BTTF Forever

Ah fair enough, i thought at the time it would probably be the maintanance track

Having a look today, not much has changed, except more of the roof taken off, bit more of the track exposed, you can definitely see the slight track gradient now that keeps the carts at speed, also spotted pieces of the track on the grass between the wire fence and TOT. Not sure what they are gonna do with em. (Excuse potato phone camera)

Also took some video while I was at Dreamworld checking out EMMR. Not exactly on topic but I'm one of those people who love the 'miserable' weather Dreamrain.mp4 EDIT: YouTube Link https://youtu.be/vIV4yZuO3Y4

Bit rainy at Dreamworld today, but since its been over a week since any updates, thought I would go see for myself if there has been a little more progress, and there was

Just in case anyone needed clarification on what exactly they are doing to EMMR. EDIT: Also it is good to see something finally happening with the area, looking forward to what's in store.

Yes I am aware of Morse Code haha, Just had never seen it before and was wondering why its there, just a theming thing?

What's that spelled out in 'tyres' on the roof? S06? 506? EDIT: Nevermind apparently its been there for a while, just seen it on Google Maps... SOS...

Also thought i'd add another small loop video I made from footage I shot at Dreamworld a few months ago, was just something I threw together for fun.

Wow thanks for posting my video lol. Yeah when I made that video I wanted to incorperate both versions of the ride, I know it doesn't make much sence but Bermuda didn't ooen till 94 so technically "Lost Mine" is still 90's... great fun putting that video together and making that 3D logo.

Unpopular opinion... but I like both logos for different reasons, MW is kind of nostalgic and gold looking which is cool, but I cant get over the sleek metalic simplicity of the VR logo which is actually more nostalgic for me than the MW logo, the number of times Ive watched a movie on video tape when I was a kid and it had the VR logo play before The Wiggles Movie or something was quite a lot, when I think about the film industry in Australia I would usually think of Village Roadshow and the old Village Cinema chain and drive-ins... And then I would think of 'Screen Australia' haha

I am aware that they are covering it up, sorry should have made it clear that I just thought the photo looked "Interesting" LOL

Its not the best angle of the photo or best position at all really having a Tiger Cub Kindy Shop opening RIGHT BELOW a shady looking cut-off "EVIL INDUSTRIES" facade.... alludes to the problems of poaching in the wild a bit doesn't it?

When the cart wasnt there, they probably were fixing something or doing some modifications to the cart itself, then maybe over the weekend they did some test runs and then left it on the track... but why leave it on the track in the first place? Who knows, it could just be a coincidence that they actually have no other place to put the cart when it isnt being worked on... or they are teasing the hell out of us.

Annual Maintenance?

At Dreamworld ATM and the Mine Cart and the dummys are sitting in the exact same place, i looked from the bridge and took a photo with the zoom lens (since im not tresspassing doing it this way lol)

I think when the wheels fell off it caused friction of something making it stop maybe?

Heading to DW to try and get another glimpse of work on Eureka OceanGirl? HAHA Wow I guess this is pretty serious, obviously there will be an enquiry on how the wheels fell off, thank god they didn't fall off when they were going upside down!

Fair enough

I think rides in recent years have naturally gotten less scary as in "feeling out of control"... trying to take into account the fact that as i get older the rides naturally become less "full on" but imagine if u had never ridden scooby doo and when u do the big wearhouse part was in pitch black like parts of the mine ride... you would probably shit yourself... in recent years the rides have naturally been designed to try and "reasure" riders that everything is perfectly safe... whereas the mine ride half the time u didnt know what the hell was going on... mostly due to poor lighting and not being able to see the track... makes people feel uneasy... but i loved that!

That is actually a pretty cool idea, market it as an "old ride" that was abandoned and left to rot (I'm getting a Five Nights at Freddy's feeling here! ) and that has suddenly sprung back into operation one night for some reason, maybe the ghost of the Buzz Saw moved into Eureka Mountain and started playing havoc with some of the old equipment and brought it back to life (the reason why the Buzz Saw no longer works LOL), You are part of a research team (Bermuda anyone?) to investigate the weird goings on inside the old ride... OH MAN!! I would love to create the TV ad for the grand reopening of a ride like that! If we have learned one thing from rides it's that themeing and a good backstory to create atmosphere can make all the difference...

Thats what i was thinking Flea, the only signs pointing to it being old were the cobwebs on the "half door" at the exit where I... well... you get the drift

I think that when they started with the ad campaign "Big 5 Thrill Rides" it was these rides... Giant Drop Tower of Terror Wipeout Cyclone The Claw -Not yet built Thunderbolt Thunderbolt was removed and The Claw took its lace to go back up to 5 Mick Doohan didn't open till 2007, to be renamed the "Big 6" Then the Buzz Saw, "Big 7" Panamonium, "Big 8" Tail Spin, "Big 9" EDIT: Now we are back to 8... for now I think your right in saying it was never part of the "Big 5" If I knew when this advertisement was done Id be able to check... http://youtube.com/watch?v=lwRAk36KeMw Although when you look at this page from 2005, it shows it as part of the "Thrill Rides" in which there are 5 after Cyclone opened but before The Claw was opened https://web.archive.org/web/20050303002405/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/dw/dreamweb.nsf So I'm now not so sure if it wasn't EDIT: Just found a quote from these forums from 2004 So they did have the Big 5 when the Thunderbolt was around... Proving that Eureka was not a "Big 5", otherwise it would have been "Big 6"

Found some more images laying around... "Cough"... Yeah this is becoming a bit of an obsession Also I wasn't so sure before but now I do remember the Mine Ride being a "High Thrill" ride The track seems to be in relatively good condition too...

I can say with a great level of certainty... you are not alone my friend

Mine cart is now in the station, not much else haha http://i.imgur.com/ov9FCi0.jpg