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Mr Naumann can’t cant recall any times where a risk assessment is completed on a ride during its annual maintenance. Mr Naumann was asked if there were any maintenance issues from October 2015 to October 2016. Mr Naumann stated that there are always maintenance issues that occur or any ride. After an annual inspection a ride must be run a certain number of times and then signed off, this includes completing the daily maintenance checklist before the ride can return to service. During February 2016, an additional sensor was added at the start of the conveyor that would shut down the ride if a raft was sitting there for too long. Mr Naumanns role during this was to ensure contractors didn’t overlap when undertaking those works. Mr Naumann was asked if there was a person in charge of the maintenance and upgrades of the ride as there was no original manufacturer to refer to. Mr Naumann confirmed there was no one who undertook this role and stated that there should be someone in that position We have just adjourned for lunch. I unfortuantly won’t be here for the second half today. I’m having some family problems that I’ve got to take care of. Rest assured that I will be back again tomorrow and live posting again. Sorry for calling it early today but I hope my coverage so far was informative

Mr Nauman confirmed what aspects of the slats were checked during annual maintenance. If new slats were required, Mr Nauman would be the person to order the new slats. Mr Nauman states that in 2016 that the entire conveyor chain was replaced and the slats were removed and inspected. An independent company inspected the chain and advised the entire chain should be replaced but they did not assess the slats. Some of the slats were replaced during the chain replacement. Mr Naumann never inspected or looked at any other rapids ride types in Australia or internationally. During the chain replacement, the slats were then reinstalled and alternated between new planks and good condition old planks. Mr Naumann was asked about the engineering meeting where it was stated that “repairs and maintenance spending needs to stop, only CAPEX” Mr Naumann advised that this would have come from the general manager of maintenance. Mr Naumann became a qualified fitter/turner after he commenced his role at Dreamworld. Mr Neumann used to work for a foundry in a maintenance planning position. Mr Naumann isn’t aware of what the operators are and aren’t made aware of, in relation to maintenance issues. Mr Naumann was asked about an observation from WHS about corrosion in the construction of the rapids ride. The corrosion would have been there more than a year before the incident. Me Naumann advised it was “probably duly noted and scheduled for correction action when it could be done or when it could be afforded” Mr Naumanns role didn’t include making decisions on whether maintenance would occur based on whether it could be afforded. That decision was made by the finance department and the general manager of Engineering. If the maintenance issue was identified that raised concern about guest safety, the decision would not be made bu a single person.

Mr Murphy states that there is no pressure put on him or other maintenance members to get rides reopened as soon as possible. A ride will not open until the relevant maintenance person can inspect and repair the ride if needed. If an outside specialist I’d required, the ride will not re-open until they have also inspected the ride. A maintenance supervisor can arrange outside help without gaining approval from their manager. Mr Murphy’s understanding was that when there was a code 6 breakdown called for TRR, the procedure was to shut off one pump. Mr Murphy has just finished giving evidence. Grant Nauman Maintenance planner at Ardent Leisure(Dreamworld) Commenced role in April 2007 Qualified fitter and turner. Grants role is primarily administrative but has filled in as a maintenance supervisor when required. Mr Nauman wasn’t provided any training in regards to the national maintenance standards. Mr Nauman is not responsible for daily inspections. Mr Nauman was brought on to help implement the new electronic maintenance filing database. All maintenance requests will go into the electronic system unless it is determined as an urgent maintenance request. Each non urgent request had a work timeframe of around 7 days. Mr Nauman was in charge of ordering parts, labour and additional assets for a ride. Prior to 2016, a weekly checklist was generated by the Maintenance Planner with all outstanding work that was required. The work was then split up and allocated. Mr Nauman reported to the general manager of engineering. Mr Nauman no longer takes on the role as maintenance supervisor when staff is short.

The hearing starts early so I missed the first few minutes. Stephen Murphy Employed since 2013 Maintenance team leader/Fitter welder Responsible for a team of 4 mechanics. A pressure gauge would be used to check raft inflation pressure. TRR will be closed after 2 breakdowns within a day but there was a team leader meeting to change that to the ride closing after 3 breakdowns within a day. Mr Murphy can’t recall why it was changed. Previous employer had provided WHS training to complete risk assessments. No one ever raised an issue with the spacing of the slats on the conveyor. So it was never identified as a “pinch point risk”. A thunder river rapids alarm would warrant its own emergency response team. Other occurrences that require an emergency response team are the likes of an animal escape or a “code blue” medical emergency. Mr Murphy wasn’t aware of any previous incidents on TRR. A memo went out in early 2016 to TRR unload operators to be extra vigilant while monitoring he conveyor. Mr Murphy was not aware of this memo. The memo states that if there is an issue identified with the conveyor or brackets, to bring all rafts home. This would include bringing all rafts back through the “unsafe” conveyor into the unload station. Mr Murphy was never informed or aware of the incident in 2014 where a staff member was fired after shutting off a pump causing a raft to become stuck on the conveyor. Mr Murphy was shown an unlabelled e-stop on the control panel and he was not sure what the button did as he never used it. Part of the daily maintenance checklist was to inspect the conveyor but the e-stop at the unload area wasn’t checked daily. It was checked “occasionally” The e-stop on the control panel was never tested as it is not part of the daily checks as maintenance test the ride and not the controls. Mr Murphy stated that an e-stop is required by law to state that it is an e-stop but not what it actually does. The breakdown reports are kept at the main control panel for the ride. After a ride had the same fault 3 times within the one day, a supervisor will inspect and advise if the ride can reopen. The conveyor was checked daily for chain alignment, chain wear, slat alignment, slat wear but not if the slats were “bowed or warped”

lol. my first reaction was to think 'who on earth would care about how to pronounce the guy's name with the subject matter at hand?' then i realised I was on Parkz. Cue 4 page thread discussing name origins and history.

Good thing someone is "standing by Dreamworld" because not many are these days.

Faded paint and signage is indeed quite the attraction.

Push does make a point, there is more to a theme park than big thrill rides. I guess the next question is, are they managing to keep the rest of the park running?

I agree. The last few times I've been there the park had a fantastic happy atmosphere. Much more so than Movie World in my opinion. I couldn't have cared less about some thrill rides being down. I found more than enough things to enjoy.

Pretty sure its one of the several accommodation options planned for paradise country.

Also, for anyone wondering, "Naumann" is pronounced as "Normon"

You're a champion, thanks and I trust all is well with your family.

Why would you theme a monorail to a mermaid? Plus I don't think Disney would license the IP As for WB \ LT \ Scoob and Animaniacs - as already referenced in this thread (do you even read people's replies?) Animaniacs is slated for a revival apparently. Looney Tunes is also frequently on TV on kids channels. Apparently a reboot of Space Jam is in the works too.

Counting down the minutes until @Jdude95's exclusive live updates...

They have 4/9 big thrill rides closed. That’s not a few. Wipeout doesn’t even have dates for maintenance on DW website so don’t know where you decided it was down for maintenance. HWSW has been delayed which wouldn’t be for general maintenance. You are just pulling facts from no where but I do hope you enjoy your time at Dreamworld where you use your pure imagination to disguise Dreamworld’s terrible timing and maintaining of rides.

Wow... I have never heard such a large group of whingers. Yes DW have a few rides closed but the park still offers a great day out. TOT2 - Closed for obvious reasons, may need major upgrading ect. Wipeout - Only just gone down for maintenance HWSW - General Maintenance Buzzsaw - May only have been closed for this long because the access to that area of the park has been restricted while parts for iRide are craned across from the old bus shelter area over the buzz saw entry. I was there over the weekend and the place was still buzzing with happy guests. Dreamworld is still rebuilding, which takes time. I have confidence in the park that they will continue to deliver new experiences and maintain the great atmosphere that they pride themselves on. TBH i hope i don't see anyone from this forum thread at Dreamworld, it would make the park a very negative place.

There are at least 20 things which could be wrong with our 4 thrill rides shut at Dreamworld. These are highly advanced devices with numerous moving parts. BUT there are only 3-4 possible things wrong with our 2 waterslides undergoing extended maintenance. - STRUCTURAL (insanely unlikely given the age of the slides) - PUMPS (most likely issue, but this should be able to be resolved quickly) - REFURBISHMENT (such as repaint) - ELECTRICAL ISSUE (hydrocoaster magnetism) Most likely scenario is that for the hydrocoaster we are dealing with electromagnetism issues. Cool. Acceptable. The Rip however, should NOT be shut. IF we are dealing with issues with the pumps, a replacement should be able to arrive in a quick time frame. Literally days. Why cant Dreamworld just apply a band aid fix to the pump like they did on the TRR? The Rip is literally the safest fucking device, along with all of the other waterslides, to cheap out on maintenance for. Its a fucking waterslide made of fiberglass and a few pumps. Big deal. Sort out your shit, get these slides open, stop being lazy. Waterslides should NEVER need extended maintenance, only a few days a year. Gold Coast theme parks are literally the only parks I have seen globally to conduct such long periods of maintenance on waterslides. WNW GC is just as bad as WWW.

Dreamworld has 7 rides closed 😲 They cant even manage to keep watersides open.

Guess whos back back again wipeouts back tell your friend

Oh please DW stop.. just stop. The likes of Disney don't even know who you are, better still would they ever follow your pathetic example. And neither should (or will) anybody else, for that matter

Arrow loopers are like the coaster equivalent of an 80's corolla; they are known to be extremely reliable and run forever unless a park doesn't maintain it properly which Dreamworld has apparently done. A ride like Hot Wheels could easily run for 15 more years, but Dreamworld ends up shortening that by not maintaining it properly and letting the ride look like this: When they struggle to keep their rides looking anything other than appalling then we have problems here. This ride hasn't been repainted in 17 years. No other park I can think of has gone this long without repainting a ride. And if they struggle to maintain a type of coaster that every other park on the planet can do, then we're having problems here. Rides like 50 year old Arrow mine trains are being maintained by companies like Six Flags with barely any problems yet here we are with the second youngest Arrow looper being closed for over two months. Or, heaven forbid - keep a seven year old Maurer Skyloop closed down for nearly 6 months because of maintenance. And this crap doesn't happen just to Dreamworld. It also happened when they owned AMF Bowling back in the day, I work at an AMF centre as a technician, and I can tell you that Ardent cheaped out on maintenance there. When Timezone bought AMF earlier this year the safety standards hugely improved and checks became much more frequent. This company needs to be shut down or end up going the way of Dick Smith. What has come out of the inquest is telling of how appalling the safety standards of Ardent actually are, had TRRR's accident not woke them up the situation would probably be even more worse. And I still don't think they are getting it. I've said it a few times already, so apologies if I've repeated myself here, but I can't stand having this company run a Gold Coast icon like this into the ground like what Sunway did to Wonderland.

Well the e-stop isn't labelled so Dreamworld would definitely be the experts to call.

HWSW is an Arrow Dynamics design. You know - the company that designed the world's first tubular steel track on Matterhorn? (still operating) Or the first Hypercoaster - Magnum XL-200? (still operating) Or the first 4th dimension coaster, X2? (still operating). How does your 'old and aged' theory apply? ToT is one of only two reverse freefall coasters listed on RCDB, but the other - Superman, Escape from Krypton continues to operate, and I think as @Slick has pointed out recently, the fact that SFMM took the opportunity to upgrade the control system when they refurbished the ride in 2010 is probably what keeps it running so well. Neither of these attractions at Dreamworld, based on their cousins from the same manufacturer, should require this much maintenance. The maintenance issues therefore should not be attributed to age, but rather, poor standards maintained by the park and their unwillingness to upgrade older attractions when the opportunity presents itself, instead preferring to let them run into the ground, whilst building the next spin-and-spew.

Its really simple. If you want to maximise capacity on SE you don't actually have to modify the ride at all. When Superman first opened it ran with about 8 operators! 1 Greeter 1 Grouper 4 Load Attendants 1 Unload Attendant 1 Panel Operator With this sort of Ops a Que back to. the start of the lockers took about 15mins to run through. Purchase a 3rd train for rebuilds so you always have 2 trains running every day and you will have crazy capacity. But mostly it's just about operations.

What a load of junk that SBF Matterhorn is... honestly, they should have spent money keeping the Mack ride running! Interesting to see what will happen with bringing in temporary rides. A major travelling ride was supposed to go in for a while, but with all the drama going on, Luna Park put a stop to that. Kinda glad to be honest.