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    It was relocated to (and is still operational today at) Dream World Bangkok, under the name 'Black Hole Coaster', formerly 'Space Mountain'. There's no lights-on POV of that, but someone made an NL2 recreation of it that seems to align with images of the layout on RCDB, so I assume it's a decent representation of the ride. If so, it just consisted of a bunch of shallow right hand turns til it lost enough speed to be turning at ground level, then a small left hand turn into a final right hand turn into the brakerun.
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    High chance it's not related to TTD, but still just putting it out there.
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    Sort by: Inversions
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    I think REGIE jumbled the Expo 88 Swinging Turns & Boomerang together, cause there was a coaster with inversions, but it was the Boomerang. According to RCDB it's "Sapphire Speedster Coaster", a Zyklon Galaxi from 1994, operating in Merimbula, NSW.
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    For sure, and that's why they've switched into more family-focused models in Europe (wing @ Chessington, wing @ Legoland), released a (relatively) cheaper, tamer, LSM-centric ride model, expanded into Asia, and haven't been making any hypers/gigas. But, despite all that, as much as I'd like for it to happen, I just can't see a B&M coming here anytime soon. Even if a park here were to reach out to B&M for a project, out of; the cost of manufacturing & shipping to a new continent, the different laws we've got in place, the space our parks have, the demographics a given park are wanting the ride to be for, and the minimal amount of parks here that'd be interested in B&M's relatively lacking portfolio of ride models, one of them would likely deter either the park or the manufacturer from going ahead with the project. I'm not saying it's the entire reason that B&M wouldn't come here, nor that it's existence rules out B&M coming here entirely, but there's got to be a reason why manufacturers who construct rides here, soon become the only manufacturer making rides for the next 3-5 years (odd-one-out being Levi/Gravity Group, but that was both SBNO for years & opened poorly, partially due to GG being a new manufacturer in Australia and not handling it greatly, and is a woodie, which is a different ballpark).
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    Hard agree. That, a wing coaster, or a thrilling invert would bring great diversity to AUS, though sadly I doubt that B&M'll come down under anytime soon, which practically rules out a wing coaster. But, with Vekoma coming guns-blazing into Australia recently with 5 new/future additions (duelling family boomerangs, 2 SFC's, and a custom FLC), and their similarly rapid expansion into the US in both the family and thrill market, I'd love to see somewhere here buy into their more thrilling options and perhaps get a new-gen flying coaster/STC from them.
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    It is, actually (though it should be noted, for some reason it includes NZ as part of AUS, so the Corkscrew at Rainbow's End shouldn't count). Here's all of RCDB's listings: And, for good measure, here's all the defunct ones: Using this, Australia technically has the most coasters with inversions currently than it's ever had, with the closest time period being between Lethal Weapon's opening and Thunderbolt's closure (excluding the gap between when Big Dipper II became Cyclone), when there were 5. But, taking into account the places these coasters are, that time period had: 1 at Movie World, QLD 1 at Wonderland Sydney, NSW 1/2 at Dreamworld, QLD 0/1 at Luna Park, NSW Compared to now, with: 2 at Dreamworld, QLD 1 at Movie World, QLD 1 at Adventure World, WA 1 at Luna Park, NSW 1 at Gumbuya World, VIC They're much more spread out, and (including the recent closure of Arkham, and relocation of Buzzsaw) that may be why it feels like there are less. *1 at Sea World, QLD
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    The original post is saying that Cedar Point has historically stuck generally to the thrill side over the family side demographically. You said they didn't, and that it was 50/50, and then were replied to by someone else reiterating/elaborating the sentiment by saying that the current park is around 50/50 in ride types for each respective demographic, but that they generally invest further into the thrill sector than the family sector, with some recent exceptions. No one said that they don't cater for families at all, that Cedar Point is a 'family park', or that Cedar Point is/isn't a good park for families.
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    Argument aside, I'm sure we can agree that, if something were to go in the plot of GL, it'd have to be more thrill than family in marketing & demographic, and have a near-complete focus on the more 'thrilling' side of inversions (ideally, ones that are unique to the area), as without Arkham & GL they've got none & Dreamworld's got 2.
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    Some people are still gonna complain, that's practically unavoidable, but yeah GD isn't really their 'biggest' ride anymore & I highly doubt that this move has anything to do with it being closed for renos at all. They don't even have the section listed on their website, they haven't done any post/publicity aside from the one reel on their wildlife foundation's Instagram, it's very much not being marketed or pushed like it would be if it were meant to overshadow GD (for whatever reason). It's just something that was closed pre-covid, that people wanted to reopen, and that now is.
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    If there’s an anomaly/something considered worth discussing in regards to Movie World’s operating or maintenance schedule, it tracks that it’ll be talked about in a thread that’s partially/solely dedicated to Movie World’s operating & maintenance schedule. And if those anomalies/updates are happening near-daily, like they’ve been in the past & with other situations, I don’t see any benefit in moderators taking action against discussing them just because they’re happening quickly. Especially if there’s nothing else worth discussing at the time.
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    Well, at least they tried.
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    If that were the case, could they not just reopen it with one train once the ride’s other issues are fixed? It’s not like it really needed 2 trains, anyway. Appreciate the sarcasm from one of the few people that it’s still a point of contention with. If you must know, they couldn’t because they just got out of the hospital.
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    Yep. It’s become a roundabout topic here (yet, still for some reason, a point of contention for a few people), but there’s much more that they should do. Just had a family member from a different state talk to me about Levi & New Atlantis, because they’re still seeing advertisements plastered everywhere telling them it’s open and to ‘Ride it Now’, but they were lucky enough to also catch the news story about it’s closure, and were confused about it’s actual status as a result.
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    That sucks that y’all have been put in that position, and screw the people taking their anger out on y’all. I understand being frustrated, but at the very least make an official complaint and hopefully get your money back, instead of abusing defenceless staff who are just tryna help you.
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    Where's this from?
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    Holy crap, it's just problem after problem. Maybe Leviathan really was sinking lol
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    He's not saying it does, he's saying that Busch were quick to act, and transparent about the issues were that tainted Iron Gwazi (clearance issues on the wave turn), and he wishes that Sea World did the same for Levi. Edit: Good news, they've updated the main website for New Atlantis. Bad news, all they've done is remove the part about Trident being closed for winds, meaning (according to the main page), all 3 rides are open.
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    That'd definitely be a 'money-can't-buy experience', with all the money they've sunk into it
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    Dollywood, being a previous comparison in the conversation of opening strategy, due to its notoriously unreliable marquee attraction. It’s the least SW could do (now that news is reporting on it & the story’s becoming widespread).
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    It's a regular construction site again, really takes me back to the good ol' days
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    *pretends to be shocked* Seriously, though, it was just a matter of time that news catches on to how badly they've fumbled, and it doesn't even seem like they reported anything incorrectly this time around. One of the interviewee's nailed the situation on the head, it just wasn't ready to be open, but they rushed it and now it's gonna bite them in the bum as much as we expected it would.
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    Gotta keep it nice & smooth for those corporate Christmas events
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    Yeah, I understand Trident and Leviathan being closed as they're either not ready to operate, or were rushed to do so, but Vortex by all accounts should be fine to operate. The only 'minor rectification' it needs is making the sign no longer read as 'Vowt?x'.
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