Brad2912

Interesting only one attraction mentioned, despite 2 'big' attractions planned

He doesn't.

This was talked about in another threads just yesterday

Think you'll find that everytime one engine goes down on a 2 or 4 engine airplane, no one notices except the people in the cockpit, unless of course said engine has smoke billowing out of it. It does no become newsworthy. I'm sure there are plenty of times a morning safety check at any park has flagged an issue and it is resolved prior to opening, has delayed opening, or resulted in a closure. We would never hear about it, nor do we have to. I suspect the only reason this has become news worthy was because someone posted it here with a stupidly sensationalistic headline, a couple of the bottom feeder Facebook pages read it here and posted it, and it snowballed.

1 scheduled maintenance and 2 unexpected and presumably major/detailed maintenance concerns I'd call that unlucky and wouldn't be lambasting the park for it

Agree Alex & Slick I did leave the 'night' events out, Which granted are massive positives with no real competitive offering from DW. In out of hours events, it's a no brainier. I guess the point I'm getting across is to a general member of the public, not an active theme park enthusiast, DW APPEARS to be adding more attractions than MW, even though as you pointed out well Alex, it really isn't the case when looked at realistically. Now given that the public hold that opinion, why would DW not continue with what is working for it, and adding 1-2 minor attractions each year that generate a heap of press & attention from locals. DW is already viewed as the only FULL day park on the coast, and when they are already talking about 2 new attractions to open this year and not a peep from MW, they will continue to strengthen that thought in the publics eyes.

Movie world have installed one major attraction in the 9 years since SE opened (GL). They've opened 3 minor attraction (JL, mini cars & BWSS)and re-themed LW/AA. So that's 1 major & let's say 4 minor attractions. I'd hardly call that regular basis for major rides. In the same time period, DW has opened buzzsaw, Shockwave, MDMC, tailspin, Pandamonium, Refreshed TOT & wipeout, and opened the Dreamworks area. Whilst none of DW's rides may be considered major, you'd say that's probably 8 minor attractions in as many years. The enthusiast may say quality over quantity, the general public see quantity as the winner. (And I'm not too sure the DW doesn't win out on quality either on overall scale) Don't quote me on it but the last figures I recall seeing a while back had them fairly level pegging with DW marginally ahead at around the 1.3-1.4 million per year

Buzzsaw harness issue is still hearsay.

Because in most cases, multiple smaller capital investments will have the same if not more impact on revenue than one large project. You may be happy with a one off $20m ride and then nothing new for 3-4 years, but the average consumer (and annual pass holder) wants something every year. Back when ToT was built the market and visitor profile was very different to what it is today

Ardent sold off some of DW's land to Westfield's/QLD State Govt for development of the Town Centre which may explain why it is linked into Ardent

I'm not an architect, an engineer, nor do I work for the council. All I know if when I've checked the PD online area for GC council I've used the DA link to search. What you have just posted is clearly from a section I'm not looking in, where/what links are you using?

But details don't have to be made public like a DA. It's why you'll find Green Lantern public but nothing about Arkham or Mini Driving School. If they utilise an existing space that has previously had a DA over it, it isn't required to go thru the same approval process

Which is often the case hence why we often don't see them appear on the DA site

There is audio in the station, And if I remember correctly on the lift hill. Only one train

The mountain and ride therein

Closed until the 19th would means it's open again on the 19th imo..

a crack could have been found in the track, one of the brakes or lift chain could have a fault, the train itself may have had an expected issue - any of these could cause a week downtime

so that means someone almost fell out due to a restraint failure?

corroded does not necessarily mean beyond repair all in all it is all conjecture and guess work until an announcement is made (or this whole thing fizzles out)

the collision happened whilst the ute was up on 2 wheels, i believe the driver attempted to maneuver out of the way or after the collision in re-action must have over steered causing the rollover

Care to advise us of the source of your information? Sorry but with this being your first post on the forums, and making such a damning and controversial comment, a believe a little more info is required

By law fire extinguishers need to be kept clean and pressurised at all times. Given that the area is used for storage, it would still be expected to conform to Fire safety standards. Too bad they'd fail for having no pin and it being in the floor...

Haha

How do you know it's the same problem this time?

With the exception of 2 water dummy's & erosion, there has been zero visible changes to the ride or mountain in 8 years