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^not a bad idea at all. I reckon when they eventually come to redesign the front end, the lake could finally be resumed, with an elaborate rapids filling out the Atlantis area nicely, utilising much of the lake while still opening some parts up to other development - such as retail, event space or parade route should they desire. That front section is one of the worst pinch points in the entire park - and potentially, if they resumed the lake they could run a path down the Sea World Drive side to connect the park together and make it more of a loop than a one-way street...

If you're DW, you probably don't want to remind people of that time 4 people died. I think if they did a rapids ride, after a few years it would be established in its own right, and the whole connection would be forgotten. There are lots of rides (even water rides) DW could build though, that doesn't instantly remind the public of what happened, so why bother with a rapids ride? Maybe in 50 years when what happened at the park 50 years ago doesn't matter they could if they wanted to; Same as Luna Park could totally build a ghost train these days, and no one would bat an eyelid.

Okay, this is a money shot and a half!

I'd say it's Sea World that would be an ideal park for a Rapids anyway

So I read an interesting commentary from the US parks yesterday and I think it make a a lot of sense. COVID-19 can’t really survive in the sunlight/warmth for more than a few minutes. So rather than any silly cleaning regime it wood make more sense for our parks to simply cycle and empty train after each ride to speed up operations. The problem will be if they are prepared to accept that increased wear and tear. Similarly the virus is not transmitted by skin contact. So if you make a mask compulsory for riders, you really don’t need any distancing on trains, just provide sanitizer at the exit and make people use it when leaving the ride in case they picked up anything off a surface during the ride (and could therefore pass it into their mouth, etc through touch). This is a problem for something like Scooby which is indoor entirely though. If I was the park I’d actually have been looking at a medical grade UV light the cars could pass through between unload and load to sterilize them contact free. The same could be done on Justice League. Thoughts?