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Yeah there are two types of people who like animals. There are the people who are passionate about animal welfare and become vets, biologists, trainers, park rangers. There are people who spend a lifetime getting to know animals inside and out and do everything they can to protect them and raise awareness about actual environmental issues. Then, there are people like this, who make placards and protest what the other lot are doing. They only make one claim in their article, that because they do 'demeaning tricks' they are healthy enough to be released. Yeah, fit for release has to do with their survival prospects, not how fast they can swim. It has to do with life skills and natural instinct. Most of the animals at Sea World were captive born, they have no experience with the wild. Those that weren't born at Sea World are either rescues (and hot tip, if they think they'll survive in the wild they release them. That's a parks an wildlife decision too not a Sea World decision) and those that were wild born are now so old that they're past the life expectancy for wild Dolphins. It's worth noting that not all the dolphins at Sea World are used in shows, in fact the vast majority are not. Dolphins also when they get older, they do 'retire' from shows and get to live a leisurely life. Also worth noting is that they arent asked to work harder than wild dolphins who have to hunt their food. If Sea World had dolphins and didn't get them to exercise in feeding sessions THAT would be cruel. Finally, doing things for an audience isn't cruel because there is an audience. You ask your dog to sit at dinner time before you feed them? It wouldn't be cruel if people payed to watch your dog sit when you asked it now would it? There's nothing inherently wrong with getting an animal being asked to perform behaviours for a crowd. So yeah, straight up lies and ignorance what these people are spouting, and they should be ashamed of themselves for their conduct.

I'd like to take a moment to thank these protesters. Thank you for purchasing a ticket and thereby supporting the park you claim to hate. I'm glad your money will go towards ensuring the continued safety and well-being of these Dolphins at Sea World.

Well here it is, freshly cut grass. And it now really shows the huge amount of footings there are.

I saw the show recently, and my thought was "how amazing are these animals". My dog won't do anything he doesn't want to do, I'm sure the dolphins are the same.

I don't want to make any sort of personal commentary on this however I do need to say the like "if they are well enough to be in shows they can be released into the wild" is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. It shows these people who claim to have the best interests of these animals as their concern really know little to nothing about them.

what a bunch of tossers there's nothing wrong with the dolphins at sw in fact they get better looked after than they were in the ocean. go back to hugging trees you hippies!

they are dolphins are very intelligent and they won't just do what their asked to do they have to want to do it. the dolphins in the show get very friendly with the trainers and the ones in the show when they are doing these tricks they are actually playing with the trainers and they get a feed out of it as well so win win.

Better contact Dreamworld too and tell them they have the longest roller coaster in Australia lol

If these guys shut up, and spent 10 minutes talking to a trainer who has dedicated their lives to them, they'd understand that everything they've claimed is complete bullshit.

Obviously she's a bit "special" (although I feel no need to be so polite, so I'll just go ahead and say she has very low intelligence)!

I just love them screaming out "excuse me! private property!" while disrupting a public show?

Not actually this at all. Australian regs prevent the car going any higher due to the g forces involved in the backwards launch. This is not a problem in the USA which is why you see Superman going higher.

I remember riding it, being in the front row, and the brakes at the top disappearing from view under the front of the ride carriage... I think on one occasion we actually nudged them... So yes... It did go a lot higher in earlier days... Credit to http://www.rollercoasterking.com/article/tower-of-terror-2/

You think on a day like today they would have protested against the polar bears being kept at Sea World.

Nearmap takes the images over a period over time and not at once, so when it overlayed and joined together you get something like that.

As a side point it's good to see them running 2 trains on Superman in that photo

@Levithian i think he meant behind the fence, as in on the grounds of the studio And he's right - it would fit.... Like this:

Honestly... that was the weakest protest I think I've ever seen. No coherence at all... Oh well, another group of protesters who don't realise they're actually supporting the park by buying a ticket.

Tail spin's maintenance starts on 20/11/17 and finishes on 11/11/17 makes sense..

I knew it was only a matter of time. Hope Sea World are able to take suitably strong action against these scum that it ensures they stay away from the park in future. Having said this, I do find it strange that such people don't seem to have any real issues with the animals "held in captivity" at such parks as Dreamworld, Paradise Country, Australia Zoo etc. They also don't seem too bothered about the many other animals "abused" by Sea World. Just singling out Dolphins. Nor do they protest (at least to any noticeable extent) against people keeping animals "captive" as pets. Think of all those poor "abused" dogs and cats, for example! I wonder if any of these losers actually have jobs, or even hobbies (apart from that of interrupting harmless family entertainment to draw attention to themselves). If they genuinely care as much as they claim to about animal welfare, they could start by volunteering with the animal welfare league, RSPCA or similar. Then again, I very much doubt any decent organisation would accept them!

This isn't a topic of when did it stop going higher, it's a matter of why doesn't it go higher now. Youll note Magic Mountains ride was also falling short. Investments were made to rejuvenate the ride to get it running at its peak (think of an old car needing upgrades). But speeding up the ride for DW is not an option as mentioned above. Also let me tell you turning the car around and running it backwards will give you a far greater ROI than saying 'hey it's going a bit higher again now' Cause outside of this little group hardly anyone would care.

I once threatened to make my 7-year-old ride the Big Red Car ride as punishment, does that count?

Maybe it needs a lot more energy, that in turn costs a lot more, and the public probably wouldn't notice the difference, so I assume Dreamworld is saving itself a lot of money. I do think a roller coaster should be judged by the height the car reaches, because otherwise tower of terror could literally go ten feet up the track and back down and still be classified a giga, because the track is 300+ feet.

Seen here it hardly makes it to the "OF" in "tower of terror" It may have climbed higher in its early days but these days I recon it only just makes 200ft Maybe MW should stick a 200 foot pole on top of their new coaster and claim it to be Australia's tallest coaster.

>guests complain about plain looking queue >queue scenery is 100% wow, tough crowd

WTF I trusted you! @T-bone lol Big clue that it was fake, the writer appeared to have a grasp on Ardent's different products. Actually better real researched than most Bulletin articles.

Just drove past. Ride on mower cutting the grass 3 utes in the area. Most activity theres been for a while.

Also a term for when celiacs eat gluten.

Merry Christmas

They said, we will get onto our team and see if we can change the seats comforbility.