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Yeah, I remeber seeing that on www.australianamusmentfanatics.com, doesnt look that great, I have seen better ones of these "Adventure Parks" I remeber my old town had this place called "Puzzle Park" It had a massive waterslide, big mat slides that virtually covered the length of the park, a human snakes and ladders board with actual slides and ladders,playgounds etc etc. Oh the fond memories.

Ah, i see. Hey I have a handful of pics my parents took of DW before I was born, (they are from around '84) they are of blue lagoon and the paddle steamer, do you want them?

Just a quick question, are the current galleries that are up complete, or are you just getting the galleries up with a few pics for the sake of getting everything ready, to add more pics later, BTW I really do like this new site, very professional and imformative.

I dont think giving a coaster a storyline and a good theme is too impossible, what about Nemesis at AT, the themeing on that thing is cool and it has a story to back it up. And Scott, what is wrong with getting something "Wacky", Id rather a flyer or standup to some sit down that the park already has (unless its a big sit down, im ok with it then) What sort of thing would you like to have instead?

Dont worry Richo, It was a great video, loved the music, i suppose one could skip through that bit while watching, It was more of a download issue for me. What sort of Video cam do you have?

He, He, He, It looks like a giant ring pull. I reckon i'd ride it (my sister was watching the video too and she said she would ride it), but the price sounds a bit steep. Good video but you could have edited out the part where you are just looking at the top car for ages, like maybe one of those "clock" transitions.

And for those of us who watch the AFL footy show....? The NRL one is on at like 11:45 down here and Im not staying up that late. Is it like a spinning ride?

What is the vomitron? Is it one of those things that has a few concentric rings that pivot and you get spun around, like the space rings in RCT. BTW has anyone wasted money on the Oxygen Bar that's there?

Good to hear you have headed down south Willsy, contary to Daniel, Melbourne is not too bad. what part of Melbourne you living in?

Sorry, i meant the new rides. you seem quite in the loop when it comes to carnival rides, do you think mega drop will be heading down here? what about that spinning wild mouse? Maybe the reason some of these didnt come was because of the shows new format (less rides, more of the other diversions) and in Splash Canyons case, becasue of water restictions.

Rich, the floorless Ranger ride is called Hangover. (Look at the side of the gondola, you can see the latters H A N G O V E R) I really do hope all these rides come to Melbourne, they all look great. Looking foward to the pics Flea. BTW Huss, did you go to Moomba? If you did, what rides were there?

Gee ASHLEE, you should become a comedian with all your one liners. Id probably say Dreamworld because its a nice big park with lots to do and it more variety than the other parks. Also, it has the best thrill rides and other rides it has are of a good standard.

go for the big modern coaster, Id love to see a big multi looper built here ,not just fairly average double loopers. I think a coaster would work better than flats beacuse people remember coasters better then flats and the fad of coasters takes longer to wear off. Also, I think driving past a big maze of metal will attract more people than a less imposing flat ride.Think of it this way, if a friend is talking about their holiday up to the GC they always seem talk about the TOT, LW etc and how great they were, but nobody ever seems to talk about Reef Diver or Wipeout. I think the only real way a flat will be popular nowdays is if its something like a big Gyro Swing, so its good that DW is getting one. Another reason I would like to see a big coaster built is because it would force other parks to think of bigger things and this would start a coaster war, which is what all of us would love to see.

Sorry, I had heard a while back that it was at Totemland, and I had asummed it had gone off the circut and TL was its permanent home, but I was wrong, It takes time out to go to the Sydney Show. Yet another ride Melbourne didnt get last year :mad:, just where were all the good rides last year? Oh well, at least you guys are having fun

Arent you guys on holidays yet? we have been on since last week. I was wondering why things were so empty during the day despite it being holidays. The Tiapan was not at the Melbourne show last year either, despite it being there in the past, all we got last year was a bit of a dodgy Mad Mouse. BTW why did they take Splash Canyon off the show circut, that was a really fun ride and really wet. The Ranger was a bit uncomfortable when I rode it at the last Shepp Show, I prefer the Hangover, quite comfortable and you cant beat those floorless seats.

I wonder if WBMW will be extra sneaky and stick a 2 on the SDSC sign, that would be the sort of thing they would do.

There were a couple of ads for Shark Bay on the telly last night. It was pretty cool and the area looks great, reminds me of Survivor (like the tribal council area ).

Hey rich, do you have any pics from inside the ride? Oh and about the rides drop at the end, how big is it and what is with that "unique" lift you said about?

Sounds cool. I wish the spinning wild mouse came to Melbourne last year though. Im also hoping Megadrop heads down our way too. Was the cliffhanger the same ride as the one that was posted earlier? Was the tiapan coaster the one with the really long helix and the the first and second drops that go over each other?

They are behind each other, joined together almost like a 2 car coaster train.

I thought for large pumping applications thay used an orger, so you wouldnt need a hydro electric sized thing. Heres a good pic of 1 - http://www.intaminworldwide.com/img/BILDER...RI/RAPIDS_5.jpg On another note, why would we want the same layout built again? with a new oppurtunity they should try something new.

Yeah, It probably wouldnt work, but i didnt even mean a vertical drop in the first place, I just reckon a steeper downhill run so the water flows faster. I think the boats on SRR could handle a 30-40 dergree drop without flipping, Bear River Run at DCA uses the similar boats (more passengers though) and it can handle a big downhill drop. BTW, can you tell me what that spinning cylinder type thing is on the Left side of the course just out of loading area is on SRR.

Wont work eh? - http://www.phantasialand-info.de/view.php?...p?id=32&pic=173 Anyway, what I meant was a course steeper than what SRR is, but not too steep, maybe a grade twice of what SSR is.

I did think of a rail idea, The front boat would have rails on the left side but not on the right, and the rear boat would have rails on the right side but not on the left, on the normal sections there would be a rail on both sides of the channel but on the sections after the split up each route would only have a rail on one one side. On another note, maybe I should head to the rail yards and look at the couplings trains use, I think during shunting they use a click on / click off mechanisim, I know a train buff so maybe he can shed seom light on it for me.

Good idea Dan with the SRR boats, It would be really cool if it had a long lift to the top of a hill, then just a steep and wet downhill run to the end.