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I'd missed it earlier where the 21st century style shade structure overlaps with the 19th century American mid west style building 🙄 It was bad enough that they are next to each other, let alone overlapping 🤪

Yep. It was only because they knew the media would be there covering the sick kids. Stop feeding the hippie trolls I say!

A guy at Bald Hills has addressable lights on his house for Christmas. "Brads Brisbane Christmas Lights" on Facebook. I believe those are the constant power lights?

@AlexB pretty sure it's a dirty hippy reference. Even then, they got some impressive filtration systems there. The water is probably cleaner than the ocean the protesters want the animals returned to. Wouldn't struggle to handle a few hippies.

I think we all expected new sets, not just the old ones cleaned up (or replicated). And more than a few flat screens showing animations after 5 months of closure. Of course the mechanics of the ride remain the same. Say you employ someone to renovate your house to "next generation" and after five months all you get is a few TV'S, a new room and some paint, you'd be disappointed.

Considering we saw the instagram post of the projection mapping scanning equipment up near the turntable, it's a surprise to hear there is no changes up there?

They've just plugged it on Facebook as opening today too.

On 7 news they stated it's in place for 18 months.

It is, so is the 15th the last day of maintenance or the first day of operation? Given it closed on the 23rd, I would read that as still being closed on the 15th (possible soft open?)

So the maintenance period is till 15th December (Saturday), reopens this Sunday then? Is the week before Christmas still quiet? I've got Friday the 21st off, would like to check it out.

@Slick, the 1% I was referring to are the train nuts, whom you can never appease! 😒😁

Yeah, but it's the 1% you've got to appease. You think theme park fans are a bit nuts. Go over to the railpage forums and refer to it as a real train and see what response you get. Train fans (gunzels) are a whole different breed (possibly even species!). 🤣

Sadly not the case I feel. Carriages don't require a lot of maintenance, especially by dreamworld standards. It's well known that locomotive isn't up to the task it was purchased for. Designed for flatter circuits and no tight corners.

Two carriages is all it can haul without breaking down?

It's a mock up of a real steam train, a poor one in my opinion (hence why I call it the "abomination"). This is a real one, which also happens to be the former Dreamworld Perry in its pre theme park working life. Taken in 1961 near Bingerra Sugar Mill (near Bundaberg)

That's the diesel @pushbutton. No tender (coal and water trailer) for a start.

The symbol (green heart with lighting bolt) is commonly seen on Automatic External Defibrillator's.

@wikiverse thanks. Your post cleared up to me why I couldn't grasp the problem, as it works but is a messy way to do it.

I hate apostrophes/apostrophe's, still struggle with them sometimes (and based on the mixed reactions to your posts others might too). Online grammar checkers give a pass mark for both with and without, so, what's the issue with this particular example?

👍 Which will be where Cards Against Humanity got it from.

Cards Against Humanity reference?

This photo has the similarities, albeit in two different spots (glass to the left & metalwork directly in front) The render looks nothing like it, at the moment the actual structure doesn't resemble the render much either.

@Glubbo well spotted.

Clearly after 12 years it's popular enough to invest in new tech and a new story. Like @MickeyD, it's sparked our interest after seeing it in probably 2009.

So is it confirmed anywhere that it is floating through animal enclosures, or have we just gone off on a wild tangent that has been mistaken for fact?