Tropical Cyclone Alfred - Impacts on the Theme Parks

[themagician]

As of 5pm 3rd March, the Village Roadshow Theme Parks have confirmed all of their venues will be closed from Wednesday to Friday (at this stage), in preparation for  Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

[Brad2912]

Love all the people whinging on social media about the closures who would be the exact same people complaining about rides being closed if the park opened but the outdoor rides were closed due to 150km wind gusts. 

[HarryHeHe8]

27 minutes ago, themagician said:

As of 5pm 3rd March, the Village Roadshow Theme Parks have confirmed all of their venues will be closed from Wednesday to Friday (at this stage), in preparation for  Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Doubt it will be long before Dreamworld makes their own announcement. Bit worried about Movieworld however, considering the effects the 2022 floods had on it. A cyclone like this could inundate much of the park, and cause some damage. Areas such as the carpark and entrance and the back of the park are the most likely to take some flooding. Hopefully nothing major that would result in substantial ride damage though.

[Ash]

I’m a roofer, and follow over 10 storm chasers,weather experts. We are close to this being quite a significant event. We are used to floods but not wind of this pace. Yes we had the Xmas storm but this is different 

[themagician]

28 minutes ago, HarryHeHe8 said:

Bit worried about Movieworld however, considering the effects the 2022 floods had on it

Same, but I’d say that weather event had more of an impact on DW as it destroyed one of their attractions (Vintage Cars) and they had the wildlife and Tiger Island closed for a week.

[HarryHeHe8]

59 minutes ago, themagician said:

Same, but I’d say that weather event had more of an impact on DW as it destroyed one of their attractions (Vintage Cars) and they had the wildlife and Tiger Island closed for a week.

Wasn't the vintage cars destroyed in the 2023 tornado? Or was it also damaged during the 2022 floods?

[themagician]

@HarryHeHe8 I was getting my weather events mixed up!