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Eventually the potential delays dilute the anticipation or even interest in a big payoff i literally no longer have an iota of interest in Sky Voyager for that exact reason.

Cheers for the maintenance lesson Gents!

Would a detailed track inspection not be a regular annual maintenance task? (Serious question, I have no idea, but i would like to think it would be)

I imagine it would be above ground level..

Who needs rollercoasters when you have ice-skating and a snow globe?

Guess that would depend on how you categorise “one of the best” in terms of what % of coasters fill the “best group”. If there are 1000 rollercoasters in the world, then I guess the top 30-50 would be the “best in the world” in which case DCR may make the cut

Yeah that joke is as old as Doris Day now and almost just as dead...

Thanks for the update Skeet I gave up trying to follow DA’s etc when GCCC made PDonline almost impossible to navigate and utilise

Didn’t you know you can’t joke about people on here anymore?? I had a post deleted and a dressing down for having a laugh about a comment Clayton made on Facebook. Apparently that’s mean or something

Personally didn’t have an issue, and thought it was a welcome addition. Would happily see it stay on or preferably be replaced by a permanent addition

Sorry @Skeeta but you’ve lost me on that one. Not sure about the backstory is or if there is an issue between you two, but I’ve never had one with her and wont propagate something I’m not part of...

Found the article elsewhere... A highly intoxicated woman 'exposed herself' and refused to leave a pub before she attacked a female police officer and branded her a 'lesbian cyborg'. Priscilla Marie Butler, 36, faced Caloundra Magistrates Court in relation to the explicit outburst which occurred at the Aussie World pub, on the Sunshine Coast, in front of families and young children in April. Police were called to the incident at the amusement park brewery after Ms Butler stripped off and subsequently 'turned on' a security guard, punching him multiple times in the head, after he attempted to remove her from the premises. As a result of Ms Butler's attack the male security guard is believed to have suffered 'pain and discomfort', The Courier Mailreported. When officers arrived at the scene Ms Butler allegedly had her pants down and was 'abusing anyone' who was near to her, Police prosecutor Senior Constable Amanda Brewer said. Ms Butler allegedly then turned her attention towards one female officer and branded her a 'lesbian cyborg' after telling her 'you can get f*****'. She is also alleged to have bashed the policewoman in the chest. Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist said Ms Butler was 'lucky' the injuries sustained had been 'minor'. 'It's not rare people in your position go to jail... lucky the injuries were minor,' Magistrate Stjernqvist said. Ms Butler's defence lawyer Ben Rynderman said his client had been 'manhandled' by police officers. Although he noted he was not 'attempting' to excuse' her behaviour but to give 'context' to the situation. Mr Rynderman also stated his client usually demonstrated an 'exceptional character' but had been 'adversely affected' by alcohol. According to Mr Rynderman, Ms Butler had unsuccessfully tried to reach out to the police officer to apologise because she was ashamed of her actions. Character references for Ms Butler, who works at BWS and as a carer, also described her as a 'warmhearted' person. Ms Butler was sentenced to 40 hours community service and was handed a fine of $1800.

Headline of the week... Aussie World in the papers... Unfortunately can’t beat the paywall anymore..

FWIW (given we never had an official announcement anyway), the “Dome” has apparently gone the way of Wild...

Helps as well when it’s a public holiday!

DW Head of Marketing is currently being advertised on seek. They go through more marketing managers than they do marketing campaigns

At this stage I’d just be hopeful that this attraction actually opens...

DREAMWORLD staff have taken their first rides on the long-awaited Sky Voyager as the world-class gondola sits ready to launch for paying guests — although when that will happen is up in the air. The ride is yet to be granted registration from the State Government, whose tough new laws on amusement park rides came into effect this week. While Sky Voyager is fully operational, the park is still working on the internal training, testing and procedures required to commission it. CEO John Osborne said the park was working with the regulator to have Sky Voyager registered, but would ensure the process was not rushed. “I suppose in the eyes of our guests and people watching from the outside, it has been delayed,” he said. “I think the expectation that it could open around Christmas was a bit ambitious. “Clearly we’re making sure, as we always would, that every i is dotted and every t is crossed, so we’re going to the absolute nth degree to make sure that all of the training, commissioning and work required to open the ride is a new benchmark for the industry.” A spokesman for Workplace Health and Safety Queensland said it received a design registration application for a new ride from Dreamworld on November 7 last year. The department said it was awaiting additional safety information, including a compliance check of components used in the ride, before it would issue the registration. Mr Osborne has himself, as part of the commissioning process, ridden Sky Voyager so many times he’s lost count – and is certain it will be a turning point for Dreamworld. “When you’re sitting on it, you feel as though you’re flying. It’s meant to be skydivers diving out of a plane and you go from landscape to landscape and lots of little thrills happen while you’re doing that,” he said. “It stops with a really spectacular finale which I’ll have to let everybody see when they get there. “When I’ve been on it, I literally forget about what’s going on in the rest of my day and for me that’s actually unusual from a personality point of view and with what I’m doing these days.” Six months ago, John Osborne took on arguably the toughest turnaround in Australia, taking the reins of the battered Gold Coast icon, which has struggled to regain trust and visitors since the fatal failure of the Thunder River Rapids ride in 2016. Coroner James McDougall is expected to hand down recommendations after his inquest into the deaths of Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Araghi, and Cindy Low in coming months. “We’ve undertaken to implement all the findings, in conjunction with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and the theme park industry, and I just think that will be a really important next step for everybody,” Mr Osborne said of the inquest. Ardent Leisure logged a $21.8 million loss for the first six months of the financial year as costs from the tragedy continued. However, the company said it expected to return to positive cash flow in the next 12 months. Mr Osborne said a focus and investment in safety and guest experience was bringing back the visitors and also benefiting the park’s 1000 local staff. An injection of funds from parent group Ardent Leisure, which secured a $225 million refinance deal, will allow the park to make two major announcements before the end of the year. “We’re scouring the world for the best manufacturers of thrill rides,” Mr Osborne said. “What I can say is that the next big announcement will be of a world-class thrill ride. “We’re looking at all of the options at the moment to land the best one.” Beyond the next thrill rides, Mr Osborne is looking decades ahead. The former casino boss is not ruling out a flutter in the gaming sector for the Coomera site. “I think anything in the entertainment and leisure area is on the agenda but at the moment I think we’re way off being ready to do anything like that,” he said. “ Five to 10 years from now, I see this site being the potential to be an absolutely world-class leisure precinct that includes a theme park with a lot of new and innovative rides, attractions and waterslides, a bigger and better animal display, hotel or accommodation that’s shorter-term in nature – either on our site or adjacent to our site. “If you look at the development of theme parks around the world, they’ve moved into that space where they’ve become all-encompassing leisure precincts with all of that stuff in it as opposed to just theme park rides or a waterpark or a zoo. “I think the time is right in Australia for someone to have a crack at that and if it’s going to be anybody, it should be us.” ———————————————— Scouring the globe for the best manufacturers shouldn’t be needed. There’s only a few of them if what you want is world class. He speaks like buying a coaster is like buying a bed for your hotel rooms, put the order in and they arrive in a week. If they haven’t even ordered something yet we’ll be waiting years

Mate the off-show Tigers have been running on treadmills to power those pumps for years...

Forks and shaded seating... oh how we count our lucky stars...

Why not, can have some with those one way mirrors all around them that you can only see out of but not in and rent them out for $50 an hour, call it Sky Voyeur

But this will unshaded seating. variety is the spice of life...:

The billboard is promoting Kids Month - Wiggles visit etc. What is SkyVoyager?

2 new cubs were born a few days ago. Article on GCB but it’s under subscriber lockout, and News Limited has found a way to stop Outline from being able to open their pages so can’t read or post the content. DW will likely milk this for the next 6 months using it as a reason to not do anything else... tiger cub kindy to make a return at the expense of Trolls village?

Do you really think Dreamworld went to the expense and effort of trademarking “neon nights”?? It’s not even brand defining wording so not worth the hsssle