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Good to know they are still doing that, just wasn't sure

Village used to do the same thing, if a guest rocked up to a ride and didn't have a wristband from guest services and had a visible injury / disability we would send them to guest services. A staff member would then have a conversation with the guest, to determine the nature of it and then punch out holes for the rides they could not ride. If it was more complex a member of the health team would assess it. Not sure if this is still the process, but I would assume it would be still the same or very similar. We did also use it for guests that were right on the minimum height for a ride, suggesting they go to GS to get measured and get a wristband to let the staff know what rides they were measured up for on the day to prevent them being re-measured every single time. Overall it was a great system, good for the guests and made it easier for the staff.

Ridiculous, but very entertaining as well. I also liked when they had the "Logan Twins" I thought that was an interesting plot twist. Overall after the first few seasons it kind of did go downhill a little bit.

Gretel, Mike Goldman and the Friday Night Games are all required to come back I think if they want it to be a hit. Those Friday Night Games were always a hoot to watch, especially "The Fan" - Good Times

I was gonna say, that was 100% not there in 2012 when I worked at the park and did regular morning track walks of Scooby. So yeah, part of the next gen "upgrade" to tie in with the lift sequence ft. Scrappy Doo.

The majority of the ones in Australia that we have actually run faster than the Chance Rides models as well. I don't really see any showmen in Australia buying a brand new one. They aren't really as marketable as rides like The Beast or The Warrior (speed and height etc). As much as I'd love to see it, I just don't see it sadly. Hopefully one of the other Aussie built ones comes out of retirement like the Bad Ass Zipper recently has.

They are still fairly common in the US. Insurance after the Rapids incident got really expensive which is when a lot of older carnival rides started to disappear. Then covid made it even worse.

After COVID insurance on a lot of rides went up like crazy. As they are older rides they needed a lot of work done to them and a lot of showmen were focusing on newer rides. Also with space at a premium at some of the shows they want the new and "extreme" rides despite the Zipper being one of the most extreme out there. Hopefully we will see more of them come back, but I'd say the 2 that are now travelling will likely be the only ones.

That is the ex Shorts one that was recently sold and extensively refurbished. Fairly sure it's owned by Festival Amusements in QLD. They mostly only do shows in South / Central QLD so not sure if we will see it around too much outside these areas sadly. But glad to see it's back up and running.

Oh... my bad I was thinking it had more to do with turnstiles.

It will stop at the top of the non inverting loop, and there will be sensors at the back of the train to reverse it back if it detects danger... Just like Scooby Doo's fire sensing eyes

And what does the security line at an airport have to do with theme parks?

The one thing I've always found with pretty much all of the Top Spins was the stopping constantly for several seconds before doing another flip. I find it really kills the pacing of the ride in my opinion. It was one thing that Wipeout did well for the most part (Apart from the stop before the final locked flip, which could be argued that it was done for suspense) Sadly it's not just limited to the HUSS variants either, the Moser ones do it as well. Still really gunning for a screaming swing for Movie World.

Ah yes... I can totally agree with your comments about the Male Supervisor (I'll call him JM) haha. Cranky, but also a great bloke. I will admit I have some fond memories of my time there, and some not so fond ones haha. Overall it wasn't bad, but around the time that I left things were really starting to go downhill slowly. Glad I left, but glad I had the experience

As far as I know it was sold by Intamin but built by ABC Engineering. They have built several other flat rides including the Toubillion Model that is also known for having major issues (Cyborg Spin at Six Flags for example)