then we're fucked.

>>2863471
youre right.. sorry anon :(

Anybody get a ride on the new coaster at Canada’s wonderland? I’ve heard great things about AlpenFury but wonder if it’s worth going all the way to Toronto to ride is. Also, since it’s Canada, will the park be completely poo’d? My wife legitimately is creeped out by them and will leave if there are too many

>>2862057
Silver Dollar City looks pretty unique. The park is set in mountains and has a cooler climate. It looks like they integrated mountain culture into the rides and did a Frank Loyd Wright symbiosis with the land and man made coasters.

>>2863471
I try but sometimes politics are relevant to the parks. Also if that one trolling energetic group of liberals show up, I should be allowed to defend myself.

>>2863501
You are responsible for like 80% of off-topic posting in this general. If you stop, the amount of off-topic posting plummets.

We're all counting on you.

>>2863503
You are a liberal.

>all the work on Universal UK this year is going to be exploratory stuff for roman ruins and drainage works

Dammit, at least with foundation works you get people spotting manufacturer trucks and guessing layouts from markers. There's going to be nothing to go on for ages

>>2863519
>Someone dislikes my off-topic posting, clearly he must be on the opposite political spectrum

>>2863547
It's Europe, that shit is to be expected. It happens more than you would expect on building projects.

>>2863547
I would fucking hate trying to build anything in the regulatory hellscape that is the UK. The entire country is like a HOA. You gotta go through several legal hoops before a shovel can touch earth.

This is a big reason why Florida gets all the cool shit. We make it super easy for businesses to build things here and really only get involved if you do something retarded like poison the aquifer

>>2863555
You should read the planning docs. The biggest document by far is the one going "This is what we'll do for greater crested newts, this is what we'll do for jumping spiders, this is what we'll do for bats". A huge document just for all the various hyper specific regulations builders have to put up with.

I considered building my own house at one point. Reading how utterly insane it is to get Planning Planning permission made me scrap that idea.

>>2863562
That's wild. I know the original Universal Great Britain they were planning in the 90s was canceled because of how much of a headache all of the licensing was. I assume Universal has hired some firm to take care of it all or some shit because it doesnt seem like it's become any easier to build there.

Them putting a 10 event yearly limit on fireworks is just peak UK overregulation. God forbid some aging British cunt hear a muffled boom from 4 miles away.

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>>2863567
I believe they were aiming to build it around the Dartmouth crossing south of London which is all bogland. Got scrapped when noises were made about the effect on the environment. It's not too far from where the it-was-never-a-serious-prospect London Resort was going to be built before the jumping spiders put the project out of its misery.

The government themselves of course had no problem building a record breaking road bridge not too far away from the site.

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>>2863571
This is the London Resort site.

Yes it is surrounded by industrial estates. Yes that "site of scientific interest" full of wildlife was itself a former industrial estate and it's all contaminated and polluted soil.

>>2863142
Alone? Hmm. Downtown has some cool stores like Five & Dime. Branson Landing is next to it and is like the Island at Pigeon Forge and Broadway on the Beach at Myrtle Beach. Like one of those Disney Springs-like places. I think we went to a place with go karts and a large Ferris wheel and there are mountain coasters like the Branson Coaster. And there are shows but they’re pricey. Everybody likes Haygoods. We saw an illusionist named Reza that was a good show. SDC had a nice little water park. Table rock lake is nearby with a beach. And SDC is a really great park with an included cave tour

>>2862276
What are you talking about? There are multiple US parks that have at least one coaster better than any coaster in Europe. Cedar Point, Islands of Adventure, Carowinds, Busch Gardens Tampa. And the one at Carowinds is made by boring & mid.

>>2863589
>>2863500
I can’t wait to visit. I think this year is finally going to be the year due to all the 250th celebrations

>>2862813
Unreal. Having anxiety and ADHD means you need to stand in the fucking line like everybody else with ADHD and anxiety. These fucking zoomers need to be forced to live in the real world. I have always had anxiety. Stand in the fucking line you fucking babies. We need to stop enabling this

>>2863593
I'd say you should have to have a doctor's note, but with how the medical system is, that's probably not that big of a barrier

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>>2863592
I think it might be my favorite theme park. Lower production values from the Orlando mega theme parks but it makes up for it in soul. Only real negative is the semi confusing layout and they even make chalk drawings telling you which attraction is where because of it. I’ve been there 3 times and the first time I went I didn’t know about Outlaw Run and wasn’t as coaster obsessed and I missed it completely. Flooded Mine is a gem. Probably Fire in the Hole too but I haven’t done the new version. Grandfather’s mansion, don’t miss that. We missed that our first time too

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>>2862813
Based bongs. Let’s fucking go.

>>2863829
>random niche coaster given a year long send off celebration
>tallest coaster (at the time) in the world gets 24 hours between closure announcement and final ride

Wew

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Apparently Disney has decided it actually likes money and releasing low quality trash that gets mocked online isn't a viable economic strategy. More on this as it develops

>>2863829
Yeah, I’m def finally going to visit Silver Dollar City this year

>>2863832
Don't just stick an A-ride and a B-ride, put 4-5 things in there. Actually make a proper new land.

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>>2863832
Worth noting that land clearing has expanded beyond the former river as well

>>2863847
Most of that is a lay down yard and was always part of the original plans. Something to do with permitting and wetlands mumbo jumbo.

>>2863847
I thought that was going to be Cars Land.

>>2863861
It's unclear if Cars Land is supposed to replace all of TSI/RoA or just the southern half.

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it's up

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>>2863829
>The permanent closure of Thunderation is part of a $500 million, 10-year expansion plan for Silver Dollar City

>>2863911
Dollywood better

>>2863915
Nateland clears

Universal really pisses me off with how much they pimp out nostalgia for their old rides that they destroyed.

>Hey remember when this park was way better?

>last thread someone mentions cheetah hunt is never open
>breaks days later

>>2863947
removing Jaws was unforgivable but Diagon Alley is a good area
>>2863979
Im in Florida in April and was debating to take a trip to Busch Gardens but I keep hearing horror stories of the ride operations lately.

>>2863982
Busch only has one good ride and they're currently running two trains on it, unlike most of last year.

>>2863829
RIP Thunderation. Looks like one of the better mine trains

>>2863979
One of Intamin's weaknesses (and they're not the only ride manufacturer like this) is that they don't warehouse replacement parts. They offload that job to parks. When a park buys a ride from Intamin, they will provide a list of suggested spare parts to order that could cost an additional million dollars or more, on top of the ride cost. Many parks can't afford that so they go with a minimum spare parts plan. Works fine until the park needs a part that isn't in the inventory. If that happens, they'll have to start calling other parks with that ride to see if they have that part and if so, would they sell it.

If the part can't be found or another source is unwilling to sell, then the only option left is to order it from the manufacturer, who doesn't keep parts stocked. If the park is lucky, the subcontractor that makes that part might have it in stock. For more bespoke components, it will just have to be made, and the lead time could be weeks or months (and the cost goes up because the park has to pay for expedited production and shipping). Your $$$$ Intamin ride is now less useful than a paperweight.

>>2863982
Jaws wasn't that good. Anyone who didn't get to ride it isn't missing out on much. Rhino Rally with the detachable bridge, on the other hand...

>>2864071
> Rhino Rally with the detachable bridge, on the other hand
One of the best rides ever made IMO. Beats anything ever made by Universal or Disney when it comes to that category of actor led rides

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>>2864071
>Jaws wasn't that good. Anyone who didn't get to ride it isn't missing out on much

I'm sorry but this is a dogshit contrarian take. Rides like that were core to the identity of Universal Studios and as iconic to the park as Haunted Mansion is to Disney. A tour bus/boat full of people, screaming their lungs out as some catastrophe unfolds around the vehicle IS Universal. Having fire and animatronics attack the vehicle as power lines shot sparks everywhere felt more viscerally real than anything they've been able to do with the technology they've developed in the 30 years since. It's a fucking travesty that those rides were removed and what they replaced them with was 2 IP slop skippable rides, and the greatest indoor coaster of all time (which could have been put somewhere else). They only removed Jaws because they needed the space and HP is a merch juggernaut.

It's just crazy to me that the park aged in reverse. The rides they opened with looked more technologically impressive than the rides they have now and they were designed during the fucking Reagan administration

>>2864090
I think that's your nostalgia blinding you. I went on the full Rhino Rally back in its prime and while the bridge sequence was very cool, the rest of the ride was Temu Kilimanjaro Safari mixed with Temu Jungle Cruise. It was just that one part that anyone ever talks about, but one cool element doesn't "Beat anything ever made by Universal or Disney when it comes to that category of actor led rides"

>>2864094
>I'm sorry but this is a dogshit contrarian take.
You can see what's going to happen well before you arrive at it
Wow a splash of water
Wow a splash of water
Wow a splash of water
Wow some natural gas flames
Wow some sparks
Corny "captains"
Jaws looks just like what you'd imagine a theme park shark robot would look like

It might be fun the first time you ride it, but rerides are unnecessary. Really fun for children though.

>>2864107
You thinking this is the byproduct of your small deeply cynical retarded brain. It wasn't a "splash of water", it was a 20ft animatronic shark being propelled through the water with the launch force of a fighter jet.

It's like going up to the great pyramids and saying "What's the big deal? It's just a pile of rocks"

The issue here is your dumb attitude, not the ride.

>>2864094
Still got fond memories of doing the Jaws ride at night. So much better.

>>2864115
You need to be 18 to post here.

>>2864120
Sorry for correctly pointing out that you are dumb and retarded and bad opinions. I can picture you on the jaws boat wearing your black hoodie your mom bought you from hot topic that says "You hate me because I'm different. I hate you because you're all the same" with your arms folded doing everything within your power to not have a good time. Your mom is worried about you. She doesn't see the trajectory you're on turning around anytime soon. A lip ring isn't a personality.

im going japan at some point this year or next and im gonna go USO. is the jaws ride their a clone of the old one at Orlando? i never got to ride it as a kid cos i was a scaredy cat

https://wdwnt.com/2026/02/breaking-zip-a-dee-doo-dah-sign-removed-splash-mountain-tokyo/
The continued slow death of Tokyo Splash Mountain continues

>>2864097
> Kilimanjaro Safari
A toned down, generic version with barely any animals. No edgy humor and no sense of adventure
> Jungle Cruise
Same thing, except zero animals what so ever, and even more boring.
Rhino Rally was fun for EVERYONE, those other two were fun for anyone under the age of 6. Which is fair, kids need safe, non-threatening, boring kiddie rides, but they can’t even be put in the same category

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>>2864121
Not reading all of that but pic rel is (You)

>>2864133
>Which is fair, kids need safe, non-threatening, boring kiddie rides, but they can’t even be put in the same category
I agree. Adults basedfacing over Jungle Cruise and Jaws (and similar rides) leaves normal people thinking that they must be simple, but at least they're harmless.

>>2864127
Removing the phrase from that sign isn't that big of an indicator (I think they previously used "thanks for dropping in" on that sign before) but the actually worrying part is that the ride is going sponsorless. Tokyo uses a fuck ton of sponsors for their rides (that's partly why the rides are so well maintained) so if it doesn't get a new one soon it could mean the ride might be going away

>>2864071
>Jaws wasn't that good
Nigga I rode it in USJ last year and I thought it was fantastic, and that's even in a language I don't understand. Like it retroactively made me upset for getting rid of the original in Florida.

>>2864158
This pic >>2864141 still applies

>>2864127
>>2864152
Disney adults on suicide watch

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>This makes thoosies (incels) shit and piss themselves in fear

>>2864165
Rest in piss

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>the two thoosies that post here when it comes time to have the most consistently dogshit opinions imaginable

If it wasn't so retarded I'd honestly be impressed

>>2864152
The sign is an indication that the IP usage ban is still in effect. They cannot replace the sign since the sponsor is gone because Disney will not allow new SOTS usage, such as merch or even just replacing props like that sign, so they put in a generic message.
For this ride in particular the sponsor (unless the sponsor left because they think it is bad PR, then you have another issue) means little, what matters is what main corporate allows them to do. They are putting in a slow squeeze death strategy where they cannot market the characters anymore, cannot sell things with it anymore, and cannot do any replacement of film-specific ride aspects since they will not be given approval to use them for replacements. So while they can have the existing ride now and it just opened from renovation, they are trying to choke Tokyo out both financially and maintenance-wise until they change it

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>>2864167
>Insults people who like thrill rides
>posts picture of niggerball
lol, lmao

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>>2864172
I don't insult you because you like thrill rides. I insult you because you're a huge faggot and I suspect you're the same guy who demands news-anon does research on his behalf. You are the reason why thoosie is a slur. An even dumber version of Robb Alvey, but at least Robb actually enjoys his hobby. Last (you) you are getting from me.

>>2864115
>cynical retarded brain
>your dumb attitude
>>2864121
>you are dumb
>and retarded
>>2864177
>even dumber version
Bot or thirdie?

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>>2864177
I’ve never once visited a 6-flags in my life but their advertisements were kino AF in the 90s
>t. Would gladly visit a 6 flags but I’ve heard they’re overrun with “teens” and “rowdy youths”

>>2864195
My home park is SFGAm and I don't get why I'm supposed to hate it so much.

>>2864071
$1 million or $2 million isn’t much for a ride that will last for years, especially for an allegedly non-poverty part like Busch. They’re just retarded.

>>2864097
Was the safari part of RR really that bad? Obviously as it was 25 years ago the bridge part and the getting lost part is all that sticks out to me.

>>2864127
>>2864170
Shit, do I need to make a Japan visit this year so they don’t close Splash Mountain out from under me?

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>>2864231
No, it was sick. You got to see actual rhinoceroses up close, like 10 feet or less close, and dozens of other animals like crocodiles and zebras, Cape buffalo, and all sorts of crazy looking antelopes
>the African longhorns were always my fav bc of how insane they looked

>>2864279
Don’t forget it went past the elephants, hippos, and the giraffes too

>>2864199
I've heard it's pretty good but their coaster lineup doesn't excite me. I don't go to Chicago much and I've never been tempted to go to their Six Flags park.

>>2864230
>$1 million or $2 million isn’t much for a ride that will last for years
Suppose a park has budgeted $18 million for a new coaster. The builder and the park hash out the details and the manufacturer advises the park to buy $1.5 million in parts. Now the park can only buy a $16.5 million dollar ride. You can see why even though it would be "money well spent," it's questionable if it happens.

A couple of million dollars for spare parts is a cost that is not going directly towards installing a new ride. It will not make money for the park. You can't make the ride better or more marketable or theme it more; that money is just sunk. You can see why often that $1-$2 million ends up going toward the ride itself rather than parts.

The park also has to warehouse the parts themselves and when things sit in warehouses that makes them prone to theft, loss, and damage. If the part the park already paid for got stolen, lost, or damaged, tough luck, the ride is just down until a replacement can be found or ordered. Don't forget that part was paid for, so instead of that money being a sunk cost now it's just gone. This happens ALL THE TIME with warehouse inventory across all industries.

While parks do obviously keep spare parts around, they'd prefer to only keep the absolute minimum on hand (as they see fit) and just have the manufacturer send new parts to the park when needed. So the spare part situation is an item managers have to consider when ride shopping. Not having to fool with spare parts headaches offers tremendous value to parks.

>>2864233
Bro if you're not spending your vacation time and thousands of dollars to go to the other side of the world to ride a log flume you're out of your mind

>>2864233
You have a long while. Even if they announced tomorrow it was going you would have years until it closed). They are spending a lot on huge expansions and renovations (Fantasy Springs, Space Mountain revamp, an insanely massive entire redo of Adventureland) so they are focusing budget on that instead and they need the capacity when these renovations happen. Plus they are very open that they will only take a good ride concept to replace Splash, they will not replace it with Tiana which sucks and which is a terribly unpopular IP in Japan.
My guess is it is out by 2036, but do think they need to get through Adventureland first before even thinking of touching a complete product

>>2864116
jaws and jurassic park river adventure are both much better at night

>>2864126
i went to japan last year and wondered this, apparently its a mirror flipped version but is essentially the same ride. it was exactly as i remembered it as a kid, just make sure its not down for maintenance during your visit and definitely ride it at night, the queue goes down to like 10 mins before closing

>>2864231
>Was the safari part of RR really that bad?
No it very cool. It cracks the top 5 of guided rides all time, but it doesn't beat Jungle Cruise or Jaws.

I said Temu Kilimanjaro because obviously the zoo portion Disney drives you through had an extremely high budget. For the type of small regional park BGT was, Rhino Rally overperformed at the zoo aspect, but Disney made KS the crown jewel of AK and it shows.

>>2864299
Jungle Cruise is a ride for toddlers and their families, Jaws just wasn't good; no one would prefer it to its replacement.

>>2864288
>A couple of million dollars for spare parts is a cost that is not going directly towards installing a new ride. It will not make money for the park.
Like fuck it won’t. Busch Gardens has burnt all their good will in the past couple of years and their inability to keep their rides open is a big part of that. The negative word of mouth they have going on right now is unreal. Even their remaining fans bemoan how bad they’ve gotten. Cheetah Hunt is easily the most popular rides in the park, one of the rare ones that pleases both families and thoosies. They are absolutely losing money hand over fist in lost attendance from frequent rides closures and negative word of mouth, far more than a million dollars.

Busch Gardens Tampa is just run by retards. There isn’t a nice way to say it.

>>2864311
> Busch Gardens Tampa is just run by retards. There isn’t a nice way to say it.
Agreed. It’s still a world class park and all the foundation is there for it to once again compete head to head with Disney and Universal, but it would need a completely change of leadership and management culture, bc whoever is running it now obviously does not give two shits about the park itself or the people who attend it

>>2864299
>Temu Kilimanjaro
>>2864313
>run by retards
Work on some new material

>>2864316
So you’re saying the management of Busch gardens hasn’t completely gone downhill since AB sold it off?

>>2864317
No

I'm saying calling people retards and saying a ride is "Temu _____" several times in the same thread is lazy and indicates you're either a bot or not well versed in this language.

>>2864318
That wasn’t me. Not sure what the guy is on about. Rhino Rally was WAS better than Kilimanjaro

>>2864310
Nice opinion. Where'd you get it? The dumbfuck store?

>>2864322
Seething

>>2864313
It’s not even a United or private equity. BGW is a fine park. The food is the same shit and they could do more with the European theme, but other than that I have no major complaints. I only spent 4 hours in SWO recently and saw nothing too terrible other than the flying coaster going down.

>>2864288
>The park also has to warehouse the parts themselves and when things sit in warehouses that makes them prone to theft, loss, and damage. If the part the park already paid for got stolen, lost, or damaged, tough luck, the ride is just down until a replacement can be found or ordered. Don't forget that part was paid for, so instead of that money being a sunk cost now it's just gone. This happens ALL THE TIME with warehouse inventory across all industries.
Not gonna get into all of this now since I’m driving, but as an actual warehouse engineer who had worked in spare parts, ecom, production, food, consumer electronics, and third party logistics warehouses, this is not how warehouses work. In any case, losing or damaging your own spare parts is a skill issue.

>>2864316
Everyone hates BGT anon. This isn’t a one man operation, this is a universal consensus outside of a few people with nostalgia for when it was actually good.

>>2864377
Disagree 100%. It’s still my fav park in Florida and it’s not even close. It just pains me to see it in this state when I know what it has been and what it can be again. It and SeaWorld still rule Halloween and Christmas and it’s not even close

What’s the best rope drop for a Saturday at Epic? I would think Mine Cart Madness considering BAM falls off late in the day.

>>2864385
As I said a few people have nostalgia and still defend it. You’re likely a local or once were.

>>2864503
Quit pussyfooting around and just admit BGT's coasters are too big and scary for you

>>2864506
What coaster at BGT could possibly be too scary for any adult?

>>2864509
Anything more extreme than a teacup ride would be too extreme for you

Holy fuck you faggots weren’t kidding about the Brazilians. There are probably more of them at Sea World than Americans.

Speaking of SWO, why is it so shit? One train on Pipeline and Manta. Family coasters keep closing intermittently. Lazy ops. Bad food.

>>2864509
Other than Gwazi I don’t think there’s anything at BGT that could be considered exciting, let alone scary.

>>2864509
>>2864523
You'd shit yourself on Tigris, don't act like you're brave enough to get on the Big Kids' Rides yet

>>2864527
>africa themed park
>coaster named after an asian river
Shit tier theming.

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>when you sit in front of a latina on tower of terror

>>2864523
>batclone
>skyrocket clone
>hulk with no launch
>worst dive
>worst intamin launch
>family coaster
>family coaster
>children’s coaster
Agreed.

>muh theming
Like clockwork comes the primary fallback of pussies that are scared of 80 foot tall coasters

>>2864540
Your babby’s first coaster park isn’t scary at all, and besides Gwazi it isn’t even thrilling.

Looks like the Disney adults are starting to seethe. Where’s the guy that always calls out the liberals. I think they are here bro

>>2864541
Ironically you wouldn't get on any of them out of fear

brasilian booba

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>>2864537
>when you sit behind a latina on Tron

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>Plans for Epic Universe's new events building revealed:
>Can hold 1,200 to 1,400 guests
>2 levels
>53,886 square feet gross
>Solar panels on roof
>Kitchen & offices also included
>Located in Celestial Park
>Permits say cost is $20.6 million
>Construction started

>>2864571
Events for corporate parties. How unbelievably exciting! This is the reason I keep coming back here. I am a Disney adult

>>2864571
Also I look forward to everyone who uses the building getting cancer after the next hurricane
#asbestos on speed

>>2864571
And just for a little insider information. I know you corporate lot don’t get it bc you’re spoon fed. Anybody who’s anybody if they are to use panels keep them offsite and confined bc they will break and they will poison anything they come in contact with

>>2864571
I will be interested to know if they are self insured or if they have to outsource

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just found out about the regional price changes for six flags all-park fast lane. if you live in texas the price just cratered from $999 to $450 lol

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I don't like spinning coasters, I don't get the point.

>>2864670
Unpredictability and intense forces without the need of extreme coaster elements.

>cast members with sleeve tattoos
walt is spinning