37 minutes ago, Skeeta said:

You table a good argument but does Woolworths pavilion over free babysitting.

For the wife?

 

They don't as far as I know have babysitting, but they did last time I went have a stand that sells nothing but toasted cheese sandwiches for $2 each. They were doing a roaring trade. Its amazing how appealing a cheese toastie is after hours of booze.

1 hour ago, Skeeta said:

You table a good argument but does Woolworths pavilion over free babysitting.

i'm not sure how you do over a pavilion, but i'd guess they don't offer free babysitting either. (maybe don't give this guy any more wine, he's slurring his typing!)

The multideck carpark they've just built keeps your car out of the sun if you want to crack a window for the kiddies though...

1 hour ago, joz said:

 

For the wife?

 

They don't as far as I know have babysitting, but they did last time I went have a stand that sells nothing but toasted cheese sandwiches for $2 each. They were doing a roaring trade. Its amazing how appealing a cheese toastie is after hours of booze.

Haha 😂 yeah and after potentially spending hundreds of dollars at the Ekka overall, the prospect of a cheap $2 cheese toastier would be more than tempting for most people!! 

2 hours ago, Jobe said:

Haha 😂 yeah and after potentially spending hundreds of dollars at the Ekka overall, the prospect of a cheap $2 cheese toastier would be more than tempting for most people!! 

I think that's probably the cheapest and must filling food item in the entire Ekka. Save money for rides, eat cheese toasties

Honestly you'll never enjoyed anything as much as one of those sandwiches when you've eaten noting but small cheese samples and you've destroyed your pallet by drinking every type of wine that exists.

Edited July 24, 20196 yr by joz

If it's the same company that does them at the Sydney Show, the $2 toasties will be most likely raised to $3 for this years show 😥

 

7 hours ago, Wil_i_am_not said:

If it's the same company that does them at the Sydney Show, the $2 toasties will be most likely raised to $3 for this years show 😥

 

Yep, they're certainly $3 this year.

Congratulations @Tim Dasco - looks like your guess was right about The Scorpion going west to the PRS. Seems like we might finally be getting a coaster as well.

'Wipe Out' is making its Australian debut at the Gosford Show this Christmas/NY. Looks awesome!

wut?

1 minute ago, AlexB said:

wut?

 

6 hours ago, Flynn_Smith said:

 

Wow that looks fun.. but It doesn't look quite ... real?

@Tim Dasco and myself spent the afternoon at the Perth Royal Show sideshow alley preview day. How we got the invite was a story in itself.

Tim went on lots of the rides(tons were open) and we got some great on and off ride footage. The weather wasn’t perfect and the new coaster wasn’t running(we did see some people walking the lift hill). Saw lots of the media and other influencers there. Tim got to talking with lots of the ride operators too.

Fantastic photos! Any word on who owns the new coaster?

Edited September 25, 20196 yr by Wil_i_am_not

Oh Joy!

Decades old and still one of the greatest thrills on the midway, bar none. Not sure if we even still get the Zipper on the East Coast?

whats the difference between extreme thriller and nitro?

Well, there's the name...

43 minutes ago, jddc7 said:

whats the difference between extreme thriller and nitro?

None. Australian carnies have purchased way too many of this type of ride.

49 minutes ago, jddc7 said:

whats the difference between extreme thriller and nitro?

Different manufacturer, the nitro is a Zamperla discovery and I’m not sure who makes the Extreme Thriller but it looks like a knock of on KMGs Freak Out ride design. Having done both of them yesterday the Extreme thriller pushes you downwards with a lot of force similar to the Intamin gyro swing and Nitro slowly pushes you out with more floater airtime.

Thanks all

interesting to know

The on-ride footage of XXXL is courtesy of @Tim Dasco.

 

Edited September 26, 20196 yr by iwerks

We got a bunch of free tickets to the show,  thanks to our new connections with the publicists from the Perth Royal Show. It was close to 30 degrees, today, so it was perfect timing to try Splash Down, the show’s log flume ride. Rode my second chairlift in two days and also got to experience the new coaster.

One train comfortably fit four of us. It started spinning on the second part of the lift hill. It has lots of tight turns and a head chopper element towards the end. It seems to be themed to the Avengers and was called X Coaster, although it sounds like they want to change its name to West Coaster. Still no clues as to the owner.

Here's our POV of Australia's latest coaster, West Coaster (formerly X-coaster and still with that sign).

https://www.facebook.com/perththemeparks/videos/404866673558033/

Edited September 29, 20196 yr by iwerks

Another classic from preview day. @Tim Dasco sweating it out on Midnight Express.

https://www.facebook.com/perththemeparks/videos/949901978712408/

Edited October 1, 20196 yr by iwerks

It’s been a great eight days of the Perth Royal Show, except for yesterday’s storm where they actually closed the show early, I think most ride operators did really well over the course of the week. We hope to see just as good a line up next year. Today was my fourth visit in 10 days.