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Movie World Scheduled Maintenance 2023


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15 minutes ago, Ashley said:

Honestly, I hate to think about 2023, this year has gone so fast.

I agree, except that Leviathan at Sea World/Project Zero and TNT at Gumbuya and the new kids ride at Movie World makes it exciting for the lead-up to 2023.

It also seems that the maintenance schedule is similar to this year, with Superman, Doomsday and Batwing in maintenance Feb-April 2022, as well as Junior Driving School in March.

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The problem with SkyCoaster and Flowrider is that the outsourced contractors who operated those attractions went bust during COVID. And they haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement in the country. Partly the reason why DW had to close their Flowrider too. And as for the Zip Line, that never really opened anyways. Operated for maybe a couple months and then was shut and has been left there for 10 years.

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9 hours ago, themagician said:

The problem with SkyCoaster and Flowrider is that the outsourced contractors who operated those attractions went bust during COVID. And they haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement in the country. Partly the reason why DW had to close their Flowrider too. And as for the Zip Line, that never really opened anyways. Operated for maybe a couple months and then was shut and has been left there for 10 years.

Intresting! Why could they not operate them in house like other attractions? 

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I can imagine sky coaster needing trained professionals to operate it as you gotta strap people in right and hold it all correctly (I am not explaining it well I don’t know how it works but something like that) as for flow rider I am not sure? Did the company who supplied parts to bust? Or is it actually hard to operate?

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14 hours ago, themagician said:

The problem with SkyCoaster and Flowrider is that the outsourced contractors who operated those attractions went bust during COVID. And they haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement in the country. Partly the reason why DW had to close their Flowrider too.

Basically White Water World, Wet N Wild and Gumbuya World had FlowRiders. Unfortunately after 2020 only the latter remains.

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14 hours ago, themagician said:

The problem with SkyCoaster and Flowrider is that the outsourced contractors who operated those attractions went bust during COVID. And they haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement in the country. Partly the reason why DW had to close their Flowrider too. And as for the Zip Line, that never really opened anyways. Operated for maybe a couple months and then was shut and has been left there for 10 years.

Flowrider was already closed pre-COVID because it needed parts and wasn't generating the revenue needed to keep it running. Anyone could see it was doomed to fail because it was ultimately wedged in between a sea of nothingness that forced casual users into walking 200m in the opposite direction just to buy tickets. Also worth noting Dreamworld staff ran the ride and that Waveloch/WhiteWater West has a local presence in the country - availability of parts and support weren't the issue.

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57 minutes ago, themagician said:

Raging Waters Sydney has a SkyCoaster and Flowrider. Do they still have them/are they operating?

Raging Waters had the LatiTube and my google indicates Whitewater west bought the tech.

https://www.whitewaterwest.com/en/products/surf/surf-simulator/latitube/

The Raging Waters website / map suggests they only have the Skycoaster now.

 

There was another Latitube in Port Hedland, which is also closed and in storage.

https://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/news/south-hedland-aquatic-centre-opening-update/3292

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Is WNW’s sky coaster 300 ft? From some angles it looks way higher then DCR. Also interesting it looks like RWS’s sky coaster is a different model and style even though village owned both the parks at one point? Why not buy 2 of the same ride.  There might be bits of a flow rider style ride in the back lot of RWS

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21 hours ago, REGIE said:

Is WNW’s sky coaster 300 ft? From some angles it looks way higher then DCR. Also interesting it looks like RWS’s sky coaster is a different model and style even though village owned both the parks at one point? Why not buy 2 of the same ride.  There might be bits of a flow rider style ride in the back lot of RWS

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Probably because Sydney had the space to do a bigger one.

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