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Had my opening bat at AW today. I can only reiterate what other contributors have said re it looking better. My kids insisted we were first in, last out so the full 7 hours were put in. Even though it was 30c with a warm breeze. Here are a handful of some photos.

There is a little bit of contradictory information on the Fright Nights pages isn't there! When looking at the FAQ it states: https://vrtp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/200582880-Fright-Nights "For health and safety reasons, guests are not permitted to wear face coverings, masks or make-up that prevents facial identification. You are welcome to wear costumes and light facial make-up. You will be required to remove the mask/heavy make-up before you are allowed entry into Movie World." Also, on that page linked earlier - http://frightnights.com.au/visitor-info/know-before-you-go.aspx for the UTT: "reserved seating at the Hollywood Stunt Driver 2 show and souvenir ride photo"....and there is no show this year is there?!! This looks like a copy and paste off last years tour to be honest. But.....I'm still super excited! Going tomorrow night!

http://frightnights.com.au/visitor-info/know-before-you-go.aspx "No masks or costumes allowed." Is this a new rule? As I have friends who have previously dressed up for Fright Nights and I swear I read contradictory official information just weeks ago saying you were allowed to dress up ? ETA: And yet here it says... http://movieworld.com.au/special-events/carnivale/faq.aspx "You are welcome to wear costumes and light facial make-up." Ok so I get you can't wear masks, but are costumes allowed or not??? ? (and yes I know the link url says 'carnivale' but if you go to it, it's actually info related to Fright Nights, so I have nfi ?)

The Smiler incident is indeed tragic, and there were very nearly deaths. Apparently the people who rescued them are being honoured in a "Pride Of Britain" award. Yet I think that the media are still making far too much of the issue. Is it the worst roller coaster accident yet? I honestly don't know, I don't keep up on them. I know there have been others in the UK which have resulted in fatalities (Twister at Lightwater Valley, Black Hole at Blackpool Pleasure Beach) but this has affected a lot more people quite seriously (due to the carriage design). Yet barely anyone remembers those incidents today with the same fervour. It surprises me though that Alton Towers is willing to reopen it without stating what happened (presumably they know by now), if only to reassure guests. Needless to say, this will stay at the forefront of the Daily Mail's anti-theme-park agenda (they pretty much have an anti-everything agenda).

Why does this make you laugh. If you were stuck like this you would shit yourself. I don’t think Dreamworld would have enough cleaners to clean up the mess pushbutton would leave behind.