Tropical Cyclone Alfred - Impacts on the Theme Parks

[themagician]

1 hour ago, Ash said:

Also noticed yesterday on the way to the Spit, Trident had ropes all secured around the tower id imagine to secure it?

That would be the case. Around the rides base 4-6 anchor points were constructed with the land to secure the tower in an event like this. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

10 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

well according to GCCC, those maps show the worst case scenario...

Like he said, they're wrong.

We've seen the carpark entirely inundated, not just little patches of the creek. And this event is likely to be worse than that.

2 hours ago, Ash said:

Also noticed yesterday on the way to the Spit, Trident had ropes all secured around the tower id imagine to secure it? Couldn’t get a photo as I was driving 

Yes, Trident has tie down points surrounding it and is intended to stabilise the tower in strong winds.

[themagician]

That SW flooding map looks like it was based on the parks design 20 years ago when the lake continued up the eastern half of the park before it was all filled in

[Brad2912]

VTP parks closures now extended for the weekend, re-opening Monday 

[themagician]

3 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Yes, Trident has tie down points surrounding it and is intended to stabilise the tower in strong winds.

For everyone's reference, these are the tie down points

[Ash]

25 minutes ago, themagician said:

For everyone's reference, these are the tie down points

Perfect thankyou, I figured that’s what it was for. 

[themagician]

Dreamworld have also confirmed they’ll be closed this weekend and will make an announcement on Sunday about when they’ll reopen 

[Jokes_on_you]

14 hours ago, Ash said:

Also noticed yesterday on the way to the Spit, Trident had ropes all secured around the tower id imagine to secure it? Couldn’t get a photo as I was driving 

The four anchor points surrounding the ride attaches to the top.