Dreamworld Maintenance 2021

[Slick]

Does anyone else constantly forget Motocoaster is a thing?

[Im Hungry]

Very much so. It feels disconnected from the park in my eyes. It's like... tucked away on the other side of the Dreamworld Express line in its own little space besides ABC Kids World.

[Guest 239]

18 minutes ago, Slick said:

Does anyone else constantly forget Motocoaster is a thing?

Legitimately I forget that it exists when thinking about the coasters at Dreamworld. 

[themagician]

2 hours ago, Slick said:

Does anyone else constantly forget Motocoaster is a thing?

Motocoaster is still a thing?

[themagician]

West side is testing

And there is a new lift system installed (you can see the difference compared to the old one)

[themeparkman]

3 hours ago, themagician said:

West side is testing

And there is a new lift system installed (you can see the difference compared to the old one)

Is the west side of the Giant Drop where the tower of terror 2 track was?

[themagician]

No, that would be the south side of the tower. The west side is the side facing the highway, east side faces the ocean.

[Im Hungry]

In regards to the gondola for the west side of drop:

The gondola is looking slick. Brand new overhead canopy that's larger than the ones on the east side (which explains the reason behind extra arms coming off the flat yellow part between the seats and the catch car to hold it up). It has a black finish, but also has the words "Giant Drop" meshed into it (is it there to cast a shadow on riders? who knows). Just like The Claw, it too has received newly replaced harnesses and seatbelts.

Edited October 23, 2021 by Im Hungry

[Naazon]

So assume the other side will be going down for replacement once the West side opens?

 

[Brad2912]

Good to see Triple Vortex open again today, been a long while. 

[Rivals]

38 minutes ago, Naazon said:

So assume the other side will be going down for replacement once the West side opens?

 

i’m assuming both will be operating during the summer holidays then once the summer holidays are over the east side of the tour will go down for replacement 

[Im Hungry]

East side of drop may need some work.

Yesterday, they were only operating with 5 seats because one of the seatbelts frayed (this would've happened during Happy Halloween the day before, coz they operated all 8 seats earlier that day with no issue whatsoever).

Seats 1 to 6 were fine, but seat 7 had the issue. And since you have to balance out the ride, it left seats 1, 7 and 8 unavailable.

Edited October 24, 2021 by Im Hungry

[Brad2912]

6 hours ago, Im Hungry said:

they were only operating with 5 seats because one of the seatbelts frayed (this would've happened during Happy Halloween the day before

A seatbelt doesn’t fray overnight, it’s a long gradual process - over months and years. I personally don’t think the park would be waiting until the “oh this is so frayed it no longer works” stage to replace it, detailed inspections would take place and replacements installed during annual maintenance 

[Im Hungry]

Hmmm... Perhaps it was a long gradual process.

Given I read that ride 73 times that day (my mate tried to break my current record of 83 but reached 82), I didn't really pay much attention to the seatbelts.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

28 minutes ago, Im Hungry said:

Hmmm... Perhaps it was a long gradual process.

Nope. Plain and simple once identified, it'd be tagged out until inspected. 

Some safety webbing can have a certain tolerance of failure - so minor abrading and fraying doesn't necessarily compromise the entire strap, but I'm not sure that applies to seatbelts and it would be a case of 'not picked up' one day and then 'tagged out' the next when it is identified. The fraying could be very minor, but if it goes beyond an acceptable tolerance, its no longer safe. One doesn't need to wait until the fraying reaches ' weeks and months ' to tag something out.

I know an operator who tagged out a gondola on a flat ride because they noticed it was sitting higher off the ground than the others. Maintenance attended, and determined the cause was - the ground was lower at that section (the ride was level, the ground wasn't) and everything was fine - but it is far better to err on the side of caution. 

It is far better to take something out of service until maintenance signs off on it, than to think 'it's probably fine' and end up killing people.

[gavinfulikes]

Claw and Tailspin pushed back the the 13th November. Also can someone please update the ride informations page. Giant Drop and Motocoaster still has its previous maintenance dates and Triple Vortex and Supertubes have been removed.

[themagician]

That means from November 1, there will be no attractions open in Ocean Parade. Which also means 3 of the parks thrill rides will be closed.

[New display name]

38 minutes ago, themagician said:

That means DW has fallen behind in maintenance.

Fixed.

[Im Hungry]

West side of drop has reopened

Credit to @themeparkqueenau

[Slick]

35 minutes ago, Im Hungry said:

West side of drop has reopened

Credit to @themeparkqueenau

Is that.... Calibri? 

[Spotty]

20 hours ago, Slick said:

Is that.... Calibri? 

Least it's not Comic Sans or Papyrus 

[Thrill Seeker]

Yes GD west was open today and East was straight into maintenance early this morning.

[alex0089]

It Got stuck tonight, over 10 minutes at the top and now the "top" is stuck coming down it seems.

Edit: tops coming down very, very slowly now about 5 minutes after the gondola dropped

Brought out of maintenance too soon maybe 😳

Edited October 29, 2021 by alex0089
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[gavinfulikes]

Gold Coaster's maintenance has been removed.

[Im Hungry]

3 hours ago, alex0089 said:

It Got stuck tonight, over 10 minutes at the top and now the "top" is stuck coming down it seems.

Edit: tops coming down very, very slowly now about 5 minutes after the gondola dropped

Brought out of maintenance too soon maybe 😳

It ended up reopening later tonight - if anyone was wondering.