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Yeah, you've said your piece on that - you don't need to keep repeating it. Fact of the matter is if it's going to cost as much to tear down as it is to reinstate it - theres no reason to tear it down. In my opinion - I think the planned attractions for this year will take a priority, but unless they've deemed it financially unviable, I'm still comfortable it's still on the cards.

There is no "switch" for the staff to hit to turn on and off each effect at the start of the day. The ride is inspected by AV and tech services each morning before being handed over to the operations department at about 9:15am. The supervisor + a staff member do a full track walk of the dark ride section of the ride to make sure all the effects are working and to make sure other things like emergency exits are not obstructed. They also check the high zone parts of the track where the catwalks are to make sure all mounting points for the staff to be harnessed to in an evacuation are in working order and to turn the smoke machines on. Basically if any effects are not working properly they get written in the maintenance book to be looked at for the next day. Depending on what the effect is it can be fixed whilst the ride is in operation behind the scenes but generally it has to be fixed once the attraction is closed. Sadly the park isn't going to delay opening of the ride for a simple effect not working (axes etc) unless it's a 2 minute job but most of the time it could delay opening by upwards of a hour depending on the severity. Obviously if any defects are found in anything like the mounting points or an exit is obstructed the ride will not open until that issue is rectified. The turntables and lifts are also inspected in the morning too before actual ride testing begins at around 9:45am where cast members test the lap bar mechanisms, station stops etc before opening at 10am sharp. Track walk tends to take about 20 - 30 minutes depending on how quickly the staff can be assed walking / jogging used to be my morning workout!

I don't think any of us here ever believed Eureka would open in 2015. I think it's safe to say such an early timeframe would be a pretty unrealistic expectation for a project of this magnitude. It would take months alone to clear all the red tape for a ride which has been boarded up for nearly a decade. Next year perhaps, maybe even just announcement about it, given it will be the 30th Anniversary of Gold Rush Country and an ideal opportunity for the park to take advantage of.

​The planted guy would be 'Rodney' in the hawaiian shirt from the Police Academy stunt show lol. You can see him in the start of this vid: ​Lol yeah its a bit corny to say the least XD On a side note, I totally kick ass at Daytona lol. Will never forget the day when, as a teen, I stood up to 3 random guys who decided to join my race at Timezone one day.... left them pretty miffed when I mopped them off the floor on the advanced track

Or we could just send Andrewh on a field trip to Movieworld? (Sorry dude, couldn't resist )