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Still a pretty excellent ride to have at a regional show though, that was my point.

Interesting to see Soundwave doing the event, thought it would head straight to Adelaide. If you haven't done it before I would recommend giving it a go. Should do well along with Skywalker. I think it's a pretty good lineup considering it's more or less a 'reigonal' show.

Need to correct myself there haha, the unit in WA (and I'm assuming all other units) are manufactured by S&W Rides of U.K. Unsure of what other rides they manufacture as I can't seem to find any information about them online.

Believe its a local manufacturer somewhere in Aus? Unsure of exactly who.

I would say a majority of the rides that didn't make the Ekka this year would be attending the show (including XXXL), great alternative for those who don't want to pay $35 to just get in the door.

I assume this will be the show which the Space Roller is attending? Hard to know with no lineup posted yet, hopefully they'll get on that soon.

As far as I'm aware, the details haven't been announced yet, but the Australian Amusement Fanatics Facebook Page has a little bit on info, with Russel Watkins (owner of the Space Roller) confirming the appearance of Space Roller at the event. I'll update the site with info as it becomes available.

If you want your yearly carnival rides fix, a few showman are putting on a Supershow in the Brisbane area. Should be cheaper entry than the EKKA and Space Roller has already been confirmed as going. Unsure on dates or the exact line up, but might be interesting for those who aren't too keen on attending the EKKA.

From what I understand, the reason that the list is so lacking this year is that much of the ground in Sideshow alley has been taken up. I'n no Brisbane local, but from what AlexB said, this is most likely for the new showbag pavilion, meaning that many of the larger rides couldn't be accommodated for. The ride operators have known this for a while, as the meeting was held for the Ekka's Sideshow Alley during the Sydney Show.

From a Sydneysiders perspective, I think most of the HUSS rides that are currently at Luna Park will be gone over the next couple of years. Realistically, the Tumblebug (Troikia) will have to be removed for future expansion, as it sits on prime land and the Spider (Breakdance) is nearing the end of it's service life.

Video is up if anyone is interested! Sorry about the quality (GoPro's don't like bright lights).

Awesome to hear you did the signage for the ride Huss, looks sensational. The ride still has evidence of its 'previous life' as the Waltzer, as the lights on the paybox in the middle of the ride still say 'XScream Waltzer. Had my first night ride the other night and must say it was an incredible experience. Got the GoPro aswell today, so I'll grab some footage this arvo. Are you working this year Huss? I'll have to come say hello to you haha!

Absolutely awesome read, I enjoyed it a lot. It's so obvious how much work and passion you've put into this. Just a quick question, if there are any interesting stories that don't quite make the cut for a blog post, would you be able to post them here on Parkz?

Yeah, except a hell of a lot faster haha! I'll try an get some on-ride footage later in the week if I remember.

The Sydney Royal Easter Show is in full swing and we've gotten 1 new ride this year, the XScream Soundwave. The ride is Australia's first Waltzer from Fairtrade over in the UK and it provides a great, smooth ride with lot's of spinning. I mean a lot of spinning, wouldn't recommend if your not of fan of spin and spews. Other than that though, the ride looks sensational, especially at night with all the strobes and smoke machines. The ride is travelling with Doyle Jnr and Jennifer Gill, who own the Alien Abduction as well.

Theming looks awesome, and I'm sure GCI have done a great job on the actual coaster it's self. Although Alton Towers have seemed to hype this up as a crazy, world-class, high impact experience when in reality think it'll actually be just a pretty decent family coaster with some awesome theming.

This is so awesome, and even though I never got to visit Wonderland, I'd love to make the trip up to see some Australian theme park history. Do you know where some of the cars were attained from @AlexB? I know a few were in some blokes paddock up in Camden, but was unsure if Wonderland History bought all of them in from there.

I think Dreamworld would be more likely to get a Trackless dark ride, like the new-ish Symbolica at Efteling.

I've credit whored in the past and realised it just plain stupid to count coasters. I understand people enjoy doing so and comparing to others, etc, but to me its just about enjoying the damn ride. This is why I don't ride kiddie coaster and though I don't judge enthusiasts riding kiddie coasters for the credit, to a member of the public, it would seem a little weird and out of the ordinary. I wouldn't go as far to say that they're child molesters or anything ridiculous like that, because the majority of coaster enthusiasts are lovely people, but its definitely not a normal thing to see a grown man riding a kiddie coaster by himself. Just my 2c.

A coaster like that definitely wouldn't replace the wooden Mad Mouse as it is heritage listed, so I assume if this was to be built it would sit on the land of the old Big Dipper (or where the Tumblebug is now). I thought that a coaster wasn't part of the $20 Million expansion, maybe it's due to be built after they've finished building the 6 new rides? Definitely an exciting find though. Its finally great to see some hope for another permanent coaster in NSW. Hope this actually happens and these aren't just old plans that have gone to waste.

Looks like a Technical Park model. I swear I heard somewhere that this unit was going to be a Zamperla, can anyone confirm?

I don't even think it was a local, probably a school group on an end of year excursion. The dude was still a complete idiot though, hope it doesn't affect the park too negatively.

I've done the IMAX Dome in Alabama and IMO, it wasn't anything that special. Thing is about the Dome (from what I can remember) is it's not curved a whole lot (as you have to be able to sit and actually watch the movie somehow), and the screen isn't huge either. Didn't really find it as immersive as the one in Sydney.

Don't there will be any new rides next year after such a big investment. Maybe some general park improvements, but I really can't see a new ride coming. I think it's best for them for focus on Sea World and Wet 'N' Wild in the next couple of years, which we can see their already doing with the attraction replacing the Flume at Sea World.

We actually had a Bermuda Triangle ride here in Australia at Sea World! Keen to know how the Movie Park version rode, how the theming was, etc.