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I replied to you. You replied to me. (i'm prepared for you to argue in favour of Harry's comment between mine and your reply but since Harry was quoting me and essentially supporting my statement, i'll count it) The next time I logged in - which was notably 4 days after your reply - I responded. Thats kind of how a discussion forum works. This isn't chat, replies aren't instantaneous. You've been on this forum since 2010, so you've got to be at least approaching an age where you can understand that. It took me four days to respond, ironically, because I had something else to do with my life. Quite rich coming from you, considering: You posted this thread at 11:26pm on a friday night Posted your next comment at 3:03pm saturday afternoon Again at 10:22pm Again at 10:46pm It seems I have much better things to do with my life than you do. I was involved. I was literally the first person to call out your bullshit. I still think you're struggling with the concept of a FORUM. Perhaps you might try getting a dictionary. Its a typical Brad backpedal. you make an outlandish claim or statement - in this case it's unnecessarily sensationalist language, people call you on it, you take potshots at those folk instead of reading the room and going - "you know what, i got it wrong". It's really that simple.

Just so we are all on the same page, you said, 'In a scarily similar / eerie situation'. The ride has a scarily similar name to Thunder River Rapids. You didn't explicitly state it but you were maliciously implying it. I feel most people that have read this understand that you were clearly trying to link the two events together due to similarities in name and the fact you clearly highlighted it, that is just how its read. If that wasn’t your intention, then you've worded it wrong, not everyone else misreading it. There’s really no other logical way to read it given the wording and associated connection you established.

Construction fencing has gone up (Photo TPSN)

Adventure Park teased on their socials yesterday that two new rides are going to open in June. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXbS_UNAbsH/ On their website they've already added one of the new rides to their rides page. https://www.adventurepark.com.au/water-park/explore/rides/drop-zone Seems like it'll be a new 20m drop tower. The header image seems to be of a Larson/ARM Super Shot which excited me at first, however the photo is AI generated and Adventure Park's website website says the ride will have a 90cm height restriction while Larson states the minimum height of a Super Shot is 48 inches (122cm). I'm not going to hold my breath on it being a Larson model, though I do hope it'll be one as the only other example in the country (Hair Raiser) is closed indefinitely.

Work has begun to pick up on the site. Clips that kept the cables under the launch track in place have begun to be removed leaving the cables to hang down as if ready to be discarded. The other train that’s been in the maintenance bay since closing has been removed from the site. Work is concurrently taking place on the water tanks by the ride but it’s currently unknown if it’s for draining of them or perhaps general upkeep. (Photos from Adventures of Theme Park Girl)

The ride closed last week for maintenance last week for what I believe is for the first time, but its closure has been extended to the end of the month

Their life’s must be incredibly dull if they’re dragging their kids to one of the worst protests I’ve seen.

@wikiverse I’ve never seen a protest where anyone actually knows what they’re going on about. Since everyone seems to get a kick out of the parks taking shots at each other, I’ll just drop this here. 🫠

Seems like someone watches the news too much and believes everything they say!

Honestly, is it just me, or can you two put it to rest!

You're right, you never said same, you said similar. the implication was pretty clear, whether you intended it or not, and my reply was simply countering that implication. Just on this - the TRRR incident at Dreamworld involved a raft stuck at the TOP of the conveyor... so.... ❌ It seems it's you who can't understand the english language. You've defined Scary, and Similar as two different terms when in your case you used them as a single phrase - Scarily Similar. As you've defined them - Yes. The incident would have been scary for those on board. No. The incident would not have been eerie for those on board. Yes the two rides appear similar. However - to state 'scarily similar' implies that two or more things possess an uncanny, alarming, or unnerving level of likeness, often to the point of being unsettling or spooky. That doesn't make out here. Rafts didn't flip they were swamped. conveyor belts were not the cause of the incident. pumps didn't fail. nobody died. ❌❌❌❌ Survey says no. You've written emotively. whether it was your intention or not you've suggested things that aren't there. I think everyone has done a decent job of calling you on it and it's time to read the room and maybe admit you could have worded it better (if you didn't intend it) or you were wrong (if that was your intention). We don't need to spend the next three pages of this thread on pedantry. But I'm quite prepared to keep calling you out if you need it. You first.

^hmm good pickup. The hero image on the website definitely looks like a Larson/ARM Super Shot, and, ARM rides make a 70ft (21m) version as standard called the SUPER SHOT 400. To make things even more confusing, the official ride spec sheet for this version (see below), states a minimum height requirement of 42"/107 cm. https://www.armrides.com/super-shot-400/ https://www.armrides.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SuperShot_400_Specs.pdf So I'm still leaning towards it being an Larson/ARM tower at this stage, and the min height requirement on the Adventure Park website is currently a typo. Or perhaps ARM has updated their seating/harness design to allow for a lower height requirement. Who knows.

Scarily? Please. Let's not be too dramatic. The difference here is the conveyor is an actual belt rather than slats. You can also see the belt stops moving right at the end of the video extremely quickly. Rafts are supposed to stop at the bottom of the conveyor. Something has occurred here that shouldn't have that has lead to the raft in front being swamped, but you can see in the evac that that raft is inclined and on the belt, so my guess is the evaced raft was lifted out after it was empty leaving the swamped one behind. It's not ideal. but the comments on the original video are more concerned about the guy wearing timberlands than any serious safety concern. The only people hyping this up are people referencing dreamworld and we've already done to death why dreamworld's installation is nothing like the intamin installs overseas.

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As far as I can tell, MW has removed every trace of the precinct from their website and the name of the precinct has been removed from the map. MW has quietly erased DC Super-Villains Unleashed so thoroughly, I’m expecting historians in 50 years to argue whether it ever existed at all.

Are those screens (that i think used to have some kind of mini game?) still showing some kind of generic flame effect? I find that so jarring and weird. I've heard the screens occasionally glitch and show a frozen frame of whatever the old display used to be as well

Saw this clown the other week had his kids there and they looked like they couldnt be more ashamed and sad

You could be correct @TV15 If this were a major structural reinforcement upgrade, you’d usually expect: welded connections, bolted flange plates, gusset plates, cross bracing, or direct integration into the existing steel design. The clamps suggest: secondary structures, cosmetic additions, shading, screens, lighting, themed, or netting. Whatever they’re for, let’s hope they paint them, because that looks ugly as hell at the moment.

Could be adding nets under the lift hill to catch loose articles due to proximity over queue or another super expensive fall protection system like what was added to rivals final break run on its last closure (and storm coaster a few years back) I'm leaning more towards it not being structural as its using split clamp collars and there seem to be some more mounting points for something on the right side. I hope they at least paint it, it really stands out.

I’ll start by crediting @ gcthemeparkgirl for the photos. Road Runner looks to be getting additional track supports installed during its downtime. I’m no engineer, so I’m not sure whether this is done purely as a some form of additional safety redundancy for the track, due to noticed movement, or in response to an issue at another installation elsewhere.

This is a pretty bad protest. They should have a QR code or a link or something so people can find out their specific concerns and what they would like done about it. Is it ride safety in operations? Ride Maintenance? Food safety? Staff/performer safety? Cleanliness/hygiene? Digital safety through the app/photos? If their concerns were serious enough they could report them to the relevant minister(s), or to the local media who are usually more than happy to jump on a fearmongering story. They could even come to this forum and explain their complaints and would likely be taken seriously enough that more than a few members would write to the park asking for explanations.

My bad everyone, that was me. My Dreamworld Deflection Syndrome (DDS) took over again, had to warn people about the park. Thankyou @New display name for the diagnosis. I'd say someone's been laid off, or its just an angry neighbour of the park and relatively harmless.

Noticed today that the music and effects in the area have once again been turned off. It’s dead silent though there now.

Dreamworld fanboy aiming for irony?

Themeparks-au reckon it says Mars Discovery and, if this is true, Intamin have a spinning coaster called Objectif Mars. Interesting at the very least.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I had already stopped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think they just do this whenever there's no interesting news. Or when there is interesting news. I just don't take sides. I'm not on here for Drama, I can find that on the news haha. Just leave them be I'm sure they'll work it out (they won't).

You'd have a post count of 50 on this forum if it wasn't for your incessant need for pedantry and trying to stoke your holier than thou ego and one up people. Did you notice how everyone stopped commenting? We agreed to disagree, its called being an adult - something you've failed to accomplish it seems. No comments for 3 days, then along comes Dapto - clearly with nothing better to do with his life, to once again nit-pick, quote grab comments that were not even made to you like you are some light of justice for all people who can't respond for themselves (except they did) - to once again try to prove: a) i know more b) i'm never wrong c) i must be involved in every conversation, and give my 2 cents even when i'm not involved c) i have to have the last say Grow up, don't be a dick (i know that second one is going to be a hard one, so just focus on the first).

Nor can you speak for how the reader interpreted your use of language. Myself, and clearly others, interpreted it as you loosely linking this incident to the Dreamworld tragedy. Remove the first six words of your initial post, and it becomes a different message. Upon reading those first few words, I began assuming you had copy-pasted a media article.

Sure, I'll end it at this. You said “scarily similar / eerie situation” and in a later post highlighted specific similarities between the two attractions. That naturally leads people to draw a comparison (as other uses have made posts), which in fact you did yourself based of inferences other people made to TRR! To some extent this was a bit ludicrous however, when these events are brought up in the media it is usually fear mongering and you've attempted to achieve a similar result here. Also I thought we were showing off how many adverbs we could use in each sentence, must've misread the room. I don’t need a dictionary, I never said similar means the same. My point is about how your wording comes across and how it reads to others. If you genuinely didn't mean to imply then this has been a misunderstanding however it took 3 people (including myself) and probably a couple of lurkers also thought the same.

You can’t speak for my intent. Nothing I said was malicious - and the accusation of such is utterly ridiculous Once again, “similar” does not equal “same”. Get a dictionary

Both raft rides ✅ Raft stuck at bottom of conveyor ✅ Secondary raft impacts first raft ✅ 3 x ✅ = similar a water ride needing to be evac’d as it takes on water = scary / eerie for those on board. If you think this would be scary to see for the general public… Similar and the same are 2 different things, if you can’t understand the English language, that’s on you

I feel there's enough of an implication there.

At no point was I implying that it was the same thing as TRRR

The partial removal of sensors, control systems, motors, and braking components raises more questions than it answers at this point.

For the first time in as long as I can remember, Sea World won’t be opening this ANZAC Day.

@Smol bean Even if a ride is never running again, engineers still have to, isolate hydraulic / pneumatic systems, remove stored pressure, drain fluids & eliminate any chance of accidental movement. My guess is they’re de-energising the system and bringing it into a safe state. Why they’re doing it at this exact time, I’m not sure.

Predicting what’s going on with the Motocoaster plot is going to be really difficult with so many clues and the current movement on site pointing to many different possibilities as of now. Hope the announcement comes sooner rather then later so we can at least have a good idea of what their Motocoaster plans are going to be.

Well, they're not waiting until school holidays have finished, that's for sure. None of the prep-work here so far points to removal or demolition. this could just as easily point to preparation for painting \ new trains. All still speculative at this stage.

As far as I'm concerned, they missed their opportunity when they didn't secure land near the WSI site. it was an opportunity to build something on a massive amount of vacant land that would be easily accessible to local and international visitors. Given WSI is due to open this year, they've well and truly missed the boat and any land bargains will have well and truly skyrocketed in price.