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  2. mba2012 started following Superman queue possible storage box system
  3. mba2012
    The key thing to note here is the second point that states that the push pull "check shall be carried out with the safety belt unfastened". If the belt has been fastened and has no slack, then the pull check won't detect a failed cylinder. Back when guests could insert their own seatbelt, that would very often tighten the belt themselves, so the procedure was changed to what it is now.
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  5. Dean Barnett
    You can’t compare a drop tower to a roller coaster - also engineers could do a variety of things to compromise safety.
  6. Baconjack
    Based on the layout I reckon you’ll head up the lift, swivel towards the right, complete the right (indoor) section backwards, before going up the lift again and swiveling towards the left, then completing the layout forwards. That means you will always return to the station forwards. Obviously this could change and it could be anything but if it was to go through the other way (say dropping straight down the lift and travelling through that indoor section) I don’t think the train has the momentum to reach the switch track again + that curve looks a bit too tight to be heading straight down. Didn’t see the sunrise segment lol but that’s new. Backwards train probably is only going to run for 3 months of the year anyhow because dreamworld are not going to run it on 2 train mode for the bulk of the year. Highly doubt they charge money for it, what you’re getting 2 backwards trips as opposed to 1? Hardly a good sell
  7. New display name
    Hence the reason you put seat belts on a ride. So shiity operators/engineers can't make changes and kill people.
  8. Spotty
    Because it's what is in the training manual, as well as the procedures that staff are trained in. Staff follow procedures that are set out by management. These procedures are created with consultation with several bodies (manufacturer, insurance companies, external auditors etc). Each country has different requirements as multiple other people have stated now. It's not something that is going to change any time soon either. Although, I personally love the idea that they changed the procedure purely to piss you off tbh.
  9. Spotty
    It won't be an upcharge I can assure you.
  10. Dean Barnett
    New Dreamworld rollercoaster.mp4 Anyone wanna take bets that the backwards train will be an upcharge?
  11. Tricoart
    In the Sunrise segment where they show the trains, the Dreamworld staff member that was interviewed states that riders’ll be able to choose between riding forwards & backwards.
  12. Dean Barnett
    Christoph Hitzegrad
  13. Dean Barnett
    No one has answered why a crew member has to put the seatbelt in.. Tyre Sampson is a low blow, that came down to shitty operators/engineers.
  14. New display name
    Things change @Dean Barnett . Tell that to Tyre Sampson or every other large person who has fallen off a ride.
  15. franky
    Different regulatory requirements I would guess. For example, cars are made differently for Aus markets than say the US market (aside from the steering wheel being in the opposite side); different safety requirements. I seem to remember being able to put my own seatbelt on on DCR the first time I rode back in 2019ish, do I remember correctly or was I just one of those naughty passengers?
  16. Gazza
    @Dean Barnett have you ever read AS 3533.1. I ask because that would answer a lot of questions as to why things are done a certain way in Australia exclusively.
  17. Dean Barnett
    They're not - Helix operated without seatbelts for the first 1 or 2 years - then they were then added due to "guest feedback". If you are stating truths - why has Blue Fire ran for 14 years without any issues? Oversized people can't ride because the ride tells the operator that the harness is not locked - the same for pretty much every coaster system.
  18. New display name
    Seat belts are not intended to be a 3rd safety redundancy on a Mack coaster, for keeping the harness closed. And seat belts are not installed for theater. Seat belts max length can't be adjusted by the parks, meaning, over sized people don't end up on the ride.
  19. Narra
    In the sunrise interview they state the second train is built to be backwards facing. I'm guessing you'll hit the turntable twice so you return to the station the way you got on? This way guests can choose which experience they want to go on
  20. Gazza
    How you explain family Boomerang coasters. They are more or less 50-50 forwards and backwards? Besides, as per the original announcement: And the website: When?
  21. Baconjack
    Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think they’re planning to do backwards cycles. It’s never been explicitly stated and honestly i doubt it because more people get backwards sick than you think, particularly those in the demographic that jungle rush attracts. While it’s true that the ride changes directions twice throughout the course (backwards for the mid section before going forwards for the outdoor section), if movie world struggles to get people to fill seats in the rivals backwards row (even when it was cheap) I can’t see people lining up to ride a full train backwards if it’s an option.
  22. Dean Barnett
    I honestly don’t know. The manufacturers don’t require it - they don’t even require seatbelts - which are just there for safety theatre. Universal actively encourages you to insert and remove your seatbelt (yes different ride manufacturer I know) but it’s just way ott
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  24. DaptoFunlandGuy
    Two different parks - MW and DW - both have a mack coaster, both have seatbelts, which aren't seen on overseas versions of the rides - and both require the operator to do up the seatbelt, regardless of RFID. Do you think Daddy Dreamworld and Daddy Movie World got together and said "this will really piss off @Dean Barnett" ?? Or do we think some external compliance requirement has forced them to have seatbelts, and required the operator to do it up?
  25. New display name
    I don't know about that. From a Bluefire operations manual.
  26. Dean Barnett
    Crazy if true. No where else does that where I've been to.
  27. Tricoart
    I guess the difference is the section that a given train will be backwards for (1 being backwards for the first half/indoors, the other being backwards second/outdoors)?
  28. STRAWS
    Are you joking?. Most of these rides have manufacture requirements that team members are instructed to check all belts with a visual inspection and pulling to check the belt is secured. You see it on DC Rivals and ST Mack rides have said The staff have to be the one to plug in the belt riders cant that is in line with their requirements. This doesn't include the Work place rules in Australia.
  29. themagician
    We did. So therefore if you board backwards, at some point in the ride you will be travelling forward
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