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[rappa]

The park employees probably are affected by wondering why anyone's biggest concern at a time like that is how it affects a theme park. 

[Theme Park Girl]

5 hours ago, iwerks said:

I love the fact that they apologised. Did the people at guest services know who you are? It's not like you haven't got any evidence of who did it. 

Haha yeah, as soon as I walked in, they were like "hey theme park girl!" ? My days of anonymity at that park are well and truly over now ? Although funnily enough, nobody recognises me at the other parks. Only happens at Movie World ?

3 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

I can't speak highly enough for MW guest service team, they have been proactive, helpful and a delight to deal with the few times I've had queries or issues in park. 

Yeah, they are an awesome bunch of people hey. No request is ever too much for them to handle ??

[Reanimated35]

16 minutes ago, Theme Park Girl said:

Yeah, they are an awesome bunch of people hey. No request is ever too much for them to handle ??

"Hey guys, can I have the plans for the new roller coaster please?" 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I'm sure they can handle that request. I can't say you'll like the response, but the request would definitely be handled...

[Santa07]

On 9/22/2016 at 11:29 PM, reanimated35 said:

"Hey guys, can I have the plans for the new roller coaster please?" 

Tried that today, didn't work.

[Tim Dasco]

I was watching this documentary about Arrow's history. It is a long but great documentary and shows just how much Arrow contributed to theme parks today. (tubular steel tracks, disney attractions, looping upside and more)

It also mentions how much work the arrow workers did to bring RMC into the market.

Edited September 25, 2016 by Tim Dasco

[Wil_i_am_not]

^ Yes, I've seen that. Definitely a great watch if you have the time. It's sad to see that Arrow is now gone, even though their coasters we're rough, they really did have a massive affect on the industry today.

[iwerks]

Theme parks for fun is covering Rainbow's End, this morning, with some live streaming. Interesting to see what the park looks like:

https://m.facebook.com/Themeparksforfun/

[www worker 2.0]

Footage has been released for the first time of the Alton Towers Smiler crash.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/sep/26/alton-towers-smiler-crash-was-like-car-crashing-at-90mph

[Reanimated35]

This might sound bad, but I was hoping it would show the actual incident, not just a bush with some sound in the background. 

[www worker 2.0]

2 minutes ago, reanimated35 said:

This might sound bad, but I was hoping it would show the actual incident, not just a bush with some sound in the background. 

 

I can clearly see the incident in the video?

[Reanimated35]

Ah ok, my bad sorry, assumed it was the video I saw released the other day which showed nothing but a bush and the sound of the impact. 

[Whombex]

Surprisingly, Dream World and the 501st have come to terms for the Star Wars Charity weekend again next year, albeit later in the usual month: 27-28 May. All reports were that the co-operation was over.

 

[JaggedJanine]

17 hours ago, iwerks said:

Theme parks for fun is covering Rainbow's End, this morning, with some live streaming. Interesting to see what the park looks like:

https://m.facebook.com/Themeparksforfun/

The place is okay. When i moved here and went to MW for the first time in 6 years there was no comparison to RE. RE is purely all rides. The only entertainment (if there ever is any) is always for really small kids. Like a clown or magician. The rollercoaster really bangs your head around. The only rides that I ever liked to go on were Gold Rush or the Log Flume. But comparing the 2 to WWF there is a big difference. The Gold Rush is also one of the shortest rides there, not including the Fear Fall. The Bumper boats were good on a hot day.

[Theme Park Girl]

13 hours ago, Glubbo said:

Surprisingly, Dream World and the 501st have come to terms for the Star Wars Charity weekend again next year, albeit later in the usual month: 27-28 May. All reports were that the co-operation was over.

 

Wow! This is awesome news!!! ???

[Whombex]

Yeah I'm a big Star Wars fan, and know a few cosplayers who do it every year, but have never been to the event. Maybe next year.

 

Also, if people are ashholes on this forum and are annoying you, remember: http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/ignore/

Edited September 28, 2016 by Glubbo

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^far more fun to troll them and downvote their ashholeish posts.

[Theme Park Girl]

Just wanted to apologise for my lack of contribution on here over the past week, despite the fact that others have been doing a great job at keeping everyone updated.

I've been dealing with a major personal situation - my job, to be exact, which I resigned from today - which has obviously been my utmost priority right now, especially when I have to focus on finding a replacement asap. My initial plan was to find a new one before resigning, but unfortunately the escalating issues there just became too much in the end. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders today by pulling out of my current one, as I felt it had been draining the life out of me lately. 

As much as I quite obviously love the parks, I've not been able to focus on them as much as I usually do because of this ordeal,  let alone find the spare time for a visit. I'll still be attending on Saturday evening for the Ultimate Terror Tour. 

So yeah, sorry guys for letting you down on my side of things ?

Edited September 29, 2016 by Theme Park Girl

[Wil_i_am_not]

No worries @Theme Park Girl, take all of the time you need. Good luck finding a new job  

[New display name]

@Theme Park GirlI have been told by an employee of TPSN that Theme Parks a Go-Go are looking at hiring more staff. 

[Santa07]

@Theme Park Girl You have done so much for these forums - there is no need to apologise as you have already contributed invaluable information. Good luck with everything  

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

hope everything goes well TPG  

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Didn't TPAGG take over another social network a while back? didn't they hire on a bunch of people from there?

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

they sure did, it was a "raw" deal that they couldn't resist 

[Reanimated35]

It's ok @Theme Park Girl 

We could all use a little change. 

Isn't that right, @Zanstabar?