Documenting the parks history

[SeanM]

cheers sean

[ScReAMmachine!]

Bus is a great authority on the operations at wonderland. but it doesnt mean he is always correct. I believe the original statement about demon is correct. it has charlied in the middle of the boomerang element.

I can support Bus in saying there has never been a Boomerang charlie on the Demon. Alex, if you investigate the situation further you will realise that in the event of a boomerang charlie, the park would literally go into lock-down and would require emergency services to be notified and placed on standby. Surely the exposure would land itself in the local media, alas with Space Probe's incident.

[T-bone]

May i ask, what the Space Probe incident was? I have probably missed something here, but can't remember anything being posted about it.

[Bussy]

The cable snapped. All three cabins were dispatched and one of the cables snapped. The operator e-stopped the ride stopping it only a few meters off the ground, not above the roof. As a result of the cable snapping the bottom half whipped down hitting a girl in the face causing a laceration. "The Bus is now leaving for Open Cut Well, Western Australia"

[Daniel]

And cost em the channel 7 sponsorship :eek:

[Bussy]

From what I have heard it was Wonderland who terminated the Channel 7 sponsorship. When the Space Probe incident happened Wonderland asked 7 not to cover it but they did so Wonderland blew up and killed the contract. Since then the two companies have had a rocky relationship but towards the end several 7 network shows were filmed in the park (Great Outdoors, Sydney Weekender). "The Bus is now leaving for Block Seven Gorge, South Australia"

[Wonderbuzz]

towards the end several 7 network shows were filmed in the park (Great Outdoors, Sydney Weekender)

And I guess the fact that the Wonderland advertising & promotions manager was married to Shelly Craft (CH7 host on those holidays shows and also host of the short lived come back of Perfect Match) helped smooth things out between them.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Great Outdoors, Sydney Weekender.....

dont forget Popstars...blech!!! seems really strange though, that wonderland could terminate a contract for those reasons..... very strange.

[Daniel]

I found it hard to believe Bus, that Wonderland would have rejected any type of financial backing particularly from a significant player in Australian media.

[Bussy]

And I guess the fact that the Wonderland advertising & promotions manager was married to Shelly Craft (CH7 host on those holidays shows and also host of the short lived come back of Perfect Match) helped smooth things out between them.

Both of which are ex-Seaworld employees. "The Bus is now leaving for Bothwell, Queensland"

[Shauno]

anyone got pictures of the park as it was being biult? be intrested to see some of the park in development from when it was started?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

a few members are actuslly in posession of a souvenir book released in the park's first year of operation. this includes photos of construction of many things including paths, bush beast and the tooheys tall ship. Johno is one of those, and I think Wazza has one as well. Mickazee is working on getting copies of these put on www.----URL removed for non-compliance with Community Guidelines----.com so im sure it will be there as soon as it becomes available.

[Daniel]

I remember having it at one stage, but farked if I know where it is these days... Might have a bit of a geeza tomorrow.

[Gazza]

Quote: Originally Posted by wonderbus2003 Great Outdoors, Sydney Weekender.....   dont forget Popstars...blech!!! seems really strange though, that wonderland could terminate a contract for those reasons..... very strange.

What about that gameshow "Time Masters"

[Johno]

Hi! Yes, I do have the photos. I have scanned all of the photos from the souvenir book, I am sorry I have not uploaded them yet, I scanned them at a friend's house because I do not have a scanner. Everytime I go over there, I remember about burning them on to a disc but never get around to it. My friend has a cd burner but does not have the burning software on the computer at the moment. I will try to get them as soon as posible, sorry guys and girls!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

What about that gameshow "Time Masters"

I dont believe Time Masters was ever filmed at Wonderland Sydney.... was it?

[Gazza]

Not sure, but they said "Thanks to WLS" in the end credits, so they must have had some sort of involvement.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

they probably gave away tickets to wonderland (or more likely, DISCOUNTS) as either prizes, or consolation prizes, or to the kids in the audience ("come on kids, if you all cheer really loudly even though the show is very boring, we'll give you passes to WONDERLAND!")

[Shauno]

Hi! Yes, I do have the photos. I have scanned all of the photos from the souvenir book, I am sorry I have not uploaded them yet, I scanned them at a friend's house because I do not have a scanner. Everytime I go over there, I remember about burning them on to a disc but never get around to it. My friend has a cd burner but does not have the burning software on the computer at the moment. I will try to get them as soon as posible, sorry guys and girls!

When you put the photos can you pm please??? Cheers Shaun

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Hey Micka... hows the site coming along?

[Mickazee]

Haven't really had time to do much work lately but i'm in the process of building the backend for the ride database :-)

[Adam]

I have a question about the brakes on the Demon, or infact any roller coaster, if they fail and default to "closed" then wouldn't this cause the coaster to hit the brakes (i.e. the metal that hangs down below the carrages would hit the closed pads)? Although they might have a wider opening at the front to allow for this... Someone please correct me.

[Bussy]

Yes they do have a wider opening at the front and back of the pads. The attached drawing is a top view of the brake pads that were on Demon. "The Bus is now leaving for Drawing Room Rocks, NSW"

[Adam]

Thanks wonderbus.

[Phats]

Great Photo's SeanM, thanks for posting them. Ahhh the memories.