DaptoFunlandGuy

Luna - Before someone else says it - Check out the community guidelines... I dont know where to start with that post...

understanding the confidentiality, are they staying in australia or going overseas? surely that doesn't breach your nondisclosure?

at the start of Jamberoo's operating season is the most likely...

Well they pass off dragon's, saying you will get "spin dried", but it keeps its medieval theme.... that doesnt exactly fit? but yes as far as theming on carrie.... pathetic... but then again on the topic of pathetic, remember that the new CEO of Sunway Theme parks Malaysia is none other than Stephen Galbraith.... he's an expert at taking existing rides from a closed area and installing them, making them look like new additions! Hanna Barbera Land rides being moved to the rest of the park, and shutting down HBL, and then shutting down WL, and moving all the rides to Sunway! gee whiz i see a pattern here, forming around that pathetic loser..... gee do you think i hate the guy?

frankly i would have preferred they end up on the scrap heap than letting sunway profit further by announcing yet another "new" attraction. The people of malaysia must be stoked. their parks have inherited so many "new" rides in the past two years it must be one long running christmas for them!

I was referring to those with insider connections - such as Rabid, and Joz, who do not want to jeopardise their positions with the parks by revealing something a little early. Similarly, my source is in the same position, so i will not betray their trust by saying anything more.

lol. Not one single person that KNOWS what a park is going to install would reveal even a single DROP of whats going on, lest they destroy their source. As soon as an official announcement is made, some more details will come available, but dont expect that for a while yet.

good hunting neil.... well we all knew sunway had them.... just where they were to end up was another matter. very creative with the whole naming theme on dragons.... seems they got that mast fixed up pretty quickly when it came to installing another ride at their park.... looks like they just traced the exisiting paint job on it too... carousel had about the same attentions paid to it, althought it did get a new name... nice hunting neil..... very sad to see all these much loved and cherished memories of our childhood being installed in some sunway crapheap...

bad news guys.... Dreamworld have already decided what is going on the old thunderbolt site - and it isnt a coaster.

ex employees of the park in a position to acquire it. im not naming names, because, being one of the ex employees who has a copy, i know how annoying it is to get those requests... Know now - i will not be distributing copies of what I have, because it is not mine to give. The soundtrack is (with one major exception) all licensed and copyrighted production music. the songs themselves are commercially available to advertisers and the like with access to a production music database. The majority of the music is not named, but only has numbers to identify them... and there is several million of them to sift through. This is why very few people have got the full collection.

yes indeed. do a search on the forums for all threads including the word "sunway" in the wonderland topic... that should explain it some...

HMMM.... yes this has been posted on r-c.com.au numerous times in the past. they are made by the same company. In answer to your question, as to why they stopped making them, you need to consider that this design today is over 30 years old. Just like the Model T ford is a classic car, it is replaced by more modern infrastructure. Also, saying dreamworld has a lot more money than wonderland did, remember that repairs have already been done once, so therefore, repairing a repair is going to be a lot harder. Secondly, consider the amount of land Wonderland owned when it was built (it was something initiated by the state government) - all of SEPP59 was under wonderland control. Eastern creek later took over a bit of it, but for the most part, a lot of land was at wonderland's disposal. Dreamworld do not have this much. Their parent company - macquarie leisure, is part of a larger conglomerate which have a lot of money at their disposal, but not a lot they could throw dreamworld's way. No, dreamworld will not benefit too much from Macquarie, in the sense that the park needs to be self supporting, or macquarie will cut it loose. Thirdly, Dreamworld would be more interested in another record breaking thrill ride, than to chuck in a 30 year old ride that most of australia has seen already, that would require maintenance up the yin-yang, and repairs before it could even be built, not to mention some primo land, needing to be large, and flat, with plenty of clearance around it... not to mention the troubles with the old time hydraulics, which, by now, should have siezed up nicely as well....

when the faults were discovered in the mast head, they welded some very thick sheets of steel inside the masthead, that covered the faults. Since these repairs, the Zodiac has stood through high winds and heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning strikes, over 20 years on its current site. I would be surprised if it didnt have any problems.

I can also assure you that the dogs were kept on leash while general staff were still in the park - eg - yourself koolkid, but once the cleaners, maintenance crews and cash clearances were out of the park, the dogs were set loose.

having it up in no time is one thing, discovering a huge fault and rust point in the masthead (like they did when it was installed at WL) is another thing completely...

Remembering of course that Zodiac is more than 25 years old already, and the troubles they experienced when they constructed it at Wonderland.... i wouldnt ride it again if they relocated it.

It is very sad, but we have known this day would come for more than 18 months since the initial closure announcement, and I, like many ex-employees, saw this coming for a long time before that. It is not surprising that this site has more threads in Wonderland than any other, being a lot of our members are ex-wonderland employees. We might have more members in QLD, but those with REAL knowledge of the parks are more likely to contribute opinion and information, so therefore the fewer wonderland staff would post more than a general fan of parks in general. Also consider that NSW has a higher population than QLD, and while there has been lots to talk about with wonderland.. -closure -where the rides go -old reminiscence of the park -history -miscellaneous other things the QLD parks haven't given us as much to discuss have they? One new attraction per year, at the maximum, means one topic to discuss per year, per park. Wonderland had lots more to discuss, and still does, as we will have updates of what still survives in the park on a frequent basis... i still forecast the following threads: Demolition of Space Probe commenced Demolition of Bush Beast Commenced Demolition of Zodiac commenced Demolition of Beastie Commenced Trucks leaving the site with - ride parts, landscaping materials, all sorts of stuff leaving, will have a separate thread, depending on how far apart the time is between each load... I think my signature says all that needs to be said... (just with different management)

from my layperson's point of view, hydraulics may be more difficult to maintain as far as wear and tear, but there have been problems with lsm and lim launches in the past. While its not very new, its still relatively new in comparison to hydraulics, and it does not require a lot of expertise to fix a broken hydraulic, in comparison to the lim or lsm units... take a look at some episodes of JUNKYARD WARS or MONSTER GARAGE on Discovery Channel to see how easy hydraulics can be.

To be a wet blanket once again, I would not encourage anyone to "break into" a construction site. you'd only be inviting serious criminal charges, not to mention that the park is not what it used to be, and there is serious potential to break a leg, lets not forget the nice little puppies that would love to take a piece of you also... so... lets do it? LETS NOT.

Stupid thing is, that in his reply, he did it again...... No Paul.... i dont think anyone but you does...

Obstructure, My main point was that all that information, or direct links to that information have been posted NUMEROUS times already. in several "individual nice neat little packages" So since I'm so arrogant, heres another: Paul, do you even stop and think before you type something like that..? you start off by saying WE ALL KNOW (which im sure, not all of us do) only to follow it up with "for those who are un-aware..... i mean - that kind of logic could explode a pentium processor.... check your wiring boy... its loose again

If i remember correctly, Richard told us a december opening date months ago. Not everyone may have known about a website called RCDB? Not everyone may have known that information? Both thoughts are laughable, being that the coaster rails are already resting on the grass outside the WBMW gates. Last christmas, maybe, but not once the track is already onsite..... but just in case you still aren't sure that EVERYBODY KNEW.... lets check out this little search? This news just in - ScreamScape reports that Disneyland will be refurbishing all of their major attractions for the upcoming 50th anniversary! PUH-LEASE

Thanks Clint, nice to be noticed once in a while...

*sarcasm noted.* hmmm.... www.rcdb.com ?

As with my point about the laser skirmish centre. At places such as that, or such as a theme park, there is an inherent risk of injury, illness, or death. I am almost certain that most places like that do have those "we take no responsibility" clauses, however, it will not stand up in court if challenged with a reasonable bankroll. (im talking like - $10,000 for a barrister's day in court, with the potential of millions in damages). Horse riding places have those clauses, skirmish, laser skirmish, theme parks, amusement carnivals and fairs, parasailing, skydiving, hanggliding, rockclimbing, scuba diving... Sea World's Shark Bay has those indemnity forms, however, if you're swimming in the shark tank and you get bit, or stung by a ray, you could easily hit up sea world for your medical bills, and a skillful lawyer would get even more than that... Its all about a duty of care. Look at that girl who died at Sydney's Big Day Out, by being crushed against the barricade during a performance? I GUARANTEE that the tickets said "no responsibility taken" or something to that effect. I ALSO GUARANTEE that the promoters of the big day out were hit BIG TIME over that incident, for failure to provide an adequate DUTY OF CARE, by admitting too many people to the mosh pit, not allowing punters to carry their own drinks into the arena, and then overcharging way too much for bottled water. it was a combination of overcrowding and dehydration that killed the girl - two points which, as i have shown, were caused by the promoter, therefore making them liable... even if they did have the "we're not liable" signs at the gate, or on the ticket. Result? - They Settled.