ozshowkid

You must be a very knowledgable person brad to know the cause of the accident and the circumstances surrounding it. Your either a keyboard warrior with nothing to stat the facts or a wannabe work cover officer.

Keyboard warriors at its finest, these same stories you are reading about at from the same newspapers who couldn't get the story straight from the start. The young girl was 15 and on the no limit at the start but as we all know she is 8 and it was on airmacx. On a trailerised amusement ride if the deck starts collapsing you have to pack the ride up to re level the whole deck, so I reakon they wanted some tv time. Also the debate has always been there regarding which is safer theme park rides or carnival ride, there is no difference they all buy from the same manufactures and have the same rules and regulations. Operators are not going to risk their lively hood by not replacing parts or taking shortcuts because than the situation will only get worse. I'm calling bullshit on the people they are interviewing on the basis the media have absolutely nothing to go on, and are looking at other areas to blame for the accident. People are all trying to get there two minutes of fame, from all reports the media have been walking around asking people what they think happened and do you know anyone that was here that day. I just hope that if it's proven to be a freak accident, every person that has been judge and jury are good enough to come forward and apologies to both the operators and the poor girls mother. I know people are going to pick things out from what I have just wrote, but thought I'd just weigh in on the situation. Cheers

The Calypso got sold at the auctionin the early 80s i think it was, Watkins brought the super Jet, Pig Train, and Calypso all from luna park. It now sits at there yard i see it quite often actually i might get some photos of it one day. But it most definetly did not get lost in a fire.

The music trip at Cessnock is just a name it is not a miami, it is an old Trabant that they brought off a Sydney based opperator. I used to work Cessnock show before Osbournes got it and it was a good little show for rides. Went there the first year Osbournes had it to have a look and I was absolutly disgusted in how bad there gear looked. Cheers OZshowkid

Your friend may have been on the powersurge but definetly not for 30 min, it was one of the first rides down. There was a power outage for about 25 minutes at the most, all rides did what they were supposed to do, no one was ever in any danger. Adelaide runs most rides off town power as does Sydney, Brisbane and most a Melbourne. It got blown right out of proportion by the press but thats there job so they don't care.

I have had a couple but the one that stands out would be riding scenic railway at luna park Melbourne, to cut a long story. We started the ride with two brake men went around the ride, went through tunnel one, out, through tunnel two when we came out there was only one brake man and a fair bit of blood up the side of the carrige. The other brake man crapped himself and didn't know what to do. As statted before you can not train people for these situations.

There is rumoures to be a travelling dark ride out here by November that is highly themed inside and out. I didn't think it would be true until they said it just finished a tour of Germany with their fairs. Cheers OZshowkid

I saw the Turbo at Xmas time it looks fantastic, its name is turbo X. Its in Melbourne still they are just waitng on a few more parts and she will be right to go. I don't think it will come out until next year though due to staffing issues. Keep asking bells whenever you see them cause a bloke in the states is trying to buy it. Cheers OZshowkid

I have been watching this topic closely, the person who was stabbed is doing ok at this stage( no complications as yet). We know whos fault it was when a group of 6-8 men come and speak like pigs to you for a refund when you can't give them one.( Sydney show being central ticketing which means the showmen have no control over the refunds cause they don't handle the money). Than when they jump in a control room while a ride is opperating and try to stab some one I think that is there fault. Sydney, sorry certain parts of Sydney are bad places for certain races they were causeing trouble for the whole show and previous ones. Cheers OZshowkid

Park coasters are more likely to derail than traveling ones, as a travelling opperator i know how long our checks are before we open to the public. When you set it up and pull it down for so long you get familier with how it works and whats right and whats not. Why would we cut corners, that is just stupid we are in the business for fun not to bodge things up. The owners, opperators, showkids and staff all ride the rides. Cheers OZshowkid

$10 i think but don't quote me Space Roller-mega drop-$8, Hard Rock-Ali Baba-break dance-power surge- hangover-$7, Speed- Insanity-$15, Sling shot$30

The big rides range from $6 to $30 for the sling shot, i'm here at the moment opperating the Spac Roller come and say G'Day. Cheers OZhowkid

sorry if I confused any one i was refering to when the guild had the show last, i went and had a look last year and was just ashamed to be a showmen after seeing ride in that state when they should look fantastic. Cheers OZshowkid

You say let down hey, i attended the show with my familys gear for about the last half a century, the show always got good equipment and the gear they got was pretty good. If i recall the last year we were there they got: Zipper, dodgems, go karts, hurrican, extreame force, cha cha, nightmare ghost train, giant slide, maze of mirrors, plenty of kids rides and games. All the gear was well lit well staffed and looked great. OFA had rides there which included dodgem cars(10 cars 3 working and looked really run down), yo yo( old guild ride), tilt a whirl( one spotlight facing the ride but hey who needs lights to see in the dark any way) Star chase( was a complete disgrace for a ride that should look nice)Splash canyon( well what do you say its out dated and needs a bit of TLC if it ain't working properly don't put people at risk by working it) Cheers OZShowkid

When you go in there with a ride you don't just set up and work, you show them your paper work which has all the trained opperators, deck hands and staff all inside it. Every thing is standard know to have all this, it is compulsary. Cheers OZshowkid

When you work on a ride for a certain amount of years you get to know what is safe and what is not. We know where we can stand where we will not get hit, we know what to do if something does happen. I am a 6th generation showmen, there are opperators that may not be as strict but they certainly train there staff just as much. Let me tell you i have seen plenty people sacked over not doing there job properly. This happens just as much in amusement parks. Why would we try creating more problems for ourselves, think about it Cheers OZshowkid

What would make you say that gogoboy, are you stupid or something do you think we take risks. So do you ever think about how the original luna park staff got trained. It was from us yes the travelling showies cause the rides ARE EX ROAD MODELS you idiot. We would have the same knowledge if not more because we actually know the mechanical parts of them aswel. just think about it OZshowkid

Sorry guys it does travel 204ks i was there when it was put on a speed camera. It only takes 3 seconds cause when you get 9-10 metres from the bottom the magnets click in. Than it is brought down slowly. Cheers OZshowkid

To upgrade all the buildings and facilitys, and also because of a lack of a decent amusement opperator.

Make sure when you right a comment about the SHOWIES that you actually meet them, not the staff because as in most trades you get some bad eggs. The familys that own, run and opperate the rides are all just like your average people, Clean, they have all there teeth. I am a showie every showie i know is clean, so before you make comments meet the right people first cause i know a lot of the opperators read this forum and AAF. Cheers OZShowkid

because if a ride cost one million dollars to buy and it only has 8 seats how are you goin to pay back tha bank if you charge $5 a ride. How come fuel is nearly $2 a litre, how come insurance is so high, how come everything is so high. One answer if one goes up everything has to to compensate the increase in lost revenue. Cheers Tyrone

Taipan, Haunted Mansion, Thunder Bolt, Break Dance, Techno Jump, No Limit, Mega Drop, Wave Swinger, Slingshot, Rollerghoster, gravirtron, Speed, Space Roller, Ali Baba, Super Sizzler, Euro Slide, ferris wheel,claw, chaos, Ferrari 500's. dodgem cars x 2, Cliff Hanger, Twin Flip, Circus Circus, Zipper, Hard Rock, HangOver, Rockin Tug, Sea Explorer, Plus kids rides Cheers OZshowkid

Definatley not, i worked on this one when my uncle owned it, this is the trailer mounted reverchon explorer that used to travel Australia with a few companys, it got exported to China brought back by Chants Amusements- Completely rebuilt, every single part of the ride got replaced it got a new back scenery, new triaxle airbag suspension, the only one in the world with a fully hydrolic leveling system. I could go on but i won't bore you. THIS IS DEFINATLEY NOT TASSIE DEVIL IT IS IN AN ENGINEERS IN MELBOURNE GETTING TRAILERISED. Cheers OZshowkid

Nezza you tell me why it wont be going i just got told it was rejected and so i thought id try and help it get to adalaide. And as for it not being as good as claw come on Nezza claw has lost its touch. It is starting to look run down and it is very uncomfortable, i know its your fav ride but thats my opionion.

Guys don't know if you heard but Space Rollers application for Adalaide show was rejected,so the people of South Australia need your help. We have got to get this ride to The Royal Adalaide show if it don't go they will be very disapointed. Send e-mails and call the Royal Adalaide show and express your concern for this ride not being on the rides list it is up to us to get this ride there. Adalaide show will not be complete without the Space Roller it has to be seen to be believed, its las vegas on wheels guys its a first class attraction. So send thoughs e-mails nd get the Space Roller to Adalaide Royal show. It is one attraction that should be at every capital show in Australia, this attraction is more important than the ferris wheel. http://www.adelaideshow.com.au/db/co...?template=show Cheers Oz Also do this for Rainbow and Space Roller at Melbourne guys the amusements administrator for the 2006 Melbourne show, can be emailed here: jane.timson@rasv.com.au and the phone number is here: (03) 9914 2410