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Yeah I’m specifically talking about the sections of track at Dreamworld that hadn’t been painted. There’s no major foundation issues at Jet Rescue. It was clarified here that what was seen was just some mortar removal to access the hold down bolts and release a piece of track. Plausible scenario (I know nothing from the park, this is pure speculation on my part): Section it track was found to have an issue. Requires replacement - pretty common around the world. Fabrication facility in Europe is shut because of Covid. Park is waiting for new track but doesn’t have ETA so has removed reopening date.

Didn’t someone suggest Sidewinder was done for because of some paint/track evidence the other day and many were quick to say “doesn’t mean anything”. But now Jet Rescue has the same and we’re convinced that’s the end for the ride?

I didn’t say they passed them off as anything other than traveling rides. I just said I personally don’t like it. Wild mouse gets a pass because most wouldn’t think that even travelled and it’s so unique I’d have it anyway.

Very little in the smaller end of moving lights still using lamps now if any. You really have to be looking at things 1200w (or equivalent output) and above to still have new fittings using lamps, and even those are rare. Everything in Scooby is LED

Have a nice weekend

Apologies for my early typo, I was on the move and clearly failed to proof. But yes my critique would and is of any park with temporary rides masquerading as park models. I know the history of the park, but I still don’t like it. I absolutely hate it when permanent parks have clearly obvious traveling rides. I thought it looked equally awful when Sea World had Trident 1.0 sitting there.

Perhaps they won’t be replaced with tired traveling rides sitting on chocks for 20 years!

Depends... there was what they had initially when next gen opened. Then last year there was a subsequent major upgrade to the Disco room because the first was so awful. Mainly driven by a change in park management that saw the need to improve the experience. That wasn’t included in the first lot of course but did cost significantly less than the first awful effort.

Yes But if you still recon they got value for money then that’s insane.

Didn’t they say back at that time they spent about 3 million on a thing. That’s a fair wack of cashola

Well we know how much they spent. We saw the $5 job result they got. It’s hard to draw any other conclusion but that they got swindled.

Or the company that promised the world were actually just some hopped up tweakers who were all fluff and no delivery. Two concerned with their next burning man adventure to finish and took village’s money and ran. It’s no excuse for the end product, just an example of be careful what snake oil salesmen you hire.

Not too many flat walls on the side of airplanes

Looks great it does not... ...in my opinion

WnW needs A LOT of overdue love. Let’s hope it gets it.

World class response

That was a ridiculously long post with so many practical errors on how mechanical and ride systems need to actually work. It’s not a tractor in a paddock or a dam water pump. You can’t just bang it on a contractor and use a couple hundred dollar clutch on the drive she’ll be right. I’d suggest learning a lot more about how ride control and mechanical systems are put together before giving such a lengthy technical analysis and set of instructions again. It’s also laughable that you think the rubber rings for the rafts are some kids inflatable.

Well that’s odd because there’s only one person working at the company that I know still wears a suit.

So glad to see something done and dusted bring torn down there and not just sitting rotting away. It’s funny it’s another park that’s meant to be ‘under new management’ but really seems the main place that’s happening is a few km down the road. Such a big change in the Oxenford parks in the last couple years and now seems WnW is getting the attention we’ve recently seen at MW.

I have no issue with them re using them in. Even Disney pulls that one. Better than it going in the skip.

Yeah they get a pass on the name from me. It’s ‘fine’ and the colours look good. Just make the station nicely presented and absent if any half assed awful theming and it will be a solid attraction in the lineup.

Im just looking through those photos above and wondering exactly where does any of this park look like somewhere appealing to visit?

Bit of DejaVu there of how 'Sea Viper' looked just before it was given the can.

I mean wasn’t that just plain shit. It’s both a mash together of things already very publicly known and sitting on the internet and contains no real history of the ride. Also says nothing of why the ride had its ‘empty’ period and got next gen in the first place. The projections whilst questionable don’t replace any theming except in one spot (the post wild mouse jungle room) so they may not add anything. But they replaced a blank wall and a plain mirror. The ‘disco’ room doesn’t contain any lasers or fog. It has a period of some terrible lasers and no fog. And since received an extensive upgrade of 50 odd moving lights and a lot of LED lighting. So yeah, save yourself the 10mins.

Perfectly summed up!