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I had a crazy idea for GD, Canteliever seating. Instead of a space consuming 8 across, there would be a 4 across row of seats back to back with another, (Total of 8 riders) The seats would jut out perpindicular to the tower (so you would be side on to the tower). Having seats like this would enable around 4 lanes to run, Doubling capacity, a couple of the lanes could use stand up cars, giving a varied experience.

I really do doubt that MW will get something like Soarin' over Califorina, Plus Rabid has said its going to be of the magnitude of TOT/GD, and that doesnt really sond like it fits the bill. One thing is for sure, we'll be getting some darn good construction pics

I remember hearing it didn't have any PLI, which is kind of risky considering it has Australias steepest tobbogan, which is a recipe for accidents. Id have to say one of my favourite tobbogan is the one at alpine tobbogan park, the park was so well kept and the staff were nice nad the tobbogan is australias longest, which is pretty cool, it was a nice fast, but safe run and it has a really long lift, nad some sections of the lift went slightly downhill so the lift could get to the highest point on the site. Magic mountains was pretty good too, but the people in front were too slow, but toward the end of the day I got some good runs in. The one that was at Kinkuna Contry in Lakes Entrance was cool too, but it was a bit rough compared to others and it was a bit short. The one at thredbo wasnt as good as others i have been on because of the slow speed (There are brake signs on every section!) and because the height limit was higher than others so I had to ride with my slow going dad. It would be cool if parks opened alpine coasters, because they run on rails so there is zero risk off crashing and you can get to 40 kph.

What was the skyhawk anyway? And what was FFSD like?

I meant an intentional hint. And dont you mean psychologist?

Yeah I agree, but there is no excuse for the amount of secretivness around The Claw, It due in a couple of months and if it had been at another park they would have had a webcam or something.

Oh I see, but could the descussion amoungst a handful of people on a small forum really do much damage? Ah well, I guess we will have to wait. Was that deliberate, is it a flying coaster? I have to wonder though, I was bored during the holidays so I filled out the feedback form on the website saying they could put in more intense style rides, and I put in a couple of links to key rides (Superman and Batman naturaly ) at WBMW Madrid and said they should take a leaf out of their book. I wonder if my feedback influenced the decison? Probably not but it would be cool if managment listened to feedback properly.

I dont mean they should have a big ad campaign or anything, but if someone comes up and asks they could say something like "yeah were thinking of putting in a such and such". BTW Rabid, This isn't directed at you for not being able to tell, I dont blame you, its more at managment for being so strict.

Is the ride something Australia already has? Surley you can answer that without getting in trouble. It makes me wonder why parks are so tight lipped about new rides, they think we will hold off a visit if we know what a new ride is, what its name is etc, but even if I dont know anything about it I will still hold off visiting, so they are not achieving anything.

Is the park function the general ride operation, as i theme park, would the other function be test mode. Im probably way off, or maybe it is a button you hit to get the car lined up with the gates? I bet I'm way off.

Its i before e except after c. Hey Daniel, the guy in your avatar has collagen lips.

Tell em' to take it to Shepp

I may be going to NZ toward the end of this year or sometime next year, Im might drop in to RE but I doubt it would be an all day thing. Doesn't the park have a rather nice log flume too?

Hey Huss, On the Website it says it only uses one tralier, could this mean it could be at shows in larger towns, as well as capital cities?

Cmon Richo, I thought you would be bursting with possible improvments to DW. Would I be correct in saying that impulse coasters use LIMs, and reverse polarity to make the train go backward and fowards. What are PLC changes?

Nauseating? I didnt really find it like that, but the cycle was too repetitve, and it went for too long, and they played "Rollercoaster" by that band Bewitched. The headbanging was pretty bad too.

So does that mean every time Colossus is down for maitnence, Dragon Khan, Avalancha and Monte Makaya become the coasters operating with the most loops?

Yeah, I suppose, Maybe more of that should come through in your posts

There is nothing stopping you ruling out what it wont be.

Well, it wont be a kids ride, since that wont rock our world, and it wont be an adventure ride since that wont really rock unless its a disney standard one, so im guessing its a thrill ride, in which MW is lacking. Is it a B&M? I hope it is. Or maybe a hyper, that would rock. I dont think it will be a flat because they are cool, but not that cool. Come on Rabid, give us a better clue, maybe one better than what Obstructure was giving us. Ah well, Ill wait, Maybe MW has been saving money by putting in cheaper attractions like OME. If they could spend $15 million on a wild mouse, Its pretty certain they could spend double that on a multi looper.

A queue along the side of the track would be easy as, you would just have it on its own set of supports nad have it not touching any part of the ride to avoid vibrations. The glass would just be the same as what is used on animal exhibits. Hmmm, well the emergency evacutation theme works well and is an excuse for people to be on the ride, I suppose if you wanted to make TOTs station seem different, you could have lights in the station that are red when you are launched out, but green when you arrive back. I suppose my Volcano Coaster is using the emergency evacuation theme, but it is different in the way that it is not all technological and stuff, but rather a very island village theme, i'll have to draw a design and show how it would look. I also have some ideas regarding thunder river. You could get one of those giant tipping buckets like the ones on water playgrounds (There is one like it in Townsville) and make it look all rustic and place it beside the channel, and if your raft was in the way when the bucket happened to tip well...... Pic: http://www.whitewaterwest.com/AquaPlay/ap%...p%20pic-01.html There would also be those old style water pumps (the ones that are like taps where you pull the handle up and down) Pic: http://www.ajayindustrial.com/jpg/p1.jpg There could also be a thunderbox up on stilts that has water cascading from under the door like a waterfall beside the channel. Another feature could be wooden barrels with gunshot holes in them that leak water out or a rusty boiler that shoots mist out randomly from the cracks in it. But the main water SFX would be a pile of mine blasting equipment, (such as TNT crates, powder kegs, dynamite sticks etc) the would be aranged in an untidy stack so pipes could be fitted in the gaps between them. A nearby elevated water tank would get the water pressure up, and when a raft trips the sensor, a valve would open sending a rush of water out of the tank and through the pipes and out the outlets in the stack sending an explosion of water over the raft, orange and red waterproof lights would also flash during the water explosion to give the impression the blasting equipment had caused the explosion. The sensor could be set up to randomly activate the effect, so some people would get only a small water explosion, while others would get a full power drenching, leaving them soaked. The ride would have a couple of con operated squirt guns and gold mining paraphanalia spread about, such as gold pans, shovels, tents etc. If the ride was like this it could fit really well with gold rush, far better than the jungle animals.

LOL, maybe the ride could have a big monster perched over the entrance, now that would be cool, and it could be like it was trying to swipe at the ride.

Nah, Ride trades gyro swing looks like a swinging bicycle wheel.

Cool, a transportable gyro swing, exept the seats face in. I reckon if DWs gyro swing had looked like that, the name that it was given would have actualy made sense, since it kind of looks like the claw in a skill tester.

I dont get it, oh wait LOL.