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I think you might have missed this point Jacob: Still unrealistic though.

Yes,

The full press release: http://adventureworld.net.au/#/news-events/get-set-for-the-most-thrilling-ride-of-your-life/ The second part that Randy highlighted in the post above is interesting though: three inversions yet they list five. Also, it's 90m shorter than Saw so I doubt it is a perfect clone.

That would be wrong also. Not only is the ride a steel-tracked coaster now, the tallest wooden coaster is about 30% or 50 feet taller. I think Six Flags had called it the world's tallest steel-hybrid coaster when it first opened, but since Iron Rattler is now taller it can't claim that title. I think the original statement is what all the news stations have found and butchered.

Just did a bit of digging and saw Sudden Impact recently opened World War Z Live at Sunway Lagoon. Although it is very generic and far from conclusive, the branding appears somewhat similar to In the past Sudden Impact has had duplicates of various attractions run around the world (The Mummy, Saw, Terminator to name a few) so this could be feasible.

The SkyCoaster is up: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rideentertainmentgroup/9262475960/in/set-72157634187901305 Other pictures of its construction can be found at Ride Entertainment's Flickr.

So if this is a temporary replacement for AVPX, I wonder if they still have Or is this just an attempt to keep that attraction fresh and rotate a few different themes during peak periods?

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/07/10/454340_gold-coast-news.html

Announced a year ago...

Not sure where the 2010 closure came from, but the park which operated the ride, Astroland, closed in 2008 and so did the ride. When the Zamperla-owned Luna Park opened on the same site in 2010, it seems they didn't re-open it. As for a reason why it didn't reopen, it might be something as simple as Zamperla only wanted to showcase their own rides in the new park.

My post is probably more suited to but I never got around to putting my ideas out then, so here's 10 ideas: As Slick said, first step is to get a new management team (or even a new owner) that realises significant investment can result in good returns. Go through the park and perform general maintenance on everything, e.g. painting (not Wiggles World colours everywhere please), cleaning etc. Remove the Motocoaster ... from the thrill rides list -- market it as a family ride, and there would probably be less disappointment from riders due to the shifted target market. While they're at it: ditch the Mick Doohan license, remove the overflow queue, reconfigure the standard queue area and merchandise shop to open the area up, relocate the V8 simulators, and retheme the area as the Rivertown Raceway or something. Given point 6 below some small land reclaimation or a boardwalk over the water may be the way to go here. Develop an apocalyptic themed area on the former site of Blue Lagoon. The path down to the area would be fairly similar with a new toilet block (marked A on the graphic below), merchandise shop (E) and food outlet (H). It would be headlined by a Rocky Mountain Construction/Alan Schilke wooden coaster (station at F and entrance at G). The ride would begin with a turnaround leading into a lift hill to the far side of Oakey Creek. A pre-drop, turn, and first drop follow. The track inclines over the railway line and enters into an inverse banked turn near the runout for the old toboggan ride for a great teaser/photo opportunity for those going down the path. Other elements present in RMC coasters would follow (e.g. double ups, double downs, overbanks, high speed floats) with a double barrel roll parallel to the railway line concluding the ride. The other attraction would be the rethemed AVPX laser tag with some sort of zombie theme. It would consist of an indoor queue ( , briefing rooms © and relocated tent (D) for the main skirmish. Demolish Eureka and the Gold Rush chairlift station, and build "Eureka Mountain 2: The Forbidden Shaft". Gazza created a great proposal a few years back so full credit to him. As part of this year's AWE upgrade: remove the old chairlift station, remove the ramp to nowhere, and relocate the amenities to a north-west extension of the merchandise shop/train station. Repurpose the former Oakey Creek arena and surrounding area into a covered, but open-air, presentation venue suitable for a variety of wildlife presentations, e.g. bird shows. If Captain Sturt can't be fixed and it is just going to gather leaves and rot, remove it. Use the current dock area as a loading station for a new, smaller boat ride in the operational style of Jungle Cruise or Jaws. The ride could make a little circuit around the smaller island and under that rope bridge. It would have to encompass something other than a boat ride of course, I just haven't knuckled down what this would be. A show on the concealed part of the island or animatronics could potentially work. Give a reason for people to visit the cinema. A 10-minute kids film played a few times a day obviously isn't the most popular choice. A return to IMAX with the addition of 4D effects could be the way to go. Build an initial expansion of WhiteWater World of the size and scale that was planned years ago (see graphic below). As part of a second WhiteWater World expansion, redesign or relocate the FlowRider shop/World Pass gate so that the area around the FlowRider could be opened up to encompass a new FlowBarrel on the WhiteWater World side. This would allow for after hours operation/events to utilise both rides. Since the initial expansion plans were released, there have been a lot of new slide types offered by the major manufacturers, so these should be built as the park extends towards Tiger Island.

Dreamworld have been doing this for at least the last 2 years for exactly this reason.

From a press release a few days ago ... TripAdvisor's Travellers’ Choice Attractions awards for Top 10 South Pacific Amusement and Water Parks Sea World, Gold Coast, Qld Dream World, Gold Coast, Qld Tasmazia & The Village of Lower Crackpot, Promised Land, Tas Wetside Water Education Park, Hervey Bay, Qld Splash Planet, Hastings, NZ Whitewater World, Gold Coast, Qld Warner Bros. Movie World, Gold Coast, Qld The Beachouse, Glenelg, SA Magic Mountain, Merimbula, NSW Aussie World, Qld Also, Wet'n'Wild has reached 1.2 million the past two years, ranking it the 9th most visited water park in the world.

Just for anyone that missed the discussion last year:

I know this is low resolution, but has much changed since August last year? In other news, WhiteWater West have announced the upcoming Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre is set to debut the world's first AquaSphere. The centre will also open a Constrictor. http://www.whitewaterwest.com/cgi/page.cgi/Industry_News/AquaSphere_set_to_Debut_at_Australia_s_Frankston_Regional_Aquatic_?_id=45

I have done a bit of digging. According to this Council document from 2004, the height limit imposed on Sea World is 3 storeys. According to RCDB, Sea Viper and Skatteøen (the water coaster that the Storm Coaster seems to be based off) both have heights of 28m. Now, no matter what way you measure it (either from sea level or coaster model), 28m would exceed 3 storeys so they must've got some sort of approval to exceed this limit. Visually from across the Broadwater, Storm Coaster does look a bit bigger than Sea Viper (but that of course could just be perspective).

Falcon's Fury has been announced for Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 2014. The ride is an interesting take on the traditional drop tower.

I am thinking it is a 'world first', although I'm thinking its more like a modified WhiteWater Whizzard based on (what looks like) the single drop to the finish.

....despite the fact that the ride has been sold to a park in India.

I personally would feel 3-4 months would be a relatively long time for such repairs, but I really don't know.

Correct me if I am wrong, but hasn't that shade cloth (along with the cover for the water slide tower) been missing ever since ex-tropical cyclone Oswald passed over the Gold Coast in late January?

This is not a concept image of the Storm Coaster. Google has it cached from the Djurs Sommerland thread on Theme Park Review:

A webpage and logo for the ride is now online: http://movieworld.co...ing-school.aspx

A webpage and logo for the ride is now online: http://seaworld.com....rm-coaster.aspx

Lo-Q, the company that developed the Q-Bot (the devices used for Dreamworld's Q4U), offer a system called Q-Smart, so this sort of thing definitely is possible. The cost of getting such a system would probably prevent it from being free though.