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You don't have to socially distance yourself from your own family members. So you can get more than one person per car. Restaurants are having to take a guest list, so I'd expect that to be part of the process, so if someone is sick, they can identify everyone that was there that day.

All this stuff creates more hassle and more overheads (cost) for parks. Its a further nail in the coffin of opening early. And all this is before you even think about what people are actuallu prepared to spend. Its not good enough to have the potential to open your gates if consumer spending is still very low, unemployment is still very high and people are feeling the stress of just paying all their bills. And lets not forget that everyone is forecasting a bump in infection numbers and clusters to form as we head into winter with relaxed restrictions. What would it mean if a cluster formed centered around a park, either started by a guest or even staff? How much damage would that cause your business as its a guaranteed national headline, so does it mean you need to look at screening all guests before they come into the park? Still seems like a lot of unknowns with the government just expecting businesses to take on all the risk. Now theres already talk about having to extend the job keeper and job seeker payments past september as businesses are not going to recover in a few months and people will need further income support too. I Imagine its a very complex decision you dont want to get wrong and go too early.

I'm pretty sure the raw coaster track and seat supports shown in this video is for Dreamworld's new coaster. A really great documentary detailing the coaster manufacturing/fabrication process at Mack rides in Germany. There is also some great discussion about the history of the Mack family, and the evolution of Mack rides and Europa Park. Plus they show off that cool "rocking boat" prototype water ride.

RIP Single Rider

@Adventures With JWorld i completely understand the asterisk concept and that situationally more people will be considered if you have a watertight plan. however, no amount of planning is going to get you a 3,000-5,000 person capacity limit whilst the majority of the country is operating at 20 or 100 people. We’re heading into winter and I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been in queue lines at parks in winter over the years with people coughing and spluttering all over the place. You can say if you are sick stay home, but a lot of people are just dead selfish and don’t care, we’ve seen that with people’s actions during the tighter restrictions, those people will become even more lax and ignorant now we see a loosening of rules. For mine at a minimum they are going to have to prove they can keep surfaces clear from the virus - and that will be incredibly hard given the life cycle of the virus on metal surfaces. Will they need to remove queue rails so people can’t touch them and just have floor markings with crosses every 1.5m? Harnesses will undoubtedly have to be wiped down after every cycle. Sanitisation of hands before and after every ride. Parades and shows can’t happen as there is no way to monitor social distancing when 3000 people rock up on Main Street at once.At some point the bean counters will ask is it worth it? Or do we just keep paying job keeper to our permanent staff which costs us nothing until mid sept ? if I am honest, I don’t see an easy way Or an economic way for theme parks to reopen until capacity limits are lifted entirely and we are basically on the other side (and through winter).

@themagician If you go by @Jordan M. keen eyes it looks like the parks could get some relaxations on the rules.

The 20 count has this little * I'm thinking the parks will reopen as soon as they can, with a COVID SAFE Plan. I'm sure that will entail changes to usual operations.