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Agree with both of you, just reporting what had been said. Seems like a ridiculous time to go to the media with concerns, maybe they should have done that beforehand if they were so concerned with the parks receptiveness. I don't think the blame game should be happening less than 24hrs after the tradegy, well at least it shouldn't be being played out in the media

A senior official from the AWU just interviewed on radio saying they have been in constant contact with park management regarding employees concerns about ride safety and maintenance standards but have been continually palmed off by management

I understand your stance reanimated, to each their own when it comes to safety personally, whilst I've jumped back on GL (I gave it a few months of safe operation before i did), I don't think I could bring myself to ride TRR again IF it did re-open. Not knowing 4 people had perished in that same location. Maybe that's the shock speaking and it may soften over time, but given I've been putting my 4 year old on that ride since he turned 2, I can't shake the dread I feel just thinking about it. (My partner has already banned me from putting him on rides for the foreseeable future after today - again, everyone has a right to choose their reactions)

Well said MickeyD. I'll be doing likewise tomorrow.

I think most of us (minus the crazy people that have come out of the woodwork this afternoon) have come to a likely/logical chain of events that has led to the this tragedy. ive been stopped many times mid raise or drop on the conveyor, and whilst it isn't that steep, i have to say A few times I've thought if there was a shift of weight to the lower end of the tyre could it tip/fall back down the conveyer, and that was my initial thought when I heard the conveyor was involved today. As Alex raised, the key thing appears to be the Conveyor control. I'd imagine (without evidence to back it up) that it would be sensor based and no different to block brakes activating along a track as trains back up in a station. It seems to critical a process to be manually controlled given the gate controller wouldn't be able to constantly be 100% aware of every approaching raft whilst helping guest disembark etc

Here's a tip - before people really start telling you what they think of your ridiculously insensitive posts - read Alex's post above which is the most likely root cause of the accident - and then log off and come back when you've grown up.

I don't believe that comment should be made publicly without 100% confirmed accuracy. People have died, let's not blame or put the onus on them at this point for their sake of their family & friends

Radio update confirmed one deceased, potentially 2 still trapped underwater (after an hour, well we know that outcome, and another being performed cpr on

Reports a boat 'slipped' on the conveyor with people being ejected and trapped underwater.

Omg... ??

Where did u read that? absolutely tragic if true.

Incident at Dreamworld on Gold Coast injures 1, several people trapped October 25, 2016 2:37pm Emergency crews are at Dreamworld. BREAKING: ONE person has been badly injured and three others hurt after an accident at Dreamworld this afternoon. Four ambulance crews are on scene at the theme park after an ‘industrial accident’ just after 2pm. More to come i was driving north and the M1 at Helensvale 10 mins ago and had multiple Firies, ambos & cops fly past me, now I know why Further unconfirmed reports of people trapped in machinery, with Rapids mentioned

Only need to read the text on the opening page to see the direction it's headed with it being an extension of DW opposed to a seperate park.

I don't think they ever needed to invoke the cap...

Snyders take on Batman was great, and Afflecks portrayal was awesome, the film just suffered from poor editing and an overbearing score. @Jamberoo Fan the AA linkage to Joker is really only the Audio. If any villain deserves a stand alone attraction it's Joker, and theme wise it would offer the most scope.

Thanks for sharing! My nephew runs past you at 39secs (white shirt, blood - he's in the F13 maze). It's his first ever job and we hadn't managed to get a photo of him yet!

It may be unlikely but I wouldn't rule out the future possibility of a Joker themed attraction based on the existence of a Arkham Asylum coaster. That's no different to saying there won't be a Flash coaster as there is a Justice League ride already

One trick pony, albeit a cool trick.

You know the theme park community is shouting out for some credible info when people are arguing over the structural integrity of support columns...

Well, the dates this year were quite different to in 2015. So I guess that will depend if they keep the 2016 dates in '17

"We're proud to announce we are developing multiple rides which will launch in 2017 across many parks and markets across the globe". Puzzle solved...

Walking Dead is back on Monday! Boom!

^^ Yep

It certainly is not a kiddies ride. A kiddies ride is Big Red Car, Tweety Cages etc. It's a moderate family ride imo.. if if was at DW it would certainly be in the 'BIG 17 Thrill Rides'

Well it's no longer the tallest ride in the world, but it would certainly be the tallest churro. Tourists dig big things, the lady at the Big Pineapple told me that last weekend