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Then yes. Sold out sorry. At least theags how they've flagged all sold out events in the past.

I would say it would be really poor taste. if anything they could arrange a donation for the victims, but to accept the competitors tickets is a bit much IMO.

Completely understand, and I probably come across as insensitive, so I apologise, I've seen enough photos and video to be desensitised to this stuff sadly. There's risk in everything and every form of entertainment. People (not you, just going off on a tangent here) calling for the park to close and IMO stupid idiots. They're probably the same people who happily smoke themselves to death. You'd think you're pretty safe going to watch a live motor race, right? If you read the fine print of the ticket (or at least as of around 5 years ago when I last went) they warn you that as a spectator, there's a risk of death by attending the event. IMO, it's going to take a lot for it to happen, but I think the park will bounce back from this. It's possible the ride will re-open with a few new safety features. Whether that be physical additions to the ride, a new PLC, or something else entirely is yet to be seen. There's the possibility the ride will close forever and Gold Rush will be removed and rethemed to something else. Who knows. ^ Most of that probably isn't relevant to much, but it's my thoughts anyway.

I would ride it. I've ridden Green Lantern, Rocky Hollow, Colossus, Goliath, Ninja, Scream, California Screamin', Indiana Jones, It's a small world, Matterhorn, Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin. I want to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad & Smiler. There's a certain level of danger you accept with these things. It's not likely, but it's a possibility.

For anyone who missed the conference, it was pretty much as expected. Confirming the 4 deaths, 2 male, 2 female aged 32 - early 40's. Unable to confirm any other details. It's obviously under investigation by state coroner, WHS, QAS & QPS etc. QAS stated there was nothing that could have been done to save the victims as their injuries were "incompatible with living". Park is currently closed. No word on opening hours of the park at this stage.

QPS Media Unit ‏@QPSmedia 1m1 minute ago Police will address the media at 4:45pm at #Dreamworld and will be available on our Livestream channel.

Police just confirmed 4 fatalities http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2016/10/25/critical-incident-coomera/

That statement pretty much covers all media reports ever.

Not really. Just curious to know what happened and now seeing the video of the raft that has been caught under the convener, it makes sense.

Surely the only way for that to have happened is for people to up up out of their seats or being silly? I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but given the hundreds of thousands of people who have successfully negotiated that ride beforehand, surely something was up? You say raft slipped. What about the anti-rollbacks that were recently installed? it can't have slipped that far on it's own to eject someone, surely? It's confirmed to be the rapids ****MODERATOR NOTE**** This thread contains all the media beat-up and speculation. While every effort was made to split off the thread in a clean way that makes sense, it wasn't possible with some posts containing comments on several topics. Here is the criteria for posts that were moved here: * Posts which contained speculation about the cause of the accident * Posts which contained misinformation, either from the media or from our own members * Posts which responded to the above 2 conditions. As much as this thread is a dumping ground for a lot of the rot, there are a few really good posts in this thread responding to poor information, as well as people reacting to the various pieces of news. If you find your post in here, it doesn't mean that it has been deemed a 'bad' post, but it is in the same conversation, and has been moved here to make the conversation as flowing as possible. * Some troll comments are included for context Posts from before an official announcement was made by QPS have been left in their original thread. Thank you for your understanding - Joz

Well given that you only have 20 minutes and it can be solved within that time, there's a good chance that most people will be "very close to finishing" when their time runs out.

I think more so the "don't touch/they won't touch" is more for the mazes. On main street it seems to just be a respect thing from 99% of people not to touch them, then to onus is on the actor if they want to touch you. IMO if they deliberately touch, it's accepted for you to touch them back.

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"Do not touch the actors and they will not touch you" "they will NOT touch you" .....unless you happen to be standing in front of them with a camera, in which case they'll just run in to you

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Nah I know one of the guys hosting today's tour.

How were your hosts today?

I already have a Tegra powered tablet and the ability to buy a controller for it. There are only 2 things that will sway my decision. 1- The exclusive games and if they're worthwhile 2- The ability to, and the availability of a softmod. Otherwise, no. Not interested.

Supposedly there will be some changes this year. No idea what they are or if they're good or bad, but apparently there will be changes. I guess it should be a good thing since it's been the same show for a couple of years now.

Maybe they're just accounting for the fact that it will fade to blue?

Did they ever fix the yellow paint on the stairs and how it's so slippery?

Alright, I was holding off on posting a review after the first night I went (1 Oct) and did the UTT. I figured, it's night one, not everything is going to go to plan, and it didn't but it's not 100% fair to judge them on that. However I've now been on the UTT twice, and to the event 3 times so I feel more comfortable in assessing it. As I'm sitting here tonight deciding which images I might edit and post, I started looking at photos from 2015. I really shouldn't have. The more I look at the photos from last year, the more I'm let down by this years' event. It really does seem like there was a lot of budget cuts to the event this year. So, in my opinion: The Negative: > There's no actors anywhere other than main street. > There's less actors this year on main street (or at least there seems to be) > I know it's never going to change, but I'll say it again like I did in 2014 and 2015, the dance music IMO doesn't suit the event. > The event was oversold > The UTT was oversold > Fast track was oversold > The "tour" on the UTT was, well......weak. Think back to last year. A walk through WB Kids with multiple 'scenes' to stop and watch, with the tour then culminating in a ride on the merry go round while being attacked by zombies. This year? Enter a room, hear a story, get ushered out of a room by 3 or 4 actors. Last years tour would have taken around 10+ actors (at a guess) and worked really well. This years' tour took 5, was shorter, and left people going "that's it? oh". I agree with them. > The behind the scenes rooms in the mazes. These are both a positive and negative. They're good fun, but this year, you've done one, you've done them all. It is fun squirting water at people though. > No fire show > The actors in main street were mostly repeats of previous years > It felt like it was trying to be more "family-friendly". IMO they should make FN 18+ only and make it really scary and gory. Leave Carnivale for the families and Xmas for the kids. The Positive: > The terror lounge was bigger and a nicer venue > The food on offer was great quality and there was plenty to go around > The mazes - F13, and WW, even though they were recycled mazes they were done really well as usual and still felt new enough to be enjoyed. FDTD, having never seen the show, the maze seemed pretty good. It was a 'fun' maze. C2 - this is the big name as we all know, and it was really well done. Having seen it with the lights on really showed the amount of detail that went in to it and I really enjoyed it. > The behind the scenes areas of the mazes are fun but repetitive. Trying to scare people is fun and it was also nice to see the commercial set behind FDTD. > The performers did well to stay in character when approached by guests. I only saw one break character and that was to provide directions to a guest, which IMO would have been rude of them not to, but it was also rude of the guest to approach a performer rather than a staff member. > Make up was great Overall: The tour felt lacking and there was not enough actors in main street. I'll admit there were massive improvements between the 1st and the 15th, but even with the changes for the better, it was still lacking. I just hope that whatever sapped their budget this year (I'm looking at you DD, coaster, expansion plans & WnWS) doesn't have as much of an impact next year and 2017 can be just as kick ass as 2015 was. We'll just pass 2016 off as a glitch in the matrix. Last year I gave FN 8.5/10. This year, if I'm being generous I'd give it a 5.8/10. I just couldn't get into it this year which is sad since I'm usually a huge advocate for Fright Nights. For reference: