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Well, Avalon is on the M1, Has an airport, fast rail and is in between Victorias two biggest cities so it could work. I dont think climate is an issue because It snows at Euro Disney but that place is year round.

Looks like a very nice ride, but it really dwarfs Georgia Scorcher doesn't it? The Helix looks cool, I wonder if they are trying to capture the spirit of that famous helix on the SFMM version. But the ride is barely a Hyper coaster. Its height is 200ft and its drop is only 170ft.

Would I be correct in saying that the Simulator and the indy 500 attractions are the ones now at LPM?

The layout reminds me of rita, except the first turn has a top hat instead.

Im a bit confused about the layout, could someone do something in MSpaint or something to show the layout. But what is meant by an inside overbank? It would have to be a pretty low overbank to fit inside the building.

And why would that be such a bad thing. WB doesnt really make enough movies that would really be suitable for a ride, and even for the ones that are suitable they dont use the franchise for something good enough, so why not boost their lineup. Since when were companies totally mutually exclusive? There is such thing as a buisness deal between companines. Who else would make a shrek 3D attraction here anyway? Dreamworld? Dont make me laugh.

Personally, I would like the waterpark to be at the thunderbolt site, but there would be nothing stopping a roller coaster going through the waterpark: have a look at these situations: http://www.rcdb.com/ig158.htm?picture=9 http://www.rcdb.com/ig92.htm?picture=2 http://www.rcdb.com/ig11.htm?picture=11 http://www.rcdb.com/ig158.htm?picture=12 http://www.rcdb.com/ig158.htm?picture=8 So really you could still have a coaster at the thunderbolt site as well as at blue lagoon. Though if there was a coaster with a waterpark, ideally you would want the coaster to have an open layout that goes all the way around the waterpark. As for sound being an issue, Tracks can be filled with sand to dampen any sound. But just a question, would there be space for a coaster over the storage dam for thunder river.

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I remember seeing in a shareholders report a while back that MW visitor numbers were slighty down due to lack of new attractions, so i guess they are trying to reverse this. By the way I have seen Ad for it on TV, it looked pretty flashy. Somehow, I think this could do very well for the park against Wiggles world. From what I know, little kids seem to like Shrek better.

When i vist DW at the end of this year I will probably get a 2 day pass just to be safe. If I do happen to get everything done in one day then the second day would just be a bonus.

Tops in Brisbane and Dazzeland in Adelaide spring to mind, but they are both closed now.

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But on the topic of City Walk, what does everyone think of the architectural style shown in the concept art? Personally I dont like the retro look that they are going for much. I would have liked it more if it were in more of a modern style, like QV im Melbourne, which is actually a good example to follow since it combines restaurants and shopping with tourist attractions.

Less Height + High Speed = More Airtime.

what if DW were the Franchisees.

It doesnt really matter if all the major chains are in the area. I know of A Safeway which is in line of sight down the road from another one, and its not far either, like only a block away. So i dont really think it will be a problem. And anyway, is there a Pick'n'Pay or a Big W in the area? Or what about a Myer. Plus they can always build plenty of specialty shops, and I imagine a fast food restaurant would do well there. people could grab some brekky from one in the morning after getting off the train, and then get tea after the park closes. But just a question, Is Coomera on the left side or the right side of the freeway in the supermarket photo?

I wonder if the Big Red Car Ride will just have "toot toot, chugga chugga...." playing in a continuous loop. It will be like Its a small world, DW style. As for farmyard friends becoming part of wiggles world, Bzzzzzz, wrong answer. Its just a stupid idea, Farmyard friends should remain a seperate entity.

So is the top hat like the one on Dodonpa?

Why do people keep calling it an overbank? Isnt an overbank where the banking gets past 90 degrees while the track goes up into the air before coming down again: http://www.rcdb.com/ig977.htm?picture=26 http://www.rcdb.com/ig594.htm?picture=5 The turn in that pic is more like a semi helix with a lot of banking, but not an overbank.

Thats sort of what I was thinking, its rather Odd for the park to be stagnant with its additions for a few years, and then all of a sudden have this big wave of new rides stretched out over a year. I think they must be preparing themselves for competition with DW. I have a feeling this could be a major battle ground between MLT and WVTP because it would be comparitivley cheap and easy to add in new rides. That is of course if DW decides to build a waterpark.

This is awesome, it is exactly the sort of thing WnW needs. Im looking foward to that tornado slide but too bad it wont be till next year. Still the many body slides whould be good. I like the sound of those spiral ones. By the sound of the press release its almoat as if they have read peoples ideas (Increase capacity, more body slides, tornado slide) straight off the forums

I reckon if they wanted they could turn it into a racing attraction.

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Reminds me of Millenium force.

I have been to both back when I lived in SA. I remember dazzeland having a Helicopter ride, an airplane ride, dodgems, a big playground and mexican mini golf as well as the jazz junction. The park was pretty good from memory, but I was 5 years old then so even a maccas playland impressed me As for magic mountain, There were the 4 big watersildes, a suspended cycle monorail, mini golf, an arcade, bumper boats and a carousel. The waterslides were definitley the best thing there. The place looked nice from the outside, but inside the mountain where all the waterslides were it was just hollow and was like a warehouse with a big zig zag ramp running up through it. The waterslides all snaked their way down throughthe inside of the mountain with the odd section outside the mountain and were open flumes so it wasnt very dark inside. I remeber the slides actually having advertising on them on perspex panels that were attached to some sections of the slide. One cool thing was a u turn that was cantilievered outside the mountain over the beach, it seemed very precarious up there like that.