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"A south Auckland theme park employee died after becoming crushed in a ferris wheel this morning. Michael Ross Stuart, 21, of Papakura, was cleaning the junior ferris wheel at Rainbow's End when the accident happened. Police Inspector William Taylor said the death was not being treated as suspicious. Counties-Manukau Police were called to the scene at 10am along with Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) representatives. Mr Taylor said Mr Stuart's body had been removed from the scene and a postmortem would be carried out tomorrow." - Source, Yahoo News

Now now... no personal insults Tony!

No. This has got to be one of the most amusing threads of the week.

Ah, so thats where it is, I knew there was one somewhere!

You can upgrade at the end of the day, I think you just go to guest services.

Wet'n'Wild does sell 2 day passes, the prices are as follows: ADULTS $67.50 $67.50 CHILDREN (3 - 13 years inclusive) $43.50 $43.50 PENSIONERS (with Government Card) $43.50 $43.50

Ah, so you work at Dreamworld? But yeah, the Staff at Screamworld should be congratulated, they dealt with the crowds amazingly! Especially the guy running the Beavers, he was a great person and we had a 15 min convo in the queue because no one was riding!

Apparently it was only this year that everything bar H20 zone closed. I think it was something to do with the attendance figures.

I agree with Lotl_90, The Screamworld events are getting better. I now think that most of the local's have already been before, so they don't bother going again. And this is what makes the lines shorter. Either that or Dreamworld's staff have got alot more efficient

Also note, that from 7pm onwards, everything but the H20 Zone and sometimes Mammoth Fall's closes. This does include SurfRider. And just for SurfRider you will be waiting anywhere from 20 mins to a hour to board, only leaving a hour to do everything else on the far side of the park.

With a Max Action Pass, you could buy up to 4 tickets at the 25 dollar price.

Yeah, the stair line would have been the longest of the day! Because my friend didn't get his act together and tell me that he was coming till the last minute, we waited almost a hour to get in! I still think the funniest thing is right as the people before us brought there tickets, they said they were with me so they could get the 25 dollar Max Action Pass Tickets!

Hmm...So I could have rode the Giant Drop while he rode the Claw then! Oh well, the Cyclone only had short waits anyway. It was a rather good Screamworld as far as lines go, I think the longest was to get in

Gazza... maybe the twisting track (if it was a TOGO pipeline) Could be integrated into the Looney Tunes River ride as the "New and Improved" Earth Drill

Ah yes, the E-brake. It happened twice I think, once earlier in the night, and again around 9:30. And yes, it did rain around 7:30 - 7:45 for 10 or so minutes, I was in the Cyclone queue at the time. Does anyone know how busy the GD line was that night? Me and my friend just kept riding the Motocoaster as single riders in the Sidecar without even lining up

I was at Screamworld on Friday, and Tower of Terror broke down 3 times that night... the lines for each of the thrill rides were about 20 mins, I didn't manage to check out the drop as my mate was too scared to ride We just kept going on the Motocoaster (sidecar line) cause no one was riding. We did it about 10 times without any waits! Both me and my mate decided the Sidecar is alot more fun than the actual bikes.

I certainly know about those Toboggan's at Merimbula! And they really can pick up some mean speed on those last few curves when you don't have the brakes on... but just watch out for the op at the bottom And GREAT TR by the way

I was being sarcastic Gazza... But yeah, the pirate ship is one of the very few rides that actually made me feel REAL sick after riding it a few weeks ago... I was with some mates and after that ride I was out of action for a hour, trying to keep my lunch down. But nothing beats screaming girls on that ride...

Or maybe they are censoring it like the Internet There are indeed woman's breasts on the side of the ship furthest from the Corkscrew...

Also... much to everyones surprise... Weekends are often the QUIETEST days for the parks too...

Now... that is just UNACCEPTABLE that Queue time! But maybe Dreamworld have decided to get a head start on maintenance considering this "Peak Season" has been rather depressing for the parks. I mean... from where I worked I could clearly see the "Ride Wait Times" board in front of Superman Escape, and the longest waits seemed to get for ANY of the rides was about 30 - 45 Mins (mainly Batwing, Scooby and Superman) But may I just ask, what ride was this 3 hour wait for? or was it for several rides. I know it wouldn't have been the Wipeout or the Claw but if it was that is just shocking...

Ash, I think you may be referring to the "Stingray" being taken off the maintenance page... as the Mine ride was there a few days ago.

Hmm... i'm probably heading down tomorrow... I havnt decided yet... i'll try and sus things out.

Uhh... maybe after next Thursday when I've been paid

The Zipper at the Easter show would have been the "Bad Ass" Zipper owned by Peter Short. And Dylan this is the first year that the Zipper has done the Coolangatta Carnival as it normally does the Rye Beachside Carnival in Victoria. I am not sure why it didn't go to Rye this year...