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Yeah, I saw the "kidz passport to fun" things. My ride-op-friend (Billy) kept stamping em for me as I kept riding SP without getting off (on Saturday). I didn't claim my prizes, but I did successfully fill up all spaces in 30 mins! It's very true about the staff, they were all bubbly.. I am soo impressed with Wonderland atm.. so good to see my home park in this state. Now, what can I say about this new addition? You guys have got me going crazy mad. It's costing a lot of money, and Kevin says that it seems Australia is trying to out do the American coasters. I am very excited.. you know that feeling when your so excited your chest like 'locks' up? I got that feeling This rules out any possibilty of a flat ride, since Kevin stated coasters. Could we please have some information on the manufacturer of the ride? We have got the information of it costing a lot of money, but all rides cost a lot of money. I just don't see a park that gets fairly low attendance get a 4d coaster or something, maybe they've been saving since the addition of Space Probe? Thanks, ~Flea

Heya Jaggs.. I took 2 trips to Wonderland on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday, each trip were 4 hours long). Saturday wasn't too crowded, but had a nice amount of people to generate 10 min lins for each ride and Sunday was pretty darn crowded. Did you end up seeing car no. 3's on SP with no cover? It's very interesting to see. Here's my trip report.. http://www.totalthrills.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=195 Good to hear ~Flea

13 Making out is still a big step at my age.. I hear you though, being in the late 40's.. I can't imagine how strict parents would be on gf and bf's back then.. wow Thanks for the info, ~Flea

So you're saying that river caves was a love tunnel ride which ripped every other love tunnel ride to shreads? I don't see why this ride was so popular, to me it sounded like a dark tunnel with crappy theming.. just a place for teens to make out in private. Thanks for the info, ~Flea

I'd prefer a Giga Coaster.. but then again, if Rabid Disney said we were getting something great, and he knew it was a Giga Coaster, then he might as well said 'you guys are getting something excellent'. Catch my drift? Anything Intamin or B & M would really please me, but hey, if a merry-go-round was added, I'd still go nuts! ~Flea

Joz's sig states that Ride Op has stated that Wonderland is getting a new show.. could this be this new thing? but.. Rabid Disney has said it will be something that we will like, so I really doubt it's a show.. since we don't prefer shows over rides. Confusing, isn't it? ~Flea

Some people even know what this ride is going to be, but they can't say Even if it's just the manufacturer that we can squeeze out of them, I'd be happy. So please tell us guys, pretty please with 'Intamin' on top ~Flea

Why do you guys have to make us suffer like this? You must tell us! Just give us the manufacturer please? Pretty please with 'Intamin' on top? ~Flea

Then why was it closed? ~Flea

I'll wake up at 6am so I can get on the first public train released.. or, how about we all make up a coaster group so we can go on media day? (If there is one!).. I'll be there with my video camera, but don't expect to take your cameras on guys Now, were getting way to ahead of ourselves ~Flea

A 3 months construction on a show? No, this is a ride! ~Flea

Hi there insider op, welcome to Total Thrills! Your name suggests that you are a ride operator at wonderland, is this correct? And if you really do say that Thunder's information is really 'on the money' then shouldn't Wonderland start constructing soon? Thanks, ~Flea

Hanna Barbera Land was removed because 79% of the park's guests complained that the park was too big. ~Flea

Thanks for that.. what book stores would you think might be able to order it in? I was thinking that the river caves ride was more like an old version of Bermuda Triangle at Sea World.. but a love boat ride.. scary to think what people really do in there and if they really cared for the theming Thanks, ~Flea

Sorry mate, that 90% downtime was certainly a wild guess from what I've heard from other people. I didn't say anything about Deja Vu not being a good ride.. I'm sure it is! Infact, I would kill to replace the entire wonderland for one of those. Martin all the way! ~Flea

Well, would you rather like a reliable Intamin Impulse or a 90% downtime giant inverted vekoma boomerang? ~Flea

Today, I was lying in bed for what seemed to be hours. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I decided to think of what I would do today. I decided to go to Wonderland for a few hous by myself.. I arrived at the park at exactly 11:20am, I told my mum to pick me up at 2:20pm. There were no lines to get a ticket, so I just flashed my wonderpass got a stamp and was in the park 2 minutes after I exited my car. I raced to Space Probe (even there was no real reason to) and there was absolutely no line. I walked on, to be greeted by 4, yes 4 ride ops! (even though 2 were just talking to the 2 that were actually working). Due to myself being extremely light and the only one on car no. 3, the freefall was quite slow. Never-the-less, fun! I re-rode SP another 20 times until I had to get off because of the line getting too long. Here's some information about SP today.. - Car no. 3 is now currently working. The 'catchment's' cover has been removed for car no. 3, but still is operational.. It looks very, weird. - I made great conversation with a ride op named 'Billy'. He is very enthusiastic, and got the cars up and running in a very short amount of time. We had this little joke between myself and Billy where when the cars reached the very top of the tower, Billy would say 'emergency harness release' and everyone would get freaked out. He's a great person, and I told him to look out for me when I come again next week with my friend Andrew (I think?) After this I took 4 rides on demon, 1 ride at front, 3 at back. Same old stuff, a little rougher than I remember. I raced down to TBB to take a ride on it. I sat next to this person with digusting breath and not at all humourous jokes. Very disappointing ride since I had to put up with roughness, bad breath and lame jokes.. The yellow train has been painted with a wonderland logo at the front. After this, I decided to take a glimpse at the recently 'refurbished' Snowy River Rampage. Nothing has changed except a newly painted station. There was a pretty long line. I took a few more rides on SP (with a 10 minute line), grabbed some chips and waited for my mum to pick me up. Btw, crowds were moderate. ~Flea

Ditto.. Guys, I challenge you to bring a camera on any of Wonderland's rides.. very, very hard, and if they catch you.. be prepared for a scream of around 110db I've managed to bring my video camera and still camera on some rides a few times, but most of the time I get caught. ~Flea

Is that so? Seeing stuntman's using suspended cables to do their stunts really does disappoint though.. I'll stick to ours being better Just imagine a Matrix based show, to do the stunts shown in the movie would require some major 'look at me!' cables, ewww.. ~Flea

It's odd really, shouldn't it be going from Australia to Hollywood. I mean, the ride is set in Australia therefore we shouldn't be jumping from australia to Hollywood to Australia.. then again, Movie World is set like Hollywood.. me confused Anyway, it's a good starters ride for juniors, but I wouldn't recommend riding it alone since it ain't that thrilling, and the drop is probally on the tamest angle I have ever experienced Nonetheless.. fun! ~Flea

That looks like a cheap shot at our Police stunt show. Our stuntman's do not have cables supporting them, unlike this show. From what I see, WBMW Germany seemed to have picked random people off the street and start swinging on some cables. Although I could be completely wrong, and some people may take a fair hit at me for what I have said.. but it's IMO ~Flea

Well.. seeing as that I'll be adding my on ride video of TBB, SDSC, RRRC and Corkscrew in the next few weeks, I don't know if I have a crazy shot of any rides. I mean, there are some TBB still's that I took, but it is a really tame coaster IMO.. http://ourworld.cs.com/Flea110/012.jpg http://ourworld.cs.com/Flea110/016.jpg http://ourworld.cs.com/Flea110/017.jpg http://ourworld.cs.com/Flea110/018.jpg ~Flea

Yeah, my camera picked the lasers up great, I really do think that with out the lasers, it ain't that of a great ride it really can be with the lasers on. Luckily for me when I went to Movie World a few months back, the lasers were switched on for my 2 rides. I really do think that it has to be the best coaster I've ridden. My cousin thought that LW was the best coaster.. ewww So whacha say about that high quality video? ~Flea

Nice video Richard! I wouldn't mind seeing the more higher quality video since I can load them quickly Just wondeirng though, why were the lasers turned off during your ride? Is this to cut running costs of the ride, or it's just the camera? I actually also took my video camera on SDSC during my ride, and it turned out great! Also, I took it on WWF and RRRC (which really did show the dirtyness of my lens at the time!) I should have those vids up in a week. Thanks, ~Flea

Dear god no! Impulses all the way ~Flea