Movie World Maintenance Schedule 2025

[Levithian]

Some rides had their class rating changed/updated with the new industry guidelines that came through, so things like ride exclusion areas changed. Takes a bit of time to filter through with updates to ride registration as everyone given a hard deadline well (see, years) in advance to make sure they comply with new regulations.  

Virtually nothing is preventative, only reactionary. So either a forced change like above, a change to the Australian standard or it was picked up during an Audit (either Government or 3rd party) and required change of design. Lots of things may seem like a pointless proposition, but it's entirely based on either a recommendation following an Audit or when requiring replacement (this fencing was terrible for kids standing on the bottom rail, hanging on to the poles and snapping the welds) the safety team found out what the current standards are and the replacement complied. 

In terms of fencing and railing, they literally control not only height, but spacing between rails, gaps between infill, if anyone can get a foot hold, building types, what it's connected to, obstructions/inclusions in different zones, which side of the fence these exclusion zones are. There are far more regulations around specific distances and openings than you might think. You can literally be audited and given a notice because the spacing between railings is 12cm and the new standard is now 10cm because the old maximum opening distance was deemed not restrictive enough to prevent a person (mainly a child) climbing through and you have to go around and change everything to comply because your existing stuff isn't good enough anymore. It's a lot of work for parks to keep on top of, even with teams of safety managers. It's the primary reason for yearly auditing so you can stay on top of relevant standards and be given a chance to respond with modifications before the government starts handing out fines or (hopefully) before someone is injured or killed and your shortcomings are made public. Sometimes the answer to the question of why? is literally because nobody noticed it before. 

 

Edited June 5 by Levithian

[Noll_57]

8 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Now do a photo standing at the fenceline like you would if you were mum waiting for the family to come down the drop...

Don’t get me wrong, I still think it’s pretty awful overall and definitely gets in the way. I would much prefer that it wasn’t there. I’m just saying it seems slightly better compared to how it looked in earlier images. 
 

8 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I was going to say this was pointed out ages ago, but that was just the cable running to speedy taxis, not all the way to the tree stage. That does look horrible, but for an area of the park that hasn't been greatly touched since opening (only edits around the periphery) there hasn't been an opportunity to run power to the centre for things not previously planned.

Yeah, the cable running to Speedy Taxis has been there for a while now. The tree has had a bunch of electrical equipment in it for years, but has never had any noticeable wires running to it. I’m thinking something’s gone wrong with the underground cabling and the park has done this as a quick/cheap solution. 

Edited June 5 by Noll_57

[franky]

2 hours ago, Noll_57 said:

The tree has had a bunch of electrical equipment in it for years, but has never had any noticeable wires running to it. I’m thinking something’s gone wrong with the underground cabling and the park has done this as a quick/cheap solution. 

They used to run from that old delapidated hut that was recently demolished for the arcade construction, evidently there's more running to it now though

[Noll_57]

13 minutes ago, franky said:

They used to run from that old delapidated hut that was recently demolished for the arcade construction, evidently there's more running to it now though

Fair enough, I never noticed it back then. It’s definitely much more of an eyesore where it is now. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

16 hours ago, Levithian said:

snapping the welds

This is what happens when you install a consumer grade solution in a commercial grade environment.

16 hours ago, Levithian said:

It's a lot of work for parks to keep on top of, even with teams of safety managers.

Well gee, it must cost them so much money to pay for all those safety managers they've got nothing left to develop a creative solution that preserves the illusion and theme. Let's just wrap every ride in westfield grade blank white hoarding. 

12 hours ago, franky said:

They used to run from that old delapidated hut that was recently demolished for the arcade construction, evidently there's more running to it now though

It seems to me like they realised when demolishing the hut that they needed to run power elsewhere, installed something temporary across Speedy because it was the closest structure to the tree, but then once the arcade was finished, nobody bothered to put it back in what was obviously a less noticeable spot.

[New display name]

The fence was always inadequate because a pool fence is only designed to keep children up to 5 out.

[STRAWS]

3 hours ago, New display name said:

The fence was always inadequate because a pool fence is only designed to keep children up to 5 out.

They need one to keep out people with under 5 iq from jumping the fence.

[Noll_57]

16 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

It seems to me like they realised when demolishing the hut that they needed to run power elsewhere, installed something temporary across Speedy because it was the closest structure to the tree, but then once the arcade was finished, nobody bothered to put it back in what was obviously a less noticeable spot.

Knowing what the park’s awful management is like these days, it’ll probably remain where it is now permanently. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 06/06/2025 at 3:03 PM, New display name said:

The fence was always inadequate because a pool fence is only designed to keep children up to 5 out.

I think because they were working on the assumption that most people would understand fence = don't enter...

Unfortunately it doesn't matter how many fences or signs you put up - some people think they don't apply to them if they just need to retrieve their hat.

[Park Addict 93]

They really don't seem to care anymore (photo taken yesterday).

[Ash]

Crane on site this morning currently installing the joker head. 

[STRAWS]

Wild West Falls maintenance has been extended Im pretty sure its closed for the entire school holidays.

Edited June 22 by STRAWS

[Brad2912]

1 hour ago, STRAWS said:

Wild West Falls maintenance has been extended Im pretty sure its closed for the entire school holidays.

It’s winter holidays, it’s generally always closed at this time is it not? 

[themagician]

5 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

It’s winter holidays, it’s generally always closed at this time is it not? 

The past few years it has reopened in time for the winter school holidays (closes between Easter and winter holidays)

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Correct - they do try and have everything open during holidays but west is no great loss in winter.

[Park Addict 93]

Could actually need more maintenance but to me this very much feels like saving on the staff wages when it won’t be popular in the current temps.

[themagician]

1 minute ago, Park Addict 93 said:

it won’t be popular in the current temps.

Which makes me think why do they close it immediately after the Easter holidays. Why not wait another month to close it will it’s still warm enough, and then have it closed for the majority of winter. The park has a major issue with closing too many rides at the same time for maintenance, and this would be a simple solution.

[New display name]

10 hours ago, STRAWS said:

Wild West Falls maintenance has been extended Im pretty sure its closed for the entire school holidays.

Interesting Motorcoaster is also down to the 21 July.

[Ashley Jeffery]

58 minutes ago, New display name said:

Interesting Motorcoaster is also down to the 21 July.

Just following the benchmark park.

[themagician]

4 hours ago, New display name said:

Interesting Motorcoaster is also down to the 21 July.

That reopening schedule has been like the for about the last month. It was originally only supposed to close for a couple weeks, but I believe they are wait in on spare parts to arrive

[New display name]

17 minutes ago, themagician said:

That reopening schedule has been like the for about the last month. It was originally only supposed to close for a couple weeks, but I believe they are wait in on spare parts to arrive

You don't find it interesting both rides don't reopen to the day all kids are back at school?  @themagician

or the same day as 2 majors go down. 🤔

The Gold Coaster & Green Lantern.

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

8 hours ago, Park Addict 93 said:

Could actually need more maintenance but to me this very much feels like saving on the staff wages when it won’t be popular in the current temps.

I think that's a bit of a cop out considering the park never used to take it down in winter (stupidly) and the change to the maintenance schedule is a more recent thing.

8 hours ago, themagician said:

Which makes me think why do they close it immediately after the Easter holidays. Why not wait another month to close it will it’s still warm enough, and then have it closed for the majority of winter. The park has a major issue with closing too many rides at the same time for maintenance, and this would be a simple solution.

Each ride takes a certain amount of time. it's not a simple thing to just push a ride back a few weeks unless it's necessary - you need a slot to fit it into and to do that you need to either move something else, which also has a specific time requirement, or you need to run over into school holidays, which we all agree is never ideal.

[themagician]

3 hours ago, New display name said:

You don't find it interesting both rides don't reopen to the day all kids are back at school?  @themagician

I find it very interesting

44 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

it's not a simple thing to just push a ride back a few weeks unless it's necessary - you need a slot to fit it into and to do that you need to either move something else, which also has a specific time requirement

100%, but we do know they can make changes to the schedule because Storm Coaster used to close in Feb/March, but they changed it to be mid year because closing it in Winter is smarter.

[Coasterjoe]

Unplanned maintenance on Superman this week, scheduled to open again 30th June 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

14 hours ago, themagician said:

100%, but we do know they can make changes to the schedule because Storm Coaster used to close in Feb/March, but they changed it to be mid year because closing it in Winter is smarter.

I get you - the point I was trying to make is that they already moved west to be more 'winter' and while it makes sense to have it in a cooler weather slot, where it is now is where it landed, so my conclusion is that it was too difficult to get it later in the year than they did, otherwise they'd have done it the first time they moved it...