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I said this a while ago but MW should commission a Scooby Doo cartoon episode based on the ride and play that.

Wow, this has been such a great topic. I have sorely missed the Eureka Mine Ride as soon as I heard they had permanently closed it and every time I go to Dreamworld I always look at it and remember how awesome it was. Whoever tooks those pictures of inside the ride is an absolute boss, it's so crazy to see the skeleton and the trapped miner again after all these years, and lit up too. I hated how they added stuff to the mountain in the later years in an effort to make the ride fully undecover. The foam/fibreglass stuff looks horrible compared to the original concrete-rendered mountain... At least I think it's concrete rendered. When you touch or bang the old stuff with your hand it feels solid but when you do the same to the new stuff it feels hollow and makes a sound. The new stuff looked too fake to me as well and the colour was too bright for it to look realisitc. One thing I should mention, on one of my last ever rides on Eureka, I remember on the home stretch I had my hands up and I had scraped the newly-added mountain facade with my fingertips. Needless to say I was a bit shocked that happened so maybe when it comes to getting the ride back up to scratch with modern safety regulations, there will have to be a lot of leeway between the ridecar and the mountain facade or prevent people from being able to stick their hands out I guess.

Howdy everyone, don't think I've posted on here in about... nine years? I've been reading the forums lately and I finally remembered my very old password so yay! I haven't read everyone's posts in this topic so excuse me if I suggest something that has already been clarified or debunked. As you know they have announced two major attractions for this year. The word attraction to me means more than just a ride, it could mean a show or experience as well. During a visit to Dreamworld some time in September I sparked a conversation with one of the tiger handlers about Tiger Island and the park. I mentioned that I was really impressed with the revamped Wipeout and asked if he knew anything else in the pipeline. He then went on to say that there are plans to revamp Tiger Island and to give it arena seating and a proper show to accompany it. He explained that Tiger Island was originally built primarily as a "pass-through" attraction, where people would walk in, watch the tigers for a bit then walk on, and over the years many people have requested that they put on a proper scripted show in the same league of say Sea World's dolphin show (I'm aware they have had the presentations for many years but I think he meant on a more larger scale). With that all being said I think Tiger Island getting an overhaul is a big possibility for one of the two big new attractions for this year. As for the other big attraction, I like most of you would love to see the Eureka brought back in some shape or form. I know there is a dedicated topic for that can of worms but I figured it's just as much of a possibility for one of the new attractions to be open this year as anything else right now.

Personally I just hope the two new rides aren't flat rides. I think DW has enough of those! Especially the "spinny" type (Pandamonium, tailspin, Shockwave, claw etc) which I am not a fan of. I have trouble enjoying rides that purely induce vomit factor on fast and continuous spinning/circling alone :/ Omg, I'm so jealous. I'm a huge Whovian and would LOVE to do the Doctor Who experience, have wanted to do so for a while now! If only I could afford a trip to the UK.... *sigh*