Brad2912

I love that this country is multicultural - but you don’t get to dictate what others do and wear to suit your ideology - regardless of what it is. Assimilate or leave. park management clearly choosing $$ over welfare of staff

It’s anything like recent renders vs reality, we’ll get a fibreglsss Cessna and a shrub next to it

Anything is better than HWSD the original was boring, 2.0 is an embarrassment we’ve all said for years that Mad Max is a perfect IP, but it won’t happen as its costs money and the status quo draws a crowd as people want a shaded seat while they have some snacks.

For me - it’s included with my passes. if it wasn’t - then the chance to do the rides at night - especially Leviathan.

My guess would be that ticket sales are underwhelming….

If only they increased the budget by $200m or so and they could have got a clone…

A Gold Coast theme park has began construction on a precinct which they say will “redefine family entertainment”, including a new roller coaster. Dreamworld announced on Tuesday they were beginning construction on their new Rivertown precinct, which was a part of their $55 million investment into the theme park. Rivertown will include a new family rollercoaster called the Jungle Rush. Dreamworld CEO Greg Yong said the precinct would also include a remake on the popular Vintage Cars attraction at the theme park – to be called Murrissippi Motors. “Rivertown is a testament to our commitment to innovation and creating unforgettable experiences for our guests,” he said. “This precinct represents the culmination of meticulous planning and creativity. “It’s the crowning jewel in our $55 million investment in Dreamworld, and really demonstrates our dedication to bringing world-class experiences to the Gold Coast.” The Jungle Rush was set to be the first of its kind in Australia because of its ride design which included different cycle paths. “Jungle Rush will be Dreamworld’s largest-ever investment in a single attraction, so it really is one for the record books.” https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/dreamworld-begin-construction-on-rivertown-precinct-which-includes-new-ride-jungle-rush/news-story/88b709c32c908d6054e1bf6e439048ff?fbclid=IwAR3QPSLkDC6zqf7rvIwzQgXpL2QY2EfX-Q4htSEOlhywp-hD54ve5imSBMc_aem_AbyE2L1-Ut-A2WHv7DcTp01A1SoBtqMOFLyQLhT3FZqsX7i3VieAu-DysOSKJBwLI3s

Yeah I had my first ride on that yesterday. Wait time was probably 45mins or so. they seemed short an op at tube collection as the life guard watching the double barrel splashdown was the one motioning for people to come get tubes for both slides and as you’d know that queue isn’t exactly close to there. on the tower due to the weird situation with tube collection, there was no bank up of people. When we walked to the top it was only us and the other 2 people up there. The ride op on the other tube was quite snappy at the 2 young kids as they trod into the tube rather than sitting into it. We had no issues as we are used to the sit in and swing your legs around process on most slides

Credit where it’s due (after I complained about WWW’s horrible operations/cycle times last week). Went to WNW today for the first time in about 12 months. Was really impressed with how their dispatches have improved. From what I saw and experienced, Constrictor was pumping a tube through every 50-60 seconds. Watching from an ops perspective - in the past they’ve waited for the previous tubes guests to be out of the splashdown before hitting the button that gives the green light up top. Today running with 2 ops in the splashdown, that button was being pushed as soon as the op in the splashdown reached the tube and began assisting people out meaning quite regularly the next tube would come down into the splashdown just as the op was handing the previous tube over to the next in line. It meant that despite a full queue to the entrance, we were out with 40mins where previously that’s blown out to well over an hour Got my first ride on Kaboom, love the steepness of the drops however not sure if it was positional but on that first incline - yikes you can feel the joints between sections ricochet up your spine.

Well they said it was a scarf, so you presume that means hijab/head scarf as I doubt anyone was trying to keep their neck warm at 32 degrees today…

Speaks volumes for the lack of quality at the park currently then

If that’s the store I wouldn’t be wasting the wages to staff it….

Feel sorry for the TG staff, many of whom have had to now resign and seek other work

I disregarded it because what you explained makes no logical sense. The operator WAS moving around the platform visually watching the tube (as I said in my original post) and was NOT watching the panel at all. Don’t be a self righteous wanker.

No one is talking about releasing a 2nd tube before confirming the 1st has complete the course. Loading a tube but not releasing it prior to the previous one finishing causes zero risk of collision. None of that makes any logical sense whatsoever. in 100s of visits, never until yesterday has the loading OP physically moved around the loading platform to ensure they can view the tube in motion from start to finish of the ride. if the ride faults, that only affects the riders in the tube currently on-course, it has zero bearing or impact on guests either loading or loaded and awaiting release. the ride op is not going to release the next tube until they get the visual confirmation (flag) from the splashdown pool that the previous tube is clear - so therefore anything that happens on course, or anything that happens during loading with difficult passengers are entirely exclusive of each other and pose zero risk of compounding. The fact a modern theme park relies on someone to wave a flag from 30m away to signal it’s safe to release a tube rather than a electronic or sensor based system is bizarre imo.. all the unloader needs is a button which activates a light in the loading platform - which is exactly how Constrictor and other slides work.

Haven’t seen more than 1 op/loader on the tower for Hydro in many years, but I’ve never seen the visual inspection of the tube on course before. So it’s not a result of low staff yesterday, but minimised staffing overall or just poor operational procedures

Slower than they should have been as operations were just at a crawl (worth noting this is my first Aussie park visit since Japan where loading/ops is amazing). It was busy but not crazy, but still took near an hour for Green Room (from the 30min sign) and about 30mins for Rip. No wait on Bro. watching Hydrocoaster, it seems now the op is tasked with visually watching the tube through until the enclosed turns at the end. Which is painful. It means that weighing and loading of the next tube doesn’t occur until the flag wave to say the previous tube is empty. Makes zero sense. With the 2 panels needed to release, there is no reason why the next tubes riders cannot be weighed and loaded and moved to the second release block, before then looking for the flag (surely in this day and age a light would suffice). basically means it’s 3-4min between tube launches

Ended up at WWW today. Everything running except Triple Vortex. ducked over to DW at 4:30 for a couple of rides on ST which was walk on at that time

Just finished up our 2nd and final day at USJ. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wish we had another day or two, as despite ticking off all the major rides, SNW and WWoHP - so much left uncovered. Will put a trip report together down the track when I get home, but can only say it will be hard to look at and be excited by much of what our local parks have to offer now. Biggest shoutouts go to The Flying Dinosaur and HP & the Forbidden Journey who’ve firmly smashed their way my top 5 rides of all time.

Outside of peak periods where crowd management is required, I reckon in the last few years it is 50/50 whether there is a entry host or you just walk on in

Wicked (the books and musical) whilst quite amazing in its own right, is only very loosely linked to the Wizard of Oz movie, being through the witches. No Dorothy, scarecrow, Kansas, toto etc. there really won’t be much at all to tie in. It’s almost an alternate series of events to what most people know of Oz (being the reference point of the Garland movie).

Because it was a maintenance drag and when open wasn’t overly popular, and it also stood in the way of ST’s plot and visual amenity from the carpark/motorway

Brake. And unlikely it spontaneously didn’t catch, and if so, would likely result in some decent downtime to establish how/why

Can only assume they are filming the WoO characters in interactions/parade routes given none of the precinct is built yet to film within. usually keen to head to these filmings with my son but I’m interstate tomorrow.

$99 locals annual passes for Black Friday tomorrow is a decent steal for anyone who hasn't got one