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[red dragin]

9 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

thats a damn good effort, though I’m thinking Arkham Asylum may be more apt for Leonard... 

😅

40 times a day in a 6 hour window, nearly 7 times an hour. Do they dispatch it that fast on a slow day? 😁

[rac2703]

2 hours ago, red dragin said:

😅

40 times a day in a 6 hour window, nearly 7 times an hour. Do they dispatch it that fast on a slow day? 😁

He has probably bought fast track for a lot of it. Plus backwards more than 100 times will take you to the front of the line. 

[Park Addict 93]

Spoke to the DCR guy today, apparently he will be on Sunrise tommorow for rides 995-1000

He had fast track provided by VRTP for free at least today.

Edited June 11, 2018 by Jordan M.

[joel]

What a morning Dreamworld!

Buzzsaw = closed - manufacturer problems

pandemonium and claw = closed - general maintenance

Giant Drop East = Closed - extended maintenance

Ride & Attraction Staff = Slow - out for a Sunday drive

 

10 am - 11am:

Tower Of Terror = closed - broken down

Tail Spin = closed - broken down

 

TT2 kept breaking down. got on first ride when re-opened and half way down the tunnel on come the brakes. Really busy day and staff are just having good old chats. HWS is normally a quick turn around but around 7-10 minutes today! New seat clips on giant drop and people could not get out of them. GD east is still just hanging about on the other side looking the same for the past few weeks. Wipeout has 2 seats out of action and the Claw should be open tomorrow however about 6 seat have been put out of service already?

 

Went to Movie World yesterday and I must say there staff were much better with the exception of Scooby-Doo breaking down a couple of times.

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

Tower of terror always breaks down 

[themeparkaddict]

Tower of terror is the most useless piece of theme park equipment. What you saw today was certainly not unusual, TOT always breaks down EVERY SINGLE DAY. Never had a day without it breaking down to be honest. Excuses range from harness problems and LSM problems. They tend to keep a can of CRC handy in case of harness problems these days ! 😉

Sucks that they never have both giant drops in service anymore, it's either one or the other closed for months these days. It's especially annoying then the Drop and TOT went under maintenance for a month in March already.

Dreamworld is terrible at managing maintenance. We've seen this for over a year now. And their operations lately have been as slow as hell, 1 woman operating the shockwave who takes 15 minutes to load, and 5-6 minutes to unload.

And Buzzsaw is just retarded. Like green lantern, I believe there is something suspect about it's design.

Like the Log Ride, Wipeout, Wild West Falls and Mach 5 it will probably be a very long time before we can have a spin on the Buzzsaw again.

[joel]

3 hours ago, Gold Coast Amusement Force said:

Tower of terror always breaks down 

doesn't normally break down every 30-45 minutes though

3 hours ago, themeparkaddict said:

Tower of terror is the most useless piece of theme park equipment. What you saw today was certainly not unusual, TOT always breaks down EVERY SINGLE DAY. Never had a day without it breaking down to be honest. Excuses range from harness problems and LSM problems. They tend to keep a can of CRC handy in case of harness problems these days ! 😉

Sucks that they never have both giant drops in service anymore, it's either one or the other closed for months these days. It's especially annoying then the Drop and TOT went under maintenance for a month in March already.

Dreamworld is terrible at managing maintenance. We've seen this for over a year now. And their operations lately have been as slow as hell, 1 woman operating the shockwave who takes 15 minutes to load, and 5-6 minutes to unload.

And Buzzsaw is just retarded. Like green lantern, I believe there is something suspect about it's design.

Like the Log Ride, Wipeout, Wild West Falls and Mach 5 it will probably be a very long time before we can have a spin on the Buzzsaw again.

Pretty well all Dreamworld equipment is shit. Go there on a 32+ degree day and everything breaks down continuously due to heat stress.

[Brad2912]

A very non-GCB article by the GCB...

Opinion: Parks like Movie World a massive asset for the Gold Coast

JUNE 20, 2018

A COUPLE of weeks ago I was on a roller coaster that stopped unexpectedly at Movie World.

I was in a carriage with my 11-year-old daughter, a friend, and his five-year-old son.

We were up there for at least five minutes, probably more, before being evacuated.

And it was about the least frightening thing that’s happened to me in my life.

It was a side of our theme parks most don’t get to see — what happens when safety precautions kick in.

In our case, we were enjoying a spin on the wildly entertaining Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster when our carriage eased to a halt.

For those who haven’t had the pleasure, the Scooby Doo coaster is an indoor ride that hurls you fast around a twisting track in near absolute darkness as the rambunctious theme tune to the popular show plays in the background.

It’s an absolute hoot, a Movie World favourite that always draws long lines.

As we spun through the main section of the ride our carriage slowed. The music stopped playing. The lights went up. And an impressive scene unfolded.

Our carriage had parked itself at a walkway leading to an emergency exit, not normally visible in the dark. We watched as carriages behind us arrived, and each slowed to a perfect halt beside their own individual walkway and exit.

It was precision engineering the Germans would be Proud of 

After a couple of minutes, a member of staff appeared at each exit, ready to release riders one by one and lead them to the exit.

The staff member who assisted us apologised as she introduced herself — for being nervous. She was shaking a little. It was, she confessed, her “first evac”.

She need not have worried. If she was nervous, she was the only one. The engineering marvel that unfolded and professionalism of the clearly well-trained employees, first-timers or not, had everyone perfectly at ease.

It was a world away from the truly shocking tale of missed warnings and faulty pumps being told 15km away in the Southport Coroners Court this week.

Although unrelated, the publicity from the tragic accident that took four lives at Dreamworld in October 2016 had a negative impact on all our theme parks.

There is a fear that a similar downturn may happen again after this week’s proceedings.

But there is an enormous gulf between the practices that allegedly contributed to the accident in 2016 and what I recently witnessed.

When rides stop, people sometimes start taking pictures on their phones and spreading alarmist messages online. Sometimes TV news even jumps on the bandwagon.

To do so is wrong and misleading.

Controlled stops like the one I encountered are an indication of safety mechanisms operating exactly as they should.

Remember, as we have learnt this week, one of the factors that caused the Dreamworld tragedy was that it did not have an automatic stopping mechanism.

Yet since 2016, every time such a minor event occurs at a Gold Coast park, it is sensationalised into a drama it is not.

It is damaging and very wrong, not least because our theme parks do more for Gold Coast tourism than any other business and deserve our support.

They are a huge sour

We’ve heard a lot recently about the potential of a so-called “Global Tourism Hub” or “Integrated Resort Development” to deliver a major attraction to the city. To do so such a development would be backed by a casino and God knows how many poker machines.

Yet we already have the finest tourist attractions in the country sitting just off the M1 at Oxenford, and all built without a single family-destroying poker machine being installed.

The theme parks have also received precious little marketing backing, featuring little in recent Gold Coast Tourism campaigns despite their obvious need of support in the past two years.

And yet, at Oxenford, the investment has continued apace.

The inquest taking place in the Southport Coroners Court this week has torn the scab off a wound that is still very raw.

The details aired so far have been highly distressing. It is hard to imagine how the pain of the victims’ families attending proceedings could be made more intense. But allegations of missed warnings and bad practices dating back years will surely have done just that.

The resulting publicity means the Gold Coast’s hard-won reputation as the nation’s premier tourist destination may take another hit, leading to a fall in numbers at all our theme parks, as happened in 2016.

7’That is something we should work to avoid because the reality is that places like Movie World are among this city’s greatest assets and incredibly well run — as I recently so clearly witnessed.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

It's an opinion piece, which is why it differs from their usual reporting. Its a shame, but i'd love to go and post links to all the GCB articles that are identical to the negative journalism the author refers to.

Naturally, they report what will sell... which is why this cycle of 'love them \ hate them' will never end.

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

The sun newspaper article

[AllegroCrab]

Quote

It was precision engineering the Germans would be Proud of 

I wonder if they know it's a German ride 😃

[joel]

What’s happening to GL?

[JaggedJanine]

'Maintenance'?

[red dragin]

Could be anything from painting to checkinh for cracks, tightening bolts or confusing theme park fans. 

[pushbutton]

Looks like a couple of guys from guest services having a coffee break. 

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

The claw was temporarily unavailable 

Arcade has got a new design for the tickets needed for a prize 

Pandemonium down for maintenance

Tower of terror had a test run before opening at around 130 and dispatching every 10 minutes

Tower of terror started test running again at 2 and hasn’t started since

 

 

 

Coroboree repaint

Hippo is purple now apparently 

Edited June 23, 2018 by Gold Coast Amusement Force

[Slick]

Not sure how I feel about reserved seating for Tiger Island hey.

[-nick.white.1543]

1 hour ago, Roachie said:

Not sure how I feel about reserved seating for Tiger Island hey.

Me either.

[themagician]

And what the hell has happen to Gloria, that better not be the final product of the repaint

[Brad2912]

2 boats colliding at a conveyor on a water ride. Media would have a field day with that... 

as for reserves paid seating for the front row at tiger island - pathetic 

1 minute ago, themagician said:

And what the hell has happen to Gloria, that better not be the final product of the repaint

Somehow don’t think Dreamworks would have signed off on that, given the apparent trouble with getting Trolls Village off the ground due to licensing/approvals for dreamworks

[themagician]

I think the reserved seating definitely shouldn’t have something they offer, because really everywhere in that stadium has a good view.

[pin142]

Higher up is better, if people are willing to part with their money to have people walk past every so often it's their loss.

[pushbutton]

4 hours ago, pin142 said:

Higher up is better, if people are willing to part with their money to have people walk past every so often it's their loss.

I agree. Let them pay. As long as I can get more or less the same experience for free that's ok by me. 

[T-bone]

Is the reserved seating for the caged off area right at the front, or the front row of the stand though? If for the caged off area then that’s not awful.

[Rivals]

Greenlauntern was testing with blue water dummies  Yesturday. The lift sounded a lot more quieter and the cars look like they have had a repaint on the seats and harnesses