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All these ideas about just removing the poles and changing the roof at all are just ridiculous

Bikash?

While our major Parks remain open right now, I'd expect that will all change within a week. Most likely they are desperate to keep going business as usual, for as long as possible until the Govt can throw them a lifeline.

Yeah if you moved the supports back then the span gets bigger so then the whole arch structure goes from being tubes to being full on arch trusses like at USJ / USS. More tonnes of steel and hence bigger foundations = more cost. And nothing that gets built here ever really gets gold plated. Its no different to how any other addition is a cheaper version of what is seen at larger parks.

COVID-19: Why are the Gold Coast theme parks still operating? An industry that has faced setbacks and serious questions about their ability to offer safe entertainment now cling to loopholes in an effort to remain operating against all reasonable community expectations. Click here to continue reading

WA is Labor.

Email from Dreamworld: As a valued passholder, we are committed to providing you with important updates about your in-park experience as promptly as possible. Given this, please be aware that the performances by magician, Cosentino that were scheduled for 4 - 19 April have now been cancelled. As this event was intended as a large, indoor style gathering where a high number of guests would be seated in close proximity for extended times, we felt it was important to cancel this, given the current environment. The team at Dreamworld would like to assure you that the health and safety of our guests and team members is our number one priority. We would like to reiterate that both Dreamworld and WhiteWater World will remain open at present, as they are currently not included in the proposed government bans on mass gatherings.

I can't believe our parks haven't closed yet. This is a preventable illness that has a high fatality rate, I'm all for the drastic measures taken now to try and save 3% of the population. I'm not in a danger bracket of people, but the fact hospital beds run out and death rates spike is scary to think about for the elderly. I'm also hoping we get on top of it now so I can still trip to WDW in September

Its sad that you enjoying seeing a major tourism sector employer going down like this. Right now over 85000 people have been put out of work in creative industry, Tourism is yet to get thier final figure, but that will be in the half a million range in the coming weeks. I don't care that you hate Dreamworld, but I do care that your enjoying the fact the a lot of people will be out of work that feeds their family. Grow up!

I smell a troll: @Hiisi90 can you please crawl back into the the whole from feb 2017. No surprise this user wasn't a fan when Dreamworld closed. @Hiisi25 You have been given the great privilege of being added to my list of blocked users.

why should they close just yet, no cases have been linked to the park, people are canceling flights yet airlines still continue to operate no one is screaming at the airlines/airports to close, public transport still running how do you social distance here, how often will these seats and handrails be cleaned? Local pub probably has the same amount of people there in confined spaces on a Friday night as a daytime show at an Aussie theme park, the government have said its still fine to go the cinema? again maybe smaller numbers but very confined space, lets also not forget so far its only raging waters that has closed and it was due to close for the season in a few weeks anyways, so its not just Goldcoast parks still open, If your worried or don't want to go don't go, no one forces anyone to go if there open, maybe you live 8 hours away and been planning this holiday for years, some are grateful their open just like other tourist attractions on the Goldcoast,

Worst idea ever. Aside from a money maker; The screens are used during the day. Even if they werent, its not something you hang and setup inside the hour after park closure waiting for the event to start. It effectively turns the whole plaza into a multipurpose venue. Qld summer, the main street provides massive amounts of shade. Plus. Qld summer, main street provides massive amounts of shelter in torrential rain. Hail is common. The existing material would survive better than anything like that. Youd also have to frequently clean those surfaces, but they arent really capable of being stood on. Mold and mildew shows up on the existing roof as it is, but at a glance its largely ignored. Imagine what a clear surface would look like covered in bird crap, moss, dirt, mold, etc..

... Really? Well isn't that embarrassing! I stand corrected thanks @Gazza. No matter, the Gold Coast is about the most right wing l part of the Country, I am sure the Parks there will be just fine 😀

@Original you need to get the COVID-19 test. You have turned green. While bars and cinemas are closing in America Ardent are pulling on the same strings with Main Event.

I think we’ve concluded movie world doesn’t understand what projection mapping is. nek minnit, Main Street is levelled and replaced with white box facades. It could be done if they wanted to. Beams supported from behind the facades could be constructed. It’s expensive, and it’s only to benefit aesthetic, so it won’t happen, but I think the talk of removing the poles just demonstrates how badly they fucked up by putting them in in the first place, and how they should have mounted them behind the buildings like USS or TDL.

Install truss towers to support the lighting trusses - this is meant to be a Hollywood movie set after all, and lighting rigs are part of that. If they must persist with a roof, do the engineering works to have the supports coming out of the buildings so they’re hidden. The fairy lights have to go. Anybody with a sufficient budget and a few trips to Bunnings/Big W could achieve that result - it’s not special enough. Either get RGB pixels or install fibre optics in a black fabric to fake the night sky. You could even draw characters in it if you did that. Then since you’ve ditched the fairy lights on the roof, lose the ones on the buildings. Projection mapping is the solution here. Tokyo Disneyland does the expertly. Screens need to go. Unless your parade requires CGI VFX, you don’t need a screen. Design your shows to be on a stage or in a theatre.