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Biggest crock of shit in history bloke should sue himself for being an inattentive and irresponsible parent who let his kid climb onto top of a structure that wasn’t designed to be climbed upon

This is why we can't have good things.

'Through no fault of the parents' Dude you literally watched your kid climb on it. I get the feeling they were really banking on the parks reputation to give them a win in the court of public opinion. I'm normally cautious about using Facebook as a moral barometer, but I'm heartened to see the comments denouncing this pretty piss poor display of parenting.

Totally agree. Take some bloody personal responsibility, you watched him climb it!

So for the next attraction do what do we all want to see? A thrilling inverting coaster to cover that thrill coaster market, a family water ride of sorts, a new flat ride (Ferris wheel or Pirate Ship?) Or some sort of indoor dark ride? Or all above

The only reasons (IMO) to be a strictly family park is if you're so small its too expensive to try and cater to thrill riders (But you can afford to do kiddie rides, play areas etc) The other reason is if the park had an IP that doesn't lend itself to thrill rides (Eg Peppa Pig World Florida) Personally I think having all parks offer a mix of attractions keeps it interesting for a wider variety of visitors. SW is in the heart of a major tourist destination, so could easily be a broad audience drawcard, it shouldn't be a place you go check out only once because it happens to be on your 3 park pass.

I couldn’t agree more, i’ve never understand the “Sea World is a family park, so they should only get family rides” type of arguments, you need to mix it up to bring in new crowds. An example of this is The New Atlantis, 1 of the 3 rides is strict thrill (Vortex), another one is family thrill (Leviathan) and the last is family (Trident). For the park to continue expanding in growth and attendance, they can’t just keep building family attractions (Nickelodeon Land, Followed by Jelly Fish Exhibit and The Reef) as they attract the same crowd the last new addition did. So when you mix it up with more thrill based attractions being added every now and then, new groups are attracted to the park. Hence why you see 2 new family friendly rides (Trident & Leviathan) as well as 2 new Thrill Fulfilling rides (Leviathan & Vortex.) Still agree Vortex isn’t the best fit for the park height requirement wise but does fill a tiny gap. Sure, they should be more “family based” then thrill based, but that doesent mean they shouldn’t add thrill rides. That’s like saying because Movie World is thrill based, they shouldn’t add family rides🤷‍♀️

Word on the street is that the castle isn't in the best of condition, which makes sense given it was built on a budget in the late 70s. As much as I'm nostalgic for it, I think it's ok to let it go. The room the castle and Flume station (and south of the Flume station too) is pretty big, but not absurdly so. It's also an awkward space. Even so, one thing I liked about that area as a kid, and something I like in general, is rides that go through each other. Skyway's station was built in the middle of the Flume, which itself went over the 3D theatre and under Bermuda. Was rather interconnected which for my taste made things more interesting. I'd like if they could tightly squeeze a couple of coasters in that area, including going through storm; something high end thrill and smaller like a mouse. I think the argument that SW is a family park and shouldn't have high end thrill rides is pretty silly. The thing about parks specialising and only doing one thing well is pretty new all things considered, and I think treating SW as a park only for families with small kids has been a big misstep. In the old days, these parks were for everyone, which means stuff the family can do together, but also a few proper thrill rides as well. If you balance out the attraction mix at SW with some more thrill rides, you would massively improve attendance. Don't neglect the families with small kids obviously, but don't ignore the older kids/adults too. FWIW though, Surfrider and Vortex are both not good fits for SW. The only rides at SW with 140cm height restrictions should be one or two super headliners. In the context of a dry park like SW, both those rides are filler. Adding them limits what your next rides can be, while also not gaining you anything in terms of drawcards. In the context of a park like WnW however, both those rides would be 'big' thrill rides and a point of difference between WnW, and all the other water parks out there. Not only should surfrider not go to SW, Vortex should go to WnW. Vortex should then be replaced with a super low impact, quiet, family ride to give an aerial view of the dolphin pools/ski lake. Observation Tower, floating Island or Ferris wheel, take your pick of which it should be.

Unsure why there's so much uninformed talk about unsafe working at heights ... we're talking about bringing in employees from overseas who do this for a living. Unrestricted climbing happens ... without handrails... only harnesses.. every single day.. even in Australia! Unsure how this is a problem stopping parks here have reasonable close times.

Looking at Justice League’s maintenance period, it’s definitely not a Movie World thing…