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Hoping I can go, between sporting commitments, weddings and the annual Halloween USA trip - it's going to be tight. The Ultimate Tour was the tipping point to get my coming up for the first time last year, here's hoping it's back.

Dracula's Haunted House in surfers is good cheesy fun, but there is no scare actors, or even supervision for that matter (just CCTV cameras). The House of Horrors at Universal was OK. Whenever I did it, there was virtually no scare actors in there and eventually it closed. Liseberg's Hotel Gasten is a good example of a really good year round haunted walk through with really good sets and scare actors, though this one is an upcharge on top of wristband admission. I personally don't think this would work for Movie World. A really good Ghost Train or Haunted Mansion type attraction might be work, even within MW's budget - the more I think about it, they could do something really nice.

Relocate Eureka to Luna Park if Dreamworld doesn't want it...wait a minute, Cyclone would be a good fit too lol.* *Special announcement: for the people who take everything literally on the internet, I am joking. Meanwhile, in reality, LPS will be a source of mass debate among enthusiasts, and they will continue to add a flat every decade or so.

Just got a reply on facebook that dates and ticket details will be next month.

The Purge worked really well at Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood, it would make a lively scare zone.

Yeah The Descent isn't well known, but it certainly did kick some serious ass. I'd love to know some dates and details so I can make a cunning plan to attend the event.

You'd be surprised, Twister had some good airtime, and was a tight little coaster - I was really impressed, and I didn't expect to be. Honestly, I never hold my breath when it comes to Luna Park and new attractions.

I really liked Twister at Gronalund, it's a super compact woodie that is a lot fun and would fit in well at Luna Park. Gronalund are the absolute masters of cramming rides in though they are perhaps not as constrained by litigious, NIMBY neighbours.

I didn't notice anything last year. Of note, they had lights-on maze tours during the day, which are excellent. For that tour you need separate admission to the park and it wasn't an inclusion with the Ultimate Tour which only happened at night.

They did this for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood years ago and the tope entries were amazing, this should be interesting.

Too many threads about mnew coasters is never enough. Get me on the first plane to the GC when this opens!!!!! In truth, I never really looked at the thread about the kiddie area and even know there was a mnew coaster going in lol.

Well it looks like RMC are already quite busy lol. Another indoor coaster would be good (to keep the neighbours happy), something Van Helsing at Move Park Germany - I'm being realistic here.

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.