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A few (I think three) drag racers have been killed at Willowbank Raceway (drag strip) in 35 years, one at the very first meeting. Only one has a plaque, it's a bit bigger than an A4 page. It is in a garden, beside a main walkway but not right on the path and is done in a subtle way, it is not in your face. A second racer who passed in his sleep has a plaque at the facility too, done in a similar manner. One of the founders has the actual track named after him as well, with a lit street sign pointing down the track behind the startline. Those examples show it can be done tastefully. It will be harder to do it tastefully at Dreamworld due to all the attention and the fact that those four people thought they were safe. The drag racers all knew that there where risks even with safety equipment.

More camera angles than a game of AFL!

You mean VRTP are actually acknowledging that a new coaster exists this time?

First time on Parkz? 🤣

My post certainly wasn't intended as a criticism, more just to inform the more nervous people out there that such products exist. In my situation, we won't be able to handle 100 people per hour, let along 100 people per touch point. We are actually applying some of the concepts behind efficient roller coaster loading into our plan (pre-grouping for instance).

Just a note on the cleaning schedule mentioned in AlexB's post. There are products available that last at least 45 minutes, which is why they are able to not clean every cycle. I'm currently working on a covid-safe plan and it is a product we intend to use.

Superman can vary a bit too I've noticed over the years.

True, though that whole section is being rebuilt at the moment.

Used to be a really busy servo that one - the bypass has hit it bad. I wonder if there are plans for a few servo's on the next stage, as there aren't any on the actual highway from Beerburrum north at the moment. Gympie is our first driver swap point if we head north.

I think the concern is the guests rather than the machinery.

Yeah, it was just Joker (Mark Hamill) talking on the lift hill. Only heard it a few times.

I think the vertical part has been removed to repair/inspect the track brace (the rust covered one) where it attaches to the track. If you look at the other vertical parts, there are clamps on the track braces, but there are none at this location. The vertical part has just been tilted out of the way.

I'll second that - an amazing series.

Yep, the guy who spreads the mulch called in sick this week.

Here, just pop this pill before you ride to experience "a whole new kind of Virtual Reality".

For me, not just his shirt, but the belittling way in which they pronounced "Rodney".

Isn't there a tax depreciation trick by leaving things SBNO?

Do they have pull all the pipes apart and clean them out?

Two cases on the Gold Coast (linked to the corrections outbreak) but they where out in public as they didn't know they where exposed.

There is more than one of them on Railpage! Quicker to count the non Gunzels. Can't delete the wink

There's not been a coaster yet I wouldn't ride, even the one in Kuala Lumpur inside the mall that they where hitting the brakes with a mallet to unjam them 20 minutes before it opened. I went to ride Buzzsaw (prior to 2016) and just couldn't, hit an invisible wall walking up to it. The vertical lift and slow roll over was just not my cup of tea. Didn't even consider the lap bar an issue. I can understand the GP's hesitation too.

Is it poor maintenance, or poor return on investment? Ie sell it to a smaller park where it will be a big attraction, versus maintaining something that no one really wants to ride (especially once the new coaster is in).

Maybe Buzzsaw can go to LPS or LPM.... 🎣

Under promise and over deliver.

Don't annoy train enthusiasts, they'll stand at a distance, awkwardly staring and mumbling something about numbers whilst wearing hi vis! 😂 Btw - I'm not one of those type of train enthusiasts. I've been fortunate enough to drive a steam loco for a day (my photo - complete with L plate), but I have no interest in counting train & carriage numbers and recording them in a diary, or building a model railway and running it like a real one. Each to their own, just not my thing.