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I know for a fact that, police dogs arnt just let run free, yes they did train their dogs in the park, i remember working their one night being confronted by two police dog handlers it was a scary sight, but they dont let the dogs go, only if they have comanded them to "rouse" which meant attack!.Every dog which was in the park had a dog handler which had the dog on a leash at all times, unless they were doing special training excercises which required them to be off the leash. I also know the police dogs stoped training in wonderland when it closed. NSW police and Wonderland Security also did training excercises at Blacktown Olympic Park during the night. which was also patrolled under Contract with Wonderland Security.They now use a new Security company at both sites, and NSW police no longer uses either site.

If i had a dog i wouldnt let it go in the Wonderland Constuction site, it would probly kill itself or you would never see it again. I dont think they ever did let the dogs run free in the park, but i do know when they did use the dogs they were on leashes with their dog handler. You would have more chance of being cought by a security officer than being bitten by their dogs.

That would have been a big decision for council to give away bush beast, but i guess if someone wanted to save it they would have stepped in by now.

I reckon Wonderland could have stayed opened at least till the end of last year, or end of these january holidays. They sure are taking their time demolishing it, it just a waste of land at the moment. Sorry.

I reckon Wonderland could have stayed opened at least till the end of last year, or end of these january holidays. They sure are taking their time demolishing it, it just a waste of land at the moment.

I think we should just come to the solution that all staff interacted with guests equally, i worked in park services and also worked in guest relations at turnstiles, on a school day when there were hundreds of school kids coming through turnstiles, you are currently saying "scan you ticket walk through" scan you ticket walk through" every two guest that went through the turnstiles you would say that line again, to avoid a jam in the que.I think that is interacting with guest!, but i do agree operations staff had alot of interaction with guest, and im not just sticking up for operations because i worked in that department.

How did we get on this topic in the first place?.

I reckon, i think that we should just leave it. Otherwise this forum is going to go on and on, about staff posistions!.

-Bounty's Revenge is Going to Sunway Lagoon -Dodgems was apparently sold to a Portable Ride company -Dragons flight has been made portable and will travel around to carnivals. -Wizards Fury hit the scrap yard years ago -Vintage Cars where ready to be let down when wonderland was open so i expecet their days are over. - Beastie & Bush Beast, i say that they are at the end of their days to, most likely, because they are very old an i would be to expensive and complicated to relocate. - River rapids ride would be just destroyed, but dont know what the tubes will be used for again. - And i think sky hawk is in Queensland?

Daniel, Instead of just winging about everybody why dont you actually join into the conversation, all you do is winge and make childish comments.

Hey i was still working In ops, i didnt just sit behind control panels

ok than, i have a announcement,im only 17 i started working at Wonderland when i was 14, i worked in Guest Relations, Than Park Services, an i worked there until september 2004. and before you ask why i was working there so long after closure, it was because i was working under contract with wonderland sydney and ABI Group Leighton as a cleaner, an the contract that i was working under was not due to expire when the park closed. therefore i stayed on, untill wonderland cancelled the contract. there were four other park services staff who also worked under this contract, (mainly night staff)

if he was committed than wonderland would probly have been still open,!

i have a story which is for us over the age of 18. as a parkservices attendent we were eqiuped with a maglite, 2 way radios, and ride safety shut offs. it was a saturday night an myself an another parkservices attendent were doing a full park walk, making sure everything was good with the parks presentation.we were walking up towards the goldrush toilets to inspect them, we then procceded behind the toilets which was dark. i turned on my torch, what i saw next was shocking, there where 2 people having it with each other! these guys must have been 16. we told them to get out of our sights an we would leave it at that. but it still traumtises me lol

well daniel that might have been the best option for you, but you also would have most likely got in trouble, as for patti, if you had read the terms of entry (TOE) located at the ticket booths. which states that any person who uses abuse,uses inapropriate language, or dismisses directions given by staff will be removed by the park.But for some of us patti this would have just been common sense! I worked in Park Services so i had alot of guest contact, and i can tell you the teenagers know there rights, they know staff have no power to do anything, thats why they do this. just to show off from there months.

you said you didnt do anything, but you have forgotten you told some one to F#%k off, why do you really think you where kicked out hey? mabye if you sorted the situation without verbal violence they would have listen to you! and you probly would have been able to stay.

yeah if you said that to me i would have got you thrown out too. lol,

yeah it was a doubled armed ride.They seem really safe,but the only problem was the ride operators dont check harnesses as much as wonderland did.As soon as you sit down you have to clip your own harness in and within seconds the rides on its way.I guess this was they get through the crowds quicker. Im not sure of the other names of the rides but there where rides like lunar park has, and rides you would see at the eastershow they aslo had dodgems, which was really stupid because your not allowed to hit other cars on purpose, if you did you were banned from the ride!. next concert is on Australia Day 2006 i wonder what new attractions they will have than. they aslo had one of the big slides, which is more for the littlies. and im not 5 so i wouldnt go on it lol

last night i was the annual Blacktown City Festival, which i attended, blacktown council holds about three concerts a year at the Rooty Hill "hill" basically they offer free rides an fireworks show. i believe the last few concerts have been improved because of wonderlands closure. The rides at the concert where much better, or should i say simliar to wonderlands ex attractions, they had a inverted swinging ride like bountys! the last concert they had a ride like dragons flight, an these rides are free! thats really wierd coming from a local council. usually they have the odd jumping castle, but these new rides there bringing in are rides you would pay about $5 for at the easter show or evan $6. is the council regretting they didnt do enough to stop the closure of wonderland?. remember that Rooty Hill is only 2minutes from wonderland! what do people think about this?

hehe.thats funny, well being in operations department i had more options for help if someone was to do that to me. i had a radio, so i could actually call for help! one saturday night there was a domestic between a couple. he was totally of his face, so called for more staff, then he started getting physical with his g/f. than that was the last straw. we opproached him which wasnt the best idea. i coped a mouthfull of every word you could imagine, so we grabbed him, he smacked one security guard in the mouth, than there was about 4 security guard grabbing him pushing him to the ground and handcuffing him. all because i told him to nock it off. then we took him to the custody room awaiting police. he absolutly trashed the custody room braking curtains ect. he had to be held to the ground handcuffed, till police arrived, finnally they arrived, but it wasnt over, he gave the first copper a good smack in the face when he was un handcuffed, bad idea? yes, they got the extendable batons out an taught him a lesson. lol, also i had him charged for impropriate language in a public place was so funny though!.

thanks for the post, i think? :confused:

as a x employee im interested in what people have to say bot the staff like conflict between guest an staff i know on saturday night there were plenty of problems brawls ect. ene1 got enething further interesting any storys that happend?

of course sunway would take bountys cuz they dont have to pay anything its already there ride they just got to pay for its shipping costs.

yeah the warning system was messed up. i remeber i got written up for sticking a broom into a bin trying to push the bag liner down to the bottom cuz it was sticking! i mean what do they expect?! me to jump into the bin an push the bag down!. i really think the posistion of power of managers an supervisors were pushed to there levels! the treatment of employees was unneceptable! the worst thing ive occured was, they told me to come in on short notice to do a park blowdown "that is using industural blowers to get rid of the leaves" this usually takes 2people to do starting at 7am and finished bot 11am but you had to b out of the wildlife park by 9am translvania & bountys at 10am and goldrush by 11am so u had a hour per area this was hard!. i was to start at 8am when i arrived my supervisor advised me there was no1 to do blowdown so i had to, it takes about half hour to prep the equipment petrol ect. and it was a windy day so there were leaves every where. i told my supervisor i doubt it will be all done, he said "ok do what u can" so 11am comes i come into the office an i have been writtend up for now allowing eneough time to get the job done! how do u justify that.?

im a x staff member at wonderland an honestly i dont know one employee that never got a written or oral warning about somthing really stupid, has anybody here got any storys about anyone or if they recieved a warning? i got written up one day when there where short of staff. 3people it took usually to do the job. but there was just me, so i got written up bcuz the task wasnt completed on time! an i was told by managment "if i wanted to continue working there i was to change my attitude?! how stupid! i know one employee that had got over 10warning u wer supposed to only get 3 an u got the boot but people slowly learnt if u didnt sign the warning u didnt agree with it therefore it couldnt be enforced has any one had simialer stories?