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  1. I think everyone’s anger towards the management at Wonderland is misdirected. Yes they have made some bad decisions, and I am in no way defending them, but when there is zero or very little money made available from outside the park i.e. from the owners, it makes it very hard to do anything major to the park. As yet the park has not been sold or has any of the rides so after it closes the rides will remain and it will become a ghost theme park, however this will change as the rides will now be for sale on the market and we can also hope that Wonderland will be bought before it closes and will remain open for years to come. "The Bus is now leaving for Ownaview, Queensland"
  2. THIS IS NOT A RUMOR IT IS FACT. Wonderland Sydney is closing! A press release will be out tomorrow stating that at the end of the Easter Holidays Wonderland Sydney will be closing. The staff were informed tonight at a meeting held by Stephen Galbraith, CEO of Wonderland Sydney. To the approximately 500 staff, good luck in finding new employment. "The Bus is now leaving for Burraneer Close Reserve, NSW"
  3. As I said it was just a rumour and the name was my suggestion not anything I have heard from the park, it could also be themed around Storm, which I think could work well, you know Storm -> cyclone -> spinning ride. As for having to remove all the bits off the ride to re-theme them, that wouldn't be such a big problem as the ride is completely stripped down at the moment and the center up-right which was horizontal in a picture by Flea recently, has now been removed. All it takes is a week or so for the airbrush artists to do their work. What do you expect GoBoi? To go into the park two weekends from now and have an area completely re-themed? It has to start somewhere and this might be the start of it. "The Bus is now leaving for Gilt Dragon Reef, Western Australia"
  4. Which Australian theme park do you think has the best ride operators? Consider efficiency, friendliness and presentation in you answer. "The Bus is now leaving for Best Of All Lookout, Queensland
  5. I have heard through the rumour mill that when Dragons's Flight re-opens it will have a Spiderman theme to it and may possibly be called something like Spiderman's Web Spinner. Don't know about the name but it will be a good start for Wonderland if they do this and make some more from the Marvel contract. "The Bus is now leaving for Spider Island, Western Australia"
  6. Years ago the train at Wonderland used to go up to HB and into the Wildlife park. Im not sure if it went down to Goldrush, but I think the route would of been something like Botany Bay, Transylvania, HB, Wildlife, HB, Transylvania, Gold Rush, Botany Bay. Im not sure of the exact route but I know for sure that it did go to HB and the Wildlife Park. As for Wonderland having more than one train I don't think that would work as there are/were several places where there is only just enough room for one train to get through. "The Bus is now leaving for Traine River Trucking Yard, Western Australia"
  7. From Here Picture and more here "The Bus is now leaving for Looney Hill, NSW"
  8. Thats what I was talking about when I made the comment about Wonderland having all the land around it. I did! Or didn't you read my post? I will give you another example that might help you understand what im trying to say. Put a jet boat, like the ones that operate on the harbour, on the Nepean River at Penrith and see how much money it makes. People (I'm talking tourists here) want to be around the Harbour as much as they can because it is the most beautiful in the world (one eyed Sydneysider here). Also 'mate' are seriously trying to tell me and everyone here that you are so busy you don't have the time to re-read a ten line post? Come on. If you don't want to re-read it, try reading it as you type. BTW that nursery rhyme is my signature so I don't have to type it every time I post. "The Bus is now leaving for Touche, Western Australia"
  9. There is no need for Wonderland to buy up any land around it as they already own it all, or have just recently sold it for the business park. As for the idea of getting a bungee type attraction, where would they put it? I have seen several in at North American parks and they have quite a large footprint, especially the dual swings, which would be the way to go if they would get on (twice as many people, twice as much money). If Sydney is going to get this type of attraction you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be near the harbour and not 45 minutes out of the CBD. Now rewindniwer, you just wasted a post for no reason. All you needed to do in the first place was re-read what you had typed and fixed it before you posted. A common coutesy to everyone. "The Bus is now leaving for Snodgrass Back Gully, NSW"
  10. Best Rides: Kids Ride: Little Monsters Flying School Teen Ride: Space Probe/Demon Adult Ride: Space Probe/Demon Family: Snowy River Rampage Ride to be removed: Great Race, it's a piece of crap. Also Beastie and Skyrider, there closed for crying out loud GET RID OF THEM. "The Bus is now leaving for Mount Rideout, Queensland"
  11. What about SF Darien Lake and SF Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, both os these are in NY state. There are also 3 other SF parks (Great Adventure, Hurricane Harbor and Wild Safari) in New Jersey, just 74 miles from NY city. 5 SF parks in a small area, to me that sounds like a lot of parks and rides per capita. "The Bus is now leaving for New York Jump Ups, Western Australia"
  12. Im with DJ on this one I still can't see the 'custom title' section. Richard, when I posted my message with the error message my screen was telling me that I had 1 new personal message. I think I also recieved an email telling me this but I deleted it so I have no proof. Oh well what can you do? If it was important it will be resent to me. "The Bus is now leaving for Lostbiscca, Western Australia"
  13. Great new site Richard, but just a few questions. Can we change the words that appear under our usernames? Before, once you reached 100 posts, you could change this. Going back to my last post in this thread, can I access the PM that was sent to me but I got that error message? If not could the person who sent it to me please re-send it. Thanks "The Bus is now leaving for Goneaway National Park, Queensland"
  14. I can't access my personal message is this due to the work you are doing? This is the error message I get: General Error Could not get User Quota DEBUG MODE SQL Error : 1146 Table 'totalthrills_com.phpbb_attach_quota' doesn't exist SELECT l.quota_limit FROM phpbb_attach_quota q, phpbb_quota_limits l WHERE (q.user_id = 95) AND (q.user_id <> 0) AND (q.quota_type = 2) AND (q.quota_limit_id = l.quota_limit_id) LIMIT 1 Line : 183 File : /home/virtual/site4/fst/var/www/html/forums/attach_mod/posting_attachments.php "The Bus is now leaving for Faults Bay, Tasmania"
  15. From here. Fifty trapped on fun park ride January 17, 2004 AROUND 50 people were trapped on an amusement ride at a Gold Coast theme park after a tree fell on a cable today. The tree fell on the main cable on the Gondola cable car ride at Dreamworld at 1.45pm (AEST). The tourists are suspended mid-air above the theme park while ambulance crews and fire fighters attempt to pull the tree off. "There are fears if we do not move quickly enough the tree will pull the ride down," said a Queensland Ambulance spokesman. "The ride is absolutely full." The cable car ride offers a panoramic view of the park and transports tourists from one side of Dreamworld to the other. "The Bus is now leaving for The Felled Timber, NSW"
  16. Chippy's going to blow his load over those pictures. If you need a new keyboard just PM me I have one going cheap. "The Bus is now leaving for Little Blow Clear State Forest, NSW"
  17. Me dribble crap? Never! I put a lot of time into my signoff's so im glad someone appreciates what I do, which by the way is not much. I love being a student. "The Bus is now leaving for Craptolite Gully, Victoria"
  18. I agree with Daniel on this one, the same rumour goes around every year, and every year it stays open. Wonderland would not have to close completely to do a major refurbishment. They could work on each area at a time and open them progressively. E.g. Redevelop Gold Rush then Transylvania then HB and you could open them in that order and have a great new park without any major downtime. Of course the entry fee would have to drop over this time (YEAH RIGHT). BTW this is my 100th post. "The Bus is now leaving for Sold Rocks, Western Australia"
  19. The mad mouse incident in Melbourne was caused by a hat on the track causing the car to become jammed and then the other cars ran into the first one. No amount of maintenance could have prevented that. The operator at that time should of been telling people to leave their loose article behind, but we won't get back into that discussion will we. Whoever said that loose article on a ride don't cause any harm was lying. "The Bus is now leaving for Ardmona KidsTown Adventure Playground"
  20. Beastie is only shown in the print ad's, all of the new TV ad's show the current rides. "The Bus is now leaving for Veega Land"
  21. I totally agree with this and I could get back to the old discussion about on ride videos but I won't. Hussy you have obviously never operated a ride, be it in a theme park or at a carnival or you would know that by hitting the e-stop on a ride like that would not cause it to jerk to a sudden stop. When the e-stop is hit a ride like that it will come to a gentle stop up in the air, thus preventing anyone who may be under the ride from getting hit. "The Bus is now leaving for Tivoliland"
  22. Are you trying to tell me Chip that it takes you 45 minutes to post a one line message? If it does then you brain is much slower than I appreciated. BTW you still haven't answered my question, which I think proves that you don't read the messages before you post. "The Bus is now leaving for Yemen"
  23. I think a sloth would have a brain faster than you. What does your last post mean? If Chippy can't help me can someone else because I have got no idea what he is on about. "The Bus is now leaving for New Caledonia"
  24. I think Cletis forgot to check the lapbar. Chippy do you ever read the previous posts? If you do, do you understand them? Just one more question, what do you want to do when you grow up? "The Bus is now leaving for Natters, Austria"
  25. Just after I posted my last message in the thread I had a look at the Paramount King's Island website and answered my own question. I got the following information from here The Specs Year Opened 2000 Hourly Capacity 1000 guests Height of First Lift Hill 218 feet Drop on First Lift Hill 214.01 feet - at a 55.7° angle Second Drop 164.11 feet - at a 43.4° angle Third Drop 149.97 feet - at a 37.3° angle Ride Length 3 minutes Track Length 7,032 feet (1.3 miles) Number of trains Three trains, with six cars each, holding a total of 36 riders per train Maximum Speed 78 mph Location Paramount Action Zone™ Manufacturer Paramount's Kings Island I think it is cool that a theme park is actually making their own rides. Chippy no I haven't played RCT2 so I didn't know it was there. "The Bus is now leaving for Thiruchirapalli, India"
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