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Is that a carved bird (eagle?) on top of the post (totem?) ?

The big deal is the printing looks terrible.

Dont forget the station now has some power collectors sticking out, along with a bunch of sensors. Maybe there is an issue with the new station now it all works and we just saw the old boats in test phase. Honestly, given how busy it would be over the christmas holidays break, you have to give them the benefit of the doubt. If they could run more/old boats to increase the capacity, they would have.

Problem is the manufacturer, the park and all their engineering guys, probably worksafe planning and any of the government guys who probably come and inspect things prior to being signed off; ALL would have missed it. So if its a problem with design or operation of them, everyone probably missed it and the ultimate issue is with who manufactured them. You cant just go and fix something anymore. Dreamworld accident saw to that. If something has to be changed or modified, it has to kinda work like you said. Fault has to be found, manufacturer has to agree to a fix, then changes have to be signed off by the government accreditor as changes to its registration documents have been made. Some point down the track youll get a fix. We have no idea the issue though. It could be something that is developed in house or it could mean Whitewater West have to remanufacture a part or something. Dropped the ball prior to opening? For sure. But there is a lot going on behind the scenes with regards to changes to designs of equipment that its not always just a quick or easy process. It has to pass through many hands before it even gets approved let alone fixed.

I imagine, given the registration with the government for all the changes, they probably can't go backwards now it's registered, but also, maybe the changes in the ride for the lap bars and new station means they can't use the old boats either? Good point about how it wasn't picked up though. Doesn't mean it isn't one of those situations where you are shit out of luck until a solution can be sorted. Rather than close the ride, run it at reduced capacity and make do I guess.

who knows what might happen if they continue with their hotel build.

Even if it was, what do you do now? How long you reckon it took for the boats to be made and sent out originally? not like they could get new ones in a couple weeks.

The other side of it is will the parks think they can make more money if they stay open late given they probably have to put on a whole new shift of staff members to stay open later. Might think the labour spend is not worth the return.

They have replaced SLC's with STC's now. Different train, different restraints, different wheel carrier design.

Makes you wonder if some of the temp closures are really staff related instead of mechanical/maintenance issues.

I'm talking about running later. There is a restriction on the outdoor rides and the operating hours of events. Years ago there was something posted about the agreement with the council for operating times, my google skills have failed me, but it was spelled out pretty clearly. It's why rides close when they do at these events even if it's still busy with guests. Have to remember It's not just the rides that make noise at night, it's the coming and going of cars of people too.

Don't forget movieworld and wet n wild have limits on when they can open due to the housing behind. Not just operating times, but I think there is a cap on the number of night time events per year too.

Read what i said. It was in the fenced superman area, but it was park related and didnt impact superman the ride.

It was at superman and it happened during park open hours, so yes, people would have seen it happen.

Heh. Some of you are pretty quick to call someone a liar when apparently they did have a fire, but it wasn't actually part of superman, just something park related that was behind the fenced off area.

There's pretty well no way a cylinder would have exploded. They are rated to many times above what the actual running pressure is and are fitted with pressure relief valves as a backup measure. Certainly could have had a fitting or air line burst or snap though and have air gushing out.

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Each seat is probably tagged with it's own ID. No double ups, hence the higher numbers on one train vs the other.

Just how much turnover do you think these parks experience? Cap ex expenditure is spread out by rotating around vrtp properties because (among other things) they dont support major expenditure every year. It makes no difference if the new investment firm owners have money, it has to make financial sense. Since when did any of the parks spend big every year for new rides? Its never been like that. If you look back over the last 30 years, the major cycle has been about 5-8 years, with some smaller spenditure between periods. Just go back and see how much profit vrtp and dreamworld (even pre accident) post every year. You would be literally spending everything you make. Share holders would be screaming for the executives to be sacked.

If the water is clear enough on the day, look closer next time you ride wild west falls. It has a raised floor in the deep sections of water the boats run along, its nowhere near as deep as you might think. I would imagine the boat could fill with water if it was somehow submerged as the entry side is lower to allow guests to board the boat, but i reckon those troughs have been designed because of those very issues. Everyone will get wet if a boat sinks, but the floor would stop riders being submerged (ie, going over their heads) as the boat would bottom out on the raised floor in the troughs.. Its also difficult to see much movement from the boats given how narrow the troughs are, so they cant turn on their side and get stuck/flip. Plus, dont forget the down ramp sections of the ride are out of the water and rolling on road wheels. They dont float or slide in any way when dropping. Youre only floating leading into/around the lazy river sections. So its probably one of the safer types/designs of water rides.

Thats one of the arguments for basic style belts like on the thunder river rapids. In the event of raft flipping or becoming submerged, the passengers can remove the velcro restraints very easily and exit the craft vs buckled in style belts which provide a greater risk of drowning.

Its probably largely out of their (the park) hands. Their insurance company has probably initiated proceedings to recoup money from the engineers public liability coverage.

Its a terrible place for any development as the whole place is a massive flood plain. The golf course, and now the titans facility has been multiple meters under water across multiple major flooding events on the gold coast.

No, I said the 10 yearly applied to everything, including control systems too. I didn't say scooby doo got a new control system, only that it was upgraded like west. Road runner is entirely new. These were due to audits and inspections as part of the newly created 10 yearly. Just on the SLC upgrades, vekoma used the original wheel carriers and replaced the hangers and restraints like kumbak did for their SLC upgrades. They simply didn't have a replacement and you'll find the upgraded SLC's and the later built ones with the vest restraints still use the old design. It wasn't until their next generation trains came along for their suspended thrill and family coasters that the wheel carrier design changed. Now I believe they are offering complete upgrades using STC trains and offering retracking services for companies that might want to smooth out any alignment issues. Nor’easter didn't just get their upgraded SLC restraints, it also had sections of track replaced about 5 years ago, which is the reason it is so smooth. Vekoma restraints or kumbak, they just remove the head banging of the OTR's, but they weren't a recipe to increase the smoothness. That's a whole different issue around design and a few maintenance related problems that see them run really rough. As above though, this is pretty off topic. You don't really "lose" money on rides, they depreciate till they are basically worthless in terms of capital. So selling something cheap isn't really as clear cut as that. You have to factor in removal costs, shipping, construction, etc, plus just how badly you might want to move on a ride in order to set a price. You'd think they would have a pretty good reason to want buzzsaw gone though, even if it was just because it might be difficult to maintain/service/support.

It did get a system upgrade. Road runner didnt just get new trains, it was completely overhauled. Including the control system. Same with west.