HussRainbow87
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4 minutes ago, Jobe said:
Just seen it reported that the Seaworld SkyFlyer is NOT from Funtime. There is a Funtime model coming to Australia however and it appears to be a travelling model.
Ok well that’s news to all of us! Interesting to see how something like that could travel here because they’re enormous! Excited none the less
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Be interesting to see if the Sky Flyer is still being made by Funtime.... arguably the best chain ride manufacturer in the world, the 80m models are just beautiful machines!
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13 minutes ago, StingRay said:
Can you give us the inside goss then?. You commented the other day you would see Trokia & Ranger. So I gather you might know the company or new owner whos purchased it up north?.
Troika definitely won’t be seeing the light of day again, Ranger is being used for parts, Break Dance... well who knows, but just because Joylands are removing these rides, doesn’t mean they’ll be travelling
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On 25/11/2020 at 7:38 PM, AheadMatthewawsome said:
I can now confirm that Spider's last day of operation was on Sunday the 22nd of November. Dismantling started this morning, and the ride will be gone by tomorrow. The exciting news is that the truck that's being moved has the Joylands logo on there! It's going to now operate as a carnival ride by Joylands!
Here are some photo's from this evening at Luna Park showing Maloney's Corner. Watch this space as it's already changed. And will continue to change throughout next year.
Lol... best comment all week...
"It's now going to operate as a carnival ride by Joylands"
Sure.
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1 minute ago, AheadMatthewawsome said:
It's not very common knowledge for the other 99.99% of the population who are not theme park enthusiasts.
I meant on here....
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3 minutes ago, StingRay said:
It was run alright. Only so much a ride operator can do when it runs in automatic mode. You'd know this more than everyone else. I find it odd you say this ride was in terrible shape. Yet you don't mention the Ranger. Cause that was in a very bad way.
Didn’t really need to be mentioned as it was common knowledge. There was more to it than just operation of the ride.
also why would I know this more?
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Just now, StingRay said:
OK. So now you are just trashing the park?.
No, I would say the ride specifically.... you don’t need to take it soo personally. Facts are facts. It wasn’t looked after and it wasn’t run very well.
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3 minutes ago, StingRay said:
You'd be surprised many noticed the swinging 360-degree gyro first. Just they didn't mention it much here.
I brought up Europe cause you mentioned it first.So easy to tear down a flat ride. Shame it is going. Was also unique that breakdance because it had the modifications to allow children over 110cm to ride. Floor step added to each car and then eventually the "bucket" seats got added.
It was also run terribly and probably the worlds worst example of a HUSS Break Dance.
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Just now, StingRay said:
The Wildmouse has low capacity also with only three cars on track (max) at once. I know you are more into the thrilling flat rides of Europe slammed into a car park 😉. They have pulled off a miracle.
Given how small the park makes this more impressive.I wouldn’t say impressive really. The only thing I’m kinda interested in is that pendulum thing that actually goes 360 which people seemed to have missed. There is a counterweight arm in the renders.
And as for the European comment, they put far more effort into their attractions than anywhere in the world, best atmosphere that no park or fair elsewhere could match. -
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2 minutes ago, StingRay said:It is well worth it. four HUSS rides removed over the years (Breakdance to be gone by tomorrow) all for this is perfect. Replace existing attractions with attractions that most will be able to ride. The park always was proud about the fact its height limits were never that far about of reach. The Ranger was the only one that needed over 130cm from memory (without cheating and using google).
I'm the first one to say losing those HUSS rides sucked. I was lucky enough to work them for a while. So my attachment was fairly different to most.
This ain't throwing out the park and putting it in the bin.
This is called evolution.
I mean the only thing that looks of some quality is the Intamin coaster, and even then with such a low capacity those coasters hold, that’s a bit of a stretch. I don’t really look at that concept and think, I need to be there opening day of any of these attractions. Even when the Huss rides were there, I didn’t really feel any desire to want to visit the place when I was in Sydney.
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1 hour ago, AlexB said:
Commiserations my friend, but regardless of the quality of the huss attractions, end of life was certainly a deal breaker - and this announcement and expansion more than makes up for it in the eyes of almost everyone it seems....
hard luck buddy.
Hard luck? I don’t live in Sydney so I’m not too worried. I guess I can always go visit the Ranger and Troika if need be.
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Just now, Jobe said:
I knew of all us mate you would be the one that would not be overly happy.😎 But come on- you have to admit this is exciting times for LPS!! This announcement is great for the park and the industry as a whole and more importantly, its great for the tourism potential for NSW. I know we are all going to miss the Huss rides- very true they were exciting and well engineered rides that have now been added to the fabric and history that is Luna Park Sydney.
I guess it’s exciting, I’m not big on LPS, never really have been, even with the HUSS rides in there.
I’ll just cart my ass back to Europe when I can to experience good German Fair Rides ☺️
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Takes out HUSS for this....
ok.
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On 20/11/2020 at 3:58 PM, Wil_i_am_not said:
Joylands has (and will) receive two rides from the park, one of which will for certain return to the travelling circuit. So yeah wouldn’t be suprised if Rockin Tug was included in that transaction.
I wouldn’t get too excited about that “certain return”
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Just now, Jobe said:
Just saw this Youtube video of this- looks good!! The launch hill looks like heaps of fun- hopefuly this is the version we get!!
It was a lot of fun! Was my first ride at Oktoberfest last year. The family also owns the 80m Funtime drop tower - Hangover!
The lift actually had some force to it and it was a nice addition to the coaster!-
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It's an updated Reverchon Spinning Coaster, see HEIDI at Oktoberfest for layout changes. Not sure if it will have the launch hill, but it was very fun to ride! and the banked curve was a lot of fun too...
Shame its going to be called THE RAT...
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2 hours ago, Jdude95 said:
I was hoping we'd hear from you about this. I figured they could surely do a more exciting cycle and just hoped they are still building up to what's possible. At least this confirms it has the potential to be decent.
I know the older travelling models can be operated manually, be interesting to know if these newer park models can also. Not that it would happen, but yeah, someone experienced that can drive the ride properly can make it seriously move.
see videos of Zehle’s Top Spin Fresh, that thing was intense!
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Rubbish cycle. They can do a lot better than that! At least give us a Pandamonium type situation.
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I don’t really think Sky Voyager really adds anything to the park, I think for somewhere like Ferrari Land, it worked well and the film was interesting, the USA one... well... yeah.
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27 minutes ago, Luke said:
Most likely the machine is reasonably priced, easy to operate, maintain, and is less prone to breakdowns (low downtime). All owner/operator benefits. But IMO, a modern version of a Vekoma Waikiki Wave / Zamperla Suspended Windshear will always win in terms of rider satisfaction, non-rider guest wow factor, and ride sensations.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen HUSS and Moderately Priced in the same sentence before.
Not sure that you’ll ever see a modern version of a Waikiki wave to gain some rider satisfaction and guest wow factor...
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I’ll be more than happy never to return to Dreamworld after yesterday.... What a poor excuse for a “theme park” these days.
But in saying that, White Water World was fun!
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*wishes for a B&M Dive Coaster*
will never happen.
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Ahhh that’s the sound we like to hear. I just hope SeaWorld do the ride justice and give it a good cycle. Wipeout ain’t got nothing on these! There’s a reason why soo many Top Spins exist compared to the Waikiki Waves!
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34 minutes ago, Jdude95 said:
9News are now reporting that the woman became trapped in the rides machinery too. I'm sure we'll get a full and consistent story eventually...
Clearly not the case as seen in the video, she’s just between the loading decks, nothing there to become trapped in just infront of the tower.
more false news....
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hard luck buddy.
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Fingers crossed for Vortex opening ASAP!
I wanna try get on it before driving home to Melb after 6 months....