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  3. Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster refurb

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    7 minutes ago, Jdude95 said:

    So you obviously haven't been keeping up with this thread if seeing a recent video of Scooby is the first you've heard of the theming being removed. It's been the main point of conversation in this thread for the last year at least?

    What’s your point? Up until the Dreamworld inquest I hadn’t been active on this forum in quite a while

    2 hours ago, red dragin said:

    It's rather dull to be honest, at least when you have ridden it with the theming.

    I admit it certainly does take the atmosphere and creativity away from the ride. Hopefully they add theming back in in this new maintenance downtime

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  4. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    48 minutes ago, themeparkaddict said:

    That was when the themeing was removed

     

    47 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

    My understanding is the set builds were found to be a fire hazard or in breach of an updated fire code, hence their hastily removal 

    Thank you both for answering. I had no idea that the theming had been removed from SDSC. I saw a video on YouTube of what it looks like without theming and I have to say that it looks pretty scary riding a roller coaster in almost pitch black darkness Xd. I hope they add theming soon though. 

    Staying on topic the twitter account I’ve been following for updates on the inquest is @leae. She is posting constant tweets on what is going on at the inquest

  11. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    17 hours ago, AlexB said:

    ^This is abso-flogging-lutely bang on.

    Couldn't have said it better.

    So how do you come to the determination that he was responsible for the death of his child, because he performed CPR inappropriately? Was there a coroner's report that stated this? Is there any shred of evidence you can point to online that verifies this?

    Yes, you said you can kill if done incorrectly - and my counter point is that you can't kill someone who is already dead.

    It is statements like yours, that scare people into some misconception that they might hurt the casualty if they do something wrong, and humans being humans, the natural response to that is 'not to to anything'. Which is how people die. Idle hands standing by watching someone who needs help, but not doing anything to help them - THAT is how people die. So stop perpetuating a statement that serves only to scare more people away from rendering help to someone in need.

    If i'm unconscious and not breathing, I don't GAF if you break my ribs, puncture my lungs and perforate my stomach (all possible injuries sustained from vigorous CPR), the fact will be that I am alive, and regardless of whether i'm hospitalised, suffer through surgeries, have to carry a piss-bag with me everywhere I go for the rest of my life, these are all more desirable than the alternative of death...

    You're missing the point. For a trained responder located near the front entrance to get to say... vintage cars, how long do you think it would take them? So let's assume someone is knocked down and run over by the car, or perhaps the engine explodes and knocks someone out... You've got 10 minutes until they're clinically brain dead, but damage occurs from 3 minutes. For every minute, survivability reduces by 10%. If there is nobody else there who is trained, should we all stand around and wait for the nurse to run through the park (which, due to Thunder river's closure, means a stupid roundabout way up stairs and down ramps)???

    Not to mention first responders don't generally run in these situations either... so how long would it take you to reach vintage cars from the main gate at a brisk walk, assuming that you are not impeded by train or guest?

    Provided it is safe to do so (Danger being the first step in DRSABCD) if the person is not responsive, and not breathing, doing ANYTHING to help is better than nothing...

    LMAO goes off at people for quoting posts yet does the exact same thing. At least I wrote a paragraph or two after what I quoted. You wrote TWO SENTENCES 😂

  12. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    21 minutes ago, AlexB said:

    You're an idiot.

    If YOU read words more carefully, you'd have understood what DjRappa had said differently.

    Rappa suggests had this ride been at a VRTP, the same incident COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED because VRTP's processes would have ensured the necessary safety, automation, modification etc were done...

    With the limited information we have available, we already know that there are several points in the timeline where, had the necessary changes been made, this could have been prevented. What DjRappa is saying (and I daresay, he would know) is that the processes VRTP have ensure those steps would have been taken \ implemented, thereby ensuring this incident would not have occurred, had it been a VRTP ride.

    Your points are contrary to many others. By very nature, that makes them an alternative viewpoint, which means there are unsettled facts. By nature, this means they are arguments (as in points of reasoning or logic, not as in quarrel or fight)

    Oh yeah, because i'm the only one with attitude. How do you think this comes across in response to someone who made a friendly and helpful suggestion for something it was possible (based on your history on these forums) you might not have known:

    So when you're going to react like that to someone who just tried to help you, by oath you're going to get a serve in return. Sure, you've got some stupid excuse this time - but what of all your other posts - do the car ads appear everytime? Because this isn't the first time you've done it.

    As for the stupid questions department:

    That's everything since the TRRR incident. Out of 22 (counting the multiple questions in a line), there's at least 14 there that practically anybody who reads these forums could answer without any context, and the rest could be answered by reading the thread preceding your question, or alternatively, not something people could answer without simply speculating.

    And even if its an acronym or similar that you've never come across, either reading in context (ie - is it about a ride or show of a name that fits the acronym?) or alternatively, using the site search engine to search on that term to reveal other posts where it is used, which can also give context.

    If you tried to help yourself, you'd probably frustrate less people... and by virtue, need to ask less questions.

    YOU are the main reason why I stopped coming to this forum. You are RUDE, SELF ENTITLED, ARROGANT and act like you own the place. I thought I would come back to stay up to date on the Dreamworld inquest but if this is the kind of bs I will have to put up with forget it. I’ll go back to not posting

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  14. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    10 hours ago, pushbutton said:

    I certainly wouldn't expect every ride operator to know first aid, and I doubt that's the case at any theme park. As Alex said, that's why all parks I know (including Dreamworld) have dedicated first aiders (and sometimes even nurses), as well as security officers who are also qualified first aiders.

    All ride operators need to know is how to identify straight away there is a safety issue, and how to very quickly shut down the ride, and call the above mentioned people for assistance.

    I’m surprised he doesn’t know first aid because one of the articles I read says that he now works at White Water World 

  15. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    2 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

    Just a friendly suggestion @razza1987 maybe just quote the relevant part, especially when the quoted post is as large as that. You asked about clinicians and I had to re-read that whole thing to find the context when you could have just quoted that one paragraph. 

    Thanks for telling me to do something I already tried to do. I tried doing that and after selecting the portion to delete all these ads for cars came up and it wouldn’t let me scroll up to the post

  16. Thunder River Rapids Incident Coronial Inquest

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    On 16/06/2018 at 12:58 AM, Brad2912 said:

    Dreamworld staff’s safety fears after tragedy reveals parks rollercoaster of emotion

    JUNE 16, 2018

    STAFF have accused Dreamworld of refusing to implement key training procedures following the Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy that killed four people.

    The Bulletin has obtained internal documents and spoken to whistleblowers as part of an investigation which puts the spotlight on the theme park’s management on the eve of a coroner’s inquest.

    Staff claim a manager refused requests for critical response training because “the incident was too raw to get involved”.

    Experienced health and safety workers also allege:

    * No formalised critical response training had occurred since the tragic events of 2016.

    * When it was brought up managers responded by saying that “it is too raw” or talked about cost factors and not having the budget to cover the expense of training.

    * Nothing was documented for first respondents on what to do if an incident occurred on a ride which requires guest extraction.

    * If a guest sustained an injury on a ride there was no formal response, individual clinicians having to make up their own mind what to do.

    * If a ride like the Buzz Saw was stopped, staff lacked formal guidelines on how to get people out.

    * Inexperienced staff had been appointed to senior safety roles and some multi-hired staff have basic first aid but need more training.

    * First aid staff had been excluded from some training, and safety concerns were raised in an inhouse survey.

    * Some staff were refusing to operate certain rides because they had concerns about safety.

    * Staff were operating rides after only four to five months working in the theme park despite previous practice requiring 18 months.

    A pre-inquest hearing in April found a faulty water pump and raft were the likely trigger for the ride malfunction which killed four tourists in October 2016.

    Kate Goodchild, 32, her brother Luke Dorsett, 35, and his partner Roozbeh Araghi, 38, and Gosford woman Cindy Low, 42, died in the tragedy.

    The Bulletin revealed the pump malfunction as the cause, and in a special report detailed how safety concerns had surfaced four years earlier.

    Fresh documents detailing notes from interviews and emails with staff show an offsite meeting chaired by Arden Leisure’s chief audit officer was held at Hope Island in late April.

    Workplace Health and Safety Queensland said it had received a complaint last month about a range of alleged issues at Dreamworld, and an inspector and engineer attended the theme park to investigate.

    “No contraventions of WHS legislation were identified and the investigation into the alleged issues has concluded,” the spokesperson said.

    But the Bulletin has been told the investigation did not consider cultural and management issues.

    Dreamworld yesterday issued a statement indicating the theme park would “continue to co-operate with the Coroner and those assisting him”.

    A Dreamworld spokesman said the theme park was not in a position to provide information which may be dealt with by the inquiry.

    “Every complaint relating in any way to a safety matter is fully investigated. Where appropriate external advice is sought to ensure every safety complaint is dealt with thoroughly,” the spokesperson said.

    AWU acting branch secretary Steve Baker said union members were concerned about Dreamworld’s approach to safety matters. Documents were provided to police for the Coroner.

    “A major concern has been a culture of secrecy in the behaviour of Dreamworld management,” Mr Baker said.

    “Whenever the union sought documentation from Dreamworld regarding safety issues, these requests were refused by management. This meant the union had to pursue matters through other means including Right to Information.”

    At April’s safety audit meeting, some staff said some managers were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder

    “I get asked by every second guest was I there on the day. It is referred to as ‘the incident’. The effects of this incident are still being felt among the staff,” a staffer said.

    Aquatics at the park had staged incident response training in a room so as “to not be visible because of sensitivities”.

    A plan for a major health and safety training day at the water park was abandoned after the Rapids Ride tragedy.

    “They said it was too fresh, we shouldn’t be doing CPR, it will harm others in the park,” a Dreamworld source said. “The lifeguards needed that training. We now know these events are real and can happen.”

    Despite rides being deemed safe and passing engineer testing, some staff were reluctant to be operators.

    “I know people who refuse to operate,” another Dreamworld source said. “I know some who say it took me three years to get Rapids, now they (newer employees) are getting high-level rides in 18 months.”

    Another theme park insider told the Bulletin: “The staff are committed, dedicated and professional. They were pushed down and out.

    “A number of people who were first responders — they’re gone. They saw the clinicians being decimated and decrease with expertise.”

    What do they mean by “clinicians”?

    I have been following what has been going on at the inquest. Some of it has confused me. The person running the ride at the time said he pushed the slow stop button 2-3 times before the raft flipped yet the person who has seen the CCTV footage says that a button wasn’t pressed until 15 seconds after the raft flipped. How can both be true. Also the fact that the new trainee when asking about the emergency stop button was told “don’t worry about that. You won’t need to use it.” If that is true then Dreamworld are screwed

  18. Theme Park Maintenance 2018

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    2 hours ago, rac2703 said:

    Not Movie World, the Studios do though. The boxing, squash and table tennis are being held in some of the sound stages. 

    They are also referring to the studios as the “Oxenford Studios” for the games, not the “Village Roadshow Studios”. 

    Thank you for taking the time to answer my question :)

  19. Theme Park Maintenance 2018

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    On 04/04/2018 at 12:45 PM, Mc coaster said:

    I do not feel that it would be a problem running the show during the games. It is on the opposite side of the park to were the games are held and I think if it was a problem some of the rides closer to the studios would not be able to operate during the games such as Batwing and SE.

    Movieworld has some events for the commonwealth games?

  24. Dreamworld - 2017 "exciting" "experiences"

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    On 22/09/2017 at 10:01 AM, themeparkaddict said:

    More pushing back dates for major Dreamworld rides. TOT was due for tomorrow. This has now been pushed to the 1st October. 

    Wipeout due for 26th October, pushed back to 31st October.

    Gingy's pushed back for 1st October, was due tomorrow.

    Honestly Dreamworld has some of the most inconsistent maintenance schedules. Very disappointing.

    What is Gingys?

    On 23/09/2017 at 12:55 PM, Brad2912 said:

    Seems DCR is having the desired effect in drawing all the locals and tourists to MW

    DW is deserted..  weekend and school holidays and no waits on any kids rides... great for my son and I, not so much for DW...

    DCR? The new coaster?

    On 28/09/2017 at 7:31 PM, Roachie said:

    We'll have more and more middle class Chinese, and if the park doesn't at the minimum match some of their local park's offerings back home, there's a chance tourist groups may pick Village's combination of AOS, PC, TG & MW as a higher-end overall prospect. The risk is low for investment right now and there's so much opportunity for the taking too.

    What are the acronyms for?

    On 11/10/2017 at 1:08 AM, www worker 2.0 said:

    So you would rather have wipeout run at the bare minimum? Look at who you work for you have had one ride run for 6 MONTHS + IN THE DARK!  

    What are you on about?

    On 22/10/2017 at 12:15 PM, Adventures With JWorld said:

    Zombie Evilution with blindfolds? :P 

    Me thinks it’s that they are gonna remove the TCK area as Zombie is gonna be open for the next Park After Dark 

    TCK?

    1 hour ago, Adventures With JWorld said:

    Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation 

    Thank you for answering :)

  25. Dreamworld - 2017 "exciting" "experiences"

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    On 08/08/2017 at 1:18 PM, Theme Park Girl said:

    Shame they aren't able to salvage those old ad vintage canvas somehow :( Some great Dreamworld history right there in that billboard! 

    I could easily imagine them being auctioned off to a nostalgic theme park or Gold Coast historic collector for a small mint, which could then help the park with a much needed financial boost or donated to the DWF. 

    DWF?

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