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Rooty Hill?? Where on earth are you guys staying?? I was thinking more that we all head into the city... Of course we could always commit crimes against nature and venture to Panthers but times would have to be desperate!

So yes I'll definately be there and looks like my mate Richard shall be attending too. Now to the more imprtant matters...SOCIALISING! When is everyone actualy coming into town/where are you all staying? I am doing a show at the Zoo on the Saturday night but should be finished by 11...I was thinking perhaps we could all go for a drink in town (well those of us that can), Joz I'm looking in your direction here :-) Look forward to finally catching up with everyone! Are you coming down Ian?

Yeah its just that sort of lack of attention to detail that gets to me. There is nothing major wrong there, it's just a heap of little things that they haven't been bothered to take care of. The thing that got me the most was the sheer abundance of Gaffer Tape holding the park together! Double screamer is 100% fine IMO, its just the Tabogan conveyer system that needs a little looking at, same goes for Mammoth Falls. But yeah it's just little touch ups that are just not on IMO and should be looked at imediately. But yeah, what is with wirlpool? I just don't get what the ride is trying to be???

Okay just walked in the door from visiting WnW today... I was extremely disappointed at just how deteriorated most of the park is at present. What's the story? Is there like some sort of maintenance budget shortage or does WVP just not give a damn about the place? The only ride not looking shabby was probably Mammoth Falls but even that had issues with its tubes and tube transportation system. Things like Twister, Super 8 and Speed Coaster could all do with some touch ups and leaks being fixed. Double Screamer's conveyer system is more or less on its last leg now. The 'mountain' is in a disgusting state, holes and stuff all over the place. Basically the whole park just needs one big re-furb including much needed paint, including the wave pool. Its sort of like they build a new ride and just forget about the other ones already there. Hell even Whirlpool has got rubber flooring peeling off already. And as for Whirlpool, what's the go? Like its beyond crap, nothing really more than Calypso Beach if you ask me. If the water got some decent speed up it would be good but as is it's a totally nothing attraction. Is this it's design or did they just not get it quite right? I still had a very enjoyable day but was just very disappointed at how shabby the place is getting. Also I'd say 2 in 10 of the staff there aren't rude wankers that would quite obviously sooner be somewhere else... a pity.

Okay guys let's all get some perspective here... Yes I'm upset its closing but I don't really care for myself, I haven't been to the park for years and if its close or stay the way it is it may as well close. I'm sad that something I remember from my childhood is going as I've seen a lot of attractions disappear over the last few years. I am more angry for all those hundreds that now are left with no jobs and also for the impact it will have on the local area and that council in particular, leaves a big hole out there. All this being said its certainly not like they are cutting off my leg or bombing orphans, its pretty dirty what they have done but in no way criminal. ING certainly have done nothing wrong, they were offered a good deal on land and they took it, its not their fault what it used to be used for. As for buying it, my guess is no one wanted it, it has already been said that the GC parks are not interested in the rides themselves otherwise they could have even bought the park and begun operating it. My guess is Six Flags is in no position to go buying parks at this stage and no other operator was interested. This may very well open up Sydney to a new major park/attraction in the future, only time will tell. As for re-locations its quite possible that one or 2 of the rides will stay local, after all its not like WL were saying they were closing last week, so there’s nothing to say secretly WVP or MLT are considering any of the attractions. You never know, Demon might be off to asia to join its old neighbor coasters...BTW where is Expo 88 tower?? Anyway that's pretty much my thoughts guys. Yes its sad, yes they kind of suck, but its not like its personal. You will certainly be able to go on living, I'm sure very soon a lot of you will come to see that a few lovely girls in Bikinis are a lot more pleasant that a ****ty theme park :-p See you all on the 7th I hope!

Well at this stage I'm supposed to be working but Im thinking that I'll try and ditch it :-) My guess we'll probably meet something like 9:45 outside the main gate...wat do we all think?? ...unfortunately I don't think anywhere in Syd has $20 Corona buckets though Joz :-p Cheers Clint *had a good one at Jupiters tonight* Dulieu

Yes its amazing how nice and wide you can make your roads/pathways without those anyoning ride things getting in the way all over the place :-p

I'm in if I can make it. I ask that we please not make it until after last weekend in March because I have to work every weekend until then :-( I could however maybe do a March Sunday but it would depend. I would greatly apreciate it if you could fit in with my dates because I'd love to come. As much as I hate what the place has become I definately want to go one last time... Please Flea or Richard get in touch with me with any date your thinking of so we can try and work something out...

HAHAHA Nice one on the bouncer scheme!

Lets see how long it takes for Richard to shift us over to chit chat Yeah thats the exact thing I was talking about! I was on Coronas last night and it was getting me fired up enough just because they didnt know the price of drinks or how to work out IDs as to if your 18 yet. Come on like 1983 aint that hard HEHEHE The one that was anoying me was my mate who was driving was on Lemon Lime and Bitters and she just had no clue how to make one, was justy shotting the bitters into the glass... Maybe for your local RSL but not at a high profile Sydney bar! We should be in bed :-)

6am is mainly to make the most of the time, I am only squeezing 4 days between gigs here so want to have us much time as I can. Hehe gotta love Industry night, only bad thing you get is all the no clue bar chicks because the good ones are out on the town :-) Was at a bar in Sydney last night (industry night here) and the girls working were SOOO useless LOL Yeah Suncity is a bloody nice place. We've got a huge 2 bedroom apartment...yeah not cheap but if you've got money you've got to spend it once in a while!

Yeah figured as much, I just started to wonder when I discovered in the last few days a good dozen people that I know are heading up there next week... Monday sounds cool, doing movie world in the day and starting off with a 6am flight but still plan to be making it a late night :-) I'm staying at the Outrigger Sun City resort so I'm right in town, I'm sure you would know the best place to head out to :-)

Yeah you have to love DW staffing don't you! Still 15mins is about the best I've managed for those sorts of rides at DW. Even when the park is walkon I've still had 40mins for Cyclone, 10min dispatches just rock! Guess we could perhaps even go so far as to say its the X of Dreamworld :-p Thanks for the info. though Richard, they are the sorts of times I go for, don't think I could ever bring myself to que for an hour at one of our parks! It was bad enough for the few attractions I did it for in SoCal. All that being said perhaps the staff at DreamWorld are super efficient with a very high throughput...however that's probably about as likely as the park actualy meant to be spelt DreamWorld HEHEHE

Well if anyone does want to catch up I'll be in town from Mon-Fri. Drop me a line at clint[at]puremagicproductions.com or on 0412 055 276. This one more directed at Rabid and Joz... What are the parks like at the moment? Are they more or less dead as I imagine/hope they would be this time of year?

I know quite a few of you also fequent this site so tell what you think... I have notice recently a lot of 'Admins' getting very lock happy with threads. Most of the time I just really don't see the need to be locking threads just because 'you feel like it' or don't feel like reading it anymore...there are probably others out there that WOULD like to continue the topic. I'm just very glad that its only on the very rare occasion that I see this sort of thing on these boards. I have to praise Richard for that one, I've only ever see a thread locked when it gets very out of control! YAY TT, BOO to WC

Nice Richard, very well done indeed! Did very much make me giggle HEHEHE

Ah, see I was only thinking of current rides :-p I agree on the substance thing, I also love Ghostie, Goliath and Riddlers, DJV is in that list too. I find it hard to pick a fav. because I really do enjoy such a variety of coasters. Was hard to find one I actualy disliked when in the US... However extreme speed and height is really what gets me going, Xcel topped the list for me in a big way because of just how smooth the feeling was. This is why I think TTD is going to be the ride for me...ooo 2005 here we come

Well it can't be too far off the mark because I am TTD and that is probably my ideal coaster. I'm a sucker for smoothness, speed, great launches and huge drops so thats definately the one for me. I also love Intamin Hyper trains. By the way what is BD? Or did you mean BB??

Please tell me this isn't how popular I am on these boards!!

Just out of interest Richard (and I totaly agree about people abusing the system at DLR) don't know if you've been following westcoaster, but Disney has just started the first of radical changes to the special access passes. What they are doing is great and should really improve the situation. Aim is to cut the daily passes from thousands to only a few hundred a day! For those of you who don't know the old system was anyone with a pass could take another 6 people (able bodied) and simply board the ride with no wait from the exit que. My solution would be to have someone else take a pass through the standard line and have the special person 'virtualy que' for the ride. The pass is supposed to bring them on equal terms with the GP, not give them an unfair advantage, and this is what Disney is now doing.

Howdy to all you Qld guys! Only a week to go until my short trip :-) At this stage it looks a lot like, Mon-MW, Tues-beach stuff, Wed-WnW, Thur-DW... I'm staying in Surfers so if anyone wants to catch up for a drink or something that could be cool, drop me a line. Any word as to whether WWF should be up or not at this stage? See you all soon.

LOL thats great Joz! Perhaps he could manage to drink it like an adult...you know like without a straw (OH MY GOD) hehehe

Damn! Only coaster I haven't ridden yet on the GC is closed when I'll be there! Would have really liked to compare the suspended to the standard version of the Vekoma Junior :-(

I'm actualy glad the park isn't going to have much of a ride emphasis... Although I did like the Big Dipper I don't think it was a major highlight. I enjoy Luna Park because it's something different. Things like Coney Island and the Rotor is what does it for me. I'd perhaps like to see something like the River Caves (but not a thrill ride version) added but that is about it. I think under this new design the park with have some great atmosphere that just further enhances its great position and historical value! If it was up to me all those carnival rides (like ranger, UFO, etc) would be on their way also!

Interesting, I never knew that. B&M must have extemely strict quality control then over its outside manufacturing for its products to be so high a quality. That makes me even more curious as to Thunders remarks about high quality welding. If what your saying is true about them sourcing production locally, them seeking out an Aussie manufacturer for an installation could be quite possible.