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Talking to staff on dc rivals tonight while ride has been stopped cause of lighting and thunder, second train will return to track and two trains will be running within next 7 days but backward seats will be down for awhile. They are waiting on parts from Germany also row 4 seats are playing up as well.

Construction fencing is down

Nothing says thrilling coaster experience like collecting your wristband from Fairytale Treasures 😂

In my opinion, combatting the misinformation about first the virus, and then the vaccine is an even bigger battle than the virus itself. I personally find it appalling that someone would actively choose not to be vaccinated but I respect their choice to do so - however I can’t stand idly by while someone spouts baseless and unsupported “alternative facts” without challenge. They may have chosen not to, but to allow them to spread misinformation and make broad generalised statements that potentially instil doubt into others because they don’t know any better is wrong and should not go unchecked without rebuttal. The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.

Screenshots from some friends stories on Instagram

I mean I might disagree with @Brad2912 about covid, but I don't get the obsession people have in wanting to keep the conversation going either

Fantastic news, this will be an incredible ride. Thought it's worth commending Dreamworld and their marketing team for this one - they've truly set the standard on the proper way to market rides in Australia from here on in. Everything has been executed perfectly and they haven't missed a beat. Really hope this is a fresh start for the park and just a taste of what's to come.

Pepsi would be very unhappy you’ve called Sunkist by that name…

Nope, happens with almost every ride. Soft opening means it could only be open for a couple hours on one day and then be closed for the next couple days. There is no way to predict it, but allows the park to trial their operations and fix any issues before it’s offical opening when it will be operating all day, non stop

All the rides track and structure is gone, just the station building remains, which seems to be staying for now

I agree, the website refresh is looking terrific. Some really nice marketing coming out of Dreamworld at the moment. The maps definitely need a fix up though. While I prefer the illustrated map, the Steel Taipan addition looks ROUGH

New bumper car set coming our way

It depends how you define it. They really should be separate terminology for something with multiple passes like Steel Taipan, versus something with multiple launch segments. This ride is taller and faster than Jet Rescue so LPS is being truthful.

The Big Dipper is due to open on Boxing Day at this stage. The testing will of course continue - next week the 2nd train will be added and 2 train runs will commence. The next big ticket item will be Plant registration. Wild Mouse is also set to reopen Boxing Day and has had 4 of the 6 towers completely replaced with the final two being locked in for replacement in February. Most of the track has also been completely replaced as well, by the time Boxing Day rolls around she will feel like a new ride. Good times!!!

A couple of staff members I'm in contact with have mentioned there were some good few airtime moments they experienced when riding twice yesterday...

The question that should be asked is - why is it a pile on? Are people bullying those with views different to theirs, or are people simply calling into question a questionable statement with facts and evidence that disprove that statement? I've been away for a week, and yes Gaz, looks like Mic drop! I would like to make a contribution here (and just to add - my first day back at work today so i've been writing this most of the day - well before the rest of today's comments were added!) I'll try not to reagitate the same ideals already mentioned... @Slick has spent a lot of time providing well researched sources, so in those respects i'll just say 'ditto'. I would like to add: Just going to say 'citation needed' on this 90% figure. If you're against getting this particular vaccine then you are "anti-vaccine" regardless of your reasons why. That's how words work. It is getting a bit over-used, and some may find the label distasteful, but i'm pretty sure that it is a label that is meant to be seen as distasteful for a reason. I just want to back this one up with a personal story to share my own experiences... About 7 weeks ago, my wife experienced an episode that scared the crap out of our whole family, and spent a week in hospital*. We were questioned at initial triage whether we had been vaccinated, when, where, did we have the vac card showing the dose and batch numbers, and all of this was logged by the registrar. This was double checked and verified by several wonderful medical professionals in the ED during the initial days. Nothing was eliminated at that time. Nothing was palmed off. Everything was explored. CT scans, MRIs, even lumbar punctures were explored to try to determine what was at play. Even days later while she was on ward - they were still seeking opinions of specialists in various fields - including vax related fields - as to possible causes as nothing they did was turning up results. Fast forward a little and we've ruled out at this point that the vax was a factor (completely ruled out) but we discussed this with the doctors and they even had a specialist in immunology come down to discuss with us at length what the possibilities were before finally ruling it out. Nothing was palmed off, and everything was explored to find the answers. TL:DR - wife had a medical episode and one of the first things the ED did was check vax status and any possible impacts it may have had, and continued to explore the possibilities that the vax had contributed until they were able to determine - with evidence - that it had not. (*She isn't fully recovered at this point, but we have a fair idea of the cause and the treatment and its just now a matter of time for everything to work out and fingers crossed no lasting impacts) I felt the need to share this story because I am getting sick of generalised statements without even basic details given to support the events. Medical Professionals Silenced? 😮 Sounds like a black bag job. Cold war era stuff. Can you provide any links showing any of these suspensions or sackings? Are they being silenced? Or are they being discredited by being unable to support their assertions? Are the accreditation organisations revoking the accreditation because their allegations have no basis in science, as opposed to a coverup? More generalisations without basic details. Heart Related Reactions? What about these heart statistics? Are they in Australia? Worldwide? Other countries more prone to heart disease? Were those cases medically susceptible to heart disease or defect? What sort of reactions were they? How many died? What was the total pool? 870 out of 1000 is huge, but 870 out of a million isn't much different to some side effects of other proven vaccines in long term use... It sounds like a scary number, but it reminds me of this meme: 870 sounds like a big problem - but it becomes the trolley problem. Chief Health Officers Backtracked! CHO's should backtrack. They should act on the best information they have available at the time. In the early days, the advice was that masks were not required except in a medical setting, this was later expanded to a point where for many, mask wearing is part of the daily routine - even outside. Even now that the restrictions have eased. We should not point to the CHO changing their advice as a sign of weakness, but of the strength of our systems changing the outcomes based on new evidence. The honesty and transparency is why they "backtrack". They've acted on the strength of the evidence put before them at the time. Remember - a recent Prime Minister of Australia was once quoted saying that you can only hold him to his words when they are prepared statements, and anything said 'off the cuff' when asked a question in a press conference shouldn't be treated as 'gospel truth'. The only weakness is continuing to blindly argue something despite all evidence pointing otherwise. Force and Coercion Polio. Smallpox. Things of this nature. People saw it as a duty to their community to get vaccinated. Nobody needed to be coerced or forced to do anything because the advice came from the experts and people listened to them and trusted them. <its post edit me here saying I really got carried away on this one. suffice to say the paragraphs of arguments would have fallen on deaf ears> Put simply - those who willingly support their community should be allowed to benefit from it. Those who do not wish to support their community by doing their part, should not be allowed to participate beyond their human right entitlement. access to food, clothing and shelter is paramount. Access to medical care is permitted, but probably unnecessary. However - employment is not a right, and that is why those folks are entitled to claim welfare if they cannot work. Average testing and data collection periods The covid vaccine has had some development ongoing for a decade. This is not the first coronavirus. Researchers learned a lot from SARS and from MERS. Covid-19 was far more highly transmissible but less deadly than some other coronaviruses, but the research was ongoing. The next coronavirus was expected, although perhaps not as soon. Combine that with the fact that world governments (and the WHO) labelled this a pandemic, and literally THREW money at the researchers to continue development. The covid-19 vaccine vector was developed in about 12 months off the back of years of coronavirus vaccine research. But so is the annual flu vaccine. Every year new flu strains show up and the jab they offer next winter is based off of the strains seen in the northern hemisphere right now. That's 6 months development of a new vaccine for a strain of Influenza - which will be worthless in another 12-24 months when the new strains come along. These days the fluvax is a quadrivalent vaccine based on the most prevalent FOUR strains. All of them, a different vaccine. Almost all of them, observed in the wild for the first time in the prior 2 years or so. And again (and i've said this before) they didn't start from scratch for Covid-19. They already have vaccines in testing and development for other coronavirus variants. modifying it based on years of research to fit a new strain isn't anything new in immunology. "It was rushed and hasn't been properly tested" is a bullshit argument.

Tonight was staff night 6:30-8:30pm. ST running with both trains. Family and friends of staff invited. Operations are currently suspended due to the lightning😞