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Luna Park Sydney's Wild Mouse appears to be fully re-assembled now and looks good. In other news, Halloscream sucked less this year (was absolutely abysmal last year and great in 2022).

Long article with most content non-theme park related so relevant portions, which most again is not directly theme park-related but shopping centre-related, below. From The Sydney Morning Herald:

Big change coming for Luna Park after hitting the market (realcommercial.com.au) Who's buying? It will continue to operate as an amusement park, and a good chunk of the structures are heritage listed.

I have seen a lot of people saying they would like bridges (theming) to be built for the rides of Luna Park, to emulate how the park was in the olden days. What would you like to see, theming wise?

It is time to vote for a droptower to be in the all-star park. I have picked 5 of the best which will face off in the poll. Please note: Kiddy droptowers (the ones at Funfields, Aussie World, Little Leaper at Adventure World etc.) are not included. Vote by Thursday.

Clearly, the "Aussie coaster that's as old as the Titanic" refers to Luna Park Melbourne's Scenic Railway and "Australia's biggest ride disasters" refer to the 1979 Luna Park Sydney Ghost Train fire and the 2016 Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids Ride incident. Looks like a very interesting program which hopefully balances the positives & negatives of the theme park industry! '7News Spotlight - Ride Of Your Life' airs Sunday the 6th of June between 7pm & 8:30pm AEST on Channel 7.

Hey all, Last night I went to my first ever Halloscream at Luna Park and with this had very short lines for all rides so decided to see how many I could physically fit on and share my experience with others since I didn't find much info our there prior to going. Context, I'm a 132KG male, 190cm (around 6 foot 2-3) and hold my weight in my stomach and thighs. I'll go through the rides I went on and my experience with each so hopefully the next time you visit you can have an idea of what to ride. Slides - No issue here, had a bit of trouble getting into the slide bag but the attendant helped hold it as I put my legs in. I got some major air time on the bottom dip and landed hard into the cushions at the end. Ferris Wheel - No problem here as well. My friend I was with is half my size so our cage was slightly leaning toward my side but felt fine, very roomy. Tango Train - This was was a bit of a tight squeeze. The bar was pushed right into my stomach and I think if I was any larger I wouldn't have fit, the attendant that pushes the bars down tried once and it bounced back from my belly so he had to give it a harder push to get me in, but was still able to ride (though I am a bit sore today) Rotor - Again no issue. Dodgem City - Fit fine, my legs were the main problem here as I have quite long legs, but even another guy I saw that was about 200cm tall fit so it's a pretty friendly ride in that regard. Hair Raiser - I was shocked how well I fit on this ride. It has a weight limit of 136kg, though even at my size I wasn't questioned and the overhead support fit super well. Volare - I asked the attendant if this ride was fat friendly and she suggested I sit on the 2 person swing which made me laugh. Her intensions were in the right place, I hope. My friend and I ended up sitting together on a 2 person swing. The bar came down no problem, however, an attendant needed to adjust it as it wasn't locked in when it was on my belly and sort of needed to go under my belly to be locked. Though, if I knew what I was doing I probably could have fixed it myself without an attendant. Sledgehammer - Riders were stuck for an extended period of time at the end of their ride so I didn't get a chance / opted out of that one. Big Dipper - Kept this to last as it was the downer of the night. After seeing that same 200cm tall guy get told he was too tall to ride the coaster, I was next to feel the disappointment as the attendant pushed down on the lap bar to what I thought was an acceptable point as it locked in place and she walked away, only to come back 30 seconds later and say she needed to try again. After another attempt I could feel the problem was in my thighs when she was pushing down and even with her help I wasn't able to be 'safely' locked in. I had to do the walk of shame off the ride but when you're my size it comes to be expected sometimes. I was actually shocked at how fat friendly their rides were and now have a target to lose weight and go back to try the Big Dipper again in the future.

Just a fun idea I thought up. For years, I always envisioned what the rides at Luna Park would be like if they were people; how they'd look, how they'd act, and so on. If you have any ideas, please share!

I know this ain't directly park related news. So I understand if it's removed. But, oh boy. What it must be like to be rich and lose money, yet still, be rich. https://www.realestate.com.au/news/luna-parks-new-rides-blamed-for-milsons-point-unit-trading-for-200k-less-than-two-years-ago/

I've always have had this question fueling in my mind. Personally, I think that probably another incident. Maybe even worse would have happened. But, let's pretend that there was NO INCIDENTS AND THERE NEVER WAS! I think Wonderland would of never been built because it was because of the void of LPS that got Wonderland going in the first place. 7 people would still be around today. A family would not be in smithereens. Probably the owners would of either tried to knock down the park like they tried to do in the early 70s. It may of been successful. But I think that if it stayed. The Big Dipper, the Ghost Train, and the River Caves would have also became heritage listed. I don't think that Maloney's Corner, and Lavender Green would exist in this world. And lots of rides around the front of the park and where the Wild Mouse is today would move around. It would look more like Luna Park Melbourne now basically. But what do you think? And also I want you all to check out this video uploaded by Yyosh. It's about Clive James going into a empty and abandond LPS in 1991 during a storm. It's great, and I think you should watch it too!

This obviously could mean anything, and I am not up to date with LPS’ current plans for the future, and I know LPS hasn’t been talked about on here for a little while now however, a few days ago on instagram LPS posted a photo and captioned that they have something “BIG” coming in may that no one will want to miss. Obviously it could be anything as they do a wide range of interactions through social media but I am hopeful we will get something new soon, very hopeful.

Luna park has had yet, another down since 1995! This one is not that bad but is going to be written down in the history books! The Milson's point ferry warf has been under repairs for over 3 months and at about 1:00 PM today (29/8/17), the 200 tone crane has snapped and sent a metal rope flying, damaging the blue part on top of the hair/spikes (whatever they are) In the above photo, you can see how the metal rope dangling from the top above the forehead Luckily, the park was closed today and nobody was harmed. Witnesses say they thought a bomb went off. "I heard the bang but didn't know what it was, so I jumped in the tender and raced out to see if one of our tenant's boats had exploded," Daniel Da Silva said The metal rope has been removed from the face and now people are trying to find out how serious the damage is.

Long time viewer but have never posted before…! Long time Sydney based theme park fanatic though (and looking forward to WnW opening soon in my backyard!) I have a LPS annual pass and visit LPS regularly with my nieces. Every time we go the place is packed and I wonder whether this will still be the case once WnW opens in Sydney. Does anyone know if LPS are planning anything new & permanent to counter the opening of Wet and Wild? In recent years I’ve noticed they have improved the atmosphere of LPS with a lot of new entertainment & characters (this is what my nieces look forward to the most, more than the rides actually) & also spruced up the place with new paint & artworks but NO new permanent rides!!! If you were in charge of things at LPS and had say $15 mil to spend on updating the rides/park what would you do? What are your thoughts on what the future holds for LPS with WnW in Sydney?

Hi everyone. I haven't been to a theme park since I was 15 or so(almost 30 now) but I've been browsing these forums for a couple of weeks just reading old threads about Wonderland(I'm born & bred in west Sydney) and it's got me all nostalgic. I've started remembering how much I loved theme parks when I was younger. I've done the GC parks, and was even lucky enough to visit all the major parks in California when I was about 11. These places were just magical to me as a child. I only ever went to Luna Park in Syd a couple of times as a kid, and my girlfriend has actually never been! I've decided her and I need to make a visit to Luna Park for nostalgia's sake. I'm just wanting recommendations for a good day/time to visit, to avoid being overcrowded, and the most economical way to enjoy the day. Obviously a visit outside of school holidays is going to be the best time, but does it get really busy on the weekends still? Is it worth getting an unlimited rides pass? I don't really see us going on the rides more than once each, but there is no indication of individual ride prices on their website. Also, is it worth going there on a weekend night? Or does it get busy? Obviously the place always seems a little more magical at night, and the views are amazing. Sorry for the long post, but I hope some Sydney siders can give me their opinion on the best way to enjoy LPS. Thanks in advance, Ben.