Levithian

Hah. Same reason for green lantern stopping? Isn't it pretty much just the standard reply for anything causing a ride stoppage now?

they do have an indoors one too though don't they? only depends on how big a set they need.

Yeah, because we kept seeing the ride actually run at various times, that made more sense to me than there being a major problem with a big/major component/part which a few other people were wondering. Seemed a lot more like a trial and error sort of deal, than having the whole ride grounded indefinately

I can't see them ripping up the gold coast highway to continue to tram to the airport when it was planned by state/federal government for the railway already. The last piece of the puzzle has been purchased to allow it to continue past reedy creek/varsity lakes now, plus they have already started the track works for dual tracks in the northern end of the coast to allow for proper express services, so I can see the train becoming a reality over the g-link.

He's asking because there is another VR install where you target and shoot things using buttons like that. They are just harness release buttons on arkham asylum.

I think you are supposed to hold the harness anyway, but, no, there is nothing linked with the harness release buttons when I rode it.

Pretty sure they usually keep selling parts too, so thats a big part of the business. I wouldn't be surprised if they charge fees for some sort of service plan too. Like, if you want support after what ever period is offered in the sale of the ride, you have to pay for it. Especially with how technical rides are getting, you'd have to be making money being able to connect remotely to ride systems and upgrade/repair/monitor controls, systems, etc.

Might have issues with it drifting into the station if there are no walls.

It's pretty much professional suicide to close something during the busiest time of the year. I reckon it is pretty safe to say that what ever the reasons for the recent rides being closed outside of maintenance periods, it would have to be something critical to force the closure of them. If they could operate, you would be running them, so you can hardly blame the park for keeping rides closed. There are probably lots of components/problems that could be repaired locally and/or by staff, and given they have been seen to be testing doomsday a number of times during the closure, I'd say there is more than just a casual issue wrong for the date to keep getting pushed back. If they were waiting for more parts, maybe they manufacturer had an issue with supply or something, or maybe they have had problems with components when they have arrived. You can get stuff air freighted around the world pretty quickly these days, so its not like you would expect them to have to wait months for something to arrive via sea. Anyone been to the park lately and seen what might be removed/deconstructed? might point to what sort of problem they are having.

You can never be too safe. It's as simple as that. It's in reaction to the previous post. Where it comes into it is risk analysis. Reducing the chance of failure/incident to such a small degree that it either 1) becomes virtually impossible to calculate/factor/comprehend or, 2) becomes completely cost prohibitive to implement a control above expected/acceptable risk. It's the primary reason for multiple redundancy systems, sometimes even greater than what something might have been produced with.

Im not saying you can't be too safe, what I am saying, is that this is probably one industry that already does most of what people suggest. you can't really compare movieworld and dreamworld now. Completely different scenarios. For starters, i remember reading that movieworld already had independent auditors planned/checking their park before the incident, and before worksafe people came in. If you were to try to compare them, you would probably want to compare the outcomes following the green lantern accident, vs this one and see if there were any changes to operations. I don't think anything like that was probably made public though because, fortunately, nobody died, so there probably isn't a public inquest made available like what might follow after dreamworlds accident. Although there is a level of genuine concern in their media statements, you also have to appreciate that it's also worded as a PR exercise with the intention of rebuilding their brand and calming any fears guests might have. How many of the independent audits, contractors, etc are already performed each year, and how many extra have been added since the incident? Like, you could have had a yearly audit planned each year, then had an external auditor check the audit to make sure nothing was missed. So it happens each year anyway but nobody outside of the industry knew about it, so the average person may think they are really going above and beyond, when such stringent tests were already the industry standard. Get what im trying to say? It's kind of like its not doing the parks justice when you suggest they have probably found things from more stringent testing and inspections, when in reality, operation/inspection standards are already so high that what people suggest they should/are doing is probably the absolute minimum that is performed every year as it is. That's what I am trying to say.

I reckon many would rate alicia silverstones arse double over the puntastic mr freeze of arnie.

I can imagine that sort of thing (ie, pulling cars apart, track inspections, etc) happens every year anyway. Im kinda wondering just how much maintenance do people think actually happens if they think they can suddenly take an even more indepth look over a ride and find as yet unidentified issues with safety, mechanics, etc. It is like basically saying the maintenance is completely lacking and has missed years worth of defects, breakages, wear, etc, so its basically just a big death trap waiting to derail and kill people. yeah, ok, the last bit is a bit dramatic, but honestly, I wouldn't get on a ride ever again if I didn't think the ride checks weren't thorough enough that major inspections and rebuilds aren't already done as required. If inspectors had of found a raft of faults with rides that were previously missed, I would have expected them to be contained in statements worksafe made. From the few articles I read, they seemed to pass the rides and commend the already detailed inspections, only noting a few back of house issues, but not anything that could put the public at risk?

Im betting somewhere longer to take it well into the 2min mark.

You would notmally expect a hypercoaster to be heading towards 2km.

Various councils/state governments have setup entertainment precincts to stop venues being forced out when developers move in. Puts the onus back on developers to sound proof buildings exposed to noise within the precinct.

I can imagine with doomsday being such a new ride, you probably have to shut down and check a bunch of things once it has been run for a bit. I can imagine they would have liked to get this over and done with for the school holiday period which is about to start, so it could explain why it is closed. Might not have been able to leave it any later. Pretty sure scooby doo and batwing both had planned annual maintenance according to the website. It might be weird, but I guess you only have so many days in a year to plan things, so it means you are still working right up until the holiday period.

sensationalist dribble gets headlines.

they need more rides for kids and families though. If they are going to build any more rides, they should start by overhauling/replacing some of the wb kids ones and giving it a freshen up.

call and ask? try and book tickets online?

The amount of water encountered in a ride like this, you aren't talking a pool pump. Well, you might be if your pool pump was about 2/3 the size of a car and weighed maybe 6-7 tons. I don't think it's something you can have fail and limp along at half flow. You would probably have a backup and be able to switch over, or have to switch out the pump in the event of the failure.

From looking at the photos, it looks like the conveyor is below the platform. So yeah, youd need something to tilt the raft over so the edge of the bag could be caught on the conveyor otherwise it would tend to just push it forward rather than grab. That or have it deflated or something so it sat vastly lower when it came off the conveyor. It kinda looks like there is a little room on each side (wider than the conveyor) once it drops off. I wonder if its possible to come off misaligned a little so its up against the rails when it comes off the conveyor. Would be like bouncing off a cushion/turnbuckle. Its no consolation, but i hope it turns out to be a freak combination of things that werent able to be accountered for, and not an oversight or failure of the park/employees, etc. Really tragic to have a family forever changed like this

That goes without saying.

They released very little, what they did release was more n64 classics and they were expensive.

There is a platform that's normally submerged that looks like it's to guide/control the direction of the raft when it comes off the conveyor. Combined with submerging the end of the conveyor below the buoyancy level of the raft, I imagine this would mitigate the possibility of a raft rolling back into the conveyor and being dragged under because it could never actually reach the end of the conveyor. The worst that would happen is it would roll back into the conveyor and be punted back forwards towards the unload dock. It's entirely speculation, but if as you said, the front of the raft was lifted so the rear side could dip below the conveyor, and if there was possibly enough room for the bagged section of the raft to make it under, you could see how the conveyor could flip the raft over and wedge it between the conveyor and the platform.