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'Something must be done!! This is something, therefore, it MUST be done.' The government will never miss an opportunity to raise taxes and impose regulations. Accidents happen. Burdensome and expensive regulatory regimes create a situation where businesses will cut corners which will lead to more accidents, not less. And people become complacent trusting that the regulations will prevent all problems from happening - except for the one thing they overlooked. The Airline industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the world from baggage handling, to security, to pilot training, to maintenance. All of those people are licensed. Accidents still happen. The cost of Dreamworld having to close for months - and the reduced park attendance when they re-opened - cost them far more than them improving their staff training and maintenance. The financial incentive is already there. No amount of government regulation is going to incentivise them more. This report is a bunch of professional regulators recommending more regulation.

Just a few points: @Skeeta This bill is very broad and gives the government too much power to impose expensive and unnecessary regulations - specifically around licensing. Requiring adequately trained staff is one thing, and being able to produce training logs upon request is perfectly reasonable, but requiring a license - particularly when you're dealing with radically different rides from different manufacturers is just an absurd requirement. The safety requirements for a ride like Arkham Asylum - with VR - is going to be very different to a carousel which has no restraints. As @elemist says, this would require a level of career professionalism and ongoing license training and renewal which is not really necessary. Staff should have training and evacuation drills, but that is very different to licensing operators. Licensing the staff who train operators is a reasonable requirement, but licensing the operators in a theme park setting is not - given the fixed nature of the rides. There is an argument to be made about licensing for traveling ride operators. Theme parks have an incentive not to kill their visitors. Dreamworld has learned their lesson and everyone else has learned from it too. It is not good for business to be slack on safety and maintenance.

I cringed at the entire performance not just the accent. It was unnecessarily melodramatic, and really inconsistent. It just felt really awkward and some of the edits were pretty jarring - especially at the end. It's a bit of a shame, because a video like this could really be used to ramp up the fear/creepy factor with a unique experience like VR. But instead it feels a bit cheap and flat. Watching her performance and the performances of the people on the ride, it makes me feel like VR is a hassle for them, and they're tired and bored of people wanting to do it. I think a lot of that is because of the Script too. Bizarre creative choice in my opinion.

If Dreamworld don't want to spend a lot of money, Intamin make a tilt version of the giant drop. They could update one or both sides of the ride to be be a face-first drop. It definitely wouldn't be enough of a draw-card on its own, but it would be the new 'big thrill' that they could promote while they built some new attractions to replace GoldRush, and it would be much cheaper than a Dive Coaster for the same effect. I would love to see a Hybrid Woody, a new Wild Mouse (to replace Eureka) and a new dark water ride (to replace TRR)... but all of those things are expensive and Ardent are cheap.

I don't think the clearance is to allow turning, I think it is to prevent the headrests from colliding. During tight dips and during the helix the tops of the seats could collide.

The DC Rivals coaster has a lot of sharp turns and rapid banking. Both of these slow a coaster down because they're pushing the coaster into the track instead of letting gravity push the coaster along the track. Flash is much straighter with inversions rather than twists. They may also be using a slightly slower chain speed on the lift hill, or they may be using softer wheels which will give a much smoother ride with all of the twists, but will also slow down the coaster. There are a lot of reasons it could be a longer ride, but it will be the right ride length for this coaster.

Here is some aerial footage of the construction so far. You actually get a sense of the scale of it. Superman looks tiny in the background.

Hyper Coaster 1 looks too intense for me.

A lot of ride manufacturers just use the Allen-Bradley computer systems. They can control everything from theming cues to brakes and safety. Google 'Rockwell Automation'. It makes sense for Manufacturers to use an industry-standard system, because it means the park's in-house maintenance staff can maintain the rides and trouble-shoot any issues because everything is compatible. B&M uses Allen-Bradley PLCs.

Or a squadron of villains that act as heroes, perhaps?

Superman Coaster is closed for 2 months you say?

WTF am I doing? I just wasted 5 minutes watching Village Roadshow logos.

@pushbutton I get where you're coming from, but Grill'd only sell burgers and salads and fries, and Hungry Jacks promote themselves as 'flame grilled'. I think most of us were expecting something different from the various other food places in the park. Personally I think Dreamworld should open up the Billabong restaurant to the public. When they have their 'kids eat free' promotion, it's the best deal in the park.

@themagician But MW theme to the comic versions of the characters, not the movie versions. I'm still predicting a Priscilla coaster. Wait til you see how they tie it in the daily parade!

Having been on this a few times now, I can honestly say that playing with the wristband interactive stuff is more fun than the actual ride.

I think it is an orange version of Kenny: The Down Syndrome Tiger.

@Lightning Also, you left off Priscilla and the obvious choice 'Miss Congeniality'

It depends on the coaster. GL had the Lift Hill as the first thing built, because it sits in the centre of the ride and all the other pieces slot in around it. But it is likely that the lift hill will be one of the last things completed on this coaster because it may need a larger crane (which is more expensive) and it has the chain/drive/sensor components built into it - which require more specialised staff to install. It would likely be more efficient to do that all at once. I may be wrong, but I don't think it has much to do with height, more just about efficiency, and access maneuvering the track/supports/vehicles around the site. Edit: Also, I remember Fury325 and Banshee both had the lift hill built first (after the station).

Her outfit is covering it.

I've solved both for you. You're welcome.

@Santa07@Gazza I originally typed 'outward banking', but then changed it before i submitted the post. I've used it in other threads before and people had no idea what I was talking about. I then had to post again describing the turn on GL to the people that didn't get it. But I guess given my post describing the 'experience' of the new coaster, I guess Tip-Out would be appropriate.

^ The general theme of this coaster is 'twists and turns'. Rapid direction changes, heart-line banking, airtime... a general feeling of being 'out of control'. A barrel roll after the helix doesn't fit with that theme. Unless it was perfectly lined up with some crazy twists into and out of it... but then it would just kill the speed. Based on the rest of the ride some banked airtime hills, or some tip-out corners seems a bit more appropriate for this coaster. I guess we will find out in a couple weeks.

This ride looks like a lot of fun. It fits in perfectly with the entire 'fun' atmosphere of DCA. From all the videos i've seen, people are laughing and enjoying themselves the entire time. Disney is planning to release new GOTG films every 3 years or so. In 10 years time they will be up to the 6th film release in the franchise. So the GtoG theme will have at least 20 years of longevity. I don't think the Guardian's franchise becoming dated is going to be an issue. Kids growing up today will feel nostalgic for these films in the future. I can understand Disney's reasoning for wanting to exploit their IP. The ride will sell toys, it will get people who haven't seen the films to watch the films, and the films will be an extra selling point for DCA. Plus, the story elements of the ride can easily be updated since they're mostly digital - which means they could have a different variation of the ride to match future films. I'm excited to ride it myself.

@joz A few people I know that work at VRTPs have said that cost - not maintenance - is a large reason rides are closed for so long. So, I think you make a legitimate point. Also, July and August are the two coldest months of the year and are outside of school holidays, so the amount of people wanting to get wet in the cold weather probably doesn't justify the operating costs.

Anyone bought some food from here yet? $14-17 for a burger and fries is pretty hefty pricing. I wonder if they've tried to improve the quality on the existing burgers etc. in the park.