Leaderboard

Gumbuya Coasters Update: (credit: @mittythemeparks - instagram) The Track for the Skyloop has now been complete and is dominating over the parks skyline, with the supports for the SFC starting to go in. Now the Skyloop is done i won’t be surprised is all steam ahead on the SFC now, maybe a month or less and it’ll all be done?

Why did you let your child climb over something that isn’t meant to be climbed on?

In the times I've seen Cyclone/Hot Wheels/Gold Coaster/the artist formerly known as Big Dipper valley pre side-winder element, it's usually a five to ten day turn-around to get the train off the track and reset. Keep in mind a few things: Cyclone ft. all the other names valleys at a similarly tricky spot which is also higher (not that the height difference matters, both spots are reasonably close to the ground). There's two trains, so all they need to do is get the train off to get the ride running again. I highly doubt it take six days to source a crane. Mack Rides don't do pull throughs, so taking the train off is the only choice. It doesn't take six days for Mack to return calls, nor is it an unknown unknown where both Mack or Movie World have no insights on next steps. To me it appears as though someone's dragging their feet on rectifying this.

I would have felt sick to realising that my own actions may have caused the injury to my child. Perhaps the guilt you felt at allowing your child to climb all over something that was not a playground caused you to feel unwell. Just a thought.

People are unhappy but still buying tickets so the park has no reason to worry. It’s the Qantas approach to customer service!

Maybe just don’t send empty trains around in high winds 🤷‍♂️

Im certainly one to hold the park to account, but I’m giving them a pass on this one, I feel they are waiting on equipment or advice from MACK or something. They know how much the ride is needed in general and the poor perception of the park when it isn’t operating. I doubt they are dragging their feet.

What is a reasonable excuse behind why that rollercoaster train continues to sit there? I can understand one or two days while equipment and procedures are checked but this is taking the mickey. Do you wonder if the same person who is in charge of the recent pattern of poor maintenance is also responsible for this train recovery dragging on? For that person, there is a large amount of incompetence on display with their name on it and everyone views it as they drive past DC Rivals Hypercoaster.

The recent reviews of movie world on google are absolutely scathing with all the current unexpected ride closures. Been going to movie world regularly for the last 20 years and never seen it this bad.... I wonder if it is staffing related or COVid related ( in terms of getting parts etc needed for repairs)

Agreed, and with JL and GL down all holidays, they desperately need to get Rivals back in operation otherwise queues could become a shit show again

Yes, I would of thought they would of made some sort of attempt seeing as though it was 5 days ago and as you said- upcoming school holidays. Wonder if they are waiting on advice from Mack about what to do with it?

I tell you, the lack of work here is very disappointing. School holidays start in a week, and I don't expect they'll be able to move these straight back into the station - probably need a maintenance checkup before going back into service...

I’m guessing the same as 2019, two mazes in the same shed originally designed for one.

I saw this, kids were all over it, my child included. I commented to my friend that I was surprised it wasn’t fenced or signed. The boy appeared to slip off the slippy roof part, hard to tell as it was dark but there were at least three or four children up there. He landed on hard concrete and it looked like his arm was bent the wrong way. I got my child and we left, I felt sick. Imagine if any of them landed on their heads.

Here's a pic of the second statue. Looks to be the same colour as the other one to me. You might be on to something though. I could see Leviathan having two statues, with it being the main attraction and all! I think late November to early December would be a safer bet. They still have a lot to do. Not to mention Leviathan hasn't started daytime testing yet.

BonBon Land - Thursday 14th of July https://www.parkz.com.au/attraction/bonbon-land Much like Legoland, BonbBon Land is a rite of passage when in Denmark. For those unfamiliar, BonBon is a Danish confectionery brandwith lollies that look like bird poo, rotten fish, puke etc: These themes carry through to the park, so if you love toilet humor, you’ll love BonBon Land. The park started next to the original factory, which is now disused, which creates a bit of a depressing atmosphere coming into the park because it’s this collection of moss stained old of sheds as your first impression and the main entrance and dirt car park is around the back in a field. It hardly screams fun park. Overall the park feels a bit of a step down compared to the rest in Denmark. It’s a bit more weathered and run down looking, and the attractions are adequate but nothing that really stands out.There are some huge bits of theming in the form of large animals, but it has a certain papier mache look to it. My visit was really to see the weirdness for myself and to try the worlds first Eurofighter, among other things. As for the rides I did: Vild-Svinet (Wild Boar) The Eurofighter which started it all, and for the first attempt its pretty good and surprisingly, not that rough. Tiny vertical drop, a nice sweeping stengel dive, a forceful loop, couple of helixes and its done. The thing that sets it off is all these boars driving go karts around the track. I dunno what it was, but just the arrangement of them along the track was flawless. Han-Katten (Male Cat) Another Gerstlauer coaster was next door. It was a compact spinning coaster that “looks like” it should be a standard layout. But surprisingly, only 2 of these have ever been built, with most parks electing to get the bigger model. The car was unevenly loaded so it was well and truly going by the 2nd switch back, and didn’t let up until the end. The layout actually has the same elements as the bigger gerstlauer spinners really, just in a more compact package. Not bad overall. I still cant decide what the station is meant to be like, is it an old suitcase or an old radio? Viktor Vandorm (Viktor Water Worm) This was a relocated family coaster from a park in Germany, with long turns and an even longer train, so it just rumbled along at a fairly consistent speed. To fit what was a coaster on a hillside to this new park, the had to both elevate the station, and build a trench in a lake below the water line. Rejen (Shrimp) I popped up here to get some photos of the park. Standard dry dinghy slide endemic in Europe, but the middle bump is smaller on this one so some good airtime. Hundeprutten (Dogfart) A pretty old Zierer family coaster with a basic single helix layout and a station canopy that reminded me of a rural service station. They did have a giant dog statue, complete with coiled up turds made of ag pipe, and a giant kennel with a speaker that played a fart sound effect. Was ok. Soloven (Sea Lion) Had no idea this existed before I got to the park. Same boats as WWF, but no drops, so it was a slow boat ride past themed zones themed around the 7 continents, in a great cartoony style. The Asian section was funny/borderline racist. You go past a pagoda building and there’s these full on ninja sounds / faux chinese speech from inside: “hhyaaaa chikkaa newwwwwww” or something like that. Australia had a lengthy section (Often overlooked on similar “Around the World” boat rides, with characters being eaten by crocodiles, and a weird mix of Sydney skyline and outback backdrops. Svend Svingarm (Spinning Swing Arm) Zamplera Giant Discovery. Not as speedy as the intamin version, thinking back, Its the slow build up of speed which makes this feel nauseating Cobratarnet (Cobra Tower) A medium sized drop tower a bit like the one at LPS. Quick and intense. Den Skore Skildpadde (The Giant Turtle) Had to ride this one (I seem to end up on wave swingers a fair bit for some reason) purley because of the silly turtle theme, and it even had seats themed like turtle shells. Mageklatterne (Seagulls) Im pretty sure this was built by the same manufacturer as the sky cycle at adventure world, though these had seagull scuplts on each car. A bit of work to pedal the car, but you got some good views of the flat rides at the front of the park. Kragetraeerne (Crow Trees) Cool to see this rare ride type. It’s a family drop ride (I think the only other is at Tripsdrill) , but you sit on a large, floorless cantilevered platform. The ride rises and falls a few times as you would expect, but then at the end the platform randomly gives way and tilts forward, flinging you forward in your seat held only by the lap bar, then it decides to drop. For most of the morning the tilt aspect wasn’t working, so i waited and came back till that was going. Baever Rafting This was the 4th rapids ride in as many days, so they were all a bit repetitive at this point, the usual wave generator, tunnel, waterfalls, and tossing and turning in the rapids, all whilst staying quite dry. Nothing really stood out other than the collection of beaver animatronics at the load station. Praerie Expressen Walked into this not knowing what it was. It was inside the wild west zone through a doorway in one of the buildings, so I was thinking it was some mini train ride behind the buildings. Anyway, it was a triotech shooting gallery, where you were traveling alongside a train as a sort of scrolling shooting gallery. Aparently this was their new for 2022 attraction…. …Alongside this! In the end I stayed for around 4 hours, and concluded with a couple more laps on Vild-Svinet. The weather was threatening to rain all day, and when it did I made my way down the road and went to the Forest Tower at Camp Aventure, only 7km away. As always, more photos are here, let me know if there is anything else you are curious about at BonBon Land. https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/bonbon-land

That's a very low bar to set.

I put orphan rocker because of how unique and spectacular it is, but the original Big Dipper, and Beastie would be worth contenders. Everything else I've ridden except for Thunderbolt, but that was supposedly crap.

I see no problem with Little Puff as an attraction during the day (and agree the train boiler itself is not suited for climbing at any time), but it definitely shouldn't be available for kids to play on at night as that area is quite poorly lit, and there is literally zero other active entertainment options for kids during the market (nor should there be).