Overview
- The DC Rivals HyperCoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World stalled Wednesday, leaving a train about 10 metres up on an uphill section near a steep drop.
- Village Roadshow Theme Parks said a ride sensor triggered the stop and staff kept in contact with riders, then guided them from designated safe-stop zones down the lift hill.
- Social video showed passengers waiting in roughly 30°C heat as staff handed out umbrellas to provide shade during the evacuation.
- Reports differed on scale and timing, with several UK outlets citing about 20 riders and a rescue lasting more than two hours, which the park has not confirmed.
- The stoppage follows a 2024 pause of the same coaster and lands in Australia’s heightened ride-safety climate shaped by Dreamworld’s 2016 tragedy.