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It's in a castle, so some medieval Viking attack by sea could work. Or a giant sea monster escaped from the dungeons that you need to defeat. Or a Chinese developer who keeps stealing all the car parks.

What's so bad about the Wild Mouse to require such butchering of a classic ride? There are very few of them left so why the need to it. Surely they could be better off spending the money on a new attraction.

I found that this was the best way to see what the park needs. It's pretty simple, Family Appeal on one axis, Thrill Appeal on the other. Not sure about you, but with those two pretty decent areas I could see a couple of options. I would very much enjoy an iconic coaster for the Med-High Thrill gap. The dream would be for a B&M, but regardless, something that is more thrilling in nature then Jet Rescue or Storm. Maybe a Eurofighter?For the Med-Low, I would probably look at the idea for a couple of flat rides. I'm not saying go insane with it, but maybe just a couple of rides here and there to really fill that vacant position. As for the idea of a dark ride, I'm kind of against it. Movie World is much more suited to dark rides then Sea World, and I just can't see a stand alone dark ride really working at Sea World. If I was running the park, I would look at seeing if there's a way that the Vikings Revenge could be themed up a bit, and maybe turned into a small dark ride ala POTC. Nothing grandiose, just a series of vignettes of some kooky and crazy Vikings getting up to no good. It would fill that desire that some of us have for a dark ride while also giving a ride that's gotten the short end of the stick for a while some love.

Hate to burst your bubble - but the slides are part of Coney Island which is in itself heritage listed. Also - how many people take swimmers to LPS? I realise there is a lap pool next door, but those who use that pool are not the type to be up for watersliding... plus - slides indoors - surrounding all the other coney island attractions that are going to get wet.... end result - you're either demolishing Coney Island, or you're leaving it the hell alone. People this isn't Dreamworld - you can't just demolish stuff that doesn't appeal to you to build whatever the hell you want! The park is constrained by size, height, heritage listing, noise among others. Just because something 'will fit' doesn't mean it's suitable for the park. And if your Aunty had balls, she'd be your uncle. LPS is a seaside amusement park. Wet N Wild is a water park. the two are unrelated. Let's move on. If Tango is in constant maintenance, and it becomes so bad, LPS has to get rid of it - what makes you think the show circuit would be interested in acquiring it? As for Iron Shark - whilst I realise Galveston have installed a Euro Fighter into their "Historic" Park, I personally don't think it suits the park, and it certainly wouldn't fit the history and heritage of LPS. Cyclone suited because it was a "classic" coaster.... I'm not a fan of LPS obtaining something "ultra modern" unless it can be given a 'vintage look' like they have done with Hair Raiser (Hell - one of the points raised about HR during the review was that it used a coloured LED package instead of the 'classic incandescent bulbs'...)

I have noticed the tango train up for maintenance quite often actually. If they do get rid of it they'll probably sell it to the show circut anyways. It would be great to see an Iron Shark in Maloney's corner!

The live animals/ ride combo doesn't work. It cheapens the animals to being a sideshow, and it's just about impossible to focus on them and the ride. The only real exceptions are safari type rides where it's all about the animals. As for Sea Vipers/ Pirate Ship's Land, look is it greedy to think and RMC and a Mack Launch Coaster could could co exsist quite well? I mean by all means you lot keep talking about uninspiring x-car coasters and I'll just go ahead and have a bit of ambition for the park. Oh and Sea World does need a coaster. Plonk a flat ride down near Storm if you must. There's a lot of wasted land in the middle of that ride if someone wants to get clever about using it. As for the dark ride thing, yeah Storm fills that void as well as anything. You know where you could add a dark ride at Sea World that could work? Inside the castle replacing the 3D theatre. It'd have to be a screen based shooter for space reasons but I think give it an appropriate theme and it could work a treat.

I really liked Twister at Gronalund, it's a super compact woodie that is a lot fun and would fit in well at Luna Park. Gronalund are the absolute masters of cramming rides in though they are perhaps not as constrained by litigious, NIMBY neighbours.

I'm going to assume enoth=enough. I agree, the GC are heavy on coasters, but the fact of the matter is that this is what the public want. A new rollercoaster purchased for less than $10m (even a one-trick pony) is a far stronger marketing device than a flat. Dark rides are cool, but you can't show a lot of the ride in your advertising without giving away the effects and it too falls down (JL3D is a perfect example of a poor marketing drive). But, in saying that, I have to disagree with you in terms of SW getting a new dark ride. You have an absolutely stunning seaside position - and you're going to erect bloody great big boxes of a showbuilding to hide all that, substituting some half-baked storyline indoors? Ok - Bermuda was great - but it did have indoor and outdoor elements, and it fused both of those together very well... even Storm does (although not to the same extent) but it used the showbuilding that already existed. I cannot support any suggestion for Sea World that involves building any more enclosed structures - you might as well rezone the park Industrial if you do - as it will be nothing but a forest of sheds. Movie World is where I would expect should be the home of the dark ride. Considering the ticketing structures now available - It wouldn't be bad for MW to focus now on immersive attractions (Ala Universal) and let Sea World take the lions share of outdoor attractions - like Cedar, Coney Island etc - more of an outdoor seaside park than anything else.