DaptoFunlandGuy

Rumour has it Ops crew had a bit of a sneak peak recently. That and the walls being down, i'd say soft open is imminent.

Thanks Brad. I'm a little disappointed that didn't get more appreciation, I thought it was pretty good. @Baconjack here's a sneak peak. Yeah there's been a lot of back and forth over whether they'd be ready, and it's looking like those who thought it wouldn't make it's due date were wrong about that - but just as people were saying it won't make boxing day, it could just as easily not make January 18th - don't count your chickens - though the eggs are starting to crack...

The Website After Dark | Dreamworld is back up and has more information on the event. Dreamland, Taipan, Giant Drop and The Claw are all confirmed to be open (subject to change obvs) as well as Rivertown. a 5 ride express pass is also on sale for $49

I'm not making shit up. I said 'According to you the current dreamworld bosses are incapable of running a park they have been employed to run'. Greg has been employed to run both Dreamworld and White Water World, and you have stated that he cannot run a water park. My statement is factual, and there are plenty of replies on the forum of you arguing that point that i'd love nothing more than for you to dispute this fact. Enjoy your flight, hope you have a really LONG holiday, preferably away from a data connection.

According to you the current dreamworld bosses are incapable of running a park they have been employed to run too, but as usual you're only focussed on the narrative that suits. But given how vocal they are... devil's advocate... perhaps this isn't 'f#*king' it? Actually it isn't my 'defence', I was just pointing out that the cars have had a roof previously. My actual 'defence' if that is the phrasing you'd like to go with - is that this is what they've deemed appropriate to suit the attraction theme and style - you know, because they're very vocal on de-f#*king this stuff. And the fact that model Ts rolled off a factory floor in a certain configuration means nothing to what the owners ingenuity turned them into to serve a purpose or meet a need. And again *broken record time* You asked why the cars needed a roof. i'm going to wait and see the finished product. My mind immediately went to the effects angle, but the sun-protection angle also makes a lot of sense, and could really be that simple...

But when Jurassic Park opened, the machinery didn't eat the guests.

Dreamworld restored the train station, but still replaced the original rolling stock and loco with a modern equivalent to suit the requirements of the day. The funny thing about the model T is that it was the jack of all trades. they were used for everything from town cars to ambulances, freight transport to campervans. Some versions rolled off the factory in a certain fit-out, but others were literally retrofitted by their owners into whatever purpose-built function they were needed for. The best part about the T was that the timber bodies were able to be modified pretty easily in the average workshop using whatever wood was handy. And spoiler alert, this isn't the first time that Dreamworld Vintage Cars have had a roof on them I'll just go back and repeat myself...

As usual, i'll wait and see the final product. It's unlikely to be a loose article issue, IMO because they'd do a poor job of that. Only other thing I can think of is maybe the finale inside the tunnel has effects that requires the roof of the tunnel to be hidden?

Well, there's no whiplash bar so they're already off to a better start than last time.

Running a business doesn't seem like yours..

I'll use crayon next time.

I'm sure this isn't the first time i've said similarly. i'm quite sure i've been very clear.

I never said it happened after every load. And i've referred to their ops policies as being ridiculous. I'm just saying - a lot of the ops crew work really hard in the conditions they're given, and things that label the ops as 'lazy' or 'having a chat' isn't fair - especially when those ops get no right of reply. There are operators that are not motivated, and that is another failing of the company - but slinging mud on the operators en masse isn't cool.

Well, you really don't know what they're discussing. They could be chatting about the awesome pub crawl that they just had, or they could be receiving instructions from the supervisor that they need to remember to follow a certain safety procedure, because something was just missed. Again Devil's advocate - we know the village procedures aren't the fastest and maybe one of those is a regular checkin between supervisors and station staff to ensure everyone is on the ball. My experience at USJ in Summer is a little different. As far as flying dinosaur went: 4 people were at the entrance to the queue line. Some were checking express pass entries, some were directing guests to the test seat, and all of them were waving frantically as if their lives depended on it. Another worker was at the end of queue merge before the lockers directing people to the 'briefing' spaces 4 workers occupied the briefing spaces, holding laminated cards with instructions in multiple languages informing people to remove everything from their pockets, and then issuing them with locker barcodes An additional 2 workers patrolled the lockers to assist with locker issues 4 more workers manned the handheld metal detectors prior to the final queue line. Even with this many cast, short queues formed in front of each worker to be permitted into the final queue line. Then one grouper, and two restraint ops per station I should add that they allowed the piece of paper used to unlock the locker to be kept in a pocket, but a slightly larger piece of paper with an express pass barcode had to be placed in the locker. Naturally it wasn't metal so on subsequent trips we didn't bother to put it in a locker and it never fell out because it was inside of the fall-resistant locker paper. Yes ok, blah blah, USJ gets more people than MW so not as many staff required - but MW still gets similar wait times to USJ and TDR so I think its a fair comparison on the numbe of staff required.