BigKev

I reckon you can't beat the moment you take your kids on a ride you love for the first time. Gives it a whole new dimension.

Probably depend where the alcohol came from. If an employer provides/allows drinking at the workplace then workcover will certainly be interested.

Even then it isn't a big deal to change costumes. Just means you need a few more staff to allow a rotation to include a change.

That's the point though isn't it? If these things are detrimental then the employer should take steps to minimise the risk. If this lady was stationed at the TOT all shift, doing the same seat belt check over and over and ended up with a damaged wrist then I think she's been treated pretty badly. Surely common sense would say you spend say 45mins at TOT then go to another ride that requires different actions, then again and again and again..... Must admit I always thought that was what parks did as standard, operators always seem to move around during the day.

This is magnificent.

Some rough comments in this thread. If she has been asked to perform a task at work that has injured her then she has every right to seek compensation. Surely it couldn't be that hard to rotate workers on rides, water parks do it with lifeguards as a standard practice to maintain concentration levels.

I've never been to a park outside Australia except water parks but I like Sea World out of the parks here because it is part educational, part entertaining, part carnival and part zoo. Great to have such a mix of genres in one park.

That's pretty bizarre reasoning if that's the case. And it doesn't make any sense. What if someone shoots at the Flash expecting him to outrun the bullet, or shoots at Wonder Woman expecting her to use her bracelets to deflect it? And doesn't Supergirl have the same powers?

I've got the feeling that the next show Movie World do may involve a man in a leather jacket water ski jumping over a shark in a pond.

I'd say it's pretty fortunate if it is only sweat and dirt.

Terrible day for Movie World as well, apart from everything else they lose a ride for a reasonable time period, which is about the last thing they need. Having said that, if they were going to have a ride out of commission, Green Lantern is probably the best one but being down 1 will just emphasise the big weakness of the park.

Just so fortunate that car didn't completely leave the track. Hate to think of the consequences and repercussions for the riders and the theme park if it had of.

http://www.news.com.au/national/emergency-crews-rush-to-help-people-stuck-on-green-lantern-ride-at-movieworld/story-e6frfkp9-1227263429855?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook

Let me explain where I am coming from, as a terrified rider. I find Scooby Doo quite ok to ride, the start and ends are tame, the backwards part is frightening but brief and then you can see the track laid out in front of you for the main section of the ride. My memory of the Mine Ride is of it feeling super fast and having little track visibility and it scared the bejesus out of me to ride it. After my first ride the operator said I was the most terrified rider she had ever seen in fact, a title I have carried proudly now for many years, and one I look forward to defending if (when) the ride re-opens.

I remember the Mine Ride as being more thrilling than Scooby Doo.

I said this a while ago but MW should commission a Scooby Doo cartoon episode based on the ride and play that.

Movieworld and Dreamworld seem to have swapped TLC ratings for their attractions. Scooby hit and miss, Superman and Arkham theming effects often not working and the WWF is rapidly approaching dilapidated.

Pity it isn't getting a major makeover, could seriously use some wipeout style action.

So what actually went wrong there? Did the rider head for the ramp at the wrong time and forget the car was coming or was the car out of timing? Not the sort of accident I was expecting.

I don't think you would have issues with weight as such, generally only water raft rides have that. It is more a case of how the weight sits on you for want of a better term. For example I went to Dreamworld once while I was doing a lot of weights and was pretty big in the thighs and had trouble with the harness. Another time I was heavier but smaller on the thighs and fitted easily. Had similar issues on Scooby and the Panda rides.

I agree, headline should be 'Buzz Saw Harness does exactly what it is supposed to'.

I think it all comes down to perspective. To the Theme Park enthusiast MW is the 'purer' park. To the average punter DW offers far better value for money. I think the parks know that and cater for it, MW goes the extra mile to theme and create the total experience, DW bang on and on about how many rides they have. What we need as punters is for the two parks to close the gap on each other by responding to the strengths of the other. DW has started to do that by lifting its game on park presentation and by putting pressure on MW by adding attractions. MW has Seaworld to keep dragging punters in via the multi-park tickets but will no doubt start to respond to the constant knocks that it lacks attractions by adding some mid-range options, as always beautifully presented which will in turn pressure DW right back. I think the parks are both excellent in their own way but hope they stay at each other because ultimately the punters will benefit.

Wildly off topic and apologies if it is old ground but if the number of visitors per park annually known? I'd love to see the comparison between DW's and MW's.

Sovereign Hill in Ballarat Vic has working Blacksmiths and they are very popular. I'd like to see them change the WIld West show to have less 'Carry On' style smut in it. Always been badly out of step with a family park.

Am I correct in saying the reason the ride shut in the first place has never really been clear? I've heard everything from fire regulations to asbestos removal issues over the years but I would guess that if a ride wasn't shut down for any mechanical issues then it wouldn't take much to get it going again, especially one that is largely undercover.