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Just a quick question, what is the problem with cyclones queue house? I haven't been to DW since cyclone opened so I dont really know what this problem people speak of is.

Light rail isn't all bad and the rails arent rusty. They are good because they can have stops virtually anywhere and they are easy to get to, just a matter of walking into the middle of the road, instead of going off the street up staris to get to the station. Plus its rather cool seeing the sleek trams go past. But this Austran system sounds cool, It will be really good when the system gets going.

Its next week. I said they will be doing a story on theme parks

Just informing everyone that The great outdoors will be doing a theme park story of "The worlds thrill ride capital". They showed some footage of DCA and also some footage of colossus at TP, unless California screamin has aqua colored track in which case im mistaken. Should be good but murphys law states that I will pobably be working on monday night so i'll miss it just like I have missed the LPS & LPM stories and the Wild Waldi Water Park story. Then again I may get lucky and be home.

No wait, TT does work, but the captions get cut off. I have found RC enlargments work if I copy and paste into paint, I can scroll around in there.

I uploaded it again for your veiwing pleasure. Your design is pretty good, nice selection of rides, But is the middle coaster an SLC? Try doing it in black pen so you can see it better and use a ruler for straight lines, it gives everything a nice crisp look. Otherwise its pretty good. BTW Im working on a new park design of my own, A bit bigger than the sydney park I Designed but a bit smaller than the one I did above. I was intially going to do it in 3D perspective, but its too hard to make it all fit while keeping up the detail. I think i'll do the design in 2D to scale, while maybe doing a few major rides seperatley in 3D.

One thing you could implement for Roller Coaster and TT is scroll bars on the large versions of the images, some peoples screens cant handle the higher resolutions which makes veiwing the whole picture hard.

I think it will impress the GP, I was on MSN talking to one of my friends and they asked what i was doing, so I said I was looking at the construction of the Claw, and I sent a pic of the DM version, and the immediate reply I got was "F*** that!". Were just coaster nuts so nothing really suprises us much anymore, but the GP who the ride is aimed at will be impressed.

How could it be the most spine tingling one of its kind anyway? If its smaller than Lotte Worlds version, then it would have to be just a bit less thrilling wouldnt it? It still will be fun but it wont be the best, unless DW does a very good job with the theming, then it will be the best. Or maybe they will put the rotation speed up a bit if thats possible, that could give an on the edge feeling as the negative Gs would be really pushing you out of your seat.

Prehaps something like this :http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery731...1.htm?Picture=2 could be put around the track to keep the riders quiet, or you could make a mainly tame coaster, but who would want that?

Richard, were talking about Luna Park here, yeah having Demon would not be great, I thought people disliked old rides just being put in a LP. Build a completley new coaster that can operate quietly, Does anyone have rough dimensions of the site? Need help remembering the topic? Roller-Coaster.com.au forum nazi's to the rescue

Well, we knew that much, but is there a website they have set up for these things or something?

They all go round and round, how much could set the them apart?

yeah everyone seems to want one of them , but they are expensive and I dont see WnW getting one realisticaly, Id love to see a Toliet Bowl slide get built or maybe a master blaster slide.

It wouldnt cost much for WnW too pull something out of the hat, but I have to question their logic on buliding a spa/whrilpool anyway? Thats something you can already do at an aquatic centre. Well, the ride looks very cool, I really like the colours, Ill have to head up soon and ride it, but untill then the street fighter at the show will have to do.

I think that it may just house ride equipment, eg Hydraulic motors for the dropping floor, transformers, etc.

With the foce issue of my Idea, well It would definitley have a diagonal brace to strenghthen it, certainly not a single axle like on X. Your gyro drop Idea is also good, but would it be balanced properly? A 3rd set of rails on the northern side would be needed.

The helix goes around more than a complete circle. I thought an E-Ticket attraction was one where you get a ticket from a machine that gives a designared boarding time. And a fan turn is like a U turn tilted upwards.

Well, they could do what they did on California Screamin and put in those "Scream tubes". But id bet they would get some ex carnival coaster before my Idea As for a lack of things to do, well you could go up centerpoint tower, visit a cinema, visit the aquarium, visit IMAX, take a walk in a park somewhere in the city, do the bridge climb, go to a museum somewhere in the city (theres gotta be one)

I dont think a TOT type ride would work due to the horrendous noise and it does not really suit LP. It would be better if they buit a coaster with 3 or so inversions in a circumnaveragal layout like BD, and sand filled track for silent operation, and prehaps a DCA style sound tube. But thats just my crazy idea. The food prices sound pretty bad, It would be so much fun opening a takeaway or a fast food franchise just outside the gate across the way with low food prices, and everyone would come to you and you would make a mint off LPS vistors.

More than forur lanes would be possible, many freefall rides have something like 6 lanes. Such as this one :http://www.intaminworldwide.com/img/BILDER..._R/GIANT_DR.jpg The vehicles I had thought of would be a bit narrower so fitting in 4 would be possible. And are you sure you can get your bearings right? If the pacific highway runs north sout, nand the TOT runs parallel to it, then the TOTs vetical section is on the southern side. The GD tracks are either side, therefore they are on the east and west.

So it looks like a new coaster for the GC, but does anyone know the manufacuter or type? And where did you find the news Richo? What was the orignal ghost train like? I never even knew about this place. Cool news anyway, another reason to go up there later in the year.

You should really try the one at ATP next time your'e down Melbourne way, Its really long and good and I think from memory, it actually had a drop type thing, like on a waterslide. ATP also has a very well themed mini golf course with actual bunkers and water hazards, a pair of waterslides, Go Karts and this year they are getting bumper boats. I think ATPs is my personal favourite.

I had a crazy idea for GD, Canteliever seating. Instead of a space consuming 8 across, there would be a 4 across row of seats back to back with another, (Total of 8 riders) The seats would jut out perpindicular to the tower (so you would be side on to the tower). Having seats like this would enable around 4 lanes to run, Doubling capacity, a couple of the lanes could use stand up cars, giving a varied experience.

I really do doubt that MW will get something like Soarin' over Califorina, Plus Rabid has said its going to be of the magnitude of TOT/GD, and that doesnt really sond like it fits the bill. One thing is for sure, we'll be getting some darn good construction pics