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Maybe at the former Buzzsaw area?

I feel like it is more likely to see a retheme of Dreamworks, as DW has had a lot of theming taken down over the past few weeks. ABC Refurb is not out of question but it is more likely in my eyes to be DW.

Not sure where to put this, but Tim from the Today Show (the weatherman) was at Movie World this morning. The 8:40 cross was done from WWF.

Pakenham Star Community article: Rollercoaster ready at Gumbuya World Gumbuya World chief executive Ron Weinzierl. By Shelby Brooks With spring weather finally gracing the state over the weekend, a season record turnout at Tynong North’s Gumbuya World allowed thrillseekers a glimpse at the $40m rollercoaster project set to open before Christmas. Construction of the two coasters – one a family-friendly suspended rollercoaster and the other a thrill ride reaching 50m in the air and reaching speeds of 100km/h – has been ongoing since April and are set to open 23 December this year. The addition of the two new coasters in Gumbuya World’s theme park precinct will give Victorians an alternative to Queensland, Gumbuya World chief executive Ron Weinzierl said. “I think it stops the community from having to travel to Queensland,” he said. “It will give them rollercoasters in Victoria that’s never been here before. The Scenic Railway is here and The Big Dipper used to be at Luna Park, but this is the first time Victoria has seen rollercoasters at this level.” Family-friendly ride TNT will reach a height of 19.3m, a speed of 67km/h and has two tunnels for 20 passengers a turn. It is for people of a height of 105cm and above. Mr Weinzierl said the ride had taken three years to come to fruition, after working with accredited rollercoaster designers to come up with the concept. “It sounds like a turbo charged train and it’s really smooth and glides,” he said. “You’ll be able to go on it from the age group of about eight or nine.” The thrill ride, Project Zero, reaches a height of 46.2km, a speed of 105km/h and has two inversions for 12 passengers a turn. It’s for people of a height of 140cm and above. “This one to me had to be a space theme,” Mr Weinzierl said. “You sit here at Gumbuya and it shoots you in the air into orbit at pace. “It’s for that older, teenager age group. It’s scary!” The rollercoasters will complete stage three of Gumbuya World’s five-stage plan. “The plan has always been to build a fantastic water park, to continue to develop our wildlife trail and to put rollercoasters into the theme park,” Mr Weinzierl said. “This is the hottest investment in any attraction in Victoria, if not Australia.” Other plans within the theme park precinct include a ferris wheel and carousel, Mr Weinzierl said. “These rollercoasters will be good enough now for that spread within the theme park,” he said. “Next year there will be the question of whether we do water slides. “We just got our exotic zoo licence. We have 52 Australian native animals but now we’re going to put meerkats and monkeys and probably cats. The question is whether we introduce lions.” Gumbuya World recently acquired the neighbouring 44.5ha rose farm to complete stages four and five in the future, which will see a hotel and eco-resort. The entertainment precinct now owns 263ha in total, Mr Weinzierl said. “We will realign it now, we’ve got the farms on both sides,” he explained. “We will then work with community and say, ‘What’s the best for this?’. It’s got a big dam that can service if there are bushfires so we will make this a sustainable property that can also service the community in any emergencies or natural events that may pop up.” Over 5 and 6 November, Mr Weinzierl said the park had seen the highest number of visitors since the season began in September. “This weekend was as good as we’ve seen” he said. The park has also been busy hosting corporate events and expects to see 40,000 school students through to doors. “We had about 20,000 last year, so that’s double expected this year,” he said.

Gumbuya are doing live Facebook updates each week for the new coasters. Here is the one streamed this Wednesday: Episode 2 - The Coasters are getting closer! 🎢 | By Gumbuya World | Facebook Seems that the vehicle has been installed as well as most of the chainlift on Project Zero.

So it is a individual cost just for the coaster?

Gumbuya World has changed the season pass to an annual pass for all 12 months. Prices for passes are still the same, and apparently even lower for 90-120cm and 60+.

It is a replica of multiple coasters such as Orkhaen, Dragon Flier and Fire Mountain, which all use the same model. Movie World will also be getting the same coaster.

I agree. I would say FF has the best waterpark while GW has the better land rides, so basically Gumbuya absolutely blow Funfields out of the land when it comes to land rides. I might try to go to both in February. I would rather Gumbuya head in a different direction and put in more land rides compared to FF/AP, which is what makes it great. I also feel like Adventure Park is going to fall behind. While the other two are competing with each other, AP hasn't got new rides in years, and it looks that there is none this summer.

Great investment by Funfields but I think Gumbuya tops it out with its two new coasters.

Now that you say it, it could work well. The former only costs $20 million AUD and as high as Superman/Steel Taipan, and is longer than the former.

For the next few years I would do this: PHASE 4 (Summer 2024-2025): 1. Gumbuya Resort. In the Herald Sun article back in Page 5, apparently Gumbuya wanted to build accommodation close to the park. This would have many benefits, such as visitors to Gippsland who are going to Phillip Island the next day etc. can stay at the resort. I would also add-on free tickets to Gumbuya World as part of your stay. 2. $15 million expansion to Oasis Springs. I feel like Gumbuya needs an expansion to Oasis Springs to compete with FF/AP, so I would suggest these rides: “Cyclone” Funnel Slide ”Down the Drain” Bowl slide “Twin Tubes” 2 AquaLoop Slides. All 4 slides would be connected, like how Taipan/Boomerang are on the one platform etc. PHASE 5 (Summer 2025-2026, one year gap due to Commonwealth Games) 1. Carousel, also named as “Gumbo’s Great Carousel” The ride would be located in Outback Explorers, and have 36 horses. It would also be a VERY cheap ride, with ones on Alibaba only being up to 77k AUD for a 36-seat one. 2. Droptower, named “Nature Drop” The ride would be a S&S SpaceShot that reaches 61m high, with 4Gs. It would be the same as Movie World’s Batwing SpaceShot. It would cost $5 million. 3. Plane Flier, similar to Tail Spin at Dreamworld. It would reach a height of 22m, and allow the guests to control how they fly, like at Dreamworld with Tail Spin. It would cost $2.5 million. 4. Forest Flythrough. A 40m height, 1km long coaster. It would be designed by Mack Rides and have the Blue Flier theme. It would be like Steel Taipan at Dreamworld, without the backwards part. It would also use either the new space the park has or the former toboggan area. The ride would be the most expensive, costing $30 million (less than ST due to no backwards part, no switching and no spinning seat.) WDYT?

This seems like a reasonable idea, and it's not like other parks don't have it with. Is it still there? Interesting. Unfortunately, the way Gumbuya is going is to be like Dreamworld and I don't think they would think the toboggan is a good fit for the park since it became a theme park. The only way I could see it come back is the track being removed and replaced with a toboggan coaster.

I mean the maintenance issues, for example being under maintenance for 6 months. Unfortunately the extended model isn't happening but I reckon lots will be in the queue as Gumbuya doesn't have TOT2/GD etc.

Apparently the ride only cost 750k. I would assume some of the $40 million spent would go toward fixing all of the issues Buzzsaw had. Also I can expect it to be closed less often than DW based on other rides at GW.

Sorry, it wasn't a name for a ride btw. I reckon the Carousel, Toilet Bowl and Funnel Tube rides would be most likely to come soon, as the former is fairly cheap and Funfields/Adventure Park has one of them with the former planning to have both a toilet bowl and funnel tube ride. Also unlikely, but I also feel like Rebel and Mining Race Coaster should go under a "revamp" with them both replaced by a Intamin Gyro Swing (like you said) and a Vekoma family coaster 335 (same one for RR at MW) Keep the same theming, but different rides. Tree Swing, TNT, Project Zero and Rush Hour should remain the same. Oz Adventure I feel like needs new rides as there isn't really much, and the current ones (excluding TNT/PZ) look like a travelling fair. The new coaster should come in 2025-2026, as it is a perfect opportunity as many people from Melbourne would drive straight past it during the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as many events will be held in Gippsland. And remember Gumbuya have plenty of space to put rides on with 287ha, unlike Dreamworld with 54ha.

I would LOVE these to come over the next few years: Outback Explorers/Oz Adventure Carousel (cheap, only a few 100k) Droptower (similar to Giant Drop at Dreamworld, maybe even call it Giant Drop 2 if they can get rights) Plane Flyer Roller Coaster (similar to SE, DCR and ST) Oasis Springs Funnel tube ride Toilet bowl ride 2 AquaLoops like W&W I have added up costs and it would most likely cost $50-80 million, which is similar to what they have spent previously. Once they do that they will definitely be up to GC standard.

Interesting. It would be good if Intamin did it again and remade the ride with the vertical boost that they are doing with other coasters.

Back on topic, I wonder if the entrance to Project Zero will have a path into Oasis Springs as well as Oz Adventure? Considering how close it is to the wave pool, there could be a second entrance to Oz Adventure via Project Zero in between the surf zone and the wave pool.

How do you know?

The only problem is with the wave pool having a giant rollercoaster behind it. Otherwise it looks great especially from the slides.

Some of the footage is from Buzzsaw.

Will be a great month for Australian Roller Coasters with Project Zero, TNT and Leviathan opening in December.

I just can’t believe how far Gumbuya has came in 10 years. Back in 2012, it was still the little park Gumbuya Park where people went on paddle boats and also jumped on the Toboggan. No big rollercoasters that have 100 km/h, no massive waterslides and it was just a cheap little park. And look 10 years to 2022 and look at what happened to the little Gumbuya Park near Pakenham now. 3 rollercoasters including one of the fastest, tallest and that has the most G Force out of a rollercoaster in this country, one that is a thrill ride for kids and bigger than the current kids coasters like Escape From Madagascar and Road Runner Rollercoaster, and one for young children. Not to mention 8 waterslides, 4 racing, two tubes and two big ones as well as a lazy river, wave pool and a tree swing. And now that they have got 5 times the land than Dreamworld they can make coasters that match with the ones at MW. Seeing that they will most likely have a hotel like Sea World/Movie World in the fourth phase, it makes it Victoria’s best theme park by a big mile, as well as one of Vic’s best zoos and one of Australia’s best theme parks. If people were deciding on FF/LPM/GW/AP I would get them to choose Gumbuya World. In the next few years I can see them becoming one of Australia’s biggest parks.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fproperty%2Fgumbuya-world-to-rival-gold-coast-theme-parks-with-new-rollercoasters%2Fnews-story%2F1adb229214688c62f7c50044eaaf437b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-low-control-score&V21spcbehaviour=append Herald Sun article about the new coasters. Anyone without a paywall able to tell us the info?