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There is a growing trend towards mega-threads relating to parks which we want to address to try and curb. Threads should wherever possible be devoted to a single project/topic/debate/discussion. All-encompassing threads like "<Theme Park Name> Updates" really become unmanageable after a while. Ideally we'll like to see the current crop of these threads slowly become replaced. Though it's a fairly easy way to share thoughts, content or information, they're really not a useful way to function long-term and makes it really hard for anyone who doesn't follow the forums on a regular basis, which is the vast majority of the Parkz audience. Threads will always veer off-course from time to time. This is fine. If it veers too much off the original topic we'll split it off into its own thread. As a really simple set of guidelines: Don't be afraid to start a new topic. Don't chastise others for starting a new topic... if it's a duplicate just let us know. If it hasn't been talked about before and isn't related to what's already being discussed it should be in its own topic, even if it's a fairly minor thing. Tag the new topic with the park's name and anything else relevant, which gives great sorting/filtering abilities. If it's really minor, or just a funny observation or side comment then sure, post it in an existing topic relating to that park/ride/etc. Else the Chit Chat forum is the place for unrelated ‘nonsense’. Don't start an open-ended or vague topic like "<Theme Park Name> Updates". When construction ends on a project, and you wish to share a review, thoughts etc., start a new topic for this purpose. At the end of the day, even if it's a somewhat boring topic ("Sea World replacing a foot bridge!"), it makes more sense to have it off in a thread of its own that only gets a few posts, rather than mixed in with half a dozen other concurrent topics in one mega-thread.

Seriously Tornado.. Your a total Tossa and you need to fuck off.. That is all.

Hi all, I've found a video that has a snippet of a Eureka POV. It also shows some footage of some old rides at Dreamworld and I thought it was worth a share. Park footage begins at 5:34 and Eureka POV begins at 18:06

Look I shouldn't as a mod but I friken love this post!

I think they'd be mad to announce it now TBH. If they announce the ride now, you'll have to wait another 6 months before you can buy a ticket to ride it, by which time the impact of the announcement is gone. While the inner working of the VRTP accounting are a bit beyond me, for my taste, it'd make sense to open up VIP pass renewals around mid March, as well as open up new sales for a slight premium to account for having an extra 3 months (so $99 for renewals, $110 for new sales), defer the bulk of the income to next financial year, pocket the premium for new sales this year, then make your announcement mid March and then market the hell out of it.

I can also confirm that this person is happily married, and that both robots are currently enjoying retirement. I have heard though that the owner is wanting to one day get them operational again.

Does anybody get the feeling that this is as close we ever got to it re-opening now?

I had an update re that project, I have heard it's full steam ahead as of this weekend, but the alien project is still in its infancy. Baby steps though...

Local passholders will come back pretty quickly and in solid numbers. An influx of locals who have already paid for their tickets will do very little to help Dreamworld. Asian tourists will be back for their obligatory koala photo. This is decent, high margin business because they just churn through them by the literal busload. It's the interstate and NZ tourists who are most likely to reconsider their plans, and this is where Dreamworld will hurt most. If this market drops off significantly it doesn't really matter what the other segments do: this is their profit margins gone.

Australia doesn't really seem to have much going on in the way of news. Look at the front page of News corp at the moment: > Creating fear over the potential for the worst natural disaster ever > Some new air con thing > Celebrity news > Some chicks rack > More celebrity bullshit > Some guy killed his girlfriend > Celebrity news Australian journalism is pretty pathetic at the best of times, but theme park incidents are just another opportunity to spread fear among the soccer mums. .

In general we'd prefer people start new threads rather than having these big rambling mega threads How's that for news, forumers? Admittedly he/she is probably a few days late on this topic....But still, youre not a moderator so.....

It's bricks and it will be an iconic destination store that will draw people to the park (or at least to the entry), which can never be seen as a bad thing...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/dreamworld-ordered-to-upgrade-maintenance-standards-on-rollercoaster/news-story/a9d038c2a293337d1e58f6a6ec04db9b Dreamworld has been ordered to upgrade safety and maintenance standards on one of its popular roller-coasters, after government inspectors found three serious faults with the BuzzSaw rollercoaster. Dreamworld’s chief executive Craig Davidson confirmed eight “improvement notices” had been issued to the park over minor matters, but three “prohibition notices” had also been ordered. WHSQ defines prohibition notices as requiring immediate action. Three prohibition notices related to the BuzzSaw ride, including a concern with “maintenance safety harness anchor points on the BuzzSaw”, a “maintenance procedure error” relating to a safety chain on the same ride, and a requirement to add an extra “interlock gate” for the operator’s control booth for the ride. Mr Davidson said all WHSQ notices would be addressed before WhiteWater World and Dreamworld reopened.

All I read was "i'm no expert, but here's how am i'm an expert." Seriously though, 100% agreed, TLDR, right before summer season, the busiest time of the year, and you want to give people a reason to save their pennies until next year?

Keep in mind VRTP have been traditionally a quite a conservative company, the kind of company who chooses to use the word "erratic" instead of high or low in reporting attendance post Dreamworld incident. There's nothing wrong with that, what i'm getting at though is that at this point i'd be surprised to hear an announcement while Dreamworld's still closed or realistically until the dust has well and truly settled on the other side of the highway.

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yep this is never opening now not after what happened to TRR dw won't take the chance on old rides now.

that scaffolding is there to remove the slide. i'm telling you now it's going there's no maintenance.

nope they are dismantling it as i said they would be. take a good look at this ride while you can it's OVER.

it's quiet good will be able to get on rides quicker when i go back.

they should be focusing on building a new coaster not a lame lego store selling over-priced plastic brickz for kidz