Aw hype
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9 hours ago, Smol bean said:
I know virtually everyone has said this but a new mad max is coming in 2023 so a mad max ride where Arkham was in 2023 could be good marketing for the new film
Look man, i'm usually the last person to complain or even care about this sort of thing, but please proof read or something before you submit a reply. It is very hard to understand what you are saying or even trying to say sometimes due to a lack of punctuation and what not, and it makes it very hard to therefore have any sort of a constructive conversation with you and to an extent take what you have to say seriously. Your (and i think i speak on behalf of most people on here) opinions and comments are valid, interesting and appreciated by us as a community, just please for the sake of other users try work on a way to convey those without it coming out as jibberish. 👍🙂
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8 hours ago, themagician said:
And multiple options are being explored
''Immerse yourself in an All new, all year round attraction like no other in the southern hemisphere! Take a photo, tag ur friends (if you dare) as you traverse the twsited tracks of the abandoned Arkham Asylum. For a small upcharge ($100), guest will be able to harness up and walk the tracks of what was formerly the tallest, fastest and longest Roller Coaster of it's type in southern Queensland. Coming Summer 2021"
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It is Wikipedia, so take with a grain of salt, but still...
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On 15/12/2020 at 2:09 PM, Brendo88 said:
All references to Arkham have now been removed from the website.
rip old girl
On 15/12/2020 at 2:22 PM, themagician said:@Brendo88 oh but don’t worry, they aren’t removing it, they’re just doing some work on it
Seriously though, it will be a forever missed ride. A MW classic.
Yeah they have gone as far as removing it from the park map too. Curious as to why management said otherwise and why they wouldn't have made an announcement yet though?
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Gonna sound a bit insensitive here but if it is openly advertised and expressed by WWW that people under/over a weight limit (which is set by manufacturers i believe) cannot go on slides, a bit of the onus has to be placed on the guest for paying full price. If you want to go for a swim but cant ride slides, go to the local rec centre.
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4 hours ago, themagician said:
Ride is back on the website
Also gives reopening date of Halloween
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2 hours ago, A.H said:
Thanks @Aw hype cool info. If you know how to use Landgate aerial imagery (Launch map viewer plus> Zoom in> Top right corner/Camera icon (buy aerial imagery)> select year) you can view old aerial images.
You beauty! Don't want to share screenshots because i don't know how landgate are about copyright, but the roller coaster is removed in aerial imagery from 1989, and the Bumper boats are on the roller coaster site in imagery from 1985. There are no images between that time, so it only operated ≥1986 to ≤1989. Lines up with Metropolis at LPM opening in 1990.
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34 minutes ago, Jobe said:
You mean LPM of course. No Galaxi or Pinfari coaster has ever been at LPS.
Yes i did mean LPM, sorry again
4 minutes ago, jjuttp said:The Stop Please Read slide looks like fun.
Thats the slide with the enforced head first rule
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4 hours ago, Gazza said:
It doesn't look like the Mirrabooka body slides are identically mirrored, different number of turns
The Hillarys slides are Australian Waterslides and Leisure.
Yeah my bad @Gazza, they aren't mirrored.
And look what i found...
These were taken 1987, and there are no bumper boats but there is the coaster. Perhaps they were down on funds later on and sold the coaster to LPS to try stay afloat and replaced it with the boats?
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Have found some interesting stuff on old waterparks etc. in Perth recently, and felt like sharing/asking questions so if anyone knows they can share. Left out Great Escape Hillarys because it has its own thread.
First up: Armadale Aquatic centre waterslides.
Opened December 1981, closed circa 2015?
3 waterslides, built by someone knows that isn't me. 'Dipper Tube and 'Corkscrew Tube' slides (see second picture) opened somewhere around 5 years before the far right and locally dubbed 'fast tube'.
Note the layout of the furthest right waterslide (bottom photo) and how a 'head first only' rule was in order (see second photo).
Mirrabooka Action Park
Opened sometime in the 80s in and closed <1994
Consisted of two open air, identical, mirrored slides and a green tube slide in the middle. Yet another small park to be accused of having 'kids stick rasors on the inside of the slides'. Also appears to have had a Pinfari coaster of some kind for a period of time (No rcdb listings or anything)
Now, my questions to the community:
What is the story surrounding the coaster at Mirrabooka?
Who manufactured the slides at both parks?
Who manufactured the Great Escape slides? (Rumour has it Action park sold the middle slide to Great Escape. However, looking at the Mirrabooka aerial and Hillarys on Google Earth, none of the slide layouts match up, and the tube support structures on the Great Escape slides are different to those at Mirrabooka)
And, if Action Park didn't sell to Great Escape, were the slides just sccrpped?
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When i went there back in 2016 the onboard audio worked. I can assure you now, with complete sincerity, that having Freestyler blast either side of my already concussed head certainly enhanced my experience.
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Loving the Praiseland @Jdude95
On a side note, does anyone know if Polin build knockoff aqualoops? And oh my, those original plans looked sexy....
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8 hours ago, Gazza said:
It's Gas. Spin around and have a look at the signs either side of the road.
How has someone managed to consciously buy land for an amusement park on top of a high pressure gas line? Nevertheless, will be pretty funny to see how they build the park around that going forward.
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Gotta love the originality behind names such as twister and tornado. Starting to look like somewhat of a decent waterpark with random attractions dotted around. I wonder why they're spreading everything out so much though, it's gonna make the park seem somewhat empty, unless they're doing that to be able to increase 'capacity' and/or they are planning to put in filler attractions. + I had no clue outback splash owned that much land, and also quite interesting that a different submission request has to be made for the open and closed parts of slides individually
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So looks like we are getting a racer and a bootleg Tornado. Also a mention of a pool (very ambiguous, no mention of waves or anything) and other associated facilities. Noice.
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5 hours ago, Levithian said:
No you cant. Height restrictions are becoming a problem now too.
They need to update the average person, the size used is just not an accurate representation of today.
It probably needs to be shifted another 2-3 inches and 10-15kg heavier to something like 180cm and 80-85kg. That way ride designs will survive the next couple of generations.
When teenagers are 6ft+ tall and 90kg without an ounce of fat, you know the population has gotten larger through the last couple of generations.
My 13 year old is 175cm and 78kg already for example. Hasnt really had a growth spurt, so if he does he will probably be in the 190's. Right on the limit of heaps of rides and difficult fits in rides like scooby doo.
As someone who is 6'4 at 16, i can vouch for the fact that restraints are a pain in the ass. Or not so much the restraints, from my limited experience, rather the seat "shells" that you are put in (where you park your ass essentially) aren't designed for larger blokes at all, irrespective of what a sign says at the gate (I'm 6'4, 80 kg if you need a size perspective). Yes, the increase in average generational height should be taken into account by manufacturers going forward, but at the same time, people my size are outliers in society and you can't fault manufacturers for catering to the majority. And holy crap your son is huge for 13 if he hasn't had a growth spurt yet, i was only about 5'4 back then.
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On 18/01/2020 at 11:20 AM, YPK said:
Hi all,
First time post with something that maybe some Brisbanites might be interested in.It’s not quite a roller coaster...
Did you grow up in Brisbane in the 90's? Remember Top's at the Myer Centre?
You can have a piece of Brisbane's history in your backyard....
A rope bridge acquired from Tops when it closed in 2000 has been part of the playground at Yeronga Park Kindergarten. It has been removed to make way for a new playground, so we are selling it and putting the funds towards the new playground.
The rope bridge comes with 4 posts, 8 collars, and a metal platform.
The rope net dimensions are: approximately 3450mm long x 3000mm wide.
The posts dimensions are: 2830mm high x 130mm diameter. Each post has square base plates (200 x 200mm) predrilled with 4 bolt holes.
The platform dimensions are: 1040 x 1350mm excl. collars.
Rope bridge - used. Condition is Used. Local pickup only.
I’ve read the parkz posting policy and I think I’m allowed to post this eBay link, but if the post has to be deleted as it violates guidelines, sorry I misunderstood and I’m happy to delete it if you don’t.
Thanks for your time.
Emily
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223859723471
still for sale? 👉 👈
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looking at this now, the fact that they managed to spend $1 billion (in 1991 money) to produce that complex is astounding. They must've gold plated railings or something. I remember going there a couple of years ago, and whilst it looked pretty flash and clean on the inside, it was bare empty on all floors, and there were lots of vacant plots dotted arounnd the place (i was unaware of the history of the centre at the time). As the article says though, the developers had their target demographic right: teens. The only problem teens aren't really into adrenaline reducing zamperla powered coasters and bumper boats. Nevertheless, still a shame to lose another Australian park, however stupid its conception and construction was, but i do wonder what that bloke did with the coaster and the other stuff he bought? The Rcdb listing implies death by junkyard...
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5 hours ago, Tim Dasco said:
Also side note; I thought mega threads weren’t allowed anymore?
#RipOffTopicTopic
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Gary Glitter grey
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2 hours ago, T-bone said:
Well if anyone wants a Roller Coaster in their backyard, bring a crane and many many trucks..
and the $ required to finish....👀
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I never realised Movie World was so small. Even the parcel of land Adventure World sits on (excluding the bungee area, carpark and area near the ice rink) is circa 15-16 hectares.I guess having a decent lineup and more attractions makes the MW feel bigger?
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Has Covid helped Parks?
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As Gazza said, Perth is an exception to this. Given we've been relatively un-effected, and because it's not like we actually (AW and OS) relied on interstate or international tourism that heavily pre-covid anyways. People have also got more disposable income over here courtesy of the stimulus package, being able to continue working and the inability to blow all this in a bender up in Bali or On the Gold Coast (shit examples but you get my jist). We were also lucky enough that our lockdown occurred in the park off seasons, so loss of income due to closure was close to nil.
For the most part though, both domestically and internationally, Covid has and is metaphorically speaking shat and shitting all over the industry and i don't think there's really much questioning that.