I respect the lives lost here. 💐 I also appreciate the fact that you've granted us viewers a front row seat to this ride that has been demolished for quite some time. Thank you for feeding the curiosity so fully! 💐🥂

Im only hear to analyze where when and how

Same here. Very eerie.

Same!

I- i- i- finish your sentence damn

Ikr same with me

There was a broken water pump and brand new untrained staff...it was 100%preventable...it wasn't a desighn flaw.

There were 4 different incidents over its 30 year lifespan. The ride needed a refurbishment. The park instead replaced the boats and did minor repairs and touch ups. The main issue was the lack of concern over the age of the ride. Water rides need constant maintenance and service intervals. These rides are money pits. Parks buy rides that can have a high rider per hr. This ride had a very high rider per hr. The only problem is the costs don’t start getting ridiculous until they hit 5 years old. It then becomes an expensive mess. I can see why a lackadaisical attitude surrounded this ride because it was so common to have problems and breakdowns.

It was a lack of water and freak accident that causes it...company being cheap and not stopping ride to wait for the new pump.

I mean something went wrong repeatedly, they just ignored it until it killed someone

All we can do is learn from our mistakes

I just watched another video that stated that the park designed the ride themselves; it wasn’t built by a contracted company like most rides are (I think that’s the right term) and so there were many features that were not industry standard. Your comment is very good food for thought, though - I’m from the US myself and never would have thought that anything but actual treadmill-like conveyor belts were used in rides like this.

Both Disney World's Kali River Rapids and Disneyland's Grizzly River Run have slat style systems very similar to this ride. However you can see at 3:15 it looks like they only installed every 3rd slat. That was the problem. I also live in the US and I've actually never seen one like a treadmill rubber mat so it's interesting you said that.

This ride was built and desighnded very well but they didn't very little maintaining the water pump was broken so not enough water the staff were told about the problems on the morning of the accident and the staff was brand new and had no idea what she was doing...it was criminal negligence on the part of the maintance crew and park manager...it was 100%not the rides or designers fault...pure lack of maintaining it.

@@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army The untrained young operator waited 7 seconds before hitting the emergency stop button. That's what killed them, the 7 second delay.

@@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army To a point I agree. The ride should have been made to enter into a fault state when a water pump failed. Having bean counters build rides is never a good idea.

I see what you mean. There is plenty of mounts to create a much flatter surface but there is only a plank installed on every third mount. It even almost looks like boards #2 and #3 have been cut off

They were originally all there but the conveyer belt was made steeper than the default layout from the manufacturer so they were removed to make it grab on better

They actually removed every third slat to make the belt lighter as it was having issues tripping out. This was one of the contributing factors as it allowed the conveyor to grab the boat and pull it under. I just finished reading the report.

it was built in house. really sad nothing was done in later years tho or we would still have this amazing ride.

I know. May they Rest In Peace 💔

Yeah well no shit

It's so sad 😞

Really!? The only reason I ever get on any ride, or participate in any activity for that matter, is because I expect - nay! DEMAND sir - that I die horribly in a mechanical accident...

Nah just looks it on the video, we would always try and touch it and couldn’t come close

i’ve been on the ride and it looks s actually quite high up!

Yea it is much higher than it looks

YES AND MY 6ft+ DAD HIT HIS HEAD ON IT IN 1988.... He was lucky in hindsight. This ride was always somewhat dangerous, but it was also one of the most enjoyable dreamworld rides. I went back on it in 2004 and 2011.

​@@greentornadofxdepends on the water level. My dad bumped his head on it in 1988.

"Bloody"?

People died on that conveyer

Damn..

this didn’t age well

Damn wtf

@@mqrkoh 100% agree mate.....Gold coasters with yearly passes tend to go way more than interstate travellers...through Summer its every weekend for 1000’s

You watched Fascinating horror

My first thought exactly..look how close the top of the seats are to the roof of the cave.

OMG I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed the cave height! That's RIDICULOUSLY low! Cedar Point is my home park and Thunder Canyon is an Intamin build as well. Their lift hill is at the beginning in clear view of the operating platform. It also features that classic Intamin-style 'yoga mat' design cover for its conveyor. No obstructive caves or overhangs on the ride either. Shame.

@@natalieardner5509 The yoga mat, or as I think of it, giant supermarket conveyor, that Intamin uses is meant to reduce the chances it can grab someone. It’s a big rubberized canvas belt with no sharp elements or open spaces to catch on people. The conveyer Dreamland used was some sort of industrial machinery of the sort found in the annual survey of “the Worlds most gruesome and horrifying workplace injuries”.

Actually the ride resigned is amazing very professional...this was 100%mantinance crew problem and staff...she was brand new and not trained.. there was a broken water pump and they were warned that morning...there was nothing wrong with the ride...just the crew caring for it.

It was actually the other end of the belt at 3:42 extremely sad. It flipped because there was an empty raft stopped in front of it. When it hit the empty raft, the belt kept moving and the raft full of people tipped.

No, no one drowned. All 4 were crushed. The men directly unto the belts. The women between the belt and the raft. The coraner report showed everyone had crushing injuries amd no water in lungs. After the index, its the first pages of the report.

I'll spare the details but it is brutal injuries for everyone.

@@AR-ws1gr where is a link to the report?

The 2 children survived from that accident

@Lionel Hutz Wow, forgot that I had posted this. There you go. It's often the most innocuous things that cause catastrophe with machines like this. There was a series of terrible engineering decisions made with the design and maintenance of that ride, and unfortunately they paid for it with their lives. RIP

You got the dates entirely messed up...

Apparently the maintenance team removed some of the wooden slats to reduce stress on the chains which drive it. That was against the manufacturer’s specifications, and it meant that it was now possible for the raft to be caught between the slats, which is ultimately what made it flip. A terrible act of stupidity and a disgusting lack of consideration for safety. All that mattered was that the old ride was working, regardless of its poor operating conditions.

SodaGumX i was thinking the same thing, it should be a flat surface so nothing could fall through. But in saying that the ride has been there for decades with no issue up until now, terrible

Yeah they are which is why the accident happened. If there weren't such huge gaps and it was covered well, they wouldn't have fallen in

The gap size was half this but they removed every other slat to reduce the weight thereby reduce strain on the system. Very bad idea. As you rightfully said this gave room for the people to fall throw and the boat would not have caught and flipped this way otherwise. They would have just bumped up but not go inverted.

Apparently the maintenance team removed some of the wooden slats to reduce stress on the chains which drive it. That was against the manufacturer’s specifications, and it meant that it was now possible for the raft to be caught between the slats, which is ultimately what made it flip. A terrible act of stupidity and a disgusting lack of consideration for safety. All that mattered was that the old ride was working, regardless of its poor operating conditions.

Yes

@@altonalex1235 E

*Incident

I loved it too. Sad it ended in such tragedy but it also carries so many happy memories for a lot of us

That’s what I thought lol we could of just seen a death but it happened to be a ride or 2 after

Yea this did have very thick velcro waist straps

I just have to say, that is an ADORABLE picture 😊

Boldie 600 yea I was the same I went on it many times I loved it

Of course 🙂

@@Arcadora thank you!

same I wish they just made it safer instead of demoliting it

Nah it was a good choice to demolish it out of respect for them. Plus people would be too scared to ride it now knowing what could happen if the boat flips again.

Nah, it was quiet high

The gaps between were only 16cm. Changed to 72!!

The issue was due to the weight of the conveyor causing the chain to wear, they did only remove every 2nd but still caused issues

Yes It did. The foundations of it are still in place but apart from that its gone. There is a new attraction being build right next to it.

Yup

Yes only a couple of hours before we heard about it. It had been filmed 10 days before the accident

Duchess Moffit they are closing this ride for good I think

6 flags killed 7 or 8 in Haunted Castle fire, too.

About 3:40 I believe

They should have turned it off as soon as the carriage in front got stuck

BMW S1000RR tgere was a new worker and they got scared and didn’t know what to do

You'd think odd resistance would have tripped the shutoff

it needs to be strong enough to lift 6 grown adults plus the carriage so easily over a 1000kg of force

@Lionel Hutz That’s what everyone’s saying

It really doesn't take that much power for a moving mechanism to break through human bones that are stuck in between it. It could have ripped them apart with half the power even less.

Yea I loved it. Was our fave ride!

The deaths didn't only have to so with the staff. The theme park cobbled together it's own ride, without basic safety procedure or testing. It was a death trap to begin with.

5imon 5ays yes this was filmed 10th october I have been meaning to post it for the last couple weeks but posted last night to give people a general idea of the ride and conveyer belt

xxhannah2434xx I went on this ride to it was a freak accident

Pay up Dreamworld/Ardent Leisure! Motherfuckers only cared about money not lives

That is why they are called risk assessments was never done for this ride the people died a horrible death

Bree ridge well thank you for clearing my confusions up. Seems like such a mellow ride - terrible

Where did that response go?

bree ridge did you delete your list?

Im lost too as to how such a melow ride could cause death. What a horrible experience to go through or even witness people getting caught n that converyor belt...

jason Polk I don't think this has a harness, if I'm correct? Apparently the water pumps failed, lowering the water level and that's how it flipped?

Oh I didn’t know the video was shot the very same day

Tabathia Gaskin I hope so I love this ride and dont want it to get shut down but what happened yesterday is so terrible I just wouldn't feel right going on it again.

Arcadora to late it has already been planned to be taken down for good thats what the health and safety people said

They are getting it closed for good and turned into a memorial for them but they have not even given a good enough reason as to why this accident occurred.

@@dollyvuitton the top raft was caught b/c water was too low. Conveyor kept going even tho it SHOULD have cut off due to odd/excessive resistance (as in, not balanced)

There was one. I think it was operator error as it was one of their first few days on the job

@@Arcadora No, it was caused by a water pump failure and sudden water level drop causing raft 6 to get jammed on the support rails. Raft 5 coming down the conveyor being occupied then ramming into it and lifting, and vertically sitting ito a gap at the end of the conveyor. An auto safety water level switch to shut the conveyor dow instantly on water level drop would have save their lives and should have been in place. The issue begins with bad design and inept enginering approval. The staff training was inadequate and the emergency stop if activated would have saved their lives, but automatic interlocks are far better than relying on humans after the peril begins. Raft 6 had being jammed for a minute and with proper staff training the Emergency stop could have been activated in this time would have saved them also. The main console stop button used when the rafts colided was a system shutdown that took 8 seconds. The Emergency stop would have stopped it in 2, but they needed to be pushed before the collision. The staff did not realise the danger coming.

@@adrianfewster8391 www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/dreamworld-fatal-accident-ride-had-broken-down-inquest-told/9871898 I understand it was caused by a pump but in regards to the emergency button it was user error as the staff member didnt know what that button was

@@Arcadora Yes, however the system should have been designed to shut the conveyor down on water level drop automatically, which was easy to do. This did not require anyone to think or act.

@@Arcadora sounds like company error for not properly training their teenage staff on huge engineered rides. Why were such young, inexperienced staff expected to operate this? I’ve seen better training given to janitors

jason Polk i was thinking how the fuck can someone die in this ride?

I can see how someone could get hurt in the water, as the convery belt would be like a meat ginder... But the ejecting part i'm curious about.

+Jessica Pape someone commented earlier that when it flipped they were thrown out and ultimately trapped in between and went under the belt while the other two people were stuck in the flipped raft being - but the post was deleted several posts have been. ?

People are saying that it hit another ride infront of them which made them flip onto the conveyer belt or inbetween it. The end part of this video shows the conveyor belt and shows this ride hitting the ride infront but for some reason theirs didnt flip like the ones who tragically passed, did. Still find it unbelievable. It was a cruisier ride than the others.... RIP to the unlucky tourists who had no way of escaping death

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CrAzyyChiickY it was safe for 30 years...

@@timpanda4820 until it minced up 4 people....

Apparently they weren’t, just decap*tated and missing a limb or so depending on the person

It was made to make money. If it was made for fun and happiness they would have tested it first and ran proper risk assessments.