DaptoFunlandGuy

well having the house in central sydney would be a lot better than out in the middle of the bush. A lot of international series are filmed in sound stages, so I dont see a problem with a completely indoor BB. Southern Star Endemol are the owners of licensing to the show. Dreamworld would want to hold on to it, but looking at the sour ratings they are getting, and being that Southern Star's offices are in Greenwich, North Sydney, Sydney doesnt seem like too much of a problem. The logistics and broadcast equipment set up in Sydney are much more convenient than at Dreamworld. Its a logical move - and the only person who would really lose out out of the move would be Dreamworld - and thats no great loss... besides, once Big Brother is gone, Dreamworld will have much more room to expand as well - demolish blue lagoon, build the waterpark near cyclone, and then they have the blue lagoon land, AND the Big Brother land which has already been cleared, to build whatever they want to build in that area - expansion plans sound good at the moment, and also getting back the Big Brother Studio, means they could house more permanent style shows, like Milennium Magic at WLS.

so if that ticket you have is "official merchandise", can we see the certificate of authenticity??? lol.

yes but was there a need to quote the entire post?

don't forget that all the waters in tomb raider rainforest sets generally had anacondas or something similar in them. Australiana? Aint no clear blue waters in that billabong mate... Arabian? A Waterpark? Sure, and while we're at it, lets send some alaskans a freezer. Wild West? Show me one clear blue pool in the wild west...? the same goes for Africa... and as far as Snow and Alpine? Snow and Ice themed waterpark? only if you plan on SKATING across the swimming pool... But I will give you the simple unthemed waterpark, the pacific islands, and the carribean... i think on the whole that shows why its better just to theme it Ocean Parade... two "tropical paradise" type locations, with two different themes, right next to each other? blechhhh!

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Im not so sure that sunway sold them... I am pretty sure that ING Industrial fund owns the land, as of January 1st. Therefore all the infrastructure and rides would transfer ownership to ING... so maybe its ING trying to recoup some of their purchase costs on the land?

what else could you theme a waterpark Gazza? they've had blue lagoon - oh wait - blue lagoon 2? they can put it in ocean parade... or else they could try.. the beach? nup its been done... ummmmm..........? nup Ocean Parade looks like a good idea for a waterpark...

Luna - Before someone else says it - Check out the community guidelines... I dont know where to start with that post...

understanding the confidentiality, are they staying in australia or going overseas? surely that doesn't breach your nondisclosure?

at the start of Jamberoo's operating season is the most likely...

Well they pass off dragon's, saying you will get "spin dried", but it keeps its medieval theme.... that doesnt exactly fit? but yes as far as theming on carrie.... pathetic... but then again on the topic of pathetic, remember that the new CEO of Sunway Theme parks Malaysia is none other than Stephen Galbraith.... he's an expert at taking existing rides from a closed area and installing them, making them look like new additions! Hanna Barbera Land rides being moved to the rest of the park, and shutting down HBL, and then shutting down WL, and moving all the rides to Sunway! gee whiz i see a pattern here, forming around that pathetic loser..... gee do you think i hate the guy?

frankly i would have preferred they end up on the scrap heap than letting sunway profit further by announcing yet another "new" attraction. The people of malaysia must be stoked. their parks have inherited so many "new" rides in the past two years it must be one long running christmas for them!

I was referring to those with insider connections - such as Rabid, and Joz, who do not want to jeopardise their positions with the parks by revealing something a little early. Similarly, my source is in the same position, so i will not betray their trust by saying anything more.

lol. Not one single person that KNOWS what a park is going to install would reveal even a single DROP of whats going on, lest they destroy their source. As soon as an official announcement is made, some more details will come available, but dont expect that for a while yet.

good hunting neil.... well we all knew sunway had them.... just where they were to end up was another matter. very creative with the whole naming theme on dragons.... seems they got that mast fixed up pretty quickly when it came to installing another ride at their park.... looks like they just traced the exisiting paint job on it too... carousel had about the same attentions paid to it, althought it did get a new name... nice hunting neil..... very sad to see all these much loved and cherished memories of our childhood being installed in some sunway crapheap...

bad news guys.... Dreamworld have already decided what is going on the old thunderbolt site - and it isnt a coaster.

ex employees of the park in a position to acquire it. im not naming names, because, being one of the ex employees who has a copy, i know how annoying it is to get those requests... Know now - i will not be distributing copies of what I have, because it is not mine to give. The soundtrack is (with one major exception) all licensed and copyrighted production music. the songs themselves are commercially available to advertisers and the like with access to a production music database. The majority of the music is not named, but only has numbers to identify them... and there is several million of them to sift through. This is why very few people have got the full collection.

yes indeed. do a search on the forums for all threads including the word "sunway" in the wonderland topic... that should explain it some...

HMMM.... yes this has been posted on r-c.com.au numerous times in the past. they are made by the same company. In answer to your question, as to why they stopped making them, you need to consider that this design today is over 30 years old. Just like the Model T ford is a classic car, it is replaced by more modern infrastructure. Also, saying dreamworld has a lot more money than wonderland did, remember that repairs have already been done once, so therefore, repairing a repair is going to be a lot harder. Secondly, consider the amount of land Wonderland owned when it was built (it was something initiated by the state government) - all of SEPP59 was under wonderland control. Eastern creek later took over a bit of it, but for the most part, a lot of land was at wonderland's disposal. Dreamworld do not have this much. Their parent company - macquarie leisure, is part of a larger conglomerate which have a lot of money at their disposal, but not a lot they could throw dreamworld's way. No, dreamworld will not benefit too much from Macquarie, in the sense that the park needs to be self supporting, or macquarie will cut it loose. Thirdly, Dreamworld would be more interested in another record breaking thrill ride, than to chuck in a 30 year old ride that most of australia has seen already, that would require maintenance up the yin-yang, and repairs before it could even be built, not to mention some primo land, needing to be large, and flat, with plenty of clearance around it... not to mention the troubles with the old time hydraulics, which, by now, should have siezed up nicely as well....

when the faults were discovered in the mast head, they welded some very thick sheets of steel inside the masthead, that covered the faults. Since these repairs, the Zodiac has stood through high winds and heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning strikes, over 20 years on its current site. I would be surprised if it didnt have any problems.

I can also assure you that the dogs were kept on leash while general staff were still in the park - eg - yourself koolkid, but once the cleaners, maintenance crews and cash clearances were out of the park, the dogs were set loose.

having it up in no time is one thing, discovering a huge fault and rust point in the masthead (like they did when it was installed at WL) is another thing completely...

Remembering of course that Zodiac is more than 25 years old already, and the troubles they experienced when they constructed it at Wonderland.... i wouldnt ride it again if they relocated it.

It is very sad, but we have known this day would come for more than 18 months since the initial closure announcement, and I, like many ex-employees, saw this coming for a long time before that. It is not surprising that this site has more threads in Wonderland than any other, being a lot of our members are ex-wonderland employees. We might have more members in QLD, but those with REAL knowledge of the parks are more likely to contribute opinion and information, so therefore the fewer wonderland staff would post more than a general fan of parks in general. Also consider that NSW has a higher population than QLD, and while there has been lots to talk about with wonderland.. -closure -where the rides go -old reminiscence of the park -history -miscellaneous other things the QLD parks haven't given us as much to discuss have they? One new attraction per year, at the maximum, means one topic to discuss per year, per park. Wonderland had lots more to discuss, and still does, as we will have updates of what still survives in the park on a frequent basis... i still forecast the following threads: Demolition of Space Probe commenced Demolition of Bush Beast Commenced Demolition of Zodiac commenced Demolition of Beastie Commenced Trucks leaving the site with - ride parts, landscaping materials, all sorts of stuff leaving, will have a separate thread, depending on how far apart the time is between each load... I think my signature says all that needs to be said... (just with different management)

from my layperson's point of view, hydraulics may be more difficult to maintain as far as wear and tear, but there have been problems with lsm and lim launches in the past. While its not very new, its still relatively new in comparison to hydraulics, and it does not require a lot of expertise to fix a broken hydraulic, in comparison to the lim or lsm units... take a look at some episodes of JUNKYARD WARS or MONSTER GARAGE on Discovery Channel to see how easy hydraulics can be.