In a scarily similar / eerie situation, Thunder River at Six Flags had a tube get stuck at the conveyor, and started taking on water. Thankfully no one was harmed, but no doubt a scary situation especially for the kids onboard

https://x.com/newscomauHQ/status/2047654346318639596/video/1?s=46

Scarily? Please. Let's not be too dramatic.

The difference here is the conveyor is an actual belt rather than slats. You can also see the belt stops moving right at the end of the video extremely quickly.

Rafts are supposed to stop at the bottom of the conveyor. Something has occurred here that shouldn't have that has lead to the raft in front being swamped, but you can see in the evac that that raft is inclined and on the belt, so my guess is the evaced raft was lifted out after it was empty leaving the swamped one behind.

It's not ideal. but the comments on the original video are more concerned about the guy wearing timberlands than any serious safety concern. The only people hyping this up are people referencing dreamworld and we've already done to death why dreamworld's installation is nothing like the intamin installs overseas.

4 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Scarily? Please. Let's not be too dramatic.

The difference here is the conveyor is an actual belt rather than slats. You can also see the belt stops moving right at the end of the video extremely quickly.

Rafts are supposed to stop at the bottom of the conveyor. Something has occurred here that shouldn't have that has lead to the raft in front being swamped, but you can see in the evac that that raft is inclined and on the belt, so my guess is the evaced raft was lifted out after it was empty leaving the swamped one behind.

It's not ideal. but the comments on the original video are more concerned about the guy wearing timberlands than any serious safety concern. The only people hyping this up are people referencing dreamworld and we've already done to death why dreamworld's installation is nothing like the intamin installs overseas.

I saw a video on Instagram, and I gave up explaining to people that it is NOT the "exact same thing that happened at that one Aussie park". I responded to over 30 comments before I decided its just not worth it, people don't like research ig🤷‍♂️

At no point was I implying that it was the same thing as TRRR

17 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

In a scarily similar / eerie situation,

I feel there's enough of an implication there.

Edited April 25Apr 25 by TV15

5 hours ago, TV15 said:

I feel there's enough of an implication there.

Both raft rides ✅

Raft stuck at bottom of conveyor ✅

Secondary raft impacts first raft ✅

3 x ✅ = similar

a water ride needing to be evac’d as it takes on water = scary / eerie for those on board. If you think this would be scary to see for the general public…

Similar and the same are 2 different things, if you can’t understand the English language, that’s on you

9 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

water = scary / eerie

Just so we are all on the same page, you said, 'In a scarily similar / eerie situation'. The ride has a scarily similar name to Thunder River Rapids. You didn't explicitly state it but you were maliciously implying it.

I feel most people that have read this understand that you were clearly trying to link the two events together due to similarities in name and the fact you clearly highlighted it, that is just how its read.

If that wasn’t your intention, then you've worded it wrong, not everyone else misreading it. There’s really no other logical way to read it given the wording and associated connection you established.

6 minutes ago, TV15 said:

Just so we are all on the same page, you said, 'In a scarily similar / eerie situation'. The ride has a scarily similar name to Thunder River Rapids. You didn't explicitly state it but you were maliciously implying it.

I feel most people that have read this understand that you were clearly trying to link the two events together due to similarities in name and the fact you clearly highlighted it, that is just how its read.

If that wasn’t your intention, then you've worded it wrong, not everyone else misreading it. There’s really no other logical way to read it given the wording and associated connection you established.

You can’t speak for my intent.

Nothing I said was malicious - and the accusation of such is utterly ridiculous

Once again, “similar” does not equal “same”. Get a dictionary

Sure, I'll end it at this.

You said “scarily similar / eerie situation” and in a later post highlighted specific similarities between the two attractions. That naturally leads people to draw a comparison (as other uses have made posts), which in fact you did yourself based of inferences other people made to TRR!

11 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

Nothing I said was malicious - and the accusation of such is utterly ridiculous

To some extent this was a bit ludicrous however, when these events are brought up in the media it is usually fear mongering and you've attempted to achieve a similar result here. Also I thought we were showing off how many adverbs we could use in each sentence, must've misread the room.

I don’t need a dictionary, I never said similar means the same. My point is about how your wording comes across and how it reads to others. If you genuinely didn't mean to imply then this has been a misunderstanding however it took 3 people (including myself) and probably a couple of lurkers also thought the same.

8 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

You can’t speak for my intent.

Nor can you speak for how the reader interpreted your use of language.

Myself, and clearly others, interpreted it as you loosely linking this incident to the Dreamworld tragedy.

Remove the first six words of your initial post, and it becomes a different message. Upon reading those first few words, I began assuming you had copy-pasted a media article.

Edited April 25Apr 25 by red dragin

He never said it was the same. @Brad2912 only described the situation as “scarily similar” or “eerie,” which is a long way from saying it was identical to the Dreamworld TRRR accident.

What’s happened is people have stretched “similar” into “same,” and some seem so focused on defending DW at all costs that they’re arguing against something he never even said.

@TV15 Dr Skeet diagnoses you with a touch of DDS.

Dreamworld Deflection Syndrome (DDS)

Common symptoms include:
Turning “similar situation” into “exact same event, actually” in reverse arguments.
Sudden expert-level confidence in correcting other people’s wording.
An instinctive need to “loop in context” until the original point evaporates.
Advanced stage:
The ability to defend ride mechanics, corporate history, and forum posts you didn’t read in full or understand
It usually flares up in heated online discussions.

Edited April 25Apr 25 by New display name

On 25/04/2026 at 3:03 PM, Brad2912 said:

At no point was I implying that it was the same thing as TRRR

You're right, you never said same, you said similar. the implication was pretty clear, whether you intended it or not, and my reply was simply countering that implication.

On 25/04/2026 at 10:22 PM, Brad2912 said:

Raft stuck at bottom of conveyor ✅

Just on this - the TRRR incident at Dreamworld involved a raft stuck at the TOP of the conveyor... so.... ❌

On 25/04/2026 at 10:22 PM, Brad2912 said:

a water ride needing to be evac’d as it takes on water = scary / eerie for those on board. If you think this would be scary to see for the general public…

Similar and the same are 2 different things, if you can’t understand the English language, that’s on you

It seems it's you who can't understand the english language. You've defined Scary, and Similar as two different terms when in your case you used them as a single phrase - Scarily Similar.

As you've defined them -

Yes. The incident would have been scary for those on board.

No. The incident would not have been eerie for those on board.

Yes the two rides appear similar.

However - to state 'scarily similar' implies that two or more things possess an uncanny, alarming, or unnerving level of likeness, often to the point of being unsettling or spooky. That doesn't make out here. Rafts didn't flip they were swamped. conveyor belts were not the cause of the incident. pumps didn't fail. nobody died. ❌❌❌❌ Survey says no.

You've written emotively. whether it was your intention or not you've suggested things that aren't there. I think everyone has done a decent job of calling you on it and it's time to read the room and maybe admit you could have worded it better (if you didn't intend it) or you were wrong (if that was your intention).

We don't need to spend the next three pages of this thread on pedantry. But I'm quite prepared to keep calling you out if you need it.

On 25/04/2026 at 10:46 PM, Brad2912 said:

Get a dictionary

You first.

18 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

We don't need to spend the next three pages of this thread on pedantry

You'd have a post count of 50 on this forum if it wasn't for your incessant need for pedantry and trying to stoke your holier than thou ego and one up people.

Did you notice how everyone stopped commenting? We agreed to disagree, its called being an adult - something you've failed to accomplish it seems.

No comments for 3 days, then along comes Dapto - clearly with nothing better to do with his life, to once again nit-pick, quote grab comments that were not even made to you like you are some light of justice for all people who can't respond for themselves (except they did) - to once again try to prove:

a) i know more

b) i'm never wrong

c) i must be involved in every conversation, and give my 2 cents even when i'm not involved

c) i have to have the last say

Grow up, don't be a dick (i know that second one is going to be a hard one, so just focus on the first).

Even though you're very unlikely to a have an accident on a roller coaster or raft ride, if you were unfortunate to have an accident, you are better off having it on a coaster.

Factor	Raft rides	Roller coasters
Fatality rate	Very low, but slightly higher per ride type	Extremely low
Injury rate	Low–moderate	Low
Type of risk	Drowning / entrapment / flips	Mostly minor physical injury
Incident severity	Can be severe when it happens	Usually minor

7 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Did you notice how everyone stopped commenting?

I replied to you.

You replied to me. (i'm prepared for you to argue in favour of Harry's comment between mine and your reply but since Harry was quoting me and essentially supporting my statement, i'll count it)

The next time I logged in - which was notably 4 days after your reply - I responded. Thats kind of how a discussion forum works. This isn't chat, replies aren't instantaneous. You've been on this forum since 2010, so you've got to be at least approaching an age where you can understand that.

It took me four days to respond, ironically, because I had something else to do with my life. Quite rich coming from you, considering:

1. You posted this thread at 11:26pm on a friday night

2. Posted your next comment at 3:03pm saturday afternoon

3. Again at 10:22pm

4. Again at 10:46pm

It seems I have much better things to do with my life than you do.

7 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

even when i'm not involved

I was involved. I was literally the first person to call out your bullshit. I still think you're struggling with the concept of a FORUM. Perhaps you might try getting a dictionary.

Its a typical Brad backpedal. you make an outlandish claim or statement - in this case it's unnecessarily sensationalist language, people call you on it, you take potshots at those folk instead of reading the room and going - "you know what, i got it wrong". It's really that simple.

Can we get back to talking theme parks, or are we committed to this clown show now?

And no, Dapto, you’re still blocked, not that it’s hard to guess the rubbish you’d be spouting.

@Brad2912 Pretty hard to verify when it actually happened, your single post and one TikTok are the only things I can find on it.

Edited April 30Apr 30 by New display name

21 hours ago, New display name said:

Pretty hard to verify when it actually happened

It was first posted to TikTok by the original poster about a week prior to Brad's post. Comments are consistent with it happening around the time it was posted.

21 hours ago, New display name said:

And no, Dapto, you’re still blocked, not that it’s hard to guess the rubbish you’d be spouting.

I couldn't possibly care less. It's actually wonderful not having your catty bullshit responses dragging everything down.

21 hours ago, New display name said:

Can we get back to talking theme parks, or are we committed to this clown show now?

Folks, Bozo the Clown himself has asked to change the subject back to theme parks, despite this thread being about an incident in a theme park, and the entire discussion revolving around that incident, and literally nothing else.

Next, he's going to spray water out of a flower on his lapel.

^I mean from his perspective - he's just talking to himself now?

Honestly, is it just me, or can you two put it to rest!

2 minutes ago, Levram__ said:

Honestly, is it just me, or can you two put it to rest!

I think they just do this whenever there's no interesting news. Or when there is interesting news. I just don't take sides. I'm not on here for Drama, I can find that on the news haha. Just leave them be I'm sure they'll work it out (they won't).

9 minutes ago, Levram__ said:

Honestly, is it just me, or can you two put it to rest!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I had already stopped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!