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Insidious was awesome at HHN Hollywood, I'm surprised they only did it one year. Might be due for a comeback this year, and I would view Insidious as a welcome addition to Fright Nights.

The 2 soundstage mazes were excellent last year, and I didn't mind the Ripper or the Clown one - and this is coming from someone who goes to HHN and Scary Farm every year. I'd say more of the same, with a bit more into the scare zones and maybe a decent show (I said a decent show), even something like the old Graveyard Revue at Universal. There seems like ample room for expansion, so here's hoping. And keep the ultimate tour and lights-on tour during the day, they were excellent.

A Hanging style show would be good, I've mostly enjoyed the Knott's Scary Farm Hanging over the years - though a fair amount of production would go into it. Last year's Fright Nights was my first, and I was fairly impressed. Though I did do the Ultimate Tour and also the lights-on tour during park hours.

That's a pretty good theory. I've seen it done before, Knott's used their bumper car area for a maze for years. It would be very suitable, and MW doesn't seem to mind major rides down in peak season so what's some dodgems cars in shoulder season.

Walygator is OK, the big point of difference is a Raptor clone B & M invert with no mid course brakes. Parc Asterix has some interesting stuff, Oziris was quite forceless, but it has a unique layout and great queue theming. The lines got quite scary during summer, though we were there on a Saturday (it was part of a tour) - luckily we had a VIP package with front of line passes. Frenchies lining up 3 hours for Goudurix in infernal heat, I pity the fools.

Sounds like fun, though the only pyjamas I've ever owned as an adult are Virgin and Qantas Business Class issue pyjamas - so I'd look like a right twat in those.

Someone should spank that monkey, very naughty. Barnaby Joyce has offered to euthanize the offending animal personally.

There's this girl who has been the ride op at Hair Raiser at Luna Park the last couple of times I've been there and I must say she is very fun and enthusiastic.

I've been to all the parks in the list, so the one I haven't been to that I'd most like to: Lagoon - great coaster line-up, more traditional style park. Out of the parks I've been to that I'd most like to go back to: Knoebels or Six Flags New England. Parks at Halloween is another story altogether. I'm always happy to go back to Knotts Scary Farm, Universal Hollywood Halloween Horror Knights, Frightdome at Adventuredome.

My Olympus had surly Eastern European seasonals for ride ops who took indifference and contempt for park visitors to new levels. They seemed to put the friendly ones in the retail outlets. Cedar Point has some good crews.

So same lame show, just with sponsor stuff all over it. The show is so tame, they drive like they are in rental cars with a $3000 excess on the insurance.

I said it in the other thread, but a Gerstlauer Bobsled might work, a small woodie like Twister at Gronalund could be a good fit. Maybe an indoor shooter would be fun. A haunted attraction, maybe not too labour intensive, might be fun.

I've been on a few Volares, they are awful. It's no surprise North Korea has one. A small woodie like Twister at Gronalund would be a nice addition, though the neighbours will always be unhappy. Maybe an indoor ride would be a good addition, though maybe more than LP would be willing to spend. A Gerstlauer bobsled spinning coaster would be cool.

Is "Velikoluksky Meat-Packing Plant" the sponsor perhaps? I always snickered at Rita Queen of Speed (now changed) at Alton Towers, she sounds like the local meth dealer, or a right tart if you're riding her. That goes for all coasters with a girls name "I'm riding" Rita, Regina...

I rode Demon at Alabama Adventure lol, that boomerang gets around.

They just need to change those restraints, if you've got to have OTSR's (and they didn't always), get something like Lethal Weapon has now. I think it's a cool ride personally, I like the drops, and the interaction with the terrain, and the nostalgia - who could ever forget Rollercoaster (the movie) lol.

^Especially when you've drunk a bottle of wine beforehand lol. I must say Gronalund's recently added woodie is excellent, that would be a nice, compact addition to LP.

I've been on a few zacspins: Kirnu, Insane and Green Lantern and they're not for everyone. The half-pint version would fit well (like Kirnu). Not a fan myself. Maybe a disk-o would be a good addition.

LA County Coroner has determined that the death was the result of natural causes. So sorry to see such a young life extinguished.

Yes, Mad Max would be a great theme for the stunt show, or as a ride with that interacts with the theme (as opposed to just slapping the name on a coaster and throwing in a few props). I think they're due for a decent thrill ride, if they're going to do something indoors, perhaps a Flight of Fear style coaster. Or outdoors, a mini hyper with a narrow footprint going along the front.

I just renewed with the $75 option, it made the most sense for me personally as I will make a minimum of two park visits, and I'm only likely to do the Halloween event, which I pay for anyway because I'd only do the Ultimate Tour option. The as-yet-unknown upgrade option I'll consider on it's merits and whether I can benefit from it when they actually disclose it. IMO the way have done this whole thing is ordinary and a highly unsatisfactory customer experience. VRTP have really gone from the Disney of Australian Theme Parks to sub Six Flags in the last few years.

I'll believe it when I see it, would be cool if they did something though. They might have been talking to Premier about something other than coasters, they do build observation towers for instance. But who knows, my bet is not much is happening, but feel free to surprise me. ^Ha, they should build a decent amusement park out in the Docklands area where Wonderland is.

I saw the two concrete rails are still there last week, like a lot of things no longer in use.

^^Dude, I am joking, apologies if I wasn't clear about that. ^I just drove straight to the Laser Tag, so I assumed the ice skating was in the flat part at the bottom of the ski slope, but that is more interesting - does that ski slope building get utilised for anything at all now? I wish I'd had time to explore, but I was with my team. "Team Bondage" was a deliberate misspell as a joke - I can assure you no floggings occurred. I think I'll stay away from comedy, I'll happily concede - Monday morning (now PM) ughhh.

I went to the Big Banana unexpectedly last week, we had a day's play completely cancelled at the Touch Footy World Cup due to the apocalyptic weather, so a bit of team bondage was in order. I would have loved to have done the Toboggans, but they were closed for the day. The indoor ski slope is still there, though it only operates as an ice rink, I think the slope was closed the last time I was there in 2002. What we actually did was the Laser Tag, which was pretty good fun. I'm not a Laser Tag aficionado, but I thought it was solid. It would be cool if they put more stuff there, a waterpark would be nice, and while they're at it throw in an Intamin hyper - only because I think everywhere should throw in an Intamin Hyper, or relocate the Orphan Rocker lol.