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The inside of Gamesite has been repainted, the Kung Fu Panda land entrance has been repainted. The containers in the car park are gone now meaning the parts have been shipped away. The seating connected to Grid Burgers has been removed as well as the replica train out the front of Central station. The Main Street facades are being repainted. Work is yet to start on the Pipeline Plunge but the bucket has been removed from the top of the structure.

Dreamworld’s senior management team is appointed by and reports to Ardent. They negotiate and accept remuneration and bonuses tied to the performance of Dreamworld and in many cases share-based incentives that put their motives directly in line with that of the parent company. There were no evil corporate overlords forcing decisions upon a hapless Dreamworld team. Just systemic and cultural failings at every possible level of the organisation. You can perhaps argue that Dreamworld as a brand (or some other intangible concept) was a victim of its owners’ shortcomings but to suggest that Dreamworld as an organisation is a victim takes away a lot of blame that falls to them for many, many short-sighted, naïve and demonstrably reckless decisions in the years both before and since Ardent took ownership.

Many of the qualities being spruiked about Chapek are similar to the qualities shown by Eisner after the death of Frank Wells - but he's well regarded as the guy that saved Disney from bankruptcy and hostile takeovers. Let's face it - Chapek is in the role because the shareholders like what he's doing - because what he's doing saves money, which ultimately goes to the shareholders. I've heard some people say his short term gains will hurt the company long term, as it's reducing the quality of 'the show', which is what people flock to Disney for. The flip side of this is that cuts to navi, GE, GotG, Pixar Pier, the as-yet-to-be-fixed Yeti... - there have been many recent examples of Disney delivering a reduced standard. At the same time, they've increased prices, and attendance has remained 'about the same'. What do we learn from that? We learn that the Brand has built enough of a reputation that people will keep coming back, even with a lower quality product.... and this tells the shareholders and the executives that they can afford to keep being cheap. Until people vote with their wallets about the reduced standards, Disney products across the board will continue to be Chapek'd. Of course, the other theory, is with such big successes in prior years, with the opening of major properties both in the parks division and movie divisions, and the launch of their streaming services and so on and so on, there's not alot slated for this year - so returns to investors this year are likely to be slim. Disney+ is apparently making a loss, Corona has shut down both Hong Kong and Shanghai Parks, and both Tokyo parks are at risk too - this year is looking to be a disaster, and perhaps Iger stepped aside in order to avoid the mud that would stick to the top job. I don't particularly believe in this theory - Chapek has been groomed for the top job for too long for him to be a simple 'fall guy'... but at the end of the day, all we can do is wait...

Thanks Knuckles Blue and white would be a fresh looking combo

Do I spy some vortex pieces under that tarp 🤷‍♂️ and pic of the hole from today which has scaffold in it now

What I assume to be scenic pieces for Vortex are currently being stored in Nickelodeon Land

I too would reject the notion that all of this came down to cost-cutting. Instead, the report paints a clear picture of a heavily siloed organization that had very little safety culture, very weak processes, very weak documentation, little oversight from regulators, and a lack of sophisticated enough talent to even realise any of it. There's little evidence in the report that anyone knew of an imminent and likely risk and decided that cutting costs was more important than mitigating it, such was the lack of sophistication in its employ. That's why I think that criminal charges may be a difficult bar to clear.

What I’ve heard about this new guy is he isn’t good. If something isn’t making money or getting people’s attention, it will be removed or changed, no matter how iconic or important that thing may be. He’s all about that money. I was very disappointed to hear the new that Iger was stepping down, even though we knew it was coming. He has done some iconic things and I hope it doesn’t go down hill from here. I would say for the next couple of years we will be alright because most of things things are already planned or underway. But from say 2023-25, that’s when the Chapek wave will kick in.

Well no, this rename/rebranding is occurring because the contract with Mattel has assumedly expired (the coaster was simply called sidewinder in recent announcements alluding to this fact) and DW are trying to wash their hands of the Motorsports area. Given the HWSW retheme was done at a time when DW didn't care about their park appearance and parks weren't legally obligated to repaint their rides every ten years, presumably to save a few bucks they didn't bother to repaint the coaster track and supports, and the old Cyclone colours kind of look like Hot Wheels playsets so I guess its fine.

For sure. I'm glad for the most part as an enthusiast community we can have discussions that can go a little deeper than that.

I think this is potentially the victim of the cost saving issues in itself. There has been many points made about if a competent person was employed to manage the risks this wouldn't have happened, but a competent person would have charged more for their expertise, qualifications and time than say - a foreign engineer without Australian qualifications did.

You are most likely seeing either the under coat or the layer of structural X-ray. Keep In mind all rides must now have a full strip back and removal off paint every 10 years now, so we might be seeing that happen now.

Supports are being painted white

I’ve been waiting for someone to say this! I work with projection all the time and have seen just about every example of projection mapping ever - the quality of this apparent “refurb” is atrocious and I’ve seen better content created by students. It’s not even projection mapping technically speaking, because it’s not being mapped to anything. Projection is so easy to make look tacky and I think movie world have just shown that you’ll never beat the charm of a physical set.