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F******************************************** Ned Flanders: Well thats the loudest profanity i've ever heard.

Gee you're a bit slow mate.

Well, it was always inevitable but its no real loss since its just progress and we are getting a better replacement anyway. Though one bad thing is the fact Australia now no longer has any tobbogan slides. Hopefully BB wont be back and that will leave that whole side of the park free to be developed.

But who says you have to sacrafice good theming for loading convenience? I know its just a drop ride, but i disagree, i love good theming on anything and i dont feel they would be over doing it by theming it well, and while i wouldnt expect anything up to WWF or SDSC, the loading area should still look good, and the queue should have decent theming since its lower capacity could cause longer lines than their other thrill rides.

Yeah you will because you would be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Tornados have a theme ? In that case all tornados would be grey. Personally with the colours lime green should be put with the dark green. Yup, they will send back the ride they paid for and pull up the footers and supports. Meh, tornados are better anyway.

Yay, speakers, guys "THE SPLASH DOWN POOL IS SHALLOW!" What are these in the background? i thought they were concrete pipes, but arent they normally circular and not cut in half? Plus it seems that some of them are stacked on top each other like this: (( but vertically.

I personally dont mind if its a small space, as has been mentioned it will improve the ride to be close to SE. There is also the advantage of having less area that they have to worry about theming, so they could concerntrate on details etc.

More News! The wave pool is being built by Scottish company Murphys Waves (They also built outback bay at Jamberoo) it will be 25m wide and will be a "Boogie Pool" ( http://www.wavesltd.co.uk/Products/boogie.htm ) , so this means we should be able to bodyboard in it like the flowrider, but in real waves. This is looking good as the example shown on the website has some nice looking waves that break, and not just bob. See http://www.wavesltd.co.uk/news.htm

Have you ever ridden one? But anyway, i think the ride will feel similar to the claw, its just that there is a track below you rather than a pendulum arm above you. And of course the seats spin, so it would have to be somewhere near the Claw, though maybe a bit less intense. Still, i think they are a cool little ride. Oh and i cant imagine a little coaster like that being "heaps of money", its got, what, 50m of track? And why does everyone say SW is boring, i managed to fill a full day without seeing all the shows and only riding everything once. The exhibits were great and it was nice to be able to see something without a line. Makes me wonder why these people visit in the first place, do people just visit it so they can get bored and complain after? Or do they dislike animals?

i was thinking they would either be some sort of shade sail structure, or something to do with the theming, like tribal totem poles or something.

Im actually inclined to agree, thrills dont really fit in at SW, if anything the rides there need to be of broad appeal, though I still think the ride will be cool.

Good photos Rich, or should I say Tony (whoever took them anyway) They give a really good feel for the park. My thoughts. -It looks as though we are getting a "long" Tornado with extra turns at the start, so that could give them and ege over WnWs offering -I dont think the slide under the tornado would neccesarily be smaller by the size of the support, i think the reason the canteleiver is smaller is because the slides curvature wont actuall be centered around the column. -I think it was a waste to only have 3 slides off T1, since there is space for a 4th. Maybe in the future this space could be used for a cannon bowl raft slide. -The T2 splashdown area pic seems to have a large raft return running across it. And what the hell is the guy in the cherry picker trying to access. -I love the red colour for the slides, looks better than the effort so far, but i dont think they are for T2 as they are too narrow for the tornado. -T3 has ugly colours, i mean LILAC! though it looks nice and tall. -I have a theory on the Architectural style of the entrance, it reminds me of a service station canopy. Im going to bet that the vertical part will have a big coloured graphic extending along it. -Im going to go straight out and say the second tower attraction will be an uphill slide, In the very last pic of the gallery just look at the supports. They are the afformentioned T bar support (as opposed to the curved type around the bottom of a standard flume), which would suit the flat bottomed conveyor belt flume section. You can also see that the supports along the carpark edge go tall, low, tall. Ill bet you that there is a small "valley" support that is obscured by the truck.

Yeah, i was thinking that (but remember its 16 passengers on a proper half pipe, not the smaller japanese model, which would get it to 400), but IMO it doesnt matter since SW isnt a thrill park, so the ride wouldn't get long lines anyway, like corkscrew seems pretty quiet whenever you visit, though Joz would be in a much better position to comment on corkscrews popularity.

Why wouldnt you see a half pipe going in?

Wait, Matt, are you suggesting the ride going to SW is the halfpipe that was on the roof of an outlet store in Japan? though according to the RCDB entry http://www.rcdb.com/id3383.htm? they cant get demolition permits for the ride so if this has since changed it could come here. The only issue i can see is the tiny capacity.

Yeah it is, i just love that one because it looks so twisty with tons of dips. Prehaps the perect layout would begin with a couple of straight hills like at SFNE, but the rest of the ride would be a twisted mess.

My apoligies, I didnt realize. I normally go by the "Location" descriptor under the members Avatar. I thought it was someone being a bit careless but alas i was wrong. I never intended to cause any offence.

A ball coaster is basically a 4D coaster by Intamin, but with no turns due to the car design. But from what we know. -A launched coaster -made by Intamin -no higher than 100" (SWs height limit as dicussed) -most likley compact to fit in SW -not an impulse -does not use water Hmmm, Any old fool could work that out .

One thing is the fact you need to watch your spelling and grammar as it was a bit hard to read.

A slide like this would make my Day, that has got to be the coolest slide i have ever seen. It looks great, has tons of dips and uses 3 passenger rafts (which help capacity), but there is a conveyor belt that avoids the problems of trying to get a raft up narrow stairs (like in the Extreme H20 zone)

And what i want to know is, is wether any residents actually oppose the development. It really bugs me when governments interfere with stuff like this trying to be overly controlling. Another example of this I can think of is the retail development that was blocked at Avalon Airport, the reason being it was not in one of the 'activity areas' set out under the Melbourne 2020 plan. Like its friggin waste land around the airport, nobody would be affected, it would only be positive for the airport operator and visitors flying in. And whats with the obessesion with high density housing in new devlopments, does anyone actually want to live in them? Especially at Coomera, where there are no real views and the only company being a noisy theme park that will only get noisier. But as Rich said, just let the free market take its course, and let them develop what the GP wants, and not what the council tells them to want. And one other thing, why was on overseas firm given preference in development, havent maquarie had a bit more experience in the area? But anyway hope Maquarie wins....

Oh sorry about that. Well if thats the case cool, i have wanted to ride one of them for ages, But IMO it would be better if it was just one big drop out of the tunnels rather than lots of little ones like super 8, its not that fun just crashing into water and slowing down as you do on super 8, but one smooth, continuous drop would be cool because you could streamline and not get a face full of water all the way down. And i can see what you mean with the supports for a Rocket, but its a bit of a long shot since they are very similar to a normal slides supports. But anyway IMO the rocket slide is inferior to the master blaster, its better to be blasted uphill by water than conveyor belts that break down. One thing, Nice slide colours, do they come in mens? Maybe they will look a bit better surrounded by plants.

Hmm, I dont like the name as much now (Bluewater Bay was a better choice IMO) but it will probably grow on me. So where did this new info come from?