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Dreamworld management need a pat on the back.

Even the old school Vekoma trains, which had manual foot levers at the rear of each carriage (think corkscrew, demon) had a sensor to check all the foot levers were in the right spot - a simple reflector mounted on the foot lever would bounce an IR beam back to a sensor. The PLC would count each sensor off as it left the station, and would e-stop the ride if one didn't appear within the time limit allowed. If no sensors appeared within a certain time limit of despatch it would also e-stop. Trains would simply halt on the lift hill. It is possible, in manual mode, for the train the despatch without the levers in the correct position, however with the old ratchet OTSRs (rather than hydraulic) there was no position sensor to detect whether the harness was down, and I have seen Demon despatch with all the levers up, and all the harnesses up too. (Due to the ratchet nature of the harness, when locked, they could still tighten, so a harness left all the way up could be pulled all the way down at any time during the ride although I guess this is the case with hydraulic locks too - just that they'd also have position sensors to report if they were up or down). Given the forces on demon, ejection was impossible anyway, and I have heard tell tales of maintenance workers playing chicken - to see who would be the last person to pull their harness down after despatch... and if the stories are true, one made it all the way...

Canada's Wonderland is getting a new Dive Coaster for 2019. KennyWood's Steel Curtain Coaster Dollywood's New family area with a new Vekoma Suspended family Coaster. Will be interesting to see how the Carowinds Mack Launch coaster goes or what else is announced over the next few weeks.

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Yeah, but you wouldn't want a general operator to be able to do that. If the train wasn't parking regularly, then it's an issue that needs to be fixed. If we can just IGNORE a critical safety feature of the ride - the problem goes unreported, the workaround becomes commonplace, and the reasons for having the safety system in the first place become forgotten. If the ride required maintenance staff to override it every time, it'd quickly become and irritant they'd want to consider fixing.

Yeah noticed that yesterday, and there is a site office/demountable within the Fenced off area. Guessing for SDSC works given their is no real room within the park

The 11-minute interview can be found here. The interview expires on Saturday the 15th of February 2020 at 8:06pm. The official news article on the interview can be found here. After the interview, 7.30 did a 4-minute story, which @Gold Coast Amusement Force referenced. The story can be found here and will expire on Saturday the 15th of February 2020 at 8:41pm. Using 'Right To Information' documents obtained by 7.30, the story is about the QLD Government's Office Of Industrial Relations (particularly the Workplace Health & Safety Queensland branch of that office) in relation to theme park safety. The official news article on that story can be found here. In the official news article about the interview above, it does say: Dreamworld's acting CEO did release a statement though @Gold Coast Amusement Force (not sure if it's Ardent Leisure's official statement too). Leigh Sales said at the end of the 4-minute story: "The company's full statement" is below: Both the interview and the story can be found as part of the full 7.30 TV episode which can now be found on ABC iView (expiring on Saturday the 15th of September 2018 at 8pm) and features in the first 16 minutes of the 33 minute program. The episode is also repeated tonight at 12:30am on ABC News (The TV channel). Workplace Health & Safety Queensland also released a statement:

They can’t remove a feature of the memberships that is part of the inclusive price without letting members know it’s happening.. if you read the FAQ section: And if you’d read the next paragraph after the one you copied and pasted... (even though it contradicts the previous..)

I definitely think that the refurb of Tiger Island proved they have the facilities, knowledge and skills to design and build a world class attraction. I definitely think it is one of the best animal exhibits I've ever seen, especially for tigers. The left extensions aren't that great, but the main island, seating area and shop are awesome. And for Tailspin, a very simple ride, but I definitely think it was very well executed

Very sad times @Roachiewhen instead of getting excited for a new attraction we are all apprehensive on what DW will deliver.

I see both sides. Part of me thinks one of the best things Dreamworld has is their Disney-esque architecture. It's certainly not a decades old Waikiki super flip or ToT. I'd like them to try and hold onto something connecting them to their heritage, but at the same time, not at the expense of progress. For example - on the ground that now sits Space Mountain in Disneyland, there was once a hover-bumper car attraction. This attraction was revived for Cars land circa 2013, but has already been removed due to capacity, reliability and experience. If we held onto that Tomorrowland attraction simply because it was the first in that space (Disney historians, I know it wasn't THE first attraction on that spot, but prior to that was the circus I think, and that isn't really tomorrowlandish - if I'm wrong, meh, I'm going from memory). The point is that not everything does need to be held on to just for history's sake. Wherever possible the park should be sensitive to its history, and honour that where they can (so, for example, the new exit doors through the Emporium are just ridiculous), but in terms of the I-ride, whilst it suited the 'cinema' style of attraction very well, and fitted on the previous 'main street' - that 'main street' is slowly disappearing, so to keep just that one building in original condition would then look very out of place. Further - we have no idea what the ride theme is yet. Although unlikely it could take on the 'Soarin' look of an airport \ runway \ hangar façade - for which of course an old school southern colonial style building would look completely out of place. Likewise - would we have cried foul if they'd left Wayne Manor when they installed JL3D ? Ok - it has a tenuous connection, but then they'd need the story to get you from the manor, through the batcave and into the JL part of the attraction, and the Hall of Justice (if not somewhat skewed) is much more suited to the attraction. If it were presented as a 'theatre' or 'cinema' and then once you got in it was transformed into flight, sure, but I find that a hard theme to flesh out in my head. Although it's a shame to see it go, especially with the Disney versions above so clearly resembling it, at the end of the day, history shouldn't stand in the way of progress (which is why ToT should be unceremoniously ripped out too)

Why is this such an issue for everyone? They're not asking you to share a lap dance with the fat guy next to you. Are you required to use someone's manboobs as handles? No Are you required to have some random chick in a bikini sit on your lap to ride? No (that's a shame) Are you required to be half naked? No At worst your feet might touch. If you're worried about germs and human contact from that you probably shouldn't be in a public waterpark.

You know when a ride is operating with a harness broken, it is locked out and a safety belt on it, it has somehow got to be bypassed be a safety sensor.