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See... Movie World had the perfect policy in Australia for disabled guests... If they couldn't use the entrance to a ride they would go to the exit of the ride with someone to accompany them while the rest waited in the queue... then when they got to the front of the line the rest of the party joined them... IMO that's the way it should be for all theme parks... no special queue jumping unless it's a paid thing like Flash Pass!

^ This exactly. I worked at a local theme park for over a year and the amount of times that I would see parents forcing kids onto rides was insane. And what was even worse is when the parents would start abusing them and yelling at them when they decided they didn't want to ride. There was no set procedure in place on how to deal with this but my own personal (and many others) procedure was if the child was just crying a little bit we would 9 out of 10 times dispatch. However as soon as they start struggling in the seat it becomes a different story. We'd chat to the kids, try and calm them down before dispatching. If the parent said to just send it i'd go along and say "Sorry, it's not actually safe for us to dispatch the ride while your child is struggling like this" If they calmed down, before sending the ride i'd often give the kid a nice big "Hi 5" for being "so brave" which would often see them smiling before dispatching. They don't calm down, they are asked to jump off and if they want they can wait to the side for a little bit and if they change their mind we will put them on the next avail car. But as a parent, and an ex operator please never force your child on a ride they don't want to. It just makes you look like a jerk to the park staff, and guests around you. It's an experience that should be a positive one for both you and your child

It also appears that the Zoomerang has been SOLD. Buyer at this stage is unknown... http://amusementtrader.com/189/Rollercosters/listings/32783/Boomerang-RC1300.html

Arkham Asylum IS a rough ride, and always will be. It's still using the original Vekoma chassis on the train, but the hangers (seats) were the only component that was change. The chassis did have minor modifications to allow for the eddy current brakes to stop the train on the main brake run instead of using the air brakes used on most other SLC's. In my opinion I like the ride having that rough, out of control feeling... because it does not have the headbanging anymore. I think once the harness issue with it pushing down on your legs tighter and tighter is fixed ALL of the SLC's should be retrofitted with these trains!

Arkham Asylums harness system is great for reducing the headbanging / discomfort from the ride... HOWEVER one of the major drawbacks is the lap bar design. As the ride goes through the loops it keeps pushing further and further down to the point that your legs cramp up by the time you come into the station. Overall it's much better than the old SLC harnesses... but they still could make improvements to the design.

Also, as far as LSM's go Tower of Terror II (And I assume S:EFK) use drive tires to start the motion before the LSM's kick in

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I know at my work on two of our main rides (Superman and Scooby Doo) You can cross the track. Scooby Doo has a "track crossing" button on the main control panel in the control room and on the Loader control panel. This effectively disables any further cars from being dispatched until the supervisor has an "all clear" from the loader that they have crossed. Staff can only cross when they have an illuminated green light which is cleverly hidden in the scenery. As far as Superman goes (Intamin Accelerator) we can only cross when the harnesses are all up on the train, because it can't dispatch with the harnesses up (well, not from the load platform... unload is a different story) or unless you have the all clear from the supervisor. It's not like it will dispatch anyway as it requires 3 staff to hit a button in unison to dispatch anywho. So it certainly wouldn't be a law, just comes down to park / ride procedures more than anything.

The way things are evolving so quick with waterslides on cruise ships, I wouldn't be surprised to see a dropping body slide! It would be great to see an AquaLoop or something off the side of a ship! Or from one of the higher decks to one of the lower decks that is open air.

Gah! Trying to decide between Texas / Midwest or Japan for next year... thank god my 21st birthday is coming up... so I'll hopefully be getting lots of money that I can put towards one of the two.

Turning 21 in 3 weeks... and my first roller coaster was The Beastie at the now defunct Australia's Wonderland Sydney way back in 1996

Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster at Warner Bros. Movie World or Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland... I can't really decide between the two... but I'd give the slight edge to Space Mountain just because of the current condition of Scooby. It needs a bit of a rehab to bring it back up to scratch.

It's a KMG version of the Starflier. KMG make popular rides such as the Tango, Speed, Experience and Fireball

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Sea World Australia has a new attraction opening in 2013, no word on what it is yet... but it's rumored to be a Mack Water Coaster. The teaser the park is providing so far is "The Storm is building, It's going to be a big one: New Attraction coming 2013" www.seaworld.com.au - on the home page if you wait for it to rotate. It's also on the facebook page as well

Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster @ Warner Bros Movie World

Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster at Warner Bros. Movie World gets my vote closely followed by Space Mountain at HKDL

Food and Beverage Attendant at Warner Bros Movie World (2007 - 2008 Summer and September 2011 - December 2011) Food and Beverage Attendant at Dreamworld (2008 - 2009 Summer) Attractions Presenter / Rides at Movie World (December 2011 - Current) Currently trained on Road Runner Rollercoaster, Wild West Falls, Batwing Spaceshot, Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster and Kids Rides

Well, I know at my work we have age restrictions on the KIDS rides. Basically an adult can't ride on the Frog Hopper, Kid's Dodgem Cars / Go Carts etc if they are over 14 years old. Mostly because the frog hopper has a maximum weight of 300kg per ride. So instead of saying your too large to ride... we just say no adults (which is classed as someone over 14 as they pay adult entry tickets) As far as minimum age goes, I guess it depends on the theming more than anything really if you ask me.

Bring the boomerang back to Australia

I'm glad you think that too, IMO it was ranked as my favorite coaster in the 2010 steel coaster poll. Even though I have only been on around 25 steelies it really was a great ride!

I would honestly be VERY surprised if the park opens tomorrow... the water was very high and flooded the carpark too... Here is some pics that someone sent to me:

I wouldn't be going around saying stuff like that unless you have a credible source. So far the only new investments that we KNOW are happening in the park is a retheme of Lethal Weapon with the new trains, and even then we are not 100% if they will actually retheme the ride or not. Until such a time as it is confirmed, the DC comics dark ride is a rumor. Also Sally Corp already had a dark ride at Movie World, the looney tunes river ride.

Black with gold ascents Nike Shox (size 9 and 1/2) Seriously, when standing on your feet for 10+ hours a day in a theme park... these shoes are like heaven!

Good to see that another park is picking up on the 4x AquaLoop model. It's honestly got a halfway decent capacity when running all 4 slides