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Polar Pre-school was the original name: https://www.parkz.com.au/photo/7121-Polar_Bear_Shores_extension/gallery/sort/newest/location/ride-14/offset/2 A few options for future cub births: Bear Babysitting Ursus maritimus Maternity Ward Tiger Island

I'm up. Grabbed some quick pics on the way home.

Ok, so the company I work for, they rebuild their rides yearly, replacing parts, not because of any defects, but because they keep things in perfect working order. They upgrade safety features when they become available from the manufacturer, and ensure that all maintenance procedures are undertaken regularly. Checklists are done daily, greasing of moving parts, and inspections of motors, gearing and other moving parts are all reviewed before anyone boards the ride for the day. Checks are also done at night after close. Once the ride has been packed and returned to the yard, usually towards the end of the year, parts undergo screening and rebuilds take place if necessary, Manufacturers keep owners up to date, and I know that KMG are extremely prompt in offering service. Mondial also offer 24 hour service, and some of their newer machines feature a connection that shows the ride is currently running, and if any problems are found, they can assist immediately. I'm honestly not trying to fight you on this. Everyone knows the love I have for travelling rides here. Just like the Rainbow, that model in sweden was involved in an accident, HUSS made sufficient changes to ensure the safety of the public, and they move on.

As far as i'm aware its mandated practice, but then there are rides that don't go near the capital shows, and large events, so who knows if they adhere to these rules. I read something that in the USA some states only require a ride to be inspected once a year, which i find to be truly ridiculous.... Hopefully those laws change.

If you look at some of the previous lift hill photos, the lift hill supports connect to the track at a 90˚ angle.

Ok I'm using every formatting tool that's provided to enhance my text. My opinion through this ENTIRE THREAD has been, IF they are carrying out these practices then I am happy with that, IF NOT then I have major issue. So far there is nothing to say that they ARE following these practices, EXCEPT the operator of this KMG ride who clearly wasn't doing inspections on that point of failure. So I'm not saying because I can't see it then it doesn't exist, I'm saying my view is based on whether it does or doesn't exist. As a Theme Park Fan I know can say it does happen. So far a Carnival Fan has not been able to do the same...

Don't worry, I'm in no way about to defend DW on that accident, and I have my own fairly educated opinions on it also. I would in no way ride that ride if it opened tomorrow in the same state it was in the day prior to that accident either. And if I felt that accident was caused by maintenance standards then I wouldn't ride anything at DW either.

I would say yes. Traveling rides can come from the same manufactures as theme park rides. IE Mondial, Zamperla, Gersluar even KMG have theme park rides. So there would be set protocols for mantanience that is set by the manufactures that apply to both permeant and traveling versions with some differences due to design differences in the versions.

It comes down to the manufacturer also - the manufacturer should stipulate what maintenance is needed, and when. Government regulations can impose harsher \ more in depth maintenance than the manufacturer, but that's it. You can't really expect the owner of an amusement device to do anything more than what the manufacturer specifies is required. If the manufacturer says 'this component is good for XX time period' - why would they spend money with costly testing and analysis every <shorter time period than specified> ? Until the parks unbolt every piece of track to inspect at component level, frankly, we should consider all coasters to be death traps too. This should happen at least once every 42 days.

To be fair, singling out amusement rides for that type of maintenance requirement whilst ignoring a huge range of other potential risk activities could be seen as a bit of a stretch, no? I mean, do we think public transport is getting an annual tear-down to component level and NDT happening? Airlines, perhaps. Trains? Very dubious. Cars? Probably not. What about balconies? Nah. Agree, having eyes open to this type of stuff is smart business. I think we probably need to accept that parks and travelling amusements are two completely different businesses and although there can be a crossover in the rides the maintenance requirements, maintenance procedures, and operational drivers are entirely different. We can talk about travelling rides getting a quarterly teardown and NDT if we want to, but will it stop incidents? Do the procedures the parks undergo stop incidents? I understand that saying that proper testing and maintenance is going to be too expensive so let's not do it is never going to be something palatable, but at the same time we also can't deny that we need to strike a balance. After all, we already strike a balance on this anyway.

I would’ve liked to seen a tower here.

You can't really say that, when Australia has a relatively good track record with travelling rides here. The last major accident was Spin Dragon in 2000. The family that I work for maintain their rides superbly, and theres another family that keep their rides looking and running as if they have just left the factory. Accidents happen, whether it be a travelling ride, a park ride, a plane, a car.... that's life. There are some travelling rides I wouldn't go near, because i've seen how they are maintained, but the majority running at the capital shows are cared for, and all owners and operators work closely with engineers to ensure the safety of the public.

Yes, but they've sold passes with FN as an inclusion. it'd be hard to cancel without some form of recompense to the passholders who purchased that inclusion. I'd suggest other priorities (say - a giant pink coaster) has them diverted, plus, installing the maze into intencity is something they've done many times now, and maybe they don't need as much time as they used to - i mean come on, they still have TWO MONTHS until October. it's not like it's next week.

Technically DW copied (And I wouldn't say copied, as there's nothing fancy about the name) SW as it was called Cub Kindy when Henry was born.

Oh that's not really a good look

And this is why we can’t have nice things.

You're lucky paint isn't being removed after all

Used JWorld's photo to project an estimation of the finished height, please excuse my MS Paint skills.

My contribution (photos were taken today)

A couple of distance shoots from Kopps rd and one as I drove in

So TPSN is a place now?

Yes... landscaping. Will definitely do another shot when that happens, I just won't do it weekly unless there are noticeable changes. Which is why I included it this week - first hill visible and the supports are now fully and finally in place; having been concreted/grouted in place.

The shut down is limited to early model Fireball/Afterburner rides and the Move-It series, presumably as these use the same design.

bah sux kool aid is gone...what's the fountain for?

Very odd angle, looks like the lift hill track won't connect to the new support 😂

Ignore this, photos already posted.

Heard a staff At the exit of Scooby Doo say they are changing the whole theme!

Ladies first.

#bringbackthesarcasmtags

Fountain reacts only.

Or maybe it's moving to Sea World for this year

Naa that can't be case.. TPSN has been posting 2 year old photos captioned with "info coming soon" for the past 6 months....

Maybe fright nights is cancelled this year?!?!?! There's been no announcement after all...

Anyone know what this is? (Sorry for the pic being a link) http://prntscr.com/g1qfk2

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