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Heavy rail (trains) cover big distances with large stop spacing, carrying large numbers of passengers. Light rail (trams) are used for the more local core/spine with moderate stop spacing. They can carry many more passengers than a bus, and if they aren't sharing road space are quicker than a bus. You then run regular feeder bus services to minor attractions from that spine. Running the tram everywhere would be an inefficient use and would make it slower. Would also cost tens of billions of dollars, when the buses can achieve the same result for much less.

There's always tomorrow for that trend to be reversed 😃

There are these detections of the virus in waste water around Queensland, that are concerning though.

Isn't that what happened with SeaCorkViper? They did a heap of work to it only a few years after the retheme, only to find it beyond economical repair?

Food & beverage sales, plus merch. And also it gets the place looking busier, which attracts people. Plus those cheap pass people might drag friends along who pay more. And ultimately, 1000 passes at $50 is a greater income of 0 passes at $99. Many of those purchases will be impulse buys, rather than price watchers waiting for a cheaper option (as $99 is a reasonably good price anyway). We have no plans to buy a pass in the next 6 months at the moment, but had I have qualified, I would have bought one for each of my family.

That building is the train shed I suspect.

I personally thought the 'special spot in my L3 (ie a healed fracture from riding it)' was a better joke, to be honest.

There may have been some poetic licence used on my part 😁 It was the first coaster I ever rode, so holds a special spot in my L3 vertebrae.

I'll make a booking with my physio and chiro for the day after opening in preparation!

Gotta use 'possibly' and 'probably' around here, or else you get book thrown at you too 😂

Agreed. The only thing that might have stopped that, would have been if people had died on Green Lantern. The GP doesn't care who's fault it would have been, they would have avoided Movie World. The State Government would have taken a greater interest in the park maintenance schedules and possibly picked up on the poor state of affairs at Dreamworld.

Oh, might be, never noticed that (never looked that closely either - the white sheets said enough for me)

For those that aren't getting it, someone claimed to have taken a photo of Vortex with a long lense, only to be proven to be lying, especially when someone's hand was in the photo.

Normally security staff are for enforcement of social distancing. Normal staff can remind people but not much more, to avoid physical altercations.

We stayed across the Broadwater once for a few days and I had a similar experience.

Or a large button that can be depressed by foot.

A few (I think three) drag racers have been killed at Willowbank Raceway (drag strip) in 35 years, one at the very first meeting. Only one has a plaque, it's a bit bigger than an A4 page. It is in a garden, beside a main walkway but not right on the path and is done in a subtle way, it is not in your face. A second racer who passed in his sleep has a plaque at the facility too, done in a similar manner. One of the founders has the actual track named after him as well, with a lit street sign pointing down the track behind the startline. Those examples show it can be done tastefully. It will be harder to do it tastefully at Dreamworld due to all the attention and the fact that those four people thought they were safe. The drag racers all knew that there where risks even with safety equipment.

More camera angles than a game of AFL!

You mean VRTP are actually acknowledging that a new coaster exists this time?

First time on Parkz? 🤣

My post certainly wasn't intended as a criticism, more just to inform the more nervous people out there that such products exist. In my situation, we won't be able to handle 100 people per hour, let along 100 people per touch point. We are actually applying some of the concepts behind efficient roller coaster loading into our plan (pre-grouping for instance).

Just a note on the cleaning schedule mentioned in AlexB's post. There are products available that last at least 45 minutes, which is why they are able to not clean every cycle. I'm currently working on a covid-safe plan and it is a product we intend to use.

Superman can vary a bit too I've noticed over the years.

True, though that whole section is being rebuilt at the moment.

Used to be a really busy servo that one - the bypass has hit it bad. I wonder if there are plans for a few servo's on the next stage, as there aren't any on the actual highway from Beerburrum north at the moment. Gympie is our first driver swap point if we head north.