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  1. Spotty
    I'm so glad to see Greg and Michelle being so hands on with the park, and all the projects. It really does make a difference when you have people who are passionate about what they do. It's also great to see how far they have come since working with them many years ago back when Michelle was just a supervisor down at Movie World. Just goes to show that true passion and hard work really pays off. It's almost like they are not just running the park as a business, but it's like a passion project for them. Have the right people, in the right place doing the right thing and it's truly amazing to see the end results. I can't wait to check it out in April when I'm next up the coast
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    I mean... given Greg Yong worked for VRTP... maybe he's bringing some of the best ideas from there over to Dreamworld. Along with all the good management that left with him and went to Dreamworld haha.
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    Coming in 2025 "WB Showcase: Floats of the Past" - Perfect use for the show stage lol.
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    At least until it's closed for unscheduled maintenance until further notice, and then taken away by officer clark and the aliens. We can hope, and... watch the skies.
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    I'm still waiting for African Safari World Maybe once that opens we will get a Disneyland... with it's main attraction being a themed indoor wild mouse with fire sensing eyes...
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    Zipper rides in Australia: Bad Ass Zipper (Shorts) - Retired but apparently sold and is being refurbished? - Ferrari Model Mean Mother Zipper (Castle / Ex Watkins) - Retired - Ferrari Model Zipper (Davis Amusements / Ex Wittingslow) - Retired - Ferrari Model Zipper (Zacchini Amusements) - Retired - Ferrari Model Zipper (West Coast Event Hire - Ex UK model) - Apparently still operating - Chance Model So looks like we only have the one currently travelling but possibly a second model coming back out of retirement.
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    Your information is entirely incorrect. March's Amusements is still very much operating to this day and they still own the Hurricane. They also recently purchased the Taipan rollercoaster and have refurbished it. They have also refurbished a lot of their other rides recently. This incident 100% did not shut down the company so please refrain from spreading misinformation especially without a source. As far as Skywalker goes, it's been retired for now due to unrelated reasons and has been up for sale but at this stage it is still in the country. Not sure if it will be coming back out again or not, as they are currently refurbishing some of their other attractions right now.
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    If a seatbelt is undone at any point during the dark ride section of Superman, the ride will automatically e-stop. The seatbelts have sensors to tell if they are buckled or not, if not buckled the ride will not dispatch. Also if the unloader accidentally leaves a seatbelt buckled when coming into the load station, that seat can not be used for the next cycle as the system will basically have a panic attack and not allow it to be unlocked until it comes back to unload. (That part of the system honestly is so stupid but it is what it is).
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    You would be best to contact the parks directly as this is a fan site. They should be able to assist you
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    Tunes ride was not planned to close the way that it did. It was planned for an eventual replacement yes, but the timeframe of it was pushed forward due to unexpected issues. This then led to Bermuda being inspected thoroughly during its maintenance period before closure and it had similar issues and that's why it closed. They did explore options of doing a full refurb / rebuild of Bermuda but it was deemed to be too expensive with little to gain so it was decided to shutter it and put Storm in its place. Storm was actually purchased a few years prior to the install and was originally planned to go at the front of the park where Penguin Encounter currently is.
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    https://melbourneamusementhire.com.au/services/rides/ - Appears to be owned by Melbourne Amusement Hire - They also go by Hi Lite Amusements. The same company that owns the Hangover (recently renamed High Voltage), Fury and a few others.
  12. Spotty
    How dare you use logic?! I'd say it's nothing to do with a delay directly related to Rivertown. Honestly it makes more sense to keep the whole area closed off until it's ready. A November opening date for Motocoaster seems about the right amount of time to do a retheme of a building. Hopefully after King Claw is done, a retheme of Motorcoaster is next. Based on the whole 20 year cycle that most of the parks are seeming to go with it would be the next major ride to get an overhaul given it opened in 2007. Once it hits 20 years it makes sense to either do a full overhaul (like Scooby / West / Giant Drop / Claw to King Claw) or look at replacing the ride. I'd honestly like to see the Motocoaster removed instead of rethemed and having more money spent on a coaster with a very lacklustre layout. The land is prime real estate and could be used as an expansion to the Rivertown area. Dreamworld would really have a great lineup once Rivertown opens, King Claw and then an expansion / new attractions on that area. I'd say we will have a soft opening the week before xmas with a traditional Boxing Day opening at this stage.
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    The main reason for it would be accessibility. The old building backed onto the stunt show stage so there was no direct ambulance access in the event one was needed. The current location backing onto the service road means that an ambulance can be hidden from view if needed and can get a patient out of the park in a much quicker manner.
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    At least Zamperla makes reliable rides for the most part (Lets not talk about Top Thrill 2...) and likely would have been a much better attraction than the hunk of scrap metal we got.
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    The Star Flyer that Sea World originally had was not built by Funtime either, but a Czech Republic company called Funlight, either way it was a much more reliable ride than the SBF junk they ended up with. Honestly, the only decent star flyer's around are the ones built by Funtime, Zamperla, ARM and Funlight (in that order). Really think they are wishing they spent that bit extra and went with a reliable model now...
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    One of my fave past times of being a MW ride op back in the days was telling the people who ran this page (and many of the other non reputable ones) total BS... and then watching them report it as fact by "someone in the know" In fact, a lot of the operators and even supervisors did it and probably still do to this day. Did you know in 2012 that Dreamworld was planning on building Thunderbolt 2.0? And that they were putting the wheel of the Reef Diver onto the arm of the claw to create a brand new thrill ride?
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    The ride was originally produced for German showmen Münch & Eckl in 2002, originally titled Adrenalin Pur. It travelled on the German fair circuit for one year before being sold to Austrian theme park Prater in 2003, where it was modified to have a more normal second arm instead of a three-pronged one. It was dismantled and put into storage in October of that same year. Prater sold the ride to Austrian amusements company Printschler in July 2004, who then sold it to Australian amusements company Phil Durkin Special Events in 2007. When in Australia, the ride was repainted, slightly refurbished and renamed to Insanity. The ride travelled for two years before seemingly disappearing at the end of 2009. Phil Durkin Special Events would later sell the ride to another Australian amusements company, Hi-Lite Amusements, in 2013. During this time, the ride was repainted again and renamed to Fury. Hi-Lite Amusements continues to travel with the ride to this day. Adrenaline with it's original 3 arm design Adrenaline after being modified to only have 2 arms Insanity in 2007
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    Who would have thought that you could provide content! Such a novel concept. I love people that just expect the world from people. Truly the end of an era though, the last of the original attractions (or close to original) is finally gone
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    I doubt a cableway will be built again, as due to the strong winds that Sea World gets the one they had was often closed.
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    Without breaching confidentiality by going into too much detail of the process behind this decision. I can tell you this for certain, at the time that Bikash made the comment about the monorail staying they did plan to keep the attraction. They did several studies and mechanical / engineering investigations and from what I heard the actual structure was too far gone to be economically viable. They 100% did look into replacement rolling stock as well for the monorail to be compatible with the current beams. But given the results of the investigations it was much too costly for the time being hence the announcement of it's closure. I can assure you that this kind of decision would not have been taken lightly, and it was always the original intention to get the Monorail operating after Atlantis opened. Hopefully we will see something similar in the future, who knows.
  21. Spotty
    At least with Scooby, we know for a fact that parts have arrived for the coaster. If anything it might be delayed to 2026 but yeah. I get what you are saying. However the lack of parts comment they made I feel is a bit incorrect. Von Roll was sold to Adtranz (now bombardier) and was fairly sure they still made parts for the rides, much like how S+S brought the rights to Arrow Dynamics designs to be able to still support them. Either way, we all knew the Monorail wasn't coming back much before village "knew". Lets just hope they don't leave parts of it to rot any further, and hopefully they have something else in the pipeline to replace it.
  22. Spotty
    Honestly, I'd love to see an observation wheel at Sea World again. The Sea World eye really was the perfect fit for the park and the R60 model (same as the Brisbane wheel) looked very nice and I feel it was the perfect size. I think a wheel the size of the Southern Star would look really out of place on the Sea World skyline, and I'd personally hope for something smaller. I think the 60 - 80m height would be ideal. I think Sea World needs 3 new attractions to round out the lineup, an observation ride (Ferris Wheel), a Transport Ride and another decent flat ride. I don't think they need another water ride, and I think for Roller Coasters they are pretty good for now. Maybe in the future a coaster with inversions would be good (in say 5 or so years though)
  23. Spotty
    I honestly would hate to see that space used for anything but a WhiteWater World expansion. There are other areas that Dreamworld can expand if they really want to but there is no where else for the water park. The ride actually does pull some pretty decent forces as well (in particular the helix and the final vertical loop). Even if it's a simple ride mechanically the ride still only has a limited lifetime. Look at other Arrow / Vekoma loopers from the 80's / 90's that have had track replacements done to it. I do hope when that time comes though, that they maybe look at something else for that area but who knows. I don't think we would see a new "Thunderbolt" though. As much as I love the nostalgia they are doing, I don't think they need to re-imagine every last thing that Dreamworld has done.
  24. Spotty
    Is it now the last remaining attraction from the opening years? lol
  25. Spotty
    I 100% agree, sadly I don't think anything will be done with this area until they decide to redevelop that area. I really do think they need to either reopen the gate when WhiteWater World is open, or even reopen the shop in the old Thunderbolt station in the summer months and use that as the gate. I'd love to see another flat ride in the location of the flow rider / trolls area to open that part of the park again and hopefully draw some more crowds down to the Gold Coaster area. Once this is done, you could easily open up the shop again with the new (well old as it was used in the past) gate to WhiteWater World in the summer months. This would honestly go perfect if WhiteWater World expands onto the old Thunderbolt site as originally planned. For when it comes time to removing Gold Coaster though, it's not just the waterpark that is in the way but a large amount of Back of House areas are directly underneath which would make it slightly more challenging too. But I really hope this section of the park is the next area to be looked at either before or after something is done with Motocoaster. I have 100% faith that the current management will do something, it's not a matter of if but a matter of when.
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