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Funnily enough, I'd be more sad to see Sidewinder go than Arkham Asylum. It's a terrible ride, but custom Arrow loopers are a dying breed, while SLCs are found on every inhabited continent on Earth. I think Arkham Asylum is far less likely to go soon, though, since it is still popular. Would definitely free up some good space. I'd love to see a wooden coaster go there, but another multi-inversion steel coaster is far more likely. Maybe one of those awesome looking new Vekomas? As for Tower of Terror - Dreamworld wouldn't be the same without it, frankly. It's still arguably the park's most visually impressive ride, and its height and speed gives the park some bragging rights (it doesn't have much to brag about, that's for sure). I definitely think a refurb from Intamin is more likely than it being removed.

I'm saying the said poster was a bit of a "precious flower" and made me take a break for a while. Poor phrasing.

So I've taken a break from this site for a while since a certain precious flower poster suddenly graced these boards with his presence, but I thought I'd log back in after seeing that RCDB added an entry for this new kids coaster and claimed that it will be manufactured by Zamperla. It'll probably just be one of their standard "family gravity coasters", since that'd be the cheapest and easiest option, rather than something custom. Tiny little ride, but it does the job I suppose. Example of what to expect: EDIT: So yeah, like the one at Adventure World, MrYoshi. Oops.

Zamperla DiskOs aren't coasters as they're internally powered, while Surfrider has more claim to be a coaster IMO as it does rely solely on gravity at times, and is not powered all the way. TOT I would consider a coaster, and Buzzsaw I definitely consider a coaster and can't see how anyone could claim otherwise. It may be short, but it still follows the typical coaster formula of lifthill>drop>rise, and is predominantly gravity powered. Logflumes with hills do bother me though. I don't personally count them as most people agree not to, but I have considered it.

The noise isn't pleasant but I do think it adds something to the ride, it's a very freaky sound.

My dream B&M is mainly based off a NoLimits coaster I saw a while back. It's a terrain floorless coaster with a hypercoaster-size drop into a ravine.

Sad to hear, for sure. But it did take up a decent plot of land that could be more effectively utilized by a more modern coaster, so I'm cautiously excited to see what the future has in store.

Probably me. I'll take what I can, no questions asked. It's a good addition for the park though, great for small kids. Much better than a Pinfari Looper, so glad it's not one of those. The only people who enjoy riding those are masochists.

I feel like Movieworld probably won't get a big attraction for 2015. Chances are that MyFun will take a little time making their money back from building Storm Coaster, and we'll hopefully then see a major addition for 2016.

Still don't get why people here hate spin and spews so much. They're compact, cheap and a crowd pleaser. That's the best we can possibly hope for with Dreamworld, tbh.

I went on Monday last week (because my school was the only one off in QLD for some reason) and it was still pretty damn busy. Never underestimate the force of the NSW crowds.

Yuck, I was hoping the whole Pinfari thing was just a rumor. Well, I guess one of their regular sitdowns could be fairly popular, and a wacky worm would be good for kids. I just hope, for the sake of everyone's physical health, that it's not one of those Pinfari looping deathtraps. My possibly unrealistic dream addition for Aussie World is still a decent compact coaster, like a standard model Eurofighter or a GCI Bigfun. Both are fairly expensive, but not completely out of the park's budget if they are willing to save. Both would be extremely exciting additions to the park, and a GCI Bigfun would be unique to Australia as being the country's only "proper" wooden coaster (non scenic railway or wild mouse).

Honestly I have no idea. I've counted my coasters, and I've been on 77 of those, so I'm guessing once I add flatrides and slides it'd be somewhere around the 110 mark? With parks I'm not sure either, since I went to a hell of a lot when I was very young. I'll list all the ones I remember. Asia Global Village Sega Republic Dubai Universal Studios Singapore Australia Aussie World Dreamworld Luna Park Melbourne Movie World Seaworld Wet n Wild Europe Alton Towers Blackpool Pleasure Beach Chessington Europa Park Gardaland Holiday Park Legoland UK Mirabilandia Oakwood Amusement Park Phantasialand Thorpe Park North America Busch Gardens Tampa Disney Hollywood Studios Disney Magic Kingdom Epcot Seaworld Orlando There's probably more small parks, but that's what I remember.

Come on, nobody hires RMC for a traditional woodie. If it were just a reprofile it wouldn't be a new attraction, it'll be a radical Iron Horse reprofile with inversions and all. RMC coasters are fantastic so I see no cause for complaint.

It's a shame SFMM will be losing an iconic, relitavely family friendly classic coaster but it was losing popularity and honestly wasn't anything too special after all the crappy modifications were done to it. I'm honestly really excited to see what RMC can do with a racing coaster. Unfortunately, being at SFMM, it likely won't race too much unless it's built as a mobius loop coaster.

I am very confused by this. That's Falcon's Fury, what does that have to do with our parks?

I wonder what number we'll get to where the naming of the "Big x Thrill Rides" list seems ridiculous. I remember when I was about 7 and the whole idea of the "Big 5" was so intimidating. The more rides that are added to that list, the less exciting the list gets.

I didn't have any hopes for a eureka replacement so I'm not surprised by this. I'm putting my bet on the ride replacing reef diver being a Star Flyer. I'd be really happy with that, since Star Flyers are pretty fun rides and not really the spin and spew sort - or at least my mother, who gets motion sickness from teacups, doesn't find Star Flyers to be nauseating.

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Intamin and RMC's prefabricated wooden coasters are much easier to maintain, so they could be doable. Especially an RMC - a wooden looping coaster is gimmicky enough for Dreamworld to want it, and would have the bonus of actually being an awesome ride enthusiasts would love.

As long as it's not a Volare or something, Dreamworld's next coaster should surely be decent? There aren't that many bad coasters being built by manufacturers today.

Oh I know Mack's megacoasters are amazing - 8 rides on Blue Fire this year was enough to prove that to me. But I'm a bit disappointed with Mack's megalite clone since it seems much less forceful than Intamin's, though it would be more reliable. I'd be all for a custom Mack Megacoaster though, since Helix does look amazeballs. And Santa07, eurofighters are very different to El Locos as far as ride experience goes. They both have beyond vertical drops, yes. But other than that, eurofighters are much more intense and fast paced.

I've always liked the idea of a eurofighter at Dreamworld. It'd draw inevitable comparisons to Green Lantern with a beyond vertical drop, but people would likely prefer the eurofighter as most eurofighters are better than El Locos. A eurofighter could easily fill the space where Thunderbolt was. Hell, there's probably enough room for a eurofighter near the scale of Takabisha, so they could attempt to get the world record for steepest drop, just as an extra "up yours" to movieworld. Re: Alpina Blitz - if Dreamworld is to get a megalite it's Intamin or nothing for me Oh and I'm another person in favour of a Gravity themed ride. That movie was insane and I'd love to see the feeling captured in a ride somehow. Obviously a darkride would be perfect for that but a spinning flat would work fine too.

Yeah they lumped the El Locos together too. I imagine they'll be split next year now that two custom El Locos have opened in Las Vegas and Japan. But perhaps they'll still lump together the standard model ones (Green Lantern, Mumbo Jumbo, Steel Hawg etc).

Results are out, and yes, we managed to sink MDMC pretty low. http://www.ushsho.com/detailedsteelrollercoasterpollresults2013.htm Results for Australian coasters: #27 Superman Escape #146 Jet Rescue #163 Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster #194 Storm Coaster #220 Tower of Terror II #310 Mick Doohan's Motocoaster #331 Cyclone Abyss didn't get enough votes to rank, but otherwise it would've been #44 I still put Cyclone way above MDMC on my own ballot, though.