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If it true that the construction company is booked for 2 months at the most, I very highly doubt we're seeing a full length coaster...

I have to agree that London is a great city, and we'll be spending a fair while there. But I really do want to ride Oblivion and Nemesis. We'll probably be doing a fair bit of travelling around the UK, so it may not be all that hard to get to Alton Towers, but it is in the middle of no where... I noticed that both parks are owned by Merlin Entertainments, are there any special passes or something that you can buy to get into both parks?

I'm going to be in England around June/July this year, and while I'm over there, I want to go to one of these parks. I'm probably not going to be able to go to both parks. I'd like to know which park you guys would recommend? At the moment, I'd like to go to Alton towers to ride on Oblivion and Air, but the prices look cheaper at Thorpe Park and it'd be far easier to get to. So what are your experiences at the parks and which rides would be worth riding? And has anyone seen that Thorpe Park is opening a new Angry Birds land in May?

Tipplers and Couran cove on South Stradbroke both went bankrupt a few years ago(or got very close to it). But Couran Cove was sold and has recently reopened. Probably not the places you were looking for though.

Did anyone take note of the No Jumping signs now on the gate?

As long as someone aged 18+ purchases the tickets, and the area is not open to the public, then I think it's absolutely fine and legal.

That's an interesting article. I noticed right at the end, they referred to White Water World as Whitewater Bay.

I've seen some interviews with some of the characters. Apparently it is quite hard work. They do look for people with an accent, and you have to stay in character the whole time, even when talking to other staff members. There are news articles around the place about this.

Lets just stick to that

At least with the teenage population then. I prefer MW, but all of my friends prefer Dreamworld. On the basis of it having more rides.

This. As much as we complain and see it as a bad park, the majority of the general public actually see Dreamworld as the better theme park on the Gold Coast.

Part of whatever was holding up the sign beforehand broke, and the sign got turned upside down?

I was there about five weeks ago. They have updated at least the major signage with the new wiggles.

Yeah, that's a bit surprising...

I never knew there was anything wrong with it. What exactly is wrong? Is it just old age, or something else?

You can easily see the ride from across the broadwater. Putting it in front of the park wouldn't have changed how visible it is much. The only people who would have a better view are the people driving past the entrance to the park.

Yeah... that was a bit of a stupid statement on my behalf... Completely forgot about the ones in America, and immediately assumed that they're being used mainly in Europe, but again, never realised the temperature fluctuated that much.

Australia is a new climate for these coasters AFAIK, they're built for cooler climates. Not that that would cause many problems. It's likely that they have to configure a few things, make sure that different loads works etc.

I can't believe he called it Palmersaurus, he's just full of himself...

Both rides used the same system though, so it's unlikely. BT turned out as a very good investment for the park, and BT used the same ride system, so they very likely lost little to no money out of the decision.

They may be waiting on certification or who knows what. They need to make sure the structure is perfectly safe before you can start having naked flame inside a building full of people and potentially flammable materials.

Not all private schools are starting holidays tomorrow. Some still have a week or so left.

Just wondering, what are the normal prices for food at Dreamworld?

That looks really cool! It appears to have some good speed as it goes into the building. One thing I'm disappointed with is that they didn't go to the effort of making the gravel areas a shallow pool of water, just to add to the theme a bit.

They don't have to visit Dreamworld. They'll only visit it if they think it will be worth it.