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Hi there all! I was just at Milsons Point, and took some photos of day 2 of the works. They've already taken down the old kids rides. And the last Joylands Rides to be at LPS. They are bringing in right now some Trucks and Cherry Pickers to help with the works. It's all quiet, except for the works and a few staff. Most of the seats and shelters near the Big Top have been removed, leaving it beare. The Hungry Horse Restaurant has been partially converted into a site office. I'm expecting that next they will take down the signs and decorations near Dodgem City. More information will come soon!

Sea World determined their pirate ship was financially impractical to maintain, and yet it found new life in Victoria I believe. Vekoma SLCs are regarded similarly to Boomerangs. The Expo 88 Titan (Constructed in 1987) found new life at Wonderland as The Demon ('92-'04), Alabama Adventure as Zoomerang ('05-'11) and currently resides at Wonderla Park in Hyderabad as Recoil since 2016. That's 33 years old, and it's most recent relocation was at age 29. And in this particular case, the track isn't 'bolt together' pieces - but physically welded together on-site. I think that is the case with Arkham also - so it can be done. The problems with Arkham, as I understand them, involve a very costly and expensive control systems overhaul. Coupled with the new ride safety requirements for teardown maintenance, etc etc, it wasn't financially worth it for MW to continue to operate - however, in another jurisdiction where the requirements aren't so 'Australian', the control systems might be a really cheap cost to acquire - essentially - a brand new ride for some lucky small regional park. Just as Dreamworld relocated Cyclone from Luna Park for next to nothing, there are many parks over the world that might consider purchasing Arkham. It's not outside the realm of possible for it to happen. As @ATIpoints out, people are still building these things.

Bingo. The circled area is a concrete slab in the ATCO compound that is visible in the video. This image is dated November 6th 2020.

Ahem... https://rcdb.com/18891.htm

Wedgie was closed due operational/logistics issues with queue separation with Covid when they implemented the queuing one ground level. Simply not enough room to have 3 separate queues down there and manage people queue jumping from Green Room to Wedgie once on the tower

Bikassh Randawa just posted a sneak peak of carnival on his insta story. Check it out before it disappeares. https://instagram.com/stories/bikash_randhawa/2496504456737515251?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=o3nybr22bnar

Yeah, it was pretty much like that! Except for it being a bit thinner and a bit of colour as well.

I have not seen maloneys corner that bare since around this time back in 2004. Onwards and upwards!.

I think you're forgetting when Ansett collapsed, we had SARS, the Bali Bombings and September 11....

...wondering how many people will sneak cameras onto Giant Drop to get construction photos.