DaptoFunlandGuy

Ok, so I got told to get out of the house for a few hours, and I took a leisurely drive (4 hours) up the mountains, across the peak, and back down toward north Richmond. I used to live up that way, and remembered as a Kid going horseriding a lot. I remembered it was within walking distance from our old house, so I figured I could find it if I drove that way a bit. Low and Behold, I found the old Valley View Trail Rides, on Grose Vale Road, just south of North Richmond (which funnily enough is west of Richmond). What greeted me as I entered the driveway was something that made me jam on the brakes, and as I delved further into the property, I realised that while not much else has changed, there has been quite a few additions. Apparently, the woman who owns the place spent close to $70,000 on stuff from wonderland. She also has lights from the front entry, and HB\Transylvania, which she will use in her expansion plans for her business (no photos). Apparently, there are plans for a wildlife park etc. In the photos below are: Entry for Beastie (including a close up shot of the cabling area in the back - can't quite make out all the writing), a miscellaneous roof structure from somewhere in the park (anyone know where?), the paddleboats (obviously), so many bin cages it isn't funny. The bollards near the bins i'm pretty sure are from the front of the park, and there is two old mine-carts that are now used as legs for a table by the barbecue. I also found out she bought WL-X! Bussy - Daniel - there is a pic in there of the WL-X carriage - currently being re-sprayed. A couple of wooden cut-outs from Goldrush area, and there is the mini-fencing from HB that used to be on top of the brickwork in HB, and the last is some additional fencing, all in the same drab green wonderland used a lot - it is weird in its layout and construction, and all piled up, so I'm not sure where it is from, but it was all curved rail... any ideas? See below:

Edit: Forget this post even existed - i was about 3 days too slow.

Good photo Gazza, although the exposure can't have been too long if you weren't trying to hold it still, the background in the shot is pretty sharp.

I don't recommend putting your arms up in the air until AFTER the launch starts... by all means they can be up before you leave the tunnel, just not during the initial thrust - i've dislocated a shoulder that way.

Richo - need to get the acoustics fixed in here, I think we've got an echo.

Richo - need to get the acoustics fixed in here, I think we've got an echo.

This has been discussed many times over. Try searching Disney and Gold Coast on the forums - you'll find quite a bit.

Actually, this is the precise reason why many tall buildings have pressurised stairwells. I'm not going into technicalities - thats something I think Gazza is much more suited for, but needless to say - a higher pressure area, with a door opened into a lower pressure area, the smoke isn't going into the stairwell because the high pressure will blow out the door, rather than suck the smoke into the stairwell.

See the difference between a big warehouse and a Uni building is the kind of building (obviously). In a big warehouse, there is nowhere to stop the smoke from going, and so, to get the smoke out, vents and exhausts to remove it to the open air is the only option. In a multi-roomed building, magnetic fire doors are designed to stop smoke from spreading to other areas, as there is no way you can easily vent smoke out of a multi-roomed building except opening the windows. The building I work in does not have the ability to open windows, and its a tower, so the best way is to seal the smoke in to the affected area, allowing people in all other areas to evacuate without being affected by smoke. Our fire stairs, as with most in office buildings are pressurised, to prevent smoke making its way into them and transferring between floors. Obviously, this sort of system would be useless in a big open warehouse.

Me fail english? Thats unpossible! See the millions of dollars they spent on baseball stadiums, and football stadiums can be justified to have a retractable roof, but when the attraction would cost less than the roof, I don't think so. You could achieve the same result in half the time if you had some heavy duty blowers and a side vent. Yes Nev, laser eyes do come to mind. Perhaps the trainer is the same guy who started both rumors... just for a lark...?

Not to mention that if the residue from a smoke system caused problems with brakes slipping, steam would be even worse - you have you remember that in SE, the steam is used just prior to launch, and the brake fins get a 30 second blow dry before they come anywhere near brakes - besides, the brakes are magnetic, rather than friction that you find on scooby.

I understand the pink jellyfish - my point was they just look cheap. gazza, when I was talking paint i didn't just mean straight run of the mill enamel... i was more referring to a gritted paint - something that grips. Alternatively a spray-crete overlay would be good so long as it was thick enough... too thin and it flakes off.

I think those pink jellyfish on the structure are ridiculous. Someone got the work experience kid to knock something up with a band-saw and some poster paint. I agree with the theming on the ground, but its a week or so before it opens, and that is a very last minute touch to do, so it could still happen. To be honest, If they do paint the ground, I certainly hope its done in paint that weathers well in high traffic areas. It will be very annoying if it fades and crumbles apart... then again thats dreamworld all over...

Nightshifter [noun] - A user who frequented these boards several years ago (last post December 2004) where he frequently made random posts, posts without any basis, or were presented as fact without evidence or even the presumption of truth to them, in my opinion just as an attempt to big note himself. Great statements include: Not only do we now have white water world, but the African Safari World is in planning And these two, posted two days apart: This one, posted august 7, 2004 (4 months after the park closed): Posted 3 months after wonderland closed: Im still waiting for JP4 - Or we will just make it a parking lot for the LG warehouse..... Now - after Skyhawk, there was also demon and space probe - but contrary to popular opinion - apparently: (bear in mind - screamscape is a rumor site - I myself have posted rumors to screamscape, and this was something HE HIMSELF posted to screamscape...) I think thats enough from now, and you get the idea. Looking back over his posts, I think there are some today that are worse... at least shifty usually - for the most part - prepared his posts, typed correctly etc... and besides, we knew not to trust his crap - others are not so predictable.

Yes Nev, that was not lost on me... but you didn't get the idiot part. This was why I felt the need to give that much detail.

Just saw promo for Mega Builders on Discovery Channel (I recorded mythbusters, and the promo was on during that). It started at 10:30, but there is another episode on at 4:30am, 11:30am and 5:30pm. Discovery Channel Digital 610. Roller Coaster: The Longest, Fastest and Tallest flying roller coaster opened in Spring 2006 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, just north of Los Angeles.

Actually, I think this is the one gazza: Established Precedent for Idiocy And no Nev, I don't really think you are an idiot, as a matter of fact, I have quite a lot of respect for you and your experience and knowledge. It's just that so recently after that post, you posting something like that, I just had to throw it in.

Im sure train design would come into it, but my thinking is your question was answered by the post you were replying to - Ads stated: Now to me that says the rails are engineered to the correct tolerances from the start. If the box section doesn't suit the rail, they scrap the box. To me it seems far easier if theres a little bit off in the supports to move the rail to suit the box, but of course this would alter the tolerances that were manufactured into the rail, and therefore make the ride a lot less smooth. I think it's great that we have someone on these boards with this kind of advanced information, however all he has said that is factual (according to him) is that the dive machine is headed for Australia. For all we know a billionaire has ordered it for his private entertainment. He makes the ASSUMPTION that it would be going to sea world because its the only park with works underway, but completely discounts the fact that public announcements and even COUNCIL PLANNING APPROVALS have already been made. He discounts the publicity shoot, the announcements to staff, and the fact that a dive machine would not be suitable for sea world, JUST because its the only park currently undergoing works. He argues that point tooth and nail, and once we all show him enough evidence as to why its virtually impossible, he concedes "maybe they'll put it somewhere else first, before ASW", and now he's saying "i think that is a likely scenario" when earlier it was sea world all the way... Grain of salt people - grain of salt.

Nev, I think established precedent here suggests you are an idiot. No precedent for this - but still an idiot. Going beyond the point of idiocy. Although, there is hope that he won't ask for any pictures of BA-TR now, since he is going.

While it does appear a little cluttered, the MyFun site has been operating for quite a while now, and most people logging on there for the gold coast parks would already know it is there, and just notice that there are now new properties on it as well. If nothing else, its a good little brag book - of how many properties they're actually operating, however their "gold coast lineup" is 9 "attractions", but five of them are all contained within the Sea World Complex. WBMW, WnW, AOS, Paradise Country, Sea World, Sea World Resort, Sea World Animal Adventures, Sea World Helicopters, Sea World Whale Watch. Dreamworld could have the same brag book by outfitting their site as: DreamWorld DreamWorld Helicopters DreamWorld Tiger Island DreamWorld Tiger Walks White Water World Dreamworld FlowRider Dreamworld Big Brother Studios DreamWorld Big Brother House Tours I just think they're stretching their My Fun site with the 5 attractions all revolving around Sea World itself. (Thanks for picking that up CAD.... im running on little to no sleep this week)

Ok my apologies, There was a post a while back that was quoted, titled by Zane, and when I went back up in the thread the quote was under your name. I may have been mistaken, so sorry about that. You have to understand that we have had many people come on here talking up things happening in the parks. Rarely does it happen, and is usually more sensationalised and people seeking their own attention. Roofwise, as I said it had been discussed already, and it wouldn't be R-C.com.au (yes, I know it's changed) without at least one rumor per quarter saying "i don't know but but this is happening" for at least one of the parks. I'm sorry but I wasn't aware of your position within WVTP. As I said already, I thought you were someone else, so I lent it no credence. I will say that it is good to have yet another staff member on the boards.

My point is, Clint, that none of this is new. He didn't even make the thread and he is hammering it off like its new, and its his news. Like all rumors that pan out to be true, this one originally started on these boards that I can recall, a couple of months ago.

Tends to be a flow-on effect too. If there isn't enough people for a cycle, people go elsewhere, then others see that it isn't running, and think that it's closed, so they won't go, or they won't line up to wait for another 15 people to arrive. I think its crap they won't run unless they have 20 people. Dreamworld's cost cutting excercise. It's nothing to do with the operation of the ride. It can cycle without riders on it, its just too expensive to run a cycle without enough people on it, so in the absence of 20 to make it worthwhile, it sits idle.

Oh Crap - Kong was damaged? Damn that sucks! Seems funny that it is the same part of the lot that was damaged in the 90's. It is good that the vaults lost nothing irreplacable, but one would hope that the vaults would be a little better protected irrespective of whether they were "irreplacable" or not

Well now... it's funny how a new name, signature banner and avatar attempts to give you more credibility zane, but it doesn't succeed. In your previous persona, you continuously sprouted rumors from high sources. Not one of them is yet to be credible, and this isn't either. Your rumors tend to be topics that have already been spoken about by others. It may happen, but you can't be sprouting off "confirmed by multiple people in high positions" without some form of proof, or at least a little pre-established credibility. If Rabid, or Rappa mentioned a whisper of this, it'd be believeable. If someone else backed up your claims, it might have some credence. If Richard came on with info, i'd take it. Let me put a few things out there that we've seen before: i don't know anything but... i've been hearing rumors that a ride is in planning it's planned to go.... i don't know if its true or not but... thats just the rumors I have heard around I can put that out there too... I don't know anything but i've been hearing rumors that The Sydney Harbour Bridge will find a permanent home in dreamworld. It's planned to go into wiggles world as a shortcut to Nick Central. I don't know if its true or not, but thats just the rumors I have heard around. Now heres the kicker... everything I said about takes something that could happen, and it is something that is conceivably possible. But, if it didn't happen, i've absolved myself from all blame or ridicule that I was wrong. If you've got proof, or some statement of substance, then make it, and stand behind it. Stop sprouting off generalised rumors that are crap, 3 year old discussions on these forums, or at best, your own imagination. The roof was talked about on these very forums a few months ago. The coaster behind scooby's area was talked about on and off again for the last 2 odd years. Theres no new "rumors" here... they're all recycled crap. Show some proof, or sod off. Putting a MW logo in your signature and avatar does not give you any more credibility than any of your previous personas. ***As an afterthought - isn't it funny that his responses have been backing up the details in the Wiki? Me thinks the Wiki may have been the work of one "ShadowXL"