Dean Barnett

Disney have the same - they quiet happily dispatch rides with people on the exit platform. Universal do the same - no seatbelt and a pull up on the harness - if you can feel resistance its locked. Same with Sea World/Busch parks in USA. Disney do a visual inspection for several smaller rollercoasters. The number one thing that slows down the operations at Village Roadshow parks is the requirement for crew members to put on seatbelts - i've never seen this anywhere else - even RMC's where the seatbelt is quiet important they let you do it and visually see its done up before the shin/lap bars come down. Also the policy that requires the crew members to walk down the train together with each other.. makes no sense. I'm not expecting 30 second dispatches from VRP's parks ever - but there has to be a happy medium between safety and abhorrent dispatch times.

No worse feeling than getting to the end of a really long slow line and having an operator shouting across an empty train instructions that are pretty much common sense. Mean while They can run Silver Star 100 people per hour above B&M’s rated max capacity.

Let’s hope VRTP are watching …

Could just start the launch earlier too

I've got an idea that could fix this.

heard of roadworks?

Why can’t they just paint it after hours?

It was to the post above it - how rivals opened early. The script could have been “we’re looking at opening rivals as soon as possible” - not “we’re going to announce when we think it will open”. They never the reopening - it just opened. Still surprised with the sudden closure of scooby - when their maintenance closures are so frequent.

To me - this evidence strongly suggests that the bogies are causing the problem, leading to the train shaking and exceeding the LSM clearance tolerances. They tested this by taping some LSMs to check for contact with the train, which indeed occurred. This is why they were running the train without passengers a few days ago.

Finally some sense!

Happy to be corrected - I haven't been there in ages - but only ever seen 2 trains in the first year (with one sitting on the holding brake for a few mins).. anyway Fabrication can happen with the ride still open

I don't understand why they are teasing a date to announce when DCR will open early because of Superman's issues .. if they're just painting it why can't they open it tomorrow? If they're working on the trains.. why work on both at a time? They never run two. The fact that nothing has been done to scooby is super disappointing.

First triple launch rollercoaster that surrounds a ride in the southern hemisphere!

This video isn't working for me - i just get a random video off facebook.. my kfc box is empty.

One is TT2 (zamp) One is Falcons Flight (Intamin)

Compare the pair

If you have less than half the park open, with presumably less than half the operating costs (ride wear and tear and staff) - either charge half price or offer a free return within the next 12 months.

You can’t compare a drop tower to a roller coaster - also engineers could do a variety of things to compromise safety.

New Dreamworld rollercoaster.mp4 Anyone wanna take bets that the backwards train will be an upcharge?

Christoph Hitzegrad

No one has answered why a crew member has to put the seatbelt in.. Tyre Sampson is a low blow, that came down to shitty operators/engineers.

They're not - Helix operated without seatbelts for the first 1 or 2 years - then they were then added due to "guest feedback". If you are stating truths - why has Blue Fire ran for 14 years without any issues? Oversized people can't ride because the ride tells the operator that the harness is not locked - the same for pretty much every coaster system.

I honestly don’t know. The manufacturers don’t require it - they don’t even require seatbelts - which are just there for safety theatre. Universal actively encourages you to insert and remove your seatbelt (yes different ride manufacturer I know) but it’s just way ott