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  1. I've shared this pic here before, but it's one of my favourites. Worthy of sharing in this thread. Taken in 2005 just as you exit the ride room of Giant Drop. Loooong time since it went that high. Additionally, This photo from @RobC needs sharing again:
    4 points
  2. ∆ Pretty impressive doing Jetpack stunts from the Fountain, given it's shallow depth and no margin for error! The Cave of Waves is really an enviable back drop for a night show and much better than Main st for a bunch of reason s: * Loads of surrounding viewing area. * Opportunity for food truck outlets * Rope off the back half of the pool, allowing some Spectators to sit in the Water for the show. * Utilise the deeper half of the pool for the Jet Pack stunts and other effects. * Utilise the facade itself for laser projection effects, fog machines etc. * Rear of the Cave of Waves to Launch fireworks. * Guests can simply exit the Park via WWW gates after the show. It's fantastic that DW are trying different Holiday entertainment each time around and with Cosentino possibly coming back, should be a great Summer for them.
    3 points
  3. Looks like we will have a night time show at DW/WWW this Summer (which we saw them practising last Summer in Cave of Waves) And I’ve heard a rumour that Cosentino might be returning with a new show too
    3 points
  4. Ok 2020 Just got so much better!!!
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  5. Safety warning: its 35 degrees Today and even the AstroTurf is scorching hot. Bring thongs....
    2 points
  6. Alrighttttttt, very naaiice!!!
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  7. I think the two speed slides were before them.
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  8. Can't they just buy the ride photo and show me their waving abilities when they get home?
    1 point
  9. Here's how the lineups compare now, they are pretty neck and neck these days Type WnW WWW Body Slides Whitewater Mountain Fully 6 Tornado Tornado Green Room Raft Slides Black Hole Temple of Huey Thrill Slides Aqualoop Wedgie Waves Giant Wave Pool Cave of Waves Lazy River Calypso Beach - Twin Kamikaze Little Rippers Launched Surfrider Supertubes Multi Person Mammoth Falls RIP Gimmicky Constrictor Triple Vortex Racer Super 8 BRO Kids Play Structure/ WnW Junior Wiggle Bay / Pipeline Plunge
    1 point
  10. Movie World: "Ten children waving" Also Movie World: puts four kids in the video
    1 point
  11. When I was in Minneapolis earlier this year I checked out Valleyfair. My time in the park was cut short, because picking up my car rental turned out to be a 2 hour ordeal because my emergency replacement credit card was not processing correctly (wallet stolen earlier in trip!) See all photos here https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/park-188-Valleyfair or scroll through the whole gallery using your arrows https://www.parkz.com.au/photo/20755-Valleyfair/gallery/sort/newest/location/park-188-Valleyfair/offset/0 Nethertheless, the park wasn't too busy, so it didn't take that long to see what i wanted to see. The park is nice enough, it sits in the average tier of Cedar Fair parks with the likes of Worlds of Fun and Dorney Park...In other words, the rides are alright, the park is clean and the operations are good, it's just a bit pedestrian feeling. I recall a comment in my trip previous trip report about the condition of La Ronde being excused because its under snow for half the year...But wouldn't that apply here too? Granted they rely on a lot of flat concrete, but the park still looked very presentable. I started off with Steel Venom, an impulse coaster, which is a lot of fun with the alternation between briskly launching and floater airtime as you spiral upwards. This was my first time riding one with the holding brake still installed. Basically, on one of the launches up the straight spire, there is a set of vertical lims that work in reverse to stop the train right at the top. Its a bit sudden, so you go from floating out of your seat to suddenly dropping downwards into your restraint, a bit of a fright. Next was Corkscrew , so it's sort of like the next model up from what Sea Viper was...For your money you get an extra hill and a helix. Nice. I took a spin on the Ferris Wheel given it was midday, which is the best time for elevated rides because the sun doesn't get in the way of your photos. Not particularly tall but some great pics of Corkscrew can be had. Continuing my loop around the park I stopped in at Snoopys Rocket Express, for even more elevated pics. Right next to this, with its entrance in the middle of Planet Snoopy was High Roller, an ageing wooden coaster with a fairly simple out and back layout, decent enough though perhaps a bit unmemorable....just straight drops and hills, and flat turns...Very Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 style. The longest wait was for Mad Mouse, a wild mouse built by arrow. They had heaps of cars on, but only 1 or 2 out on the layout, so there was like 7 cars permanently stacked in the brake run and station....Most of your ride was spent waiting to leave the station, and waiting to get off. Also, screw you for not having shade. It was interesting for having banked turns and way more dips than usually seen. Green Lantern called, it wants its supports back. Pushing to the back of the park was the other woodie, Renegade, which is much more interesting, it has all the GCI trademarks, big fan turns, quick transitions, loud and fast paced, just a bugger to get pics of because most of the ride goes out past the back of house area, so the only bit you can see is the last part that comes around the station and queue. Also at the back of the park is Excalibur, which was one of my favourites and a sleeper hit. It was like if Arrow designed a mega lite, it has quite decently steep hills interspersed with ground hugging turns, that all interlocked and passed over and under each other in an interesting manner. All done with arrow track of course, so it did have bumps, but was quite exciting. One of arrows best rides IMO. The final coaster was Wild Thing, a hypercoaster which seems like a cross between the other morgans at Dorney and Worlds of fun, but with a turnaround sequence that Steel Dragon 2000 seems to borrow from. Yeah pretty good, again, with DC rivals down the road, you see how much better hypercoasters have become, this seemed to have quite shallow hills and the turnaround sequence was fairly drawn out. What did impress me was the way the final hills were enclosed by a huge tunnel that went all the way to the ground...kudos to them for building that! I got plenty of photos, the park is well and truly sorted for flat rides, and they had a decent sized water park included in admission, though it seemed quite heavily body slide focused. I was still a bit frazzled by my experience with the car rental that morning, since my whole itinerary was hinging on it and had been stressing , so i called it a day for some zen time cruising on the interstate down to Iowa. As for the park? I don't think id go to Minneapolis just for it, but if you are in the city, check it out. It's respectable, but well and truly overdue for a new signature coaster, since their family offerings and flat rides well established.
    1 point
  12. 12pm Update. 4 slides now complete, 3 more pieces to go for the blue slide, and then the rest of the pieces for the 6th and final slide
    1 point
  13. So TPSN just ripped the video from DW and uploaded it as their own?
    1 point
  14. Whirlwind has now officially opened. I found a few pics of their Facebook page. Looks like a fun slide. I’m going to try get out there later in the season and give it a ride.
    1 point
  15. Probably because you steal the imagery and reupload it with your own brand watermarked on it.
    1 point
  16. Nice to know i'm not the only one with this opinion. Also nice pun. 100% agree. The Doomsday Destroyer attraction sign is fantastic. It's probably the best attraction entrance sign in aus. But they decided to hide it and face it towards the showstage? It should have been facing the main pathway, and the little shop moved to the back of the area.
    1 point
  17. Had an old hard drive recovered recently. In Feb 2005 I went to Dreamworld and in Dec 2005, Movieworld. Up first are the Dreamworld pics. Enjoy the park as it was thirteen years ago. Damn I'm getting old... Claw: ...note Avalanche's mountain in the background. ...note Enterprise in the background. Cyclone: White Water World? That a waterpark? Like the Blue Lagoon? These were taken from Cyclone's exterior ramp, spiraling around the turbine building. No White Water World, Flow Rider, Kevil. The concrete slabs are Thunderbolt's footprint I believe, and back of the 2nd picture you can see white coaster track. Thunderbolt's remains: Taken from Cyclone's then exit, the station and infield of Thunderbolt. The shiny area near the roof on the left inside the station was ads for (from memory) Ice Creams, other rides, and Gold Coast attractions. The green concrete slab in the 2nd picture was either part of the kiddie go-kart track on the infield of Thunderbolt, or maybe the queue. Thinking queue. Wipeout: Ooo! Shark! Steamtrain: Already posted in another thread for T Bone to enjoy. Avis Vintage Cars: Pre-MDMC. Looked much more natural in this location. Car pictured was for photo-ops. Way better ride station. Tower of Terror: Forwards facing, no tunnel. Taken from Giant Drop entry/archway, I think. Taken from exit of Giant Drop. Next time, Movie World. Remember the days before the Main Street shadesail?
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