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@Brad2912 why don't Lego people like going to the hospital? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Because plastic surgery is expensive.

Marvin's rocket constantly had problems. I don't recall ever seeing it operate, and it sat for a long time 'under maintenance' before it was quietly removed. Taz's cars - i'm not sure. It was taken out at around the same time as JDS was installed - perhaps given the similar ride experience, and the labour cost, it was easier to close it down. The Taz cars were also getting on in years, so probably coming to end of life, and cheaper to remove when JDS provides a similar experience. Taz's former site is now a parents room \ area, and its a great facility for parents with small children - and far better than their previous space. Whilst it may not appeal to everyone, its perfect for that age group, and should remain where it is - the facility won an award, and is a much better pit-stop for parents with infants than any park i've ever been to (although i've never seen a Disney parents room).

Having been to Manchester mate, I can surely attest to it being a densely populated and modern city. Not sure what being from Manchester signifies but I imagine it would be quite a different experience to having a childhood or growing up in Australia. Buts its a very nice city , I enjoyed its feel and atmosphere a lot.

The company who did the Waterworks actually built three of them: Manly, Mount Druitt and Cairns. All three had the similar 4 enclosed slides and were built in 1980/81. Cairns in the 80’s didn’t have much for us kids to do and going to the Waterworks was the greatest. The best thing about these types of slides is that the water could be blocked at the top by a few people and their mats sitting side by side, creating a dam. Then when the water was high enough everyone would launch into the slide. You and ten mates and a torrent of water with arms and legs going everywhere. You could get pretty beat up, especially when you hit the ‘big’ corner on the fastest slide. The Cairns Waterworks closed in about 1988 to make way for an office tower but the slides themselves were relocated to Sugarworld, a small park in the Cairns suburbs next to a sugar mill. They lasted until 2010 when they were removed due to rusting steel supports. The fibreglass slides were offered for sale for $22 000. Unfortunately the slides at Sugarworld were replaced by modern but low capacity open air flumes and a four person racer. That was the great thing about the old slides, high capacity and a crap load of fun, not to mention barely enforced safety rules. The good old days I guess.

My scroll finger wants to point out to you that I could still read the punchline on the unread content page - new lines condense in the preview... i think we've had this conversation before...

Funny was only thinking this the other day after watching several Youtube videos that featured similar rides. Adventure World in Perth has something similar. This one in Brazil looks fun.... This one in Germany looks like an Insurance Nightmare!! Looks fun though..... This one is more of a Whitewater river than a slide but they look are far superior to your average Lazy river. Another good one from the Bahamas. This one in England looks fun without any tubes or rafts required. This one at the venerable Action Park requires you to wear a helmet!!!!! Bit too extreme for Australia methinks! This is TeAwa, The Fearless River and Volcano Bay and is far and away the best attraction at this park. This is the type of attraction that our Australian Water parks need- they are massive crowd soakers and lots of fun. I rode this 12 months ago with my family and friends and I reckon we did the loop at least 20 times. Brilliant- if Jamberoo put in something akin to this it would be a highlight attraction. Although when we rode this last year, there was no requirement to wear a safety vest. Would love to see more examples of these type of slides in our parks-they are fun and thrilling yet the whole family can partake. In saying that, I would have loved to have ridden those slides at The Water Works Mt Druitt, although I cant help but feel that the parks may shy away from these type of slides due to slow throughput and propensity for injury and muckraking..... Who else would like to see something similar to these examples in one of our water parks?

I thought that's what Seal Harbour was for!

Interesting that they’ve engaged a supplier who has gone and violated their contractor induction policy right from the get go... Hardly feel that’s a back of house photo approved by VRTP marketing dept

Has this been posted? No? Good. The rocky rapids type slide at the end looks excellent. Worlds steepest water slide? And this

After doing some Instagram searching, it looks like The Bakery Design Co. is/could be the company that will be doing the project mapping/visual effects for the ride.

I also like to play a game called 'nappy roulette'. Do you want to go digging through a couple of "apparently used" nappies in the nappy bag, in the hope that one contains a wallet, and not a god awful stench? Sometimes the gun has a bullet, sometimes it doesn't - you wanna risk it? As for the trust factor, it is possible i suppose for thieves to watch a group leave their belongings and head out of sight. The catch is whether anyone comes back. I can instantly spot where my stuff is from across the other side of the pool, so as soon as it comes into view, I can tell if anyone is near it. You'd need eyes in the back of your head to make sure i wasn't coming - and there aren't many exits from a theme park if you get caught. If theft of personal belongings was a REAL big issue in the waterparks, don't you think we'd see heaps more signs from the park 'do not leave valuables unattended in every damn direction to try and appease those who would hold them liable? I'm sure the odd pickpocket does the rounds, but you have to be a bit stupid to try it in a waterpark as a general rule.

I don’t see it as trusting, I choose not to live a life thinking everyone is out to get me. My phone has insurance, I don’t carry cash only my card, my car is insured if they managed to find it somehow in the carpark. Worst case scenario I am slightly inconvenienced if some asshat decides to go through my bag - I cancel my cards. My bag isn’t in a dark walkway, it’s in a public area with hundreds of eyes around, most opportunistic thieves are looking for easy options, which that isn’t.