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Sea World Nara is half owned by Japanese company Nara Resort Group, and apart from Seaworld Nara, is not connected in any other way to SW

None that come to mind, although due to the high amount of salt in the air at SW, some small sections have had to patched up.

Tell me more about those magnets....

Up until a couple of years ago I would've said Dreamworld all the way, but the park has slipped a few notches in the past few years. The new additions aren't really special. If your going during the holidays, then Cyclone will have a long queue which is due more to the low capacity of the ride rather then its popularity. Nick Central is really, just all their old kids rides repainted, with the exception of Reptar, which is a decent ride, but not the sort of ride you'd plan your holiday around. Besides that, the park has closed down two shows, has not maintained its themeing, and has spent almost no effort maintaining its rides. Go to Movieworld, Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster is almost worth the trip on its own, but with the better park atmosphere, better + cheaper food, IMO better Thrill, Family, and Themed rides, excellent themeing, friendlier staff, and a higher capacity it to me, becomes a no brainer.

Fair enough Jeff

Nice to see it officially announced, I'm still confident that this will be better then Harry Potter

Thats a good one Wayne, have to give it a shot. What I do is put my hands up, and tilt my head back, so you see everything behind you upside down. Also a freaky feeling

I guess it'd be hard to call it anything other then a Flume Ride, since the only difference between Bermuda and Looney Tunes is that Looney Tunes turns a corner while it goes down it's drop.

Yeah, I had to work too... Did you end up having fun?

Superstars live in concert was like that, we seem to be loosing all our air-con attractions, and frankly I think its a worrying trend

Hang on, I heard a story a while back that Gremlins @ MW Germany had already closed?

Quite true Psyco. Since Space Probe opened in 1997, SW has added Cartoon Beach, Dolphin Cove, Pirates 3D, Reef Discovery, new Ski Show and of course, Polar Bear Shores. WNW has in that time added Super 8 Aqua Racers, both Terror Canyons, Speed Coaster Mammoth and the Whirlpool Springs. Both of those parks have gone quite well attendance wise (both parks have just come off record attendance years) without adding much in the way of thrill rides. They've still added plenty of new attractions, just not any new thrill rides (with the exception of Terror Canyon), and Dreamworld is doing better after adding Nick Central then it was after it added Cyclone. Don't know what point I'm trying to make, just felt like commenting

That show was the work of Michael Croaker, who was responsible for Seaworld's Quest for the Golden Seal, part of the design of Dolphin Cove, and wrote the Ski Show which was before Ski Challange. He also wrote most of the holiday shows, and most notably also won an episode of "Man O Man". As for the rapids ride, IMO Snowy River is heaps better then DW's Thunder River. Richard got it pretty much spot on when comparing the two rides. BTW, I'm with you Rabid, as we all know, Demon was recently voted best Roller Coaster in the World by ACE

Ahh yes, Six Flags New Orles, described, and I quote from themeparkinsider.com: I went to Wonderland years ago, and didn't enjoy it. It wasn't the lack of rides, it wasn't below par entertainment, it was the terrible shape the park was in. Dreamworld is my least favourite park for the same reason, yet is has (debatable) the best rides in the country. I enjoy a clean park, with nice food, a couple of good rides and bit of entertainment. Fair enough, Wonderland by now needs a new ride, but what they don't need is for Six Flags to come in and ruin all the work that Sunway has done. If your ganna dream for anyone to own it, you'd be better off dreaming for someone like Tussard's, Bush, Universal or even Warner Village Theme Parks buying Wonderland. Since that ain't happening, accept that Sunway have a pretty good idea what they're doing. Just because the park hasn't got a new ride in a while doesn't mean that they aren't making money, or have no idea what their doing.

lol Wonderland closing has been disscussed on a rather heated level here, and after much disscussion, "no" was the favored answer. I'm sorry, but Wonderland is going to stay open for a while, so your either ganna have to enjoy yourself or not go.

I like how the guy next too it looks like he's ganna throw up :shock: How long did that take you to do? It looks cool!

So what is Dreamworld adding this year?

You make a good point about the ride ops, since the closest that WnW has is lifegaurds. It'd be interesting though to see if they'd train up lifegaurds to operate rides (since their qulified, and employed as lifegaurds, you have to pay for the qualifacations), or go the cheaper option and have full time staff for the ride. Perhaps only a small consideration in the grand scheme of things, but still an interesting thought.

What sort of capaticy has a Swing Thing got? During the summer Wet 'n' Wild can get as busy as any of the other parks, and you would think that everyone in the park would a ride of the thing, making queues a bit on the longish side.

Makes sense Belgian. Seems that both Wild West and Bermuda Triangle have both been cloned by Intamin Yeah, Australia's version is mostly in-house, A few components were sorced out (Apparently the operating system was cheap cause no-one could get it too work. That's just the rumour though, so I wouldn't read much into it).

Hey Wayne, without telling me what, or any details, do you know if the park has even made up their minds yet?

I think your talking about the Top Terrace, which personally I think is one of the nicer spots to sit down. You get a nice overview of the park, with a little Cafe', fast food outlet and a couple of shops. Its normally only busy between 12 & 1.30 (For the Ski Show + Lunch) and sometimes a little bit in the afternoon. I'm not quite sure what your talking about as far as a difficult place to find your way around, but I'm sure it is in some way? I was talking about the plaza in the middle of the park, which is in the same of area as Cartoon Beach.

I know what your talking about, and I must say I agree with ya. I think the navagation problem at Seaworld is due too one main thing, the Plaza. Since the park wants people to walk through the plaza (walking closer to gift shops) it does make going through the whole area a bit confusing. The area near catroon beach will probably be cleaned up a bit when/if the seal enclosure gets moved. I do agree with you though Wipeout, allot of people can't find their way around that area, perhaps improved signage would help? The park is also making things close to Dolphin Cove (moving the entrance to the 3D theater to the back of the castle, having costume character appearences near the dolphin pools that way), plus theres the water park right next door. As for the transport system, the only thing I think needs to be done there is to have a station (monorail or train) near Corkscrew. But I could (and probably am) wrong.

Tell ya what you guys need, Wikiki Wave Super Flip, we've got one in Oz at Dreamworld called Wipeout. IMO its one of the best flats out there. Wayne's got a video of it somewhere, but after a breif search on www.ozattractions.com.au I've been completly unable to find it.. :?:

Good news Flea, my sig is a joke