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Surfrider did have 140cm height requirement and a max of 200cm I believe. You are right about Vortex, however I also think it comes down to it doesn’t look like an enjoyable ride and it just isn’t. It’s uncomfortable, jolly and lacklustre.

Flew up here on Thursday and am feeling relieved I got to SW/MW while I could. Now got to get to DW for Taipan by Sunday, which should (touch wood) be plenty of time for this to clear. Based on current conditions, I think tomorrow will be a similar story. Feel terrible for all the interstate/overseas travellers whose plans have been disrupted but there's nothing that can be done, unfortunately. On a side note, ride ops were pretty poor on DCR yesterday. Slow dispatches and often 1-3 vacant seats each cycle despite two trains and long queues in the afternoon. Left seat row 9 on one of the trains was out of action; this is the second time I've seen that exact issue. The seatbelt policy is a shame because it slows things down further. Leviathan ops not great on Saturday either. One train during peak period. Was my first time riding; man that holding area/load-unload cycle sucks. Really wish SW thought that through better and hope they can make changes in the future.

Can confirm A car may have been crushed by said roof/tree too… But yes if that’s the only damage I hope to see it reopen (with one less Model T Ford)

It definitely does, and I’m glad they haven’t just left it to continue rotting away (even if it did take them 7 years). Areas like this were much needed at SW, hopefully they add some seating and umbrellas because it’s a very exposed area in the summer. But you know what would’ve been even better there, an Intamin Half-Pipe Shuttle Rollercoaster

I disregarded it because what you explained makes no logical sense. The operator WAS moving around the platform visually watching the tube (as I said in my original post) and was NOT watching the panel at all. Don’t be a self righteous wanker.

I can tell you right now 10 years ago a 2 hour line for Superman Escape during peak time was pretty much un-heard of. Unless the ride was running 1 train for whatever reason. When I was working there the line would maybe max out at 75 mins with a full queue building. However staffing was much better back then (2 loaders, 1 unloader, entry host and a sorter). It also helped having decent supervisors and staff to work with that actually encouraged and rewarded staff to increase efficiency (gift vouchers for the crew that could get the most numbers through a ride in a day, as well as other challenges). Oh how the times seem to have changed. I still remember I think the record that we got on Superman when I was working was on a fright nights with 2 trains was 32 dispatches in a hour and each train was fully loaded which is 640 a hour. You'd probably be lucky to get 20 - 25 dispatches a hour with 2 trains these days now. The rides are more than capable of the capacity, it's just the staff / management don't seem to have any sense of urgency. Ride reliability would play a -small- party in dispatch times but not much. I'm not even going think about the numbers that Wild West Falls could pump through with a good crew before the ride was butchered. (approx 800 a hour with 13 boats and a sorter). Scooby was similar too. I really hope that management wake up and realise how bad things are getting and do something about it sooner than later.