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Why not do it then 🤷🏻‍♂️… https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/report-a-consumer-issue

Voltron has them - but it actually locks the row.

I honestly think that this should be reported to the ACCC. Advertising a major ride against a 3-day pass price during a period when that ride is scheduled to be closed is misleading and deceptive. I would say the same for all the digital billboards with that photo. The reasonable expectation is that purchasing a 3-day pass would allow you to ride Rivals. The ACL doesn't require anyone to have actually been misled, just that it is likely to mislead or deceive.

Where have I seen that image before… Oh, yeah!

Yet we coped with revolving platforms for 15 years on Bermuda... and a rolling platform on Wild West Falls for 20 years so that argument is totally invalid. The RFID is a way to physically confirm that the staff have checked it and to keep a record which is most likely an insurance thing as we all know insurance has gone crazy since TRRR.

It would be much more productive to have the pitchforks out during a period when people actually visit the park. If rivals and west maintenance and flash gets delayed to well into the winter school holidays - then fair call. Like during summer when the park operated on a limited number of rides (when it should realistically be everything) it was rightfully called out, but not on days when you’d be getting triple digit pax at most. Why would movie world close ever at all because there’s few rides open? They are a business, and if they shut, their main competitor is right up the road to take that foregone money, or anywhere else on the coast. Maybe charge off peak prices based on ride count that aren’t $110? (Something they really should be doing to get more people in who haven’t got annual passes already) That would eliminate the “ripped off” vibe.

Hagrids is a completely different manufacturer though. Do other newer Mack (post Steel Taipan) coasters have RFID verification?

Now they’re doubling down on getting people in during the week 🤣

I find it hilarious that anyone here is defending a park operating with >50% of its major rides out of action, what a joke of an operation Movie World has become. The fact that the park reportedly defends the poor customer experience as being "in line with our requirements" is laughably tone deaf and contemptuous. It's unfortunate that most guests don't find this out until they've wasted their money on admission. No refunds, moose out front should've told ya!

Yes I believe someone visited Universal Studios and saw either HRRR or Hagride attendants use RFID wristbands to clear rows - what they didn't see is there's another sensor location which unlocks the row, independently to the operator in the booth (super cool). If they did that I wouldn't mind so much.

Do you think the parks would have implemented it if they didn't have to? You act like the parks install these redundancies purely to slow things down instead of you know, because the regulators enforce it

How does RFID make anything safer? The only use outside of Australia is for rolling platforms - which we could never cope with.

Better than the orange in the older concepts, tbf

I love the way DW are making the track match the environment around it. Well done DW.

Exactly which is why I have not renewed my annual pass. Until they give me a reason to renew my pass I won't be.

bay_side_painting_ablinemark have been posting a lot on site for Wizard of Oz. their recent stories and post show good progress of the area and the site layout;

shipping containers full of track has arrived for Jungle Rush. goldcoast_themeparks

There's something I want to highlight here - You complain the park is price gouging. You admit every corporation does the same thing. You agree the competition does it, but is not as blatant. Everything seems like an upcharge Prices are up offerings are down Every time you go to MW you feel ripped off. There's a very simple solution - STOP GOING TO MOVIEWORLD. At this point i've been saying this for years I might as well set up a recording. So long as people keep lining up to give them money, there is no motivation for them to change their practices. They keep monetising things because those things make a profit. Dreamworld "isn't as blatant" because they're trying to win people back. They need to offer people a reason to visit and see that they've changed and their best option is to be cheaper than the other guy. (but they do still need to make money, it's not a charity). We all knew, when BGH bought into the business, that things were going to change. They were going to cut costs, and increase profits. They need to turn the balance sheet around to make the business more valuable than what they paid for it, and then they want to sell it to make a profit on their purchase price. They're an investment capital business, not a theme park business, and it was always going to happen this way. They are doing whatever makes money. But if you stop paying them... if they stop making money... if the value of the brand, or the business goes down, they will need to change how they do business to improve the reputation, or... eat the loss. The very simple solution to fix all of the bad things happening at the park right now is.... JUST DON'T GO. STOP GIVING THEM MONEY. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET.

The gates are already open and the grouped guests are already inside the airgates, on the other side dealing with loose articles. that doesn't show the train being unloaded, or where the last trainload of other guests are. It doesn't show how many staff are working the ride, or what conditions they are working under. The seats do not have a redundant failsafe (seatbelt) nor are they RFID confirmed by the operator either. There are so many things in this video that just cannot be achieved here. Could our operations be faster? Of course they could. But pointing to foreign parks as a standard is not the way of it and HOW DO YOU STILL NOT UNDERSTAND THIS?

Oh don't worry - I've seen it. One day the grouper for rivals was also the only one checking that side of the train. You don't need a grouper for dead days.. someone could probably work out some sort of way to automate this job - can't think of anything off the top of my head though. I would love for MV to adopt at least one of the ride practices that any of the parks in europe / states adopt. Maybe a comms system for attendants? Maybe a PA system being used? etc etc None of these things inhibit safety - they improve safety Friendly reminder: ice.mp4

The thing is I don't know who to blame I'm not saying what the staff are doing is acceptable by any means but they seem really unhappy at the moment which is sad to see for their sake. The workplace culture there looks horrible and I hope it improves for everyone's sake. Thanks for letting me know about the reporting thing if anything like that happens again I probably will put in a report.

Just because you haven't had any issues with platform buckets doesn't mean anyone else wont. The storage boxes at all the parks say you leave your items at your own risk they wouldn't put that there if people haven't stolen before.

Few things I would argue that I prefer a company being blatant when price gouging as its easier to see and then just, avoid them. That is the benefit of a society that has a competitive market. Additionally, yes you should have reported how you were treated. Up to you how you report that, reporting specifically the individual staff member, identifying them leaving them open to punishment ect. or reporting unfriendly, unhelpful staff in general showing a wider range of bad culture. And the thing is, you're still able to report him now. Movieworld are in the data game. They have in their logs when you went, they know who is rostered on at what times and where. You can report unfriendly staff at any point.

I fully agree with you I did make a assumption and going of google reviews is not practical I own that mistake. But I'm being serious at least from my point of view it seems like Village Price gouge on everything. Now every corporation does that. Dreamworld do it to but they big difference is that they are not as blatant at doing it. Movie World has increased prices and decreased their offerings. it seems like everything at Movie World is a up charge and all the free attractions are in a horrible state. Removing VQ and keeping fast track is what put the nail in the coffin for me. I don't know where to go from this but every time I go to Movie World I feel ripped off. I went with my good friend a couple of Months ago and we went on Wild West Falls as we sat down he still had his hat on. The staff member asked him to remove it but he didn't hear as he has bad hearing and the staff member made a comment calling him deaf and when he said it again he did it. But people don't pay $200 to get in to get treated like that. We didn't report him but we should have.

Personally I like the trolley system where they come down the train, but for it to work there has to be extra dedicated position or two just for it: https://www.parkz.com.au/photo/31186-OzIris/gallery/sort/newest/location/oziris/offset/18 In my view, if you want to deal with loose items as fast as possible, there's no avoiding extra staff. You either need lockers or double sided lockers, with staff chaperoning guests. Or you need staff working the platform, actively collecting items. ******* The automatic cubby holes Mack and Intamin make are a good compromise, no extra staff, but not as fast.