Reanimated35

So....every pool ever? It's not like people are going to take a shower before going for a swim

Fair enough. You say the media's been all over you, have you had any of those shows like TT/ACA or magazines offering you heaps for "exclusives of Australia's dodgy themeparks?"

I'd at least be asking for a free lifetime pass. Good to hear that you're safe and I don't think anyone's surprised about the media beat up over this. edit -I'm actually more surprised at the lack of continued beat up over this. I'm not having a go at you and I know TSNM you say it was feeling faster than normal, but barring heavy/light people effects like on Scooby, gravity didn't increase suddenly on the ride and a wheel being disconnected wouldn't make it faster. It can't really have been any different.

I've always wanted to, but both times I've been there it's been closed :'( ?

Imagine that, MW's CEO coming out going "well, we looked into it, and, well, shit happens." Has there been any word if the 2nd bogey was removed by QFES or if it fell off? Fuck that, I'd go on it again. If I'm going to go out early, or hell, when I go out when I'm old, I wouldn't mind it being on a coaster. At least now the lines for GL might be shorter. Look at BTMR at Disneyland. It's still operating that that DID kill someone.

There are, but shit happens. Nothing's perfect.

More space for a flat ride

I don't think the translate option would have helped much.....

Oh yeah, my bad, I do remember that thread now sorry. A bit sad my memory is that terrible and I'm only 26

Maybe it wasn't 35m up? Have you not read this thread? Or looked at basically ANY news site in the last 6 hours?

But he didn't. He simply asked you to clarify your initial post.

Links to the others by any chance? I haven't heard of them. The only one I can remember is the Wipeout style ride at the Adelaide show that fell apart.

What, you're expecting "ride may fall apart at any time" to be on the sign?

Given the amount of sensors rides seems to have, I'd say the ride computer has gone "hang on, that wheel should be connected - e-stop"

Please go.

I am now happy to release EXCLUSIVE ON RIDE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT

As of 20 minutes ago: (News.com.au) UPDATE: AN ‘unstable’ cart has been thwarting rescue efforts to remove some passengers still stuck at the top of a Movieworld ride. Obviously I'm no expert, but why leave the heavy people on the side still connected to the track, thereby adding more weight to the only remaining wheels? Why not just hook a rope around the harness and lower the disconnected side?

How did they stop the ride out of the brake run though?

Source: GoldCoastBulletin (Let's ignore the fact they can't move a cursor off the screen, or take a screenshot)

A statement from Village Roadshow issued this afternoon saying there has been an issue with a wheel.

Lawsuit - maybe (most likely out of court settlements though) Closure - temporary, yes while it's investigated Removal - very doubtful How it occurred - let's stop and think about this for a moment. We're a bunch of people reading about this online and discussing it on this forum. None of us have conducted an investigation into this matter, none of us can tell you exactly what happened, so no, we do not know how this occurred and aren't likely to for weeks.

Who here is trying to play anything down? We're all talking about a developing story with information coming from mixed sources.

I wonder if Dreamworld has the same problem with their rollercoasters importing illegal weapons?

Yeah, I'm sure they looked at a loose wheel and went, "nah screw it, we'll not worry about that." I know you're only young, but fuck, think before you type. Ride going down for a month? I'd be surprised if they had in running within 3 months given how much investigation I would think they'd have to go through.

Can we have this thread title changed to "Green Lantern wheel does exactly what it's not supposed to do" ? And disappointingly, I've been listening to gold coast firecom and QPS dispatch for the last 15 minutes and there's been no mention of progress on it (no mention of it all actually).