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Great to see someone who's contracted/employed by the park, even in a temp basis for a special event to be a terrible representative for the park and the event itself. I sincerely hope MW find out who this is and terminate their employment prior to the commencement of FN.

Was about to say that looks fine and ready to open, then I realised it was SeaWorld, not Dreamworld

Well I'm sure block brakes would help them continue to have 2 cars .....along with the other 4

True, and given the age, I doubt the retheme would warrant the extra cost associated with making that happen

I just liked the OTS style to match the racing harness. Cyclone can have 2 cars if they chose to add block brakes to the available space before the u-turn to the station. Pretty sure the mounts are there for them but it's never been installed.

That's all well and good on the thrill side of things, but I'd still rather have the OTS restraints to keep with the theme.

Really? Never heard that mentioned before. Looked it up and Fan Turn or Fan Curve – A turn on a wooden coaster designed with a sweeping curve from the entrance to the exit of the turn. Fan curves are usually used to describe a change of direction of less than 90-degrees and turn is used to describe a change of direction of 90-degrees or more. Banked Turn – Describes a section of track that is banked (laterally angled) while turning. Designers bank the turns on roller coasters to reduce the lateral G-forces. (http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/glossary)

Do you have anything to back that up, or did you mean to say "I hope there will be a Dead Rising 2 scare zone"?

KingdaKa - "banked" ? OTS restraints will make sense given the racing theme. I hope they're brand new trains and not SV's. I don't think the SV ones will fit the theme.

What would you really do for dying light? You can't parkour your way though a maze. Other than that you're looking at generic zombie theme.

Oh that's awesome! More stuff to block main street! Just what they need on a busy fright night. They should have moved it to the alley running towards the kids area, or better yet, ditch the crappy show they put on in the arena and stick 2 scare zones/mazes in there and have them exit/enter out each side of the arena. - or there's probably a 3rd exit they could have utilised for it.

Where was it confirmed sorry, I missed that.

Was it that important to you to be the thread starter that you just couldn't wait until you got home in case someone else created the thread? If you have a phone capable of posting on the forum, you have a phone capable of copying and pasting an article, or at least a link to the article. http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/how-the-gold-coast-almost-became-the-happiest-place-on-earth/story-fnj94hgr-1227513359485 The lion-hearted man behind the mouse-eared plan, Runaway Bay-based developer Gordon McAlister, said the 1990s deal was down to formalities when Disney chief executive Michael Eisner pulled out. ... “We got to the last meeting in Burbank, California, when Michael Eisner stepped in and said ‘No, I want to go to China’. ... “We estimated about five million visitors each year, which is small for Disney but huge for us. That was one of the arguments against us, that we would be too small — and yet that’s exactly what Hong Kong Disney turns over.

Yes.....2.....what overkill..... It could be themed to the care bears and people would still ride it. No one it going to pass up trying a ride just because of the theming around it. It will be an "all new experience", which, depending on what exactly they do with it, might be true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PQ49B5Gpw Makes sense enough. Keeping with the V8 Supercars theme, the chain is the cars on the warm up lap, reaching the top of the chain is the beginning of the AZ (acceleration zone), from there the cars complete the circuit and return to the grid. If only they had a transfer track they could theme as pit lane.

What could be more accurate than the same images you posted? It would make more sense if you called it "Cyclone redevelopment and motorsports precinct at Dreamworld" or something.

Yes. You need a FN entry ticket AS WELL as the UTT ticket. That's how it worked last year as I remember having to show the FN season pass to get in,

Given GL *might* still be out of action, an extra maze wouldn't hurt.

Where are you getting either of these bits of info from?

The ambo was parked just near the old chinatown alley last year selling drinks and jelly shots during FN. Any word yet on if the UTT is coming back?

Have they fixed the signs though? They used to say $1 in bold, but "insert $2 to play"

Probably, but that's not what he said.

May 18, 2013 - A five-year-old boy is seriously injured after being flung from the Frizbee ride at a school fete in Highfields, Qld.Jan 16, 2011 - A three-year-old boy suffered minor injuries after being struck by a Thomas the Tank Engine children’s train at Eastern Beach in Geelong, Vic.April 5, 2010 - Three girls hurt when a ferris wheel car breaks apart and plunges to the ground at a carnival in Byron Bay, NSW.March 13, 2007 - Two workers injured when a 800kg carriage from the Gondolier ride falls on top of them when they are packing it up in Melbourne, Vic.Oct 6, 2004 - Ten people hurt when a strong gust of wind blows a marquee into the path of a Wave Swinger ride at the Western Australia Royal Show in Perth, WA.Sept 26, 2003 - Eight people injured after two carriages on the Mad Mouse roller coaster collide at the Royal Melbourne Show, Vic.March 11, 2001 - An eight-year-old girl dies and 11 people injured when an inflatable carriage breaks free from a ride at a carnival in Kapunda, SA.Sept 2, 2000 - Thirty-seven people hurt when the Spin Dragon ride collapses and drops a 4.3 tonne gondola onto queuing riders at the Royal Adelaide Show, SA.Feb 22, 1997 - An girl, 11, dies and two boys are injured after a carriage on the Octopus ride breaks free and falls to the ground at the Rylstone Show near Mudgee, NSW.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-12/royal-adelaide-show-girl-thrown-from-ride-dies/5740022 ^ Girl dies after being thrown from ride at Royal Adelaide Show ^ Go on........

I don't think they normally did the first one as a Friday, but I can't really remember.

My money's on these dates as I think that's how it worked last time. Then an extra day in November.

What's that got to do with B&M though? Not all those accidents were B&M, nor were they all coaster related. Not all of them were even ride related. Of course there's accidents when you involve people. B&M make great coasters. Expensive, massive, crowd pleasing coasters. The joke is that no park would ever be able to afford a decent one and maintain it. Eg: 15,000,000 US Dollar equals 20,936,144.70 Australian Dollar. Now, how much do you think it would cost to transport all that over here via sea? Then, how much would you need to pay in labour to plan, construct and maintain a ride of that caliber? Dreamworld spent $16,000,000 in 1997 on the tower. That's basically a few straight bits of steel (obviously it's more than that but you get my point here) raised over the ground so minimal theming is required. A coaster needs much more room (and hopefully theming) which in turn will cost a lot more.