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Maybe he wants an aviary.

Well it would be my dream to open a theme park in Melbourne, But I really doubt I will ever do it for a number of reasons, but I can always dream. I doubt I will do engineering because I dont want to spend thousands on a degree that has a very slim chance of leading to ride design ect. I will probably get into Architecture.

Yeah, sorry about that, I didnt bother putting them up again because people had stopped responding to the thread. If you could find them for me Richard it would be great, Im on a limited connection and posting all of them made my usage go over the allowed 300mb, and I dont want to get in trouble with dad again .

Its powered by Two giant water wheels under the drops that force the water around, and anyway the ride is way smaller then TTR/SRR, maybe if you wanted to cut pumping power down even more, 4 rider rafts could be used and the channel could be shallower.

I guess it would be arond 40x10m, but it is portable because we alredy have portable log flumes and because it isnt buried in the ground but rather in a fiberglass channel, The ride rests on a metal framework that can be easily bolted together then dissasembled. The channel segments would also be bolted together and have a rubber waterproof seal. The ride also lacks a resivior around the drops, Instead plastic gaurds are installed like on spash canyon. One thing I really should have drawn in was a plastic liner around the entire ride to catch any leaks.

I have an Idea for a possibe transportable ride, a portable river rapids ride, Of course I doubt it would do well here but over in europe it could work especialy in Germany where traveling fairs are popular and water restrictions may be less of a problem. The course is level all the way along, but two drops are incorpirated, but all that happens is the water keeps flowing under the drops but a lift is installed thet diverts the raft up ot of the channel up to the top, then down a chute back into the channel. The rides flow is maintained by a large water wheel under each drop, Other equpment is kept under the drop too, The layout has plenty of fountains, a whirlpool, overhead waterfall, rapids and waves (like on S.R.R.) The boats would hold 6 as usual but would have a set of Shopping trolley style wheels underneath so the boat can just roll down the drops. Here It is Also on the topic of river rapids, I think there should be rafts with outward facing seating or barge style rafts with seating all facing the same way.

Yeah, That will be great, or you could just copy and paste the text (if you emailed them) If you didnt email, just type it up, it will take less time to load than an image.

I dont think ill be able to go, Partly because my parents wouldnt let me go to Sydney alone, Partly because of money, Partly because of accommadation, Partly because our family just went up to sydney last year. Oh well, Hope you guys have fun, take lots of photos of everyone together at the meet. Wish I could go though and have a fun day out and meet other enthusiasts. Edit: nope, definitely cant come, Im working.

Maybe someone who lives on the gold coast could just go to the shire offices and check the planning apllications, they should tell where the ride will be located. Also, does anyone know how long it takes to put a flat ride together, Im guessing a Month or so, But i may be wrong. That brings me to another question ,Why dont the parks open their new attractions on the first day of the Holidays, Instead of part way through, (Boxing Day) If the ride is there at the start of the holidays it means more visitors, and people planning a trip wouldnt have to hold off till after Christmas to ride the new ride. Oh and about the GD gondola being taken away for refurbishment, It would be cool if thye replaced it with a floorless stand up gondola, Another "new" attraction with a lower price than a whole new ride.

I wonder what the old guy was expecting to get around SW? Walking is to be expected on a day out and people still complain. I wonder if the old guy complains if he goes to a shopping center, where there is no monorail etc. WL is pretty big, but they could have easily solved the problem by building a park transit system, and if that was too much trouble the could just have a bunch of those tractor train things like the one they already have. Those people who complained are party poopers and Id hate to know what would hapen if they visited disney or something, Would they ask for disney land to be smaller? As for the guy who complained about the drink, He would have been totaly screwed if it were a bottle.

It would be cool swinging out over the water, but what happens when the paddlesteamer goes past? Maybe if it was placed so it swings parallel to the water. I cant wait for it to be built, I cant remember the last major flat we got.

Oh, one of those, (Light bulb goes of in head) Its like that trasnsportable ride, The Mattehorn. They are a pretty fun ride.

What was tasmanian devil? Was it a good ride and where was it located? I have tried to find pics but I cant. My guess is that it was some kind of spinning ride.

Are you going to rainbows end? I might be going to NZ at the end of this year. A couple of questions.. Do you need a passport coming from Australia? Do you need any special driving licences or is an Australian licence valid there? On the luge, how do they take the little car things back to the top?

When BD was operating and the residents were complaning about the noise, I wonder why they didnt just put sound tubes around it , like on california screamin'. It could have given the ride a cool experience. Also, what was river caves? Im guessing an indoor boat ride but i may be wrong.

Cool, the new site is gonna look cool, It kind of reminds me of www.coasterforce.com

I cant get the image to work.

richard, Arrow does not do all of their own work, The Big dipper was made in Newcastle.

I think they are teaming up to make better Knex Coaster Models. A ride like Mr Freeze Could be done fairly easily with Knex.

cool, How big was the Knex Pack you won. also, was the knex activity popular on the day, maybe if it was they could open a knex activity zone in the park, just another cheap thing for them to open...

so did anyone end up going? If anyone could post a couple 'o' pics it would be appreciated.

It depends what you mean. If all the animals suddenly went with the park as it is now, I think it would die because it would have not enough to do in comparison to other parks, People usually go to SW to see animals and it would suck without em. If you mean seaworld In its location, but with more rides instead of animals, I think it would work because of its nice location.

Its not gonna put any rides in jeopardy if it doesnt get built so its no real issue for us visitors.It will still be popular without it. i can kinda see where the aparment owners are coming from, I mean they've paid $10 000 000 or whatever for a shoebox, they'd want good value, maybe if it(the office compelx)waw redsigned it would be ok.

Only after a few sucsessful runs, but they would shut the ride down anyway as its a serious problem, unless it was to do with getting the brakes open

Andy, Just read the help file, It tells you how to make a simple coaster, you can then expand on that.Try using the premade elements, They can be useful, especialy when making cobra rolls.