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Thanks. Wanna get down there before the next set of holidays (which I think starts early next month for some)

How dare YOU hijack my thread. How very dare you!

What do you guys think? I'd like to see Sydney get a new theme park to make up for the loss of Wonderland but it seems none of the big wigs want to invest in theme parks, they rather just put up concrete jungles aka shopping malls. Lame.

^ Thanks. Did MW look busy today?

^ LOL. I think Movie World, without the coasters, would have gone bankrupt. Think about it, people see the shows and tours once, but they will keep going back to ride rollercoasters every weekend. I actually love that Movie World puts in high quality coasters/rides instead of lots of crappy rides like Dreamworld, thats what makes it a cut above the rest.

I'll assume it's yours lol

^ I dont think those we need this type of discussion here do we? Take it to tweeter or something.

Dream World needs to not put in any new rides for the next few years and save up for a decent rollercoaster. I would happily forego any new rides for up to 5 years if we got something amazing at the end of it. But of course that won't happen. Meh

Thats a really small space for a rollercoaster I'm not going to get my hopes up for this, so hopefully I'll be surprised by the finished product.

^ There is really no Batman zone though since the official ride is shutting down + plus Batman is usually floating around the middle of the park. I think Batman: The Ride would be amazingly cool to replace Lethal Weapon theming. Actually I'm quite excited about that prospect.

Who's going to do the next update for us? I wish AW would post some construction pics on their facebook though, would be much easier.

Wow for some reason I thought Movie World was older. It's always seemed like a very established park to me.

Ouch for Sea World. Back in the day I would've said SW but too many good attractions have closed now (Bermuda, Pirate ship) and they havent added to the park in terms of good rides. Jet Rescue looks OK but not enough to make me go rushing there to try it out.

How on earth does a flume ride travel to shows? Ive never seen one at a show and I'd imagine it would be quite a lot of work to set up (considering you need water). Anyway yeah it's identical to the flume ride in Bridlington (called 'Jungle River') that recently came into the media spotlight when two of the passengers got ejected from one of the boats on the large downhill. One of the passengers, an elderly woman, got airlifted to hospital and ended up losing a leg due to the severe injuries. Apparently there was not enough water on the downhill which caused the boat to halt abruptly. I hope Aussie World keep an eye on that, could be a problem.

I'm still obviously new to this site although feel like I've been here longer since I lurked for ever, but I think it would be cool to do one of these meet ups as my friends/family aren't really into theme parks and whenever I go with any of them it feels like I'm dragging them and they dont half enjoy it as me

Nice little update. I havent visited SW since 2001 (havent really been persuaded with their lack of new rides) but since me and my brother got VRTP 1 year passes last month we'll probably go check it out and take our little cousin since she will enjoy it more than us.

Mods, please move this one. Had never heard of Fantasy Glades until today, so went and had a look at their facebook and was shocked to see over 4000 likes (almost as much as Movie World and it hasnt even opened - very impressive). I have to say I'm quite jealous of the new owners, they sound like they got it for a bargain and now they have all these people volunteering free time to help them get it re-opened. Sounds like a dream start.

Saw Journey to the Centre of the Earth with my family for the first time last month and we ALL loved it so much that we went and bought the actual movie. Never saw that movie or even heard of it beforehand, quite odd.

It's probably not a good sign that they closed both of the dark rides around the same time as each other. It could very well be that that's the end of them - especially since no construction has started on either. I do hope they keep them and revamp them though, since water rides are my fave

I'm assuming quite a few of you have met in real life judging by your cliquey banter Just wondering some of the history of meets ups and if there will be any in the future.

^ Yep there is a lot of land there at the back (especially where the 'luge' used to be. As for the flume ride themeing, I'm confident it'll be decent after seeing the Redback themeing (something AW did wayyyyy better than Dreamworld for their Shockwave). I'm also looking forward to seeing what they do with the boats.

^ Thanks so much! Getting excited now! Definitely going to take my little cousin and brother there this summer when its open (as an excuse for me to go haha) I really do think this flume ride is going to make Aussie World so much more attractive. It's a solid family ride and one that can be enjoyed by EVERYONE as opposed to the crazy mouse, disqo, etc. It'll also be AW's first water ride and water ride's are essential for a theme park. Maybe in a few years they'll get a *major* ride. Doubtful but these new rides should definitely give it a big boost for the coming years.

I'm struggling to grasp why you liked this ride so much. You walk into a dark room, some small tv comes on with some ultra bad graphics, more walking, more watching bad graphics, then more walking and watching bad graphics with non memorable story, then ride over. lol

Oh I thought I read here that it was closed. Well that's good news, although that ride REALLY needs a revamp. Fun little fact about that ride: I went to Seaworld when I was 12 and my dad took me on this ride and our flume was accidentally released immediately after another flume and another flume was immediately released after our one. So we were sandwiched between two flumes and my dad started freaking out because he thought that something bad was going to happen going down the hill and he jumped out of the flume on the way up (where the stairs are) and he pulled me out too. We went back to the line and got told we had gotten the ride shut down and that there was a mechanism at the top of the hill to stop flumes. You cant really blame my dad though, it wouldnt have been the first accident on a flume ride.

Vote Im QUITE interested to see the results!!! I went with Movie World. Been there the most and its the most world class theme park in Australia by far. Ranks with the best (only issue with it is that it needs a few more major rides so it can become a full day outing instead of a few hours). My ranking: 1. Movie World 2. Wet N Wild 3. Dreamworld 4. Sea World (used to be higher until they got rid of Bermuda Triangle, Flume & Pirate ship) 5. White Water World