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  1. djmcbell
    I went there (admittedly 10 years ago). It wasn't great then, and could do with a rebrand.
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    I live just round the corner from Adventure Park (well okay, about a 10 minute drive away) and still the only time I've been was for the Christmas event a few years back. They really do make the park look good.
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    If only they'd extend the same amount of effort trying to convince the general public to attend.
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    Aren't practically ALL of Luna Park Melbourne's rides a "ride within a ride"?
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    You can argue that there is a need for male-only and female-only events and venues. I'm not keen on the idea, but that's the world we live in. Ideally it should all be equal, everyone can go anywhere they like etc. I act no different around women than I do men. And yes, perhaps there shouldn't be female workers at a male-only event. That should have been the park's responsibility to organise. However, none of that excuses the behaviour of anyone who abused or harassed anyone at this - or any - event. So people are a different gender - get over it.
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    I always though US was "okay". Bear in mind I last went in 2012, before... well, nearly everything in your review. BTTF closing and being replaced by Simpsons was nearly unnoticeable, but Mummy was fantastic. One of my favourites in Florida. RRR is good if you get the right seat - sometimes it was very very shaky with no music. MiB was an alright time-sink. Would like to go again, as it sounds like they've practically redone the park since, but when we went it was a half-day thing, with IoA next door helping fill the remaining time.
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    Never been to Mythos, but it seems surprising that Lost Continent still exists and hasn't been gobbled up by Harry Potter. Unless they're keeping it to make into a different land later on.
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    I loved IoA back when I'd visit. It used to be my favourite Florida park and, at the time, my favourite theme park, with my favourite roller coaster being... Duelling Dragons! Which quickly changed to Hulk on our second holiday. We had four holidays there - 2004, 08, 09, and 2012 I think. Each time we'd have the unlimited entry US/IoA/SW/Aquatica/BG tickets. This was obviously before Skull Island, Velocicoaster, and Hagrid. We did catch HP on our last one, which I found okay but very jarring. I grew tired (and a bit sick) of being thrown in front of giant screens at the time so looked to the side to see how the ride worked. I think that was the time when we managed to go on Hulk 19 times in a single day.
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    We drove through Keith about five or six years ago and went on the tiny little thing they've got there. Basically, a little sledge thing you pull to the top of an incline a few feet high. Get on and it goes down, nearly goes up the other side, and back until it plateaus. Kinda fun.
  10. djmcbell
    I didn't know that.
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    I'm excited for it. We all know Dreamworld isn't rolling in the cash and us a very family-friendly park. If that means they're not getting the biggest coasters then so be it - my kids will be happy. This genuinely interests me far more than the Wizard of Oz are at MW.
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    Man, I really regret not doing more of those parks when I lived on that side of the world (UK). The only European theme parks I did were the Disney's and Portaventura (before the Ferrari bit).
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    I loved the Asterix comics as a kid, and still think about buying a few again. I still remember the names of most of the characters (Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, Getafix, Vitalstatistix, Unhygienix, Geriatrix, Cacofonix, Fulliautomatix - the translators had a great sense of humour). I would love to go to Parc Asterix - we've got a UK trip coming up and I was hoping we could manage a few days in France. Alas, we can't afford it - not to mention taking even more days away from seeing family (as we've got a few days "dahn sahf" planned).
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    I really enjoyed DLP when I went. Loved the little areas to explore (didn't do them all) and I much prefer their Big Thunder Mesa, PotC and Phantom Manor over their Floridian counterparts. Space Mountain I found too different and I'm not a fan of coasters that just throw elements at you. But still, great park. We went years ago and Indiana Jones was down. Edit - also liked the steampunk aesthetic of Discoveryland - hope that hasn't gone too Star Wars since we went (2014).
  15. djmcbell
    It is. I wasn't keen on the Studios park, but this was nine years ago, but the main park itself was great. I think I preferred Big Thunder Mesa, Pirates, and Phantom Manor over their Floridian counterparts. Space Mountain was just too different, and had lots of inverting elements, compared to the Florida one.
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