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Had a great half day at FF on Saturday with my kids. Spent an hour and a half discussing bits and bobs with the Parks directors and Sam, the Operations Manager. The Park is looking better every year and I loved the Voodoo ride experience. I did have some constructive feedback but generally FF is going from strength to strength and long may it continue. I will be back this weekend without kids for a more detailed exploration and ride on the other Kraken! Proper Victorian Adventures!

So I was looking through the state records and found these photos on Archives of Adventure World at the State Library of Western Australia and thought I would share them all. It amazing how much the park has changed over the last 35 years. I have found different albums from different years including construction in decent quality pictures, so I thought I would share: (Pictures sourced from http://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/search/C__SAdventure World__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&suite=def) 30 JUL 1982 (Construction images of the park) 1983: Opening year, not the lack of shade in the opening years. 1984: 1987: This is now the animal section of the park. This is currently were Black Widow currently is. The main castle Before they painted the boat purple. Alpine Mountain, looking way different then it does today. The main Water Mountain slides Currently where Abyss, Rampage and Goliath sit. The main pool with small trees. The old train which now sits as theming in the Gold Rush section. Paddle Boats Along with this video I found show casing some old rides they had including a Cha Cha and a spider.

if they cannot bring the surfboards back, they should take the one that is a single piece, and mount it on the wave. I know the wave isn't structural, so it'd need some work to mount it - and i don't want them to do it if it means shutting down and dismantling the ride again for any length of time - it'd be cool to see it like that. Even if they can't attach it to the ride structure, it'd be awesome to have them find SOME way of putting them back within the ride area.

Try harder “see more” means you... see more.

Nothing really new about that. This inane written-by-committee "opinion piece" fails to capture anything resembling actual commitment, let alone excitement or passion about the future of the park.

Adventure World Inferno update: Driving to school this morning- Crane erected next to tower. Driving home from school- Tower complete with missing topper piece on top.

Yup - it was entry by token before that. They also had the shooting gallery too.

I also witnessed the fountain on sat and was glad to see it return. Whilst I don’t mind too much if the surf boards come back, I do agree with ben, they are iconic and a part of the parks DNA just like Main Street is, and just like the Steam train was, and shouldn’t be destined for the trash heap. If they can’t make use of them in their traditional position, hopefully they can find a new home for them somewhere.

Me and the family were at the park on Saturday, and we noticed this new t shirt for sale in the park. Note the smiley face isn’t just on the log ride but also on the train. Perhaps part of the new ‘experience’? Lol

It's like Tower of Terror without the skull or the "Tower of Terror" down the side - it's part of the ride's DNA (although in saying that the spot where the skull is located these days is pretty awful compared to where it was when it opened.)

I agree. I'm not the biggest fan of building a wild mouse and covering it up. Covering a WM destroys the switchback (unbanked turns) element of the ride. Removing the ground line takes away the feeling you are going to fall off the edge. One of the reasons Skeeta was happy to see Eureka removed and not covered in a tin can was the fear this feeling of falling off the mountain would be killed off. SDSC top switchback section would be better if a couple of the unbanked turns exited the shed. Not seeing the ground takes away from the element. Personal if DW are going down the Dark Ride coaster track, DW shouldn't take on MW's wild mouse. A coaster like Supernova at World Expo 88 would be a good starting point for a Dark Ride family coaster.

Hey guys, wild west falls has been taken off the website