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It looks like Knotts is doing some good stuff with their Ghost Town refurb like adding interactive stuff in buildings and the like, maybe they should follow their lead.

I think Scooby is the best in the world for the type of coaster it is. It really stands up well on the world stage. Hopefully the patch of dirt is progressing well, it looks as nice as the pitches at Indian cricket grounds. I'm thinking the coaster might not go there, but time will tell. Press release received while sleep walking: RMC and Intamin have merged - Top Thrill Churro Wagon will be their first coaster together, dropping at movie world, first launched inverted wood coaster with aqua trax and fire effects - with plenty of airtime hills to top coaster enthusiast polls (except Amusement today, they award based on advertising revenue).

Agree the air conditioning is cool (pun intended). The Car Exhibit moderately interesting, the dunnies were amusingly well themed. I don't see the car exhibit as a long term attraction - though does Dreamworld's demographic have a large contingent of people who like that kind of thing? Looks like a great space to have a dark ride. Or even better, do a coaster like Van Helsing at Movie Park Germany.

^I've seen the POV before - legend has it that it was supposed to be most traumatic kids ride ever. The video bit is blocked at work for me. Another press release while I was sleep walking: Junior Driving School will be re-themed to Mad Max.

While I was sleepwalking I got a press release that VRTP were going to build the greatest coaster in the world, but due to budget constraints they could only build a tribute to what would have been greatest coaster in the world. You gotta believe me. Gremlins sounds like it was a hell of a ride, shame I never visited when that was around. I'm dying to know what will happen, churro cart guy is only giving me tidbits. I guess we'll have to keep watching the dirt patch.

^Thanks for posting something relevant to the topic, and I must say it's a rather spiffy arrangement of dirt LOL. And remember kids: don't post while sleepwalking.

We've got the Lemon Chill Stand Guy, the Churro Cart Guy and now Sleepwalker Screamscape guy. On less relevant matters, has anything significant happened at the construction (or more currently, destruction) site?

It will be called SuperFatMan, which is what happens after eating too many churros for too long. You go in the Fatman's mouth up the lift hill, and you can imagine where you come out.

Fury Road was shot in Tanzania, though it was originally planned to be shot in Broken Hill, but it rained and everything went green. Honestly, Mad Max would be a kick ass theme for just about anything, even a churro cart, well especially a churro cart. And have that flame shooting guitarist somewhere, even Knotts put that guy in their Hanging show at Halloween complete with flames.

Lemon Chill guy says no coaster in the area being worked on now, but there will be an Intamin ride there. Looking at their catalogue they have a Spinning Star ride (i.e. star flyer) that they spec as up to 122 metres. Like I said that's just the Lemon Chill guy talking - he probably knows about as much as churro cart Nostradamus. If we take RCDB as gospel, the coaster is steel, sit down, and extreme. Given what they classify as extreme there it's quite broad, Abyss is classed as extreme.

Yeah Menzies was flying the RMC and Intamin guys around, "ok guys, I'll have one yours here, and one of yours there, and...ah screw throw one of each in the waterpark too". Now I'm thinking of the helicopter flying boss from Jurassic World.

^They're not year round, though the rumour is that the old House of Horrors at Uni will be re-invented as a year round Walking Dead walk-through that will debut with Halloween Horror Nights. The entry will be where the exit for House of Horrors used to be. I've seen some good year round walk throughs, Liseberg and Gronalund spring to mind - though they are upcharges. House of Horrors at Universal was OK, though it was always very light on for Scare actors whenever I did it. Luna Park is very good, and Movieland studios in Italy is pretty good too.

^^It will be a 500 foot star flyer and a Dragon Wagon themed to Churros.

^I've been thinking that's a possibility for a while. I don't recall the "world's best" moniker being attached specifically to a coaster, happy to be corrected on that one.

"Churro World", it's going to be a complete re-theme of the park. The new tag line: "Mexico on the Gold Coast". Ariba ariba...

I hope he was just reaching down for something, and is OK. Maybe he got blinded by all the camera flashes from coaster enthusiast photographers and fell over.

We should have a competition to see what people can do with that space in Nolimits, don't forget superimpose in the angry neighbours. Extra points for maximised churro theming.

What, we're getting Leviathan clone? Steel Dragon Wagon is going in the parking lot, making a fast turn in Logan and then heading back to the park.

^I had a look at what RCDB classes as "extreme" and it's quite broad, so I doubt they know something we don't there. The mention of "steel" is interesting, that fact has not been confirmed publicly as far as I know.

^I just checked RCDB, they just list it as a rollercoaster, no mention of Mack. I've found with RCDB, details don't go up until they are confirmed facts. Three interesting aspects are they identify the coaster as steel, sit down and most tamtalisingly: "extreme". Anyway, the Churro Death Cart Coaster will add a nice Mexican flavour to the park. Soon, we'll know.

^Personally, I don't care, but differentiating an attraction in the non-coaster fan's eyes (i.e. the majority of park guests) is another story. On that basis, I'dvbe surprised.

It's not allowed to be "world's best" unless Intamin or RMC, jumps up and down and starts crying. Running with this Mack hypothesis for a moment, Mack's best coasters are their launched ones like Helix and Blue Fire. I'd be surprised if they put another launched coaster (yummy, another upcharge, er I mean, locker fee ride). But I guess Mack like any manufacturer they can build anything bespoke if a park is willing to pay for it. Still waiting for the actual announcement (World's best dragon wagon, coming to movie world this summer).

^It's a fantastic attraction, I was so pleasantly surprised. As far as capacity goes, they might need to tweak that unless they don't mind serious waits. Perhaps have a group in the first room while another group is going through, and see if they can squeeze six into a group, or at least to make an effort get five in a group. Last time I was there, if there was 3 in a group they didn't bother trying to find a pair (they only did this if there was 2 on their own going in). This is a great example of a small addition that can add enormous value to the experience at the park.

Yeah, plenty of scope for epic failure there. Do like La Ronde: get all the people off the train, out the exit, wait a little longer just to be annoying and then open the air gates. Now LaRonde is a crazy place - you have a B & M invert, so you go out and get a 2nd hand Vekoma SLC (BTW took an hour to get on with a gold q-bot on moderate crowd day).

A zipper and a Falling Star would be good (realistic) additions to Luna Park, and maybe a Round-up as well. I can remember the original Luna Park just before the fire, at the front there was a Round-up on the harbour side and a zipper on the cliff side. A narrow-footprint Morgan mini-hyper would good, squeezed in against the cliff line - but I'm just dreaming there. Some rich people won't let that happen. Get RMC to re-do the wild mouse LOL.