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In other news, WhiteWater West have announced the upcoming Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre is set to debut the world's first AquaSphere. The centre will also open a Constrictor.

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http://www.whitewaterwest.com/cgi/page.cgi/Industry_News/AquaSphere_set_to_Debut_at_Australia_s_Frankston_Regional_Aquatic_?_id=45

It appears this pic shows a render of both the Constrictor and the AquaSphere:

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PS check out the video on this page, It shows how they run a computer simulation on how a raft will behave: http://www.whitewaterwest.com/aquasphere.html#!prettyPhoto

My thoughts:

We have cones:

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Cylinders:

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Spheres:

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What next?............. :P

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For those of you playing along at home...

These are the scores from Rd1. (S02E01)

Contestants: Superman: Man of Steel, Shambhala, Tatsu, Formula Rossa.

Click for spoilers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/reanimated35/vlcsnap-2013-06-17-22h32m01s138_zps3c664056.png

Personally not how I would have rated them based on the video. Having only ridden one of the four I couldn't say for certain though.

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Some of the off ride footage shot (such as the footage looking at the park from upper coomera) was filmed during normal park operation, hence why it is shown operating at normal beight, however all of the on ride footage was shot before the park opened, where in most instances was operating at close to full speed.

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Ok, so I haven't watched the full episode yet as it took too long to download, but I did watch the TOT bit (IMO it did not run at full speed during the filming).

Here's the results:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/reanimated35/vlcsnap-2013-06-18-01h13m24s205_zps8c2bbde7.png

And here is as high as it got in the video

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  • 3 weeks later...

Thought it was worth a mention, the Coney Island Astrotower is having a large chunk of the tower removed as its been reported to be swaying more then 18 inches. Check the video on the link. That's some scary swaying going on.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/astro-tower-coming-coney-island-article-1.1389974

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Not sure where the 2010 closure came from, but the park which operated the ride, Astroland, closed in 2008 and so did the ride. When the Zamperla-owned Luna Park opened on the same site in 2010, it seems they didn't re-open it. As for a reason why it didn't reopen, it might be something as simple as Zamperla only wanted to showcase their own rides in the new park.

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