Accident during Stunt Driver show at Movieworld

[Theme Park Girl]

http://www.mygc.com.au/news/rider-injured-as-movie-world-stunt-goes-wrong/

Yikes! Glad it was nothing serious and hope the rider is ok. I guess it's all part of the job, occupational hazard when things don't always always go according to plan, but still scary nonetheless. I bet the crowd walked out pretty stunned :/

Edited February 15, 2015 by OceanGirl

[bladex]

how can a motorbike crash cause a ute to flip on it's roof?!

[Brad2912]

the collision happened whilst the ute was up on 2 wheels, i believe the driver attempted to maneuver out of the way or after the collision in re-action must have over steered causing the rollover

[ShakeShack]

The motor bikes have all been removed from the show now due to this. The were told that they needed to have a brand new show in the next morning that didn't include the bikes. Showtime have just pulled a few different hot rods and things from the garage and are using them in the show now. No official word yet but to my understanding it is a permanent move.

[Flea]

Footage of the incident.

^ Didn't love the new show but removing the bikes permanently is just a kneejerk surely. The show was a mess as it is, can't imagine what it's like now with random bits and bobs thrown at it.

[XxMrYoshixX]

Bad month for the GC parks. Buzzsaw harness fails, now this.

[Brad2912]

Buzzsaw harness issue is still hearsay.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Bad month for the GC parks. Buzzsaw harness fails, now this.

Bad Month for GC Parks? It's not like Dreamworld/Movie World announced they closing down for good, besides we did get rumours that the Eurkea Mine Ride could reopen! Edited February 17, 2015 by The_Ninja_59

[pushbutton]

I agree that the Stunt Drivers II show was poorly thought out (a lot of it makes no sense).

However I also agree it's silly to pull all the bikes out just because there's been one minor incident!

[ShakeShack]

I agree that the Stunt Drivers II show was poorly thought out (a lot of it makes no sense).

However I also agree it's silly to pull all the bikes out just because there's been one minor incident!

There has been more than one incident.

[iwerks]

What did you make of their filming in the rest of the park, Luke? Do you think they were shooting for the redesigned show?

[ShakeShack]

Do you mean the mini show they did in Main Street? I simply think that they have decided to add a new bit of "impromptu" entertainment. I have herd whispers of a new show in the works but nothing set in concrete yet.

[Theme Park Girl]

Footage of the incident.

Came across this footage as well, which shows the aftermath with the show getting called off:

Edited February 17, 2015 by OceanGirl

[BigKev]

So what actually went wrong there?

Did the rider head for the ramp at the wrong time and forget the car was coming or was the car out of timing?

Not the sort of accident I was expecting.

[Reanimated35]

I'm guessing no radio contact and someone just messed up their timing. Hard to say who is at fault, but at a guess I'd say bike took his run too fast? But at the same time it may have been the car being too slow off the mark. Isn't the car supposed to come out and the bike go in behind it?

[T-bone]

Reanimated is right, the car is supposed to come out much earlier than it did, so it was probably a timing issue somewhere along the line.

[pushbutton]

There has been more than one incident.

Oh. In that case then yes, maybe the motorcycles should have been pulled. Either that or measures be put in place to better ensure safety.

[Reanimated35]

Then couldn't this be solved with a simple radio system, or actually, shouldn't there be a dude in the control both telling them when they're clear to start their run?

[joz]

Well if the car is supposed to go first then the person calling the show either gave the right cue and the driver was late moving or the cue itself was called late. The last line of defence in the situation is the rider noticing the car wasn't where it was supposed to be and to be wary.

Obviously I don't know the blocking of the show so I can't comment with any sort of authority, and I'm not blaming anyone. Personally though I'm totally fine with the removal of the bikes, and to be honest, the point of this sort of show isn't to really put people in danger, but to simulate danger; to show the audience something that looks dangerous but is quite safe/easy. Anecdotally I've heard of a few decent crashes, and while the boys would be back on their bikes straight away regardless of if they were at Movie World or not, I think Movie World is right in this instance to say 'Thanks, but no more bikes'

[Reanimated35]

Yeah, those guys do it enough that something like that he'd bounce straight back up and get on the bike.

Aussie riders are tough....

[Jakev8]

If anything movie world need a all new show somthing like what police academy use to be back in the day

I can't be the only bloke who seems to think that this show just isn't worth watching anymore, when you can go see all the stunts that they do in the show with the cars and bikes at V8sc, Ekka, nitro circus.

[pushbutton]

If anything movie world need a all new show somthing like what police academy use to be back in the day

I can't be the only bloke who seems to think that this show just isn't worth watching anymore, when you can go see all the stunts that they do in the show with the cars and bikes at V8sc, Ekka, nitro circus.

The main difference is you have to pay (quite a lot) to get into those shows, and they're only once a year. At Movie World it's effectively free (or close enough as far as I'm concerned) and it's every day!

[Reanimated35]

Yeah but it's not really a show worth coming back to.

[Jakev8]

Yeah but it's not really a show worth coming back to.

That's it. For a park that's based on movies and special effects and all they can offer in a live action show is a Couple of cars doing figure 8's and get the back end a bit lose its a pretty big let down from days of shooting people throw the air like in police academy stunt show, it's been a big disappointment and it doesn't leve anyone walking away going like wow that was amazing there's nothing exciting about it.

[Reanimated35]

Don't get me wrong, I like watching FMX and Motorsport shows, but, it's not really the right fit for a theme park. It seems like showtime had nothing better to do and the park wanted a quick and cheap bandaid fix. At least hwsd1 had somewhat of a movie element to it, well the original one, everything from hwsd1.5 kind of sucked.