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If Surfrider is moved to Sea World, I wonder if we will see a refurb or the same branding? Either way, we will see 2 coasters next year, Big Red Boat at Dreamworld and the new alpine coaster at Big Banana. I think apart from Surfrider maybe being moved, I doubt we will see anything new from VRTP. Right now, we are going through a massive coaster boom in Australia. 2021-2024 will see around 14 coasters open (if you count the boomerang at MW as two and Project Zero as a new coaster) compared to 19 existing ones. We will see more coasters in 2021-2024 (14) compared to 2005-2020 (13). Am glad to be an enthusiast in this boom peroid.

For all of those that didn’t get to see the Big Banana Monorail in action ( a misnomer really as it ran on two dual concrete rails) here is a VERY 80’s clip of the park showing the train in all its glory, with including shots of the Bunyip and the Billabong. Thanks to Facebook user Chris who recently posted this on the Lost Amusement Parks of Australia Facebook group.

I think I would build a small indoor park in Adelaide, as it has a decent population and imo the Beach House in Glenelg just isn’t enough, as I’ve been and it is basically just a glorified fun Center. The Park’s rides: - Buy SurfRider from village and have it put here - A chance rides Hyper GTX; something like Lightning Run at Kentucky Kingdom cause it’s cheap, accessible for whole family and got good airtime - A sally dark ride - something not too crazy yet fun like the ghost blasters rides in America - Larson Drop Tower (cause they are more thrilling and less pricey compared to S&S) - Kids area with SBF visa spinner and buy leftover rides from Dreamworld kids area re-development

I think we'll see an outcome for Surf Rider. I'm not sure what the outcome will be but I am hopeful that it is going to Seaworld where Vikings Revenge was. I think the Street Food Festival won't return to Dreamworld and we'll get a separate April event. I think the success of the Street Food festival has now morphed into the Night Market so we'll see something else being done, perhaps a bit more family friendly. I do think Dreamworld's refurbishment will continue, The Shockwave sign needs a tidy up and the Ocean Parade sign currently looks like it is being cleaned up. Otherwise I think we might be in the unique situation where we know most of the plans for our parks. I think Dreamworld's refurbishment will be very very rapid, i think the Switch over to Kenny and Belinda land will almost be done by the end of March and the Wave Swinger might be open by Winterfest. (Side note, Sky Voyager needs a new film option. A few years back they ran a American one during Winterfest, i wish they would bring that back)

$100m on a second gate for Raging Waters is the obvious answer. Water + theme park combo for Raging Waters is honestly a no brainer and is practically a license to print money, you'd be drawing people in Western Sydney away from Luna Park.