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If you remember the "shaded seating area" that was announced (and ridiculed) to replace the Wipeout, it looks like it's going to be more than just benches and shade sails. Concept art has been found online showing the possible outcomes for the area, and With applications for tender closing this week, construction should get under way fairly soon. The documents inclided in the file seem to strongly suggest that option 3 is the one the park has chosen to go with and also mention that the shade sail from the old Trolls area will be used to cover the decking in the new "Ocean Parade Chill Out Zone".

Correctumundo - A-Frame was just to advise of filming. Seriously though, they've been running that ride with both floors open and with a full crew since it opened - they're definitely not about putting profits before guests. If they knew everything they didn't know that they didn't know then they'd also be building nuclear fusion reactors and solving world peace - things pop up, they're solving them and they've got enough lead time before the holidays to really nail it.

TBH I'd take complaining over shaded seating area jokes.

While it would have been a lot better to see a new ride come to this area of the park, I must say... I’m surprised (in a good way) with what they have gone with for this chill out zone. At least they are keeping the theming consistent, but 700k seems like quite a lot

Oh sod off.

Change of ownership perhaps @Mark Shaw ?

The Park needs more than a change of rides.

Can you stop whinging for once

A company that killed people is taking safety ridiculously seriously. So why are people complaining? People complain when they aren't running to the best conceivable safety practices but then also complain when rides are closed so that the park can ensure they are running to the best conceivable safety practices. Man, enthusiasts are stupid sometimes

Thesse pepele ar goode I've used them in der past. Veri helping.

Well that answers a lot

I think its more of a case of 'you can't ride this, but around the corner are other things you can'

@pushbutton can you please leave the shaded seating area joke alone. We get it. It’s just not funny anymore. Thanks

Just a small update for Luna Park Melbourne. The Zamperla powered family coaster, Silly Serpent has been retired from the park for good. It has been replaced on its site by the SBF Visa family coaster Speedy Beetle. This was originally located on the old Metropolis coaster site since its introduction to the park late last year. It was discussed at the time whether the Speedy Beetle was intended to be the Silly Serpent's eventual successor, given its age. The park has intimated that their will be announcements soon on new rides that will be coming to the park. Fingers crossed that they finally get a decent second coaster to replace the old Metropolis. There is a good amount of space to work with here and they could certainly fit in any number of smaller compact coasters- think Gerstlauer , Maurer , S & S or Zamperla. Above is an older aerial pic of the park with the Metropolis still in place- ( a Pinfari model Zyklon) This area is a substantial bit of LPM's real estate and its high time that the park invested in a ride to fill this space and maximise its full potential. Of course this should only be the start of some targeted , real investment into the park, which , has been sorely lacking for quite a while. Of course the heritage rides such as the Scenic Railway, the Ghost Train and the Carousel are all expensive attractions to maintain ( and SHOULD be retained) but there are many filler attractions that need replacing. With LPS now having the roadblocks removed for their own $20 million dollar ride investment, its time that Lindsey Fox, as the owner of LPM, lives up to his promise to restore the park to its former glory, when he stated when he purchased the park in 2005.

While I would have preferred more shade, this does look like one of the better seating areas I've seen recently.

Would be very poor management given how long they had to do that before it opened, and also given that it's only been open a few days (yet now guests once again can't use it! Also, filming inside can very easily be done before / after park trading hours. I really hope it's not closed for filming!

Hmm. Twice in 2 days on a brand new ride, opened 9 months after construction. What's going on?

Sorry but I have trouble understanding your post. Are you saying you have found God on yewtyoob?

and that folks, is why some people still believe in God!

Indeed it's not. The fact we came up with several interpretations proves that. Unless it's Ardents new way to avoid future "ambitious" annoucements (by just not actually announcing anything and being very ambiguous instead)! Had they had this policy a year ago, the announcement that "Sky Voyager will open on Boxing Day" might have been something like "You can't watch a Dreamworks cartoon in the cinema, but your time to fly may be festive"

and imagine how incredible that space would be if it had seating too!

No I can't read. I just saw pictures of Buzzsaw on the fence and thought it looked exciting.