Dreamworld Memorial & Reopening discussion

[red dragin]

1 hour ago, reanimated35 said:

It's like suicide barriers on a bridge. Not enough to stop you if you're really going to do it, but enough to make you stop and think about it a bit longer. 

Essentially what I was going for. 

[Jamberoo Fan]

@AlexB, I don't know the set-up of Buzzsaw's station but in addition to the interlocking door, to allow an escape route in the event of fire, can they just build an alarmed emergency exit door in the ride operator's booth that leads to the outside of the station building only & thus avoids ride operators going anywhere near the track during the ride's operation during a fire altogether?

Edited November 25, 2016 by Jamberoo Fan

[aaronm]

10 hours ago, themagician said:

I• WHSQ raised a concern with maintenance safety harness anchor points on the BuzzSaw. Dreamworld is undertaking independent certification to ensure the ride manufacturer’s anchor systems comply with Australian standards.

Sounds like this might be related to the seatbelts DW has added to the ride. I haven't seen those on any other installation of this coaster, had assumed they were more about perception of safety more than anything else.

[Gazza]

Sounds more like it is to do with maintenance safety harnesses, not ride seatbelts.

[webslave]

Also sounds like issues that would not have simply become an issue recently, and probably passed an audit/inspection before.

[Reanimated35]

I believe they did say that all the issues were related to staff safety, not guest safety. 

The Park will open again soon with a large amount of changes, the majority of those being focused around the safety and security of workers as the majority (if not all) customer areas were fine. There would really be only one or two stand out changes I can think of that most people would easily spot. 

[themagician]

And someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure I read that the issue with the safety harnesses for maintenance stuff is they were old and not the current harness system required.

[Park Addict 93]

Just passed DW, the entrance banner/ribbon has changed.

Has the Dreamworld logo (without "happiness") Welcome and a "celebrating 35 years" gold badge/circle.

[Santa07]

48 minutes ago, Jordan M. said:

Just passed DW, the entrance banner/ribbon has changed.

Has the Dreamworld logo (without "happiness") Welcome and a "celebrating 35 years" gold badge/circle.

No happiness? That's so sad.

Seriously though - I didn't like the happiness thing, it just sounded corny and I'm glad they've gone to a plain logo.

I don't know how long it will take to fix the things needed on the Buzzsaw - but I think once that's done we'll hopefully get a re-opening announcement.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

20 hours ago, Jamberoo Fan said:

@AlexB, I don't know the set-up of Buzzsaw's station but in addition to the interlocking door, to allow an escape route in the event of fire, can they just build an alarmed emergency exit door in the ride operator's booth that leads to the outside of the station building only & thus avoids ride operators going anywhere near the track during the ride's operation during a fire altogether?

no. they can't. not without a complete redesign of the stationhouse.

[Brad2912]

Maybe just give them a chainsaw with a label 'for use in an emergency only' and they can cut their way out of the control box if necessary. 

Of course, for safety requirements, the petrol jerrycan to fill the chainsaw will require a double key simultaneous lock sequence, a retinal scan and a series of trigonometry & Pythagoras theorem problems to be answered with 100% accuracy. 

I always found I was better at maths when chunks of burning timber were falling down around me..

[themagician]

[Brad2912]

I had no issue with the Happiness tagline. 

The signs ok but the problem with chucking the year on it is it becomes obsolete 12 months later and needs to be replaced... or they could get black electrical tape and draw a 6 over the 5 I guess

[Reanimated35]

Should have done it as "Celebrating over 35 years" 

Even 35 years and 1 day is "over 35 years" 

[pin142]

No separate mention of White Water World. Should have had that logo on the right with the celebrating as a banner underneath. Have it detachable so it can be changed or removed as needed to reflect events/celebrations in the park.

[Reanimated35]

Do you think we could be seeing a reverse of the Sea World gate situation soon with the gate between WWW and DW being removed and the park becoming one? 

The entry ticket gets you into both parks already, why not remove the fence and just have it as one giant park?

[themagician]

I think they would do that if it weren't for single day admission into WWW

[Reanimated35]

Are they only sold at the gates or something? 

The WWW website takes me here to buy tickets.

[themagician]

Yeah they are @reanimated35, unless something's changed since I last checked a couple of months ago.

[Brad2912]

I think that's the plan, WWW will literally just become a new 'world/land' within DW. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I don't think we'll see them remove the gate anytime soon - they already make a mint selling 'christmas parties' and family fun days at WWW - I doubt they'd want to allow those visitors entry into DW as well...

[GoGoBoy]

I'm not sure what they're going to do but I think the original idea was to compete with the Village offering by saying - get access to 2 parks!

[elemist]

Is anyone else surprised that the park is still closed? I thought it had been longer - but still it's been 5 weeks since the incident occurred. They're cutting it pretty close to the school holidays which start at the end of next week.

Especially considering the initial plans to reopen just a few days after the incident..

[Reanimated35]

Supposedly they'll be announcing the reopening very soon. I'd hazard a guess at the park being open again either the third or the tenth. 

[Jamberoo Fan]

There's a chance this is unlikely (as I'd assume they would do it while they've been closed) but HWSW is closed for maintenance up to & including 11th December. So maybe a 12th December or later re-opening? The only reason I think that is still likely is because DW updated their maintenance page but left HWSW on there (unless the update was done automatically). I doubt DW would re-open with 1 ride still under maintenance particularly with the intense media focus they will receive when it re-opens.