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"Normal" Cool man. Progressive thinking there.

You mean like this?? https://youtu.be/c_sS2hjAJI8

Dreamworld needs a Family themed dark ride

Wait, I thought SV replaced the Cinema??!

I fixed it for you.

Cool, thanks for the info. I love News segment

If you were building it today you'd just do a lift and stairs. But at present, its a waste of money to reconfigure the queue on such an old ride.

Here is a superman escape parkitect replica i made

Gerstlauer infinity/dive coaster wouldn’t be out of place, or even a large mine train if the park wanted something more family-focused.

Yep thats a flume ride with decent length!! This would also have to be a contender: Hell even our cousins across the water at Rainbow's End have a log flume...... Not sure that management at Dreamworld or Seaworld get that this should be a priority in restoring similar attractions back into their respective parks?

Freeview TV 😂🤙🏼 To be honest I don’t even know what channel it was on, I just heard it while cooking dinner. Will post the link once it gets shared to Facebook.

Well I'd argue the current management is a hell of a lot better than it was in the 'American era'

Yes.

Incorrect, I drove a Ford once when my Holden was in the shop. Made me realise they are both equally shit

Why though? I cant go and visit either.

I feel like there is a second sentence missing from your post.

For what it's worth, senior management at VRTP reached out to me many months ago when it became apparent that there'd be delays at Sea World and brought me in on the nature of these delays off the record. By the same token I've not had any communication from Dreamworld while public statements surrounding the past year's closures and delays are a shifting narrative riddled with inconsistencies and omissions. Speaking only for the editorial position of Parkz, we can either be on the outside looking in or the inside looking out.

To be honest, it was a fairly boring and unappealing ride once the canopy was added and the caves were removed. It looks like Dreamworld are actually planning for the future though. The government is imposing pretty tough conditions on all ride operators after TRRR - and they're being particularly strict on Dreamworld. RHLR would likely have needed some major changes to bring it up to modern safety standards. Simply adding a lap bar or seat belt would have increased load times and reduced capacity. With the current seat layout, a log would only hold 2 people, with redesigned logs, they might hold 3. You would also need additional load staff to ensure that the bar/belt was secure before allowing a vehicle to depart the station. Wider or longer ride vehicles would require redesigning the entire flume - especially the transitions into the lift hills and possibly the incline of the drop before the splashdown. The ride was also likely increasing insurance costs simply because the age and design of the ride does significantly increase the risk of injury - even if it comes from riders not following instructions to remain seated. All of this costs money - possibly millions of dollars - all to save a fairly average log flume ride. That money would be better spend on a brand new water ride, built by a reputable manufacturer, with tried and tested vehicles and safety systems. I think the current decision makers at Dreamworld know this and are actually planning for the future. I think Dreamworld is in a great position to build a new log flume that isn't just long stretches of boring floating before a drop. I'd love to see them incorporate a story like the Looney Tunes River Ride or Bermuda Triangle had, but that might be outside their budget. There are some great flume designs out there now. Some have drop tracks, some have double downs on the final drop giving floater airtime, some have LSM launches... With a bit of imagination, and all of that space, Dreamworld could build something world-class to replace RHLR.

They still think of rides as visual marketing aides. See your big attractions up front.

From memory, the stairs are fire exit stairs so they weren’t intended to be used as such. All I’m saying is it’s a bad design & sure, if they needed a spiral ramp for wheelchair guests, then do what you gotta do but you shouldn’t make normal guests take the same route. Whenever I have been with others, they always complain about having to walk down the spiral after the ride, so maybe exit stairs would be a solution