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It's called a discussion no? I couldn't care any less, than defending the statements that I made.

How so? At no point does he say new (when talking about the whole fleet), he says rebuilt & rethemed. The only time he mentions new, is ONLY about the TWO wheelchair accessible vehicles. How does this fly in the face of those comments? Are you saying Greg is wrong in what he is saying? I've also contacted the park directly just now, they replied with: "We can't wait to welcome you on Murrissippi Motors when they open, though you'll have to wait a littleeee while longer for all the details. We promise it'll be worth it!" if they were still indeed new cars, you'd be articulating that to guests right, especially when it's mentioned on the website?

To which part? Skirting around a lot of evidence for that reply.

I'm literally articulating what the CEO has stated publicly?

Completely different situation. If you're saying BRAND NEW VEHICLES, then they are new, from the ground up, not rebuilt. Are you saying that Dreamworld are that incompetent they've bought new vehicles with the wrong theme, and are needing to retheme them on site? If not, why would you mention "retheming"?

See above. If you're building something new, are you rebuilding? If you've bought something new why are you "retheming"? Earlier in the year as I've stated, he says they're happy to announce they're building 2 NEW custom vehicles for accessibility. If you've purchase more than 2, why are you not spruiking that more than only mentioning 2 vehicles?

Oh you mean like this one where Greg says they're building 2 custom vehicles? Does that mean we're only getting 2 vehicles on track? If you're building all new vehicles, you're not "retheming" something, are you? It would be new, so why would it be mentioned. Same goes for completely "rebuilding" them. If they're new, you're not rebuilding anything. https://portalapp.loghic.eventsair.com/VirtualAttendeePortal/algfy24hy/alg230224/ 24 minutes in. No assumptions here mate, just going off what I've heard/been told/seen in pressers.

23 mins in, https://portalapp.loghic.eventsair.com/VirtualAttendeePortal/575858/680291/ "The ride vehicles are being rebuilt and rethemed, with two being designed for easy wheelchair access" The operator is the one to commission the attraction. Regardless of how you look at it, would you not agree that having to do this process in the hours in which they are, would not have been their first choice?

Greg confirmed in the latest earnings call that they're reusing the old vehicles now, and have only purchased two new ones for the accessibility ones. DW would be paying, because it's their staff doing the commissioning. It's their choice to move it to after hours...

I'm unsure as to why you would plan it this way? It puts an unnecessary strain on the general workforce, plus costs more, maybe that's why they couldn't afford new Vintage Cars anymore? Is it worth pulling operations staff, maintenance staff and other stakeholders out of the park, to have them on an alternate shift? Like what they've done for Motocoaster for example?

This simply isn't true.

It's also extremely costly, and not something you'd do unless you needed the time during the day... Being behind schedule on the build would be the only reason as to why you'd go to this length. Looking at the site, it's pretty apparent that's the case.

Motocoaster has reportedly been closed to accomodate works for MM and JR. If they're pushing the reopening back by another month, it is a fair assumption that the construction works for the aforementioned attractions are also delayed by a month. Moto had already been down for a multiple month maintenance period earlier in the year. When I visited the park the other day, both trains are sitting dormant in the station, with no work taking place. Our group spoke to an operations staff member who informed us they believe it is also down due to construction works.

Yikes, this does not bode well for the opening of River Town....

How was it well in the mix before First Aid was being moved? This arcade is still operated by Intencity, multiple people wearing Intencity polos were seen in the venue in the lead up to it officially opening.

Was doing research literally just creating this topic?

Spoken like a true DW Spokesperson. They've been pushing the unfavourable weather narrative from the moment they announced the attraction. DW know it, they've changed their wording recently on when you can expect to open it. There is also hardly ANY paid media advertising around this ride currently, and I'd be willing to bet they have no idea when it will open.

Key word being almost, the entire top section of both inside and outside are missing their panels. Still a lot of work to do just to the structure itself, let alone everything else. MM looks like it has at a guess, almost a month of theming work to go. There's A LOT to do in 66 days. You've got one team of theming contractors doing that entire side of the build alone, trying to complete two attractions. Doesn't matter how much they've done in a short timeframe, if they still miss the opening.

Getting conflicting messages from you here... I doubt they will be open this week.

This whole project is designed to make the land more favourable for sale, not for Dreamworld themselves to develop.

The Flash required more than 500 cycles for it to be completed.... so this is not true. Jogging a coaster between the maintenance bay, and the station is not a cycle.

State have a set amount of hours it needs to operate also, same goes for carnival rides, albeit less hours. Industry contacts provided me with that information. But there is a lot of information in other press releases across the world specifically for the Mack coasters and their commissioning requirements. Check the IAAPA database. This is correct when referencing reach/clearance tests, which we were not. Before an attraction can be fully "energised" or complete full circuits, all of the rides envelope is required to be fully secured. Once that happens the footprint is naturally classed as a red zone, meaning no one is inside that area, nor able to work within the space. Temporary construction fencing is not classified as envelope fencing, so they would need to fully construct and finish anything main fences around the area. Doing this would obviously inhibit the work needing to be done on the surrounding area, including MM.

It's not just based on the forces the attraction are under though. This also has a large, complex moving element, more than any standard switch track, this will take time and I imagine will warrant a large amount of required cycles too. As I said above though, it's not JUST about the scenic elements, it's about having a completed footprint. For an attraction to be fully "energised" and operated within QLD it needs a fully secured ride envelope. JR does not currently have that, and would require the build to be further along for that to be completed. Regardless of that, they still have an attraction that is arguably not even 50% complete, some of which is within the coasters footprint, and also forms part of the main entrance of this land. I truly struggle to see this being opened in 2024.

Steel Taipan and Rivals both needed 1000 cycles before being complaint and able to operate with guests. It's set by both the state and the manufacture, most have a minimum of 100 hours before running with guests, you can do the math on that. Correct, at night, within a completed ride envelope. JR doesn't have that currently. It isn't testing, it's been jogged from the maintenance bay to the station, purely to allow the other train to be installed. From all the footage we've now seen, it doesn't look like there is any work taking place within the footprint of the attraction, and the fences all look complete...

Keep drinking the cool aid mate. They have changed their wording in most of their recent digital content to "we're hoping to still have it opened" or "we're aiming for late December still". That doesn't fill me with much confidence. We're seeing barely any paid media advertising around the new land, and the only reason that is, is because they don't have confidence in any date yet. We've seen more for a ride that isn't opening till 2025. JR is "almost" complete physically, but they haven't even started cycling the attraction yet. They will need to do a few thousand cycles before it's compliant. To my understanding that can't happen until the attraction is finished physically, including scenic. There is easily a few months of work left overall, they're seriously pushing it to have it completed this year imo.