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Yeah, i knew the twister was in the same spot, but i had thought a new twister slide had replaced the one that was there.

I dont think they would be too expensive as many parks have them, and not just the big ones so they probably arent prohibitivley expensive. Also the ride is mainly used by body boarders (surfers must sign a waiver before using it (source: flowrider website)) Im no surfer of body boarder but i would definitley have a dip at it and so would many others because it is safer and more controlled than the ocean amd would enable me to try something i cant normally. Not all waterpark attractions serve a wide market so that is not really a reason not to build it, it is like not putting in a freefall slide because it doesnt appeal to young kids, elderly, those with back problems, pregnancy, vertigo etc. IMO it would be well marketable as it is new to Australia.

I dont see why guests couldnt occupy the other seats since the final two would only be in the front car. Did normal guests ever ride with the comp contestants?

So, a flowrider then, that sounds ok. As for a japanese company making rides, that doenst sound too promising as japanese amusement rides just dont seem to be as good as their counterparts. Then again the slides could be the ones of a major companies asian offices, eg like how NBGS has offices in korea.

I like the idea of a coaster around where model Ts are, TOT has sort of stuffed the serenity and model Ts could easliy be put somewhere else, IMO it should be somewhere near the billabong buffet out in the bush. It would be cool if it had a helix around the tower and some drops near water level. There is a fair bit of space so it could definitley have one.

So does anyone who has frequented the park or been near it in the past few years know if this is the case? Joz, Rich, Rabid im looking your way...

When i rode it, it didnt hurt like it did last time, it was actually pretty good, but the face spraying wasnt.

Well, IMO from my trip up a few week ago, MW was definitley the superior park, and despite having a 2 day pass at DW i opted to only spend 2 hrs on the second day, and go back to MW for the rest. MW was just that much better in ride quality, efficency, park condtion, food quality and service. Also, if MW wanted to become a thrill park they could do it easily, for less than the cost of SM they could pick up a thrill ride or 3 and plonk it in the park, but would we nessessarily want that? MW is more about quality rather than quantity and by putting in flats they would be diluting the brand. Geeze, i wonder if a DL opened up on the GC people would still think MW was better because of DLs lack of thrill rides?

I reckon a B&M would be nice but i dont know if it will happen or not, but IMO im more interested in what MW does since in recent years they have been turning out the better product. But yeah, a new coaster is sort of a necessity since they really are lagging behind not just the GC parks, but many similar sized international parks. In additon to a new coaster the park should look at a decent sized general ride, not a kids ride but one which appeals to a wide audience and could be equally enjoyed by both thrill seekers and the less daring.

I think its pretty obvious its a joke post. Lock Please

Ho could it be the second if Adventure World in perth is the second park managed by Maquarie? And Since when does southport have enough vacant land avaliable for a theme park. Man, if Slick were here right now..........

One idea they could try on some of the slides is a turnstile system to space out riders. Normally they have red and green lights and an Op that supervises over to stop people from breaking the rules (eg forming chains). What they could have is an electronic turnstile programmed to only unlock every 30 seconds or so (whatever the safe spacing is for that paticular slide) with a small green and red light on top, the turnstile would stay locked, but at the programmed interval it would unlock and one person could pass through, it would then re lock again for the programmed interval and so on. This would mean there is a physical barrier and would mean only one person could get through at a time which would be safer and would stop chains from forming. It could also mean timings could be adjusted for different times of the day (Eg a longer spacing at night time). It would also free up staff to work on other rides where more staff are needed.

The problem with that is the park could suffer image problems if it had that name. IMO the park should be named something emotive and not just a standard combonation of water related prefix with a place related suffix, eg not Splash City or Water World or Aqua Park etc. It should be a completley new name.

I dont think anyone here will vote for WO to go, it is one of the most loved rides in the park.

Was that the tall bloke with the fo-hawk?

When i was at WnW recently i noticed that the Twister seemed a bit different from how i remembered it, it seemed to have less twists than what i could remember, and the slides are now translucent green and blue, when they used to be pitch black inside (I ruled out the slides being re painted since you cant make something opaque translucent by just painting it), which raised the question, has the slide ever been replaced with same thing, just modified? Another thing that led me to think this was the fact the supports for the slide look modified. They are T shaped with an extra steel tube at the top of the T that connects to each slide, but the connecting tube was angled to connect to the slide rather than just being vertical, it looked as though the T supports had supported the original slide, but since then a newer slide had been installed that didnt line up with the original supports, so extra steel tubes were welded on so the original supports could still be used. So was the slide ever replaced or am i just crazy?

Funny you should mention rubarok, it is what they have used in bucaneer bay to cover the ground, and yes it is cooler. One idea i have thought would be cool to have would be to have the queue line for slides in what is basically a wading pool, so you would just stand in 30 cm deep water with sprayers above.

IMO this is a pretty good idea, its something clean and fun that all ages can enjoy and it is much more interesting than just watching people sit in the house all day.

And apart from White Water Mountain, what theming do slides have there anyway? Its a bit late for WnW to be themeing now because its more of a whole park thing when you do it (Eg like the disney theme parks, wild wadi, the one at AT ect), i think as long as they put in some tropical plants it would tie in well with the rest of the park.

Unfortunatley i have ony just returned from the GC, and i wont be going back until DWWP opens, and ill be in the midst of yr 12 anyway. Oh well, have fun, and remember to take a group photo.

I had a ride of it when i was up there, it wasnt bad, bit rough where the hills bottom out but it was cool going down the drops and being hit by the geyser. The queue was about 15 mins which wasnt too bad. I usually stretched around 1 whole level (so the queue started directly below the starting tub)

i dont see why they said its the first and only of its type in malaysia, when there is that one at the indoor themepark they have there ( I think its called space land or something).

So how does superman compare to other Accelerators people have ridden?

Its actually fairly commonplace to have second hand waterslides, i can think of 3 off the top of my head in victoria alone.

So where is the black hole from?