Leaderboard

what was I thinking... I meant cars. Anyway. It's that time of the week. Rivals Update for the week ending 29th/30th July 2017. Comparison Shot 1 I'm still hoping there'll be some visible difference when the first drop is complete... or when the Joker LED head is lit up... (Although, I may have to alter the angle for it to even be visible) Comparison Shot 2 No need for this one anymore. Lift Hill This was the last piece placed for the day. That second lift hill support perfectly frames the Superman top hat Random Panorama Sorry that it's not the best quality, but I've had to crop it to cut out a grey area.

Here is some behind the scenes footage of the Mack factory, which features our very own DC rivals being born! https://youtu.be/-hUZfJhMmAM

Lift hill getting a bit higher. It's now even higher than it's maximum Gold Coast Bulletin height, but still has considerable additional height to reach over the next week or two!

You sound literally miserable.

^ Yeah, I noticed that. The latest from today. I also think that Rampage is getting some love and attention as well.

Time for todays update, and a few things that have gone un-noticed and some inside goss. Firstly, a shout to the guys from LOGAN STEEL who are constructing the coaster. Awesome work guys. So, as shown by @Jakev8 the first pieces of track for the lift hill have been installed today. I've been told the lift hill will be completed next week, with a 350 tonne crane arriving at the start of the week. And the chain should be installed end of next week, beginning of the following week. And then the track will be done, and the electricians will take over. The stairs and other pieces of track and supports are ready for installation The first piece of theming can be seen, along with some of the other walls which will form part of it (As we saw in the video). Could this part link to Aquaman with the shark and ocean water seen? I've been told that the drop will actually be steeper than 90 degrees as you go over the top, and will twist as it drops down. Few other things around the site What is this? And a support missing for the air time hill And a few nice shots of the track

The difference here is that people are trying to find the actual cause of this incident. I had no qualms with media being critical of the industry after the TRRR incident, these things simply should not happen. My only gripe was when journalists and news outlets had no interest in reporting relevant facts or trying to get to the bottom of the situation, who were instead just fanning the flames, bringing up every unrelated past incident at any theme park to get clicks on their news story. That's not what's happening here, people are genuinely trying to get the facts out of this situation. Why should we be trying to defend the industry when someone went on a ride to enjoy themselves, but didn't return home that night? There is no defence for that. We have to be critical here, don't just defend it blindly because you love the industry, if anything you should be more critical if you love the industry.

Looks very probable, but there's still some stuff wrapped up behind Abyss.

I was trying to avoid making this post as I didn't want to make a double post but no one had posted so here it is. So I believe it was about a week ago that my mate @JESSMISTER rode up by AW and took this picture. Looks like they have moved the themeing tent to behind Abyss. Not my photography, it's @JESSMISTER so feel free to thank him, not me.

We've updated the forum software today. Aside from the obvious visual changes there's the addition of a few new features, most noticeably reactions instead of votes. Gone is the crude and often political system of voting posts up and down. Instead you can choose to react more akin to how Facebook works now. Current reactions are as follows: Like (+1 to the poster) Haha (+1 to the poster) Confused Sad We're no longer assigning negative votes to posts as the new system is a bit more nuanced. We may add some others down the track that are more fun and unique to Parkz. Bugs / Errors / Glitches If you encounter any glitches or design quirks throughout the site that you think probably shouldn't be there, feel free to grab a screenshot and let us know.

I hope that big thing behind the second fence is theming!

@ABYSS I would say attached but due to the wet and wild weather we have had lately I would say its more protection.

it strikes me that the kool aid response would be a better way or reacting to a 'dippin dots' style post than a reply asking if the info came from the dippin dots guy...

Yeah I agree with Skeet (holy shit!). It also sounds to exactly describe the style of joint/weld where the ride failed. Also interesting that subsequent designs added strengthening plates in that area but this did not. Also scary is it says the fix should involve magnetic NDT on the joints in question. I would have expected this would be park of regular annual maintenance anyway. If it's not just chalk it up to another reason I don't ride these death trap trailer machines that are assembled by hillbillies no offense of course

I feel with all the electronics and actuators, coupled with the fact it's not painted to match anything it's definitely a jig of some sort.

The Lift hill is starting to take shape.

where's the faceplant like for whenever ryande makes a post?

Then you're doing badly

sigh

no because it is not required. Firstly, it's not a joint and it isn't a weld. So what are you going to NDT exactly? It literally looks like the plate steel sheared completely through where the seat support arm is. If there weren't any visual indications (and if you could actually see the area properly) like cracking in the paint or other distortions in the surface, you wouldn't be able to tell that was going to happen during routine checks and there would be no reason to perform testing on the area. If it's not listed as an area of high stress, if it's not previously listed as an area of failure or fatigue, you can't just randomly go and NDT every entire surface of a ride. Aside from being impractical and just outright expensive, what about the time it takes? The ride wouldn't b able to operate with it closed so often. As sad as it is, looking back through history of engineering (and not just amusement rides), a great deal of previously undetected failures in design or underlying metallurgy issues were found and corrected only when a failure occurred. Sometimes all the best math just can't account for the unexpected. Things like water ingress for example wreak havoc with structural components and often there is no sign anything is wrong until physical signs of fatigue present. People who fly off the handle and blame manufacturers digging up "documents" that they either don't understand, or don't care to read are the same sort of people that fueled the fires when the terrible accident happened at dreamworld. Everyone on parkz hated that kind of coverage and blame game, especially when there was so much completely incorrect and misleading "fact" reporting, but now it's happening on the other side of the world it's ok? You guys are a bunch of hypocrites. Wait until more information is made available and another statement is released from the ride manufacturer and don't jump to completely incorrect conclusions. It only makes the whole tragedy much worse.

"Movie World’s DC Rivals pegged as $30 million catalyst for Gold Coast theme park turnaround Kathleen Skene, Chief reporter, Gold Coast Bulletin July 28, 2017 12:00am" "Construction of the coaster has topped at its maximum height of 61.6m ahead of its launch in October." *sigh*

Yeah here's how the Kool-Aid goes: if someone heaps unnecessary praise on anything that doesn't warrant it, be it on a park, an attraction, a fellow member or even a website. For example, if someone posts a review about SW Carnivale saying how great and immersive an experience it is despite it being unanimously average at best, one may appropriately react with the Kool Aid button. Would just remind everyone not to use it to mock anyone who says something positive.

Sometimes new shiny buttons need to be pressed, and sometimes people don’t get the joke entirely.

@Richard - Something funny going on today - this thread came up in my list of unread content...?