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Sadly it seems unlikely that any rides will ever go into Lavender Green in light of the fact the park now promotes that area as an outdoor venue space. Yeah likewise, am looking forward to the construction of the Flying Carousel. Am curious as to where in Maloney’s Corner it will fit as part of a new “family zone”. I wonder if/when a new ride will fill the Flying Saucer space?

Proposed cinema complex at LPS looks interesting? Not sure what it means for the location of the planned Flying Carousel? Thought that would go on the old UFO site. http://www.majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=9056

Zipper is an all time classic carnie ride. Worth the $5 for sure.

Just saw the new Luna Park Sydney advertisement. It features the Wild Mouse, Spider and Ranger. Looks great and finishes with the slogan "release your lunatic". It also mentions Sydney's latest new ride the Hard Rock and the ice skating for the school holidays, but no pictures.

Whilst at the airport yesterday talking to a friend from Katoomba about the Orphan Rocker, a tourist next to me overheard the conversation and said she had been at Scenic World the day before and had seen the coaster being tested. She said the train had what appeared to be dummy bags in it which had fallen out during the test. :eek: Sadly, I guess we will be waiting alot longer before we get the chance to ride it.

For anyone interested, Stateline now has the transcript online: http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/conten...04/s1263458.htm

Wow, what a bargain considering what they've made from the park since.

The story basically discussed how the Bell family went from Boxing Tents to the amusement/carnival business when the NSW government outlawed the boxing tents in the 70s. It goes on to show the history of the family business from the first stall they invested in, to today where they operate rides, games and stalls. Footage of the rides, games, stalls etc owned by the family was also included. The only cool ride I saw was the Scorpion. According to the Mr Bell, the family travels to over 50 shows a year and are based in Canberra. Mr Bell then went on to dicuss the difficulties the industry faced with insurance problems and complying with new government regulations. It concluded by saying the future was uncertain for the industry and the Bell family amusements in particular.

For those in NSW who missed Stateline last night on the ABC, there was an interesting story on the Bell family amusements and the travelling carnival scene. It is being repeated today and is just starting now for those interested. The story is basically about the families history and where they are today. The difficulties government regulations, insurance etc present for the industry are also discussed. Worth catching if you get the chance.

I wish in the original plans for LPS they went with the Scorpion as opposed to the Tumble Bug (Troika) they have there now. Troika is just too slow in my opinion. Pretty lame ride actually.

Cheers Huss. You're right about the La Bamba and the cool backdrop.

Forgive my ignorance guys, but is the Dominator also known as the Miami or Wittingslow's La Bamba: http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/rides/miami/ Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to see whilst it was at LPS.

Sounds like a good start. Any room/potential for my favourite the Zipper?

Not sure if there is space available but the Ranger would be great closer to the ocean. That aside, I hope the talk of new thrill rides at Luna Park is true, particularly the Hard Rock and Mega Drop. LPS definately needs more thrilling rides. I wouldn't even mind my old favourite the Zipper squeezing in somewhere in the park.

Great news for LPS no doubt. Like you, I just hope the profits are invested in the amusement park side of things. New thrill rides would be a good start.

No doubt, as an example, those living under the flight path of Sydney airport have had great success in closing down the airport. I'm just confused as to why it is you start a new thread on the so-called new attractions for Luna Park, yet it is not until post #55 that we find out exactly what it is that you supposedly know. I don't want phone numbers and addresses of the people you know. Like others here no doubt, we just want you to share the info you are supposed to have. Information sharing is the purpose of the forum isn't it? I apologise, I have you confused with the other former Wonderland ride operator. I hope your information is wrong concerning the permanent rides from Wonderland. LPS is already seriously lacking in the thrills department with its current ride line up. The rides you previously mentioned from Wonderland leave me thinking one word to describe LPS - boring. A mix of carnival rides would be more appealing to me if your information is correct. Time will tell I guess.

Who gives a stuff about the residents. I for one, wrote a letter that got printed in the Daily Terror stating my anger at their whinging and the L&E Court decision. LPS was there before them. Why doesn't the State Government and those johnny come latelies realise that? Whatever happened to the slogan "Just for Fun"? :mad: That aside what is it with so called ride operators from Wonderland talking in riddles? We join this forum to share information don't we. Perhaps I've got the concept of a forum wrong. :confused: Richard, I love this forum and the info I have gathered, but in all seriousness, do we need disgruntled Wonderland ride operators attacking fellow forum members who want info?

I too am not sure what rides Wonderland has that Luna Park would be interested in. Perhaps the Tasmanian Devil? Must say I would love to see the Rainbow and the Zipper. The views of Sydney and the harbour from the Rainbow would be spectacular.

Sorry guys back on the topic of the thread. Mt Druitt Waterworks was great for us westies. Does anyone remember the colour coded mats and the coloured lights indicating when you could go on the slides? The Waterworks was very popular when I was a kid. How about Wild Waters behind Macarthur Square Shopping Centre at Campbelltown. 3 slides and 2 Screamers as they were known. Once again very popular with us westies at the time and a real shame when it closed.

I remember the old run down Manly Fun Pier. The Octopus was very scary looking. Not sure about it collapsing. From memory there was also an indoor Sizzler/Cha Cha. Very run down as well. Remember going to O'Neils Great Adventure Land many a time too. Back then O'Neils always had big crowds, even with their carny rides. Have some old photos from O'Neils. Ah the memories. It is a real shame that so many of the theme parks in Sydney have closed.