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CEO is stretching the truth. DW only went with Brogent after the accident. DW were known to be overseas trying cheap simulators before the Brogent simulator presented itself. If it wasn't for the accident DW installation would've been cheap and nasty. Before the accident when was the time Ardent dropped this amount of money on one ride? NEVER! and they weren’t going to start with this ride.

not at all. manual renewal just creeps up on me. i usually don't have my wallet nearby when i'm on Parkz. I'd always intended to renew it, as I appreciate the work that goes into the place, and I want to support it, I just never got around to it.

No need for SV to open. If you go by this discussion everybody has already ridden it.😎

Stunts shows suck. A "show" that contains stunts is a fine kettle of fish. SW go with the stunt only option again, 'THAT'S A PADDLIN'.

Hi @pushbutton. We're excited to announce that we will soon announce when we will be making the announcement about our announcement day. It will be in the coming weeks.

The problem for Aussie parks is 10-5 is already lean. There isn't really any fat to cut off it for changing seasons. I honestly think they'd e better off saying 'weekdays the whole park is open 10 till 4' than pretending that 4 rides constitutes an open park. Half functioning park all day is worse than a full functioning park for one less hour. Apart from that there's no where to go so calling for flexible hours isn't going to help.

"unprecedented floods in townsville last week have impacted on the park's Q2 profitability"

ZOMG YOU GUYS I GOT TO RIDE SKY VOYAGER TODAY! IT WAS AMAZEBALLS! THE STAFF SAID IT WAS GONNA OPEN THIS FRIDAY AND THEY WERE JUST RANDOMLY PICKING PEOPLE IN THE PARK TO GET TO RIDE ITS SO WIKKID YASSSS!

This is great work @Slick

Construction is happening in the area the stunt team would come out And thankfully the ‘car sales inflated people’ are gone

School is back and skeet is back. This is a good week.

The prodigal skeet has returned..

WB Skeet...

I think it should be pointed out that we have found out recently that SkyVoyager was never built to "save the park" as you say @joz. A ParkChatLive interview early last month with DW's COO revealed they had planned SkyVoyager 3 months prior to the Thunder River Rapids incident occurring. Since SkyVoyager was announced after the incident (13 November 2017), we've all assumed this is what they were banking on to "save the park" but since they were planning it before the incident, that means the Whitewater World expansion is now most likely their 1st true reaction on how to "save the park" after the incident. How that & their other post-SkyVoyager plans occur should tell enough about how Ardent have been dealing with DW's future. SkyVoyager seems to have never been built to fix DW's attendance and finances. It seems to be just a coincidence that the ride's development began roughly when the incident occurred and after the incident, it seems Ardent just 'hoped' that in 2 years it would open, fix all their problems and everything will be back to normal. Also, can anyone explain to me why the COO's name tag says 'Melbourne, Australia' on it? (See 47:56 in the video)

For those curious - there's a rebuttal piece going up today that debunks a lot of the activist's misconceptions.

In "a world of pure imagination" (to quote the previous Dreamworld slogan. Sorry, to quote a line from a very well known Warner Bros Movie! 😆

Really feel for the frontline staff here who will cop it from the guests while also having their hours cut right back. Not sure how someone is supposed to live off 5 hours a day, its not like the staff are making a heap of money to begin with. I think reduced hours were clearly coming, but only 4 rides open after 4, and one of them is bumper cars? That's pretty crazy. It's getting hard to see how they intend to get out of this hole they're in or even if they're still trying. I agree that operations do need to be more lean but holy hell what positive things can you point to? Sky Voyager is late and way over budget, so many of the rides have ongoing unexpected downtime, hours cut right back and attendance down on last year. I get the impression they were expecting a triumphant return to being profitable this year but there is a such a long list of things at the park still trending in the wrong direction that at this point I really can't see how they can turn it around without serious money going in. For the first time ever not only do I think DW will close, but I now suddenly get the impression it will close with 2 weeks notice. Probably not until this time next year to be fair, Sky Voyager alone cost a lot of money so you'd want to see what affect that has on things before you pull the plug, but Sky Voyager alone will not save the park, and it won't be enough to turn the tide while everything else around it is spiraling downward.