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It used to be a footbridge before the Giant Drop mess went in.

Boo green fountain. Otherwise carry on.

Native wildlife? Oooh sounds exciting!

December traditionally isn't that busy, it's not like it's dead like the middle of winter or anything, but it's pretty 'meh' attendance wise. I think most people do their Christmas shopping/ Christmas parties in December, and you get the crazy theme park attendance from Boxing Day when lots of work places shut down. The first Tuesday or Wednesday after Boxing Day is the busiest day of the year. Has been for decades.

It also sounds like the account of this happening are factual

I said when this stuff inevitably happens, you payout. No where did I say or imply that the industry shuts down.

Really? Do you follow all instructions? What about the ones that say that you should hold on at all times? What sort of injury do you think would be appropriate for you to suffer? Ah but you made the decision, you know you 'could' have injured yourself and you don't think you should be able to sue. That's great. Did an 8 year old going down the slide make that decision knowing the consequence? Would she have known what the potebtial consequences were? Would her parents know that's a potential hazard? Kid gets scared halfway down and opens her legs shouldn't end with vagainial lacerations. If you're relying on the actions of an 8 year old to make the thing safe, then obviously there is an element of risk. If you're operating an attraction that has that level of risk, you pay when this stuff inevitably happens.

@Gold Coast Amusement Force You can't have 'these activities are inherently risky' when your whole messaging is how incredibly safe everything is. No reasonable person would take an 8 year old to a water park thinking vaginal injuries are a possible risk, and no operator worth anything would advertise that. This is the sort of crappy thing that happens, and little girl (and little girl's family) gets paid. The idea that it can't have happened because you'd have heard about it is laughable. Sorry to break it to you but even in this day and age, lots of things happen that you never hear about.

Yeah this sort of injury is not exactly common, but it happens often enough that it's a thing. Really surprised to hear of this from the fully 6 slides though, one would have thought the design of the runouts had improved. I heard the story and assumed it was going to be Wedgee which was the issue.

Stop making shit up

Stop making shit up

Stuffed if I know why anyone would have thought it was pounce and bounce. It's about telling the shareholders what you're spending money on. Mack 5 and Arkham aren't cheap things to pull down so it's a fair chunk of capex to do it. From a company stand point ripping out something like pounce and bounce may as well be free. Its not about closing attractions, it's about demolishing them.

I'm actually going to make a trip for this coaster, which will mark the first time I've been ever been compelled to travel anywhere in Australia for a ride since Wonderland closed. I've been to Luna Park once before when I was in Sydney for other stuff, but haven't really felt a desire to go back even on subsequent trips to Sydney when I've been bored and looking for stuff to do. Huss may well make the best fairground rides, but fairground rides don't get me to go to places, so yeah good move IMHO.

They've ruined the character of the place by adding non ghetto, quality, permanent install rides.

Oh well used to have then

You know as much as I hate the whole 'Shorten a feature length movie into 15min highlight reel and call it a theme park attraction' thing, playing the condensed Aquaman between 5pm and 8pm wouldn't be the absolute worst thing they could do. I mean it's on theme, was filmed next door and the park has props on display from the film. I wouldn't hate it. Don't think it's necessary, but it would go alright.

Extended trade till 8, yet people still have a piss and a moan. Far out. It's summer holidays, you know what this event needs to be? Park is open till 8. Perfect! Parade at the end is just a themed bonus. I mean 7 is too early for lasers to work in summer, but who cares? This is exactly what has been needed for a long time, and bloody good on them for doing it rather than kicking thousands of people out at the stroke of 5pm

Said when it was new the 3 each way cycle was the way to go. Still stand by that. Wanna switch to 2 in summer? Go for it. Rest of the time do 3

Lots of backwards coasters, not many that have backwards seats on a forward facing train. Only one I can think of is Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain. It's not as world's first as it could be, but I'm kind of willing to let them have it with an a note that says 'one one train on a modern coaster that isn't some in house cobbled together bodge job'

Shots fired

The terminology I always think of with this is 'Motivator V pacifier'. As in; what's going to Motivate you to visit the park, and what just keeps you busy she you're there. Because of how hard it is to market and explain, SV is a pacifier which cost more than most big headline rides. I think it's the right ride for the park, and it does have legs; word of mouth is rather good for it, but just good enough for the price they paid for it. To be fair I don't think they expected to pay as much as they did, and had it opened when originally intended followed straight away by a flatride replacement for Wipeout they'd be in a much stronger position while they figured out what they were doing as a next big thing. That's another thing I wonder with DW's thinking these days; did they see Doomsday's reception at MW, and go 'flatrides don't work, we're not replacing Wipeout', without fully understanding the differences in how the 2 parks attraction line ups gel. A flat ride, particualy an underwhelming one like Doomsday at a park that has the 4 best coasters in the country just isn't that big a deal. On the other hand, for most of DW's life I thought it as mostly a ride line up of pacifiers, but at such quantity that you want to go. Maintaining that quantity at least to some degree is important for having people choose DW again for their next theme park visit. Aside from ToT and Giant Drop, nothing is truly remarkable. Some flats are on the better end of things (Wipeout and Claw both managing to be motivators in their own right, also Cyclone was a thing for a time) but nothing else really broke through for my taste. I think when Steel Taipan opens it'll be an 'emperor has no clothes' moment where all of a sudden how ordinary the rest of the ride line up is will become super apparent. This isn't a bash on DW either by the way, DW historically even with a less impressive ride line up offered a better day out. It worked well for them, until it didn't.

Yikes I hope that's made up; that'd be horrible

To me it's a question of acting in good faith. If you're knocked back from one, or even a few rides, that shouldn't stop you having a fine day. But literally everything? Come on. Also is the cut off to ride slides in the park really 115kgs? Because I had a look just before and that rule is not listed on the website. I don't think people weighing 120kgs would even think to look up if their weight would be an issue. If 115kgs is the limit, then a sign is needed, but yeah even if there is a sign doesn't really change it to me.

I think if a guest asked for a refund since they couldn't actually ride anything, that would be totally valid grounds for getting one IMHO. 'You should have checked' would be a really shitty attitude for a park to take, and I'd assume that if you presented yourself at guest services and asked for one as you couldn't use a single attraction you would get one. More so than the rides themselves, the product parks sell is a fun day out, if you're knocked back from literally everything then that's hardly a fun day out, and being rejected all day and feeling embarrassed and conscious of their weight was obviously not what they signed up for when they bought their ticket. Refund seems like a totally valid outcome.

I agree. The park hasn't said anything, so we can just make up and assume what we want and that's the park's fault.