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@MaxxTheMonster are you saying @AlexB is being mean to me because he wants to play with my parts?

Oh... so you are saying that if the TRR incident had not occurred that RHLR would still have been shut down on 25/10/16 for 14 months? Haha... keep telling yourself that. The issues are entirely related. DW closed down and blocked off any path with eyesight of RHLR as it decided any connotation with a water based ride would be a bad impression or envoke a negative connotation for guests. It’s closure had jack all to do with its safety and everything to do with DW’s image. These ridiculous roofs, I mean “safety improvements”, are simply to appease the masses - if they were in response to the moron who fell out and nearly drowned they would have been required prior to it re-opening back in 2016.

Nope, because again, like I literally just said, the issues are un-related. The park has mentioned it's un-related, Parkz has shown it's un-related - it's unrelated. Say it with me - it's unrelated. Okay? Cool.

HOLY SHIT I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD ACTUALLY COME. Bloody great job to the folks who made the new Movie World site - all the things I bitched & moaned about years ago are all addressed. It's mobile friendly, the imagery is large and punchy, the UX is very focussed and gets you to key information very efficiently (the mega menus are way, way more concise than Dreamworld's) and the UI is very modern (which is to say like everyone else in 2018 and thus super large and boring, it could be honestly made a few points smaller but in terms of being "boring" realistically that's totally fine because the content should ultimately do the talking, which it does very well here). There's still some bugs that need to be ironed out (like showing local's prices in Melbourne) but i'm sure they'll whack in some code to fix that in due course as not to alienate or tick off interstate customers. I still hate the park map because it's actually not at all useful but that's not digital's fault. What they need to do now is hop on getting their e-commerce portal up to snuff (it's missing lots of core features like affiliates etc.) and go the extra effort of having something solid like a rolling newsfeed on park updates & a PR portal that actually has up to date artwork and imagery. This is all pretty basic blog stuff in 2018 - the less time they spend trying to implement the world's most elegant solution and going between departments to achieve that and just go hard on keeping it simple and putting it out there will go a long way. Lastly - a lot of their video content needs improving and will play as the core of strengthening their digital comms. That's all i'll say there - not giving away concepts for free here. Definitely looking forward to seeing this rolled out across the board. Also, it's worth noting that Dreamworld have rolled out a new front page. I'm also a fan, but the biggest pet peeve as it stands as that their "learn more" button (which is the first thing people will undoubtedly see from a UX perspective) no longer goes to the pure imagination page but rather a dreary what's on page. I'm sure their heat maps will corroborate my thoughts and they'll go to work on fixing that up quick smart. (You're welcome in advance, i'll send you an invoice soon.) Do like the rolling park updates and a few other things, it's definitely a step in the right direction.

You're clutching at straws now. I said that after you already said. " I didn't actually say that it did...? " This conversation is over. (people don't want to read this shit)

and in response I could cut and paste the numerous citations from insurance companies where they refer to whiplash as the most commonly claimed injury for compensation with minimal medical evidence. it seems everyone in a fender bender claims whiplash to get their money's worth. How many of those under 8km/h collisions received substantial damages? The fact that i've used a search engine doesn't undermine the argument. How else do people learn things except by research? Oh right - you can always listen to the dippin dots guy.

The thing I’m most disappointed in is the fact that they chose to re-design these in house. It’s 2018, there are plenty of amazing manufacturers out there now, however they have chosen to take the cheap & easy way out. If you’re not willing to put some love & passion into something you own, sell it to someone who will.

I dont understand how the soloution wasn't just 'more staff observing the ride' because really that was the problem, the one staff member had too much stuff to focus on so when idiot number 1 does a dumb thing and falls out a boat, no one noticed. 2 or 3 observers and a staff member on the load platform would have been my preferred fix (which is also inline with industry trends), rather than adding a half baked perspex roof.

Well done Macquarie... The fact at hand is that RHLR would have continued to operate on its merry way under the status quo had the TRR accident not occurred. i can also say it’s fact that had the TRR incident not occurred we wouldn’t have seen: - the side rails on the big red boat raised a good 40cm higher than they were - those ridiculous harnesses installed on Shockwave. - the new kiddie Ferris wheel being ridiculously fitted out with seatbelts and Perspex to ensure a toddler doesn’t somehow incapacitate their supervising adult, climb a cage and jump off. The relationship between the TRR incident and DW’s over-zealous safety intricacies is a cause & effect relationship - not a correlation. One wouldn’t have occurred without the other.

Why is everyone so GRUMPY! There is a really good song called dont worry be happy, you folks need a dose of it, with the music video too

So the Sky Lift, Barnacle and Rampage have all reopened at AW. Leaving just Inferno still closed.

If the accident and fatalities had occurred on RHLR I’d probably say TRR would likely have not operated again given the scope for safety issues to occur was larger on TRR then RHLR, so they wouldn’t have taken the risk. We’ve seen it take 14 months post TRR for the log ride to open... I can only imagine the timeframe if it had been the other way around.

Technically this is all off topic as this topic is about MW improvements November 2017. Which has now gone.

Nope, because it's been stated many times, including in the articles that the canopies had nothing to do with TRR, so saying the opposite would also apply.

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Excellent @AlexB you can use google. I’m not going to waste everybody’s time with a cut and paste google to suite my argument. I could cut & paste 1/3rd of cases in court for people claiming whiplash is under 8klm. I could cut & paste from the Australian Engineering Journal and show their recommendations. Lucky for everybody here I refuse to have a google cut & paste discussion.

Since none of the rides down for maintenance are Goliath - perhaps this should have been in a different thread?

Yeah - how many of these things are there? Happens all the time - you wouldn't believe how many people message the Wonderland History team telling them they saw the Wonderland pirate ship (intamin looping starship) at Funfields (Huss Pirate Ship)

My comment was about the government imposing largely unnecessary regulation. Literally tens of millions of riders have cycled through the RHLR in it's 34 years of operation. There has only been one incident of a person 'falling out' and that was entirely because he stood up as the boat entered a lift hill. The government (and Ardent's insurers) made absolutely NO recommendations for ride modification after that incident happened, and it remained open until the TRR incident. It was only after TRR occurred - almost 12 months later - that suddenly, despite being a completely different ride with completely different physics and mechanics, RHLR 'required' modifications to prevent people from standing. Based on the successful operation of RHLR, assuming 20 Million riders across 34 years with only one incident that was specifically caused by their own stupidity, the actual chance of a similar incident happening is 0.000005%. As far as we know, the TRR incident was caused by a failure in the ride. The RHLR incident was caused by rider stupidity. The govt. assessors correctly assessed the risk of another incident on RHLR occurring as minuscule and allowed it to continue operating unmodified. The deaths on TRR did not increase the chances of an incident RHLR anymore than they increased the chances of injury or death from someone standing up in a bumper car or jumping into the cassowary enclosure. There was no increase in risk to riders of RHLR that would necessitate government mandated mechanical changes to the ride.

Quietly anticipating the “no bumping rule” on the dodgem cars - “you can dodge, but you can’t bump”. In order to safeguard people from whiplash, riders must wear headgear and only 2 cars will be allowed in the dodgem arena at any one time, and sensors will shut the ride off if one car comes within 5m of the other. Capacity maxes out at 48 riders per hour...

@Brad2912 Look what happens when a kid stands up. "Nothing" The photo was taken from Zamperla own web site.

Had a great day with @Tim Dasco and @ABYSS, today. AW was fairly busy. Abyss and Goliath had waits of between 5 and 20 minutes. Inferno was down again. The waterslides had healthy waits, with Kraken having a 50 minute queue. There were lots of families with big tents and eskies.

Read it again @Skeeta - I never said DD opened with carpet. I said coloured squares have always been on the carpet. Even if they only laid the carpet yesterday, my statement would still be correct. I couldn't tell you from opening because i didn't ride it at opening - my first experience had carpeted squares, and nothing on the seat that i can recall. No, thats just head-wear - as Skeet's pic shows the squares were lower down on the backrest. They probably changed this quickly given how easily it rubs off. Also based on the two pictures posted - the red mark you refer to isn't a seat in the red row - as you can see the red carpet square in the background - two rows back.