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Actualy I used to visit Magic Mountain as a kid and it wasn't actualy 'that' dodgy. It certainly wasn't in the same league as the other parks but it was kind of cool. I remember when they got the big water play area attraction one year, I didn't go in and planned to next year. I returned the next year to find the place closed :-( The magic show in the castle at the top certainly was very good and if I'm not mistaken the chairlift is now at DW correct? Certainly prefered seeing the castle up the top than the bloody apartments that are there today!

Hence why I was saying get the bomb bay version. Fun is great but some added thril slides are good too. My favourite ride at the park would still have to be the double screamer and I personaly have been ridding it for about 16 or 17 years now.

If they went that way I think they should get it converted like some of the US parks and have a "Bomb Bay" type ride. Personaly I'd like to see rides in the following order; The Storm (toilet bowl slide) Master blaster One of the new 'Funnel' style slides. But yeah a free fall would be cool. Don't know how many more things they can tack onto the original speed slide tower though. Perhaps they could tie it in with the Mammoth falls tower??

Well I'm very sad to hear both of these things... FIRST Put Putt is just dodgy as if you ask me. Something like this has no place in a so called 'profesional' theme park, of course it will be a ****ty upcharge and I HATE upcharge in parks. Come on DW you can do better than this! As for WWF Thats very poor indeed. Here we all were saying how good the park was for going out and restoring the ride to its former glory. It's clear they haven't done this and now my bet is on they wont. IMO the current state of the ride IS NOT acceptable and just looks like ****. POOR FORM MOVIEWORLD. ...would have expected this from our friends up the road but not from such a top class park which I believe MW has every chance of becoming.

LOL wouldn't life be grand if you could make a living from this little website... Don't think that's happening anytime soon ay Richard :-)

I know exactly what will happen in the first 12 months of such an idea...the low fog will be canned because of the high expense of running it and the sound effects will end up breaking down and not being fixed. Theming will deteriorate from lack of attention and it will be forgotten about when they start the Thunderbolt project... We really should just give up on theming for Dreamworld, there is just too much past precedent on what will happen to it in the long term.

*preface* Richard I think it best to split this thread into one more apropriate... That's what I figured Bus, and that would tie in with what was said about it being too slipery down there... My guess is the design was to allow unloading at the dock to improve capacity and run more boats however it worked out that the capacity was not needed and with the area flooding overnight it wasn't all that safe. Only problem I have with this idea is unless I'm mistaken the dock never moved so that would mean people would be getting off a moving raft onto a stationary dock (not a good idea) so unless the dock originaly had a moving walkway I doubt it was every used. This area always anoyed the crap out of me, although this ride had next to no theming from the get go at least it was somewhat of a rapids ride. Then to finish it off you come into a straight flat section of water with a completely out of place 'dock', a dam with plant visible and the business end with the pumps and stuff. Just completely poor form if you ask me. I always miss the rotating stations at DW and WL

WOW In all this time Ive never actualy had someone fill me in on the reasoning behind the crappy looking 'dock' prior to the SRR station (sorry to get off topic). Must have only been in use for a very short time because I never remember getting off there and my first visit wasn't long after the park opened.

Who trod on your lunch and made you so damn grump Alex? Don't think there was any need for such an outburst. Thanks for the contribution jackf, welcome.

I think the Sturt would improve its popularity greatly if it offered more than just a lap of the island... IE bring back the entertainment and some other attraction is this currently dead section of the park.

I don't know how you could even think about comparing a ride from Intamin and one from huss. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say in my opinion Intamin are un paralleled in terms of quality, engineering and smoothness by any other manufacturer. That's before you even bring into the equation the extent to which they push the boundaries of what can be achieved with their designs and concepts. After all who produced B&M :-p

Yes beware Richard the evil admin LMAO I think this thread lost all credibility within the first half dozen posts so why stop now

Yes much of that to be done this weekend mate :-)

HAHAHA 35 - 40 hours a week LMAO Yes mate, real hectic that school certificate...be careful not to colour the circles outside the line :-p Dude get over it, I just did a 90 hour week last week and got home 20 mins ago and have to be back at work in 5 hours, what's your complaint?? For those who see the news you would have seen my handywork in the form of the David Jones fashion launch held tonight in sydney... Gotta hate all those models LOL

I'll join you on those thoughts Kostya! I haven't had a business hour minute off in a few weeks now and am working 7 days a week of usualy at least 12 hours. I don't come in here crappin on about how busy I am...poor little sod, must have got a bit too much homework this week ay ;-p

Umm and I would say how about you just don't ride it if you don't like the idea of it? Why on earth would they do something as stupid as removing one of the signature elements of what IMO is a great coaster??

Sorry to break the topic Rich...go on yell at me if you must, I can handle it :-) So maybe all this time later Bus can tell us what actualy happend on Snowy that day we had the TT meet??

Just thought I'd point out that unless any of us actualy work for a theme park we are merely members of the General Public ourselves... I just find that amusing sometimes

Oh yeah that helix rocks! Its the only time I've ever come close to blacking out on a ride, well anywhere actually. And I tell you I was pretty damn close, the world got very dark! The park itself wasn't dirty, it was more depressing than anything else. Had no life force. I mean it was dead so I won't hold the emptiness against it because that was great but many things were closed or not working. Also the staff weren't anything to write home about. Nothing like the staff at Knott's, however I see over on WC they are getting a bit of a beating now... I also have been reading on WC that the park has been getting a lot better of late. When I was there Superman was running though and most rides had a least 2 trains...

Sorry I think he should have said good coaster designs are one off :-p

Hey Bus Where abouts were you operating a Gyro Swing? Not doubting you, just curious :-p

Okay I started to agree with you there Obstructure but then you lost me towards the end. Yes as I have said the ride is fine, will be great and the public will love it...hell I'm sure I'll take a shining to it myself once I get to ride it (I haven't ridden anything of this style as yet). What I don't agree with is where you sugest that just because this is Australia we shouldn't expect rides to operate at a decent capacity or have top quality theming. That is just selling both us and the GP short.

Am I the only one feeling a bit of Dejavu coming on?

No see I agree with you completely (and have from the start) Richard about making out it's something that it's not. However, in my opinion (yes for all you youngins I actualy used the words and not IMO) the GP will see it as a thrill attraction. I believe that to them it will live up to the PR hype, it's just that we know better. We (and by we I mean those who have been fortunate enough to go abroad and sample their rides) are probably spoilt like that.

I have to agree with Bus on this point... We all sat around here winging for a very long time about the lack of additions to Wonderland all those years. Now Dreamworld is adding rides (and for no particular need or anything) and we are doing our best to complain about it not being good enough. I agree it's not E-ticket and it's not quite in the same league as Wipeout but the GP with think it's fantastic and that's really all that is needed. I'm sure we won't be dissapointed when the park does get it's next 'E Ticket.'