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That's the annoying thing - it felt completely misleading. The good bits started out good. We talk about some of the history of theme parks and even go to Luna Park. Look, here's Cedar Point in Ohio at about 10 minutes in. Cool place. But did you know people died elsewhere in Ohio, at a completely unrelated fairground? And at this place? And here, and here? And there's so many accidents we'll even make fun of it later on? But in the end, we can write a 5 minute conclusion and say theme parks are cool. When I wrote essays in school, we were told we had to write an introduction, body (discussing both sides), and conclusion. With this, it's like the body is about a completely different topic - same subject matter, but different topic - and only discusses one side.

^These comments sum up my take on the program. There were some good bits, narrative was all over the place, and some facts were not represented truthfully.

The show was basically a sandwich, good stuff, bad stuff then good stuff. The one thing I didn't mind about it is that normies in Australia now know about both Action Park and Cedar Point

Previous pass option is still $119 essentially at the top end however no longer includes digital ride and character photos. I like the tiers and think it’s a step in the right direction. Although with such minimal price difference at the moment it feels as though they only exist to emphasise the value of the $119 option.

*opinion* The reality is mainstream media outlets such as channel 7 are always going to try create a storyline/angle that generates clicks and views. Thats the nature of their industry, and I fully understand why they need to do that to succeed. But surely, at a point, you've got to take a step back and ask yourself ''What the fuck are we actually doing?'' To market a product (the doco) as 'must watch' for families and an 'insight' into a relatively unseen industry and spit out that heinously bias tripe is just absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, and as we all know, freak accidents do happen at theme parks. They are incredibly sad, and i can't even begin to imagine how those affected feel and what they've been through. Incidents such as that of TRR and the Ghost train fire fall under this cloud, and i do believe it is important that we recognise the impact they've had both on the industry itself and the Australian people. In saying that though, blatant fear mongering and what in my opinion is abuse of the nature of these incidences for views is bang out of order. And just in case it wasn't obvious, i'd like to state that i'm in no way trying to detract or minimise the extent to which both accidents are utterly tragic and sorrowful in nature. For the most part, i thought the Action Park segment was fine. Realistically, that park was grossly mismanaged (even if the central theme of the park was seemingly unmitigated danger), and the crazy shit, for lack of better term, that happened there, was extremely influential on the industry as it quite literally set a benchmark for what safety standards are needed and what not to do. The TRRR segment was incredibly disappointing though imo. At a point, that is quite literally 5 years later, bringing up such a tragic event in a very biased and opinionative (rather than factual) manner doesn't seem to do anyone involved any sort of good. I did find it quite compelling to see who I Believe was a family member (mother?) of a few of the victims speak in the doco. The incident has left an unfathomable hole in her life that i couldn't relate to in the most primitive sense. If having her voice heard is something that aids in the healing process, if there could ever be one, i commend channel 7 for providing her with such a platform. It just seems a shame to me, by no fault of her own, that her genuine grief is seemingly exploited to construe that whole 'theme park is bad and super dangerous and they don't care' narrative rather than actually pay homage to such a terrible accident-4 people tragically losing their lives-and recognising the affect such incidences do have on people. If you're going to recount these things at a very public level, which i believe as a society is important, overdramatising and manipulating the nature of events to drive an exterior (and commercially motivated) narrative rather than memorialising those involved is just utterly immoral and putrid. The Fully 6 incident segment seemed a bit dodgy. It reeks of people attempting to milk a situation for a big payout. I'm no expert, but what I am is a 6'5 bloke who's ridden 'speed slides' similar to those involved. Seems hard to believe that someone of my stature can ride these slides, baring in mind i follow the *ride instructions*, and come off completely unscathed, yet someone half my size, who'd presumably travel with a lot less force and speed, comes out second best pool of water and walks away with horrific injuries. In saying that, if all was legit and she's genuinely done nothing wrong and had this accident, thats not good and a level of accountability has to fall on-get this-the manufacturer of the ride who designs how it runs and stipulates it's operating conditions. A little side note too, having kids chuck up gang signs on national telly never does your credibility a world of good. All in all, considering the doco promoted itself as an unprecedented look into an otherwise unseen industry, i was quite disappointed but not surprised to see it manifest into the shanty fear mongering campaign and misrepresentation of an already struggling industry in Australia that it was. Do a bit of proper journalism. Provide an objective and respectful representation of a topic. And-most importantly-just be better. 0/5 for immoral and improper journalism.

In my honest personal opinion it seemed like Natalie just wanted a to get on a plane and do the rounds then bag the shit out of DW just cause she was there reporting the incident when it happened. I can’t stop thinking they just wanted to put nails in the coffins of all the theme parks in Australia. After all the COVID crap and parks losing money, they’re all finally back on their feet and investing serious money, all for it to be potentially hurt by this rubbish negativity. That mole should be ashamed of herself. Go back to the morning show mate, you’re not 60 minutes material.