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I've got a couple of friends who have worked at DW operating the rides. They said that they did enjoy it, and most of the staff were good to work with, and when they got to see kids be really happy before/after the ride it made their job pleasing. They said that the morning was always better on a ride because you weren't bored, but a fews hours in it could start to drag, depending on how busy it was. But because there are these pressure sensors on the ride control panel, if they took there hand off, or their was less pressure then the ride would stop (I know this was the case for some of the smaller flat rides, don't know about the thrill rides). They said that they often would get the guests who would complain about things because their child was too small, etc. And the people who wouldn't listen and could affect their safety, etc. But overall they said they had good experiences, it wasn't the most exciting job all the time, but they always tried to make it as fun as possible.

Having just left a job at a major tourist attraction in Melbourne in which the hours were slow, the visitation was low and the loading procedure was mundane, I can vouch for the boredom factor. However, if the same attraction had a constant flow of guests and faster load/unload times I would probably be much more inclined to stick around. Different types of work appeal to different types of people I guess, I definitely would've enjoyed it more had it been fast paced.

Just a little update on MW, more construction work going on atm.... they have been digging up the concrete in front of the Dirty Harry bar where the outdoor seating used to be. Ideas on why? One thing's for sure, they are making quite an impressive mess in there lol.... Seems they have given up on the novelty of handing out free licenses for kids visiting the Driving School. They have completely removed all the photo booths at the entrance... And they are making good progress on the new paper stand/kiosk thing at the front of the park:

My feeling has always been it would be a pretty horrible job.

Just a random dinosaur like the one on River Rapids (set in good old 1886 when dinosaurs existed apparently). I don't remember any ever on the Log Ride though...

Nah, it's one of the locations for the new V8 supercars exhibit. Exclusive photo below:

Tell you what - take a trip down there and let us know... While you're at it - take some pictures and post them for everyone else to see...