Eureka Mountain Mine Ride reopening discussion

[BTTF Forever]

Bad Photoshop (MS Paint) is Bad...

[rappa]

Yep that post added so much to the discussion alright

[Jakev8]

I would mate but they removed her from the park!

Edited March 7, 2015 by Jakev8

[Theme Park Girl]

Was the track like this before?

Don't remember the left side being on that angle before, like it's lifted up vertically for maintenance or something. But I could be wrong. My husband thinks I am XD

Edited March 8, 2015 by OceanGirl

[Reanimated35]

Looking back through older photos, I'm fairly sure it's always been like that.

[BTTF Forever]

Mine cart is now in the station, not much else haha

http://i.imgur.com/ov9FCi0.jpg

Edited March 9, 2015 by BTTF Forever

[zacsta_1997]

Well this i am realy excited for!!! I rode Eureka i think it was the year it closed or the year before, and i found it fun!! And i was upset to see it closed and a stall blocking the entrance. Because i was looking forward to ride it again. I cant wait to see and hear some more of this process!!

[BTTF Forever]

I can say with a great level of certainty... you are not alone my friend

[joz]

I really hope the ride reopens, partly because I'd love to ride it again, but mostly for the bitching on here from people whose nostalgic memories got the better of them.

If it re-opens, stand by for the following complaints:

Low capacity

Short ride

Shoddy themeing

Too violent

Questionable clearances

Again, I liked the ride, the drop out of the mountain before the station flyover was a particular highlight for me, the crazy arse s-bend in the dark at the end also never failed to make me happy.

I just get the feeling that the people who have remembered it being so amazingly themed and top notch will be surprised when they see a UV skeleton that looks like it was purchased from Crazy Clark's.

[iwerks]

The ride was very blink and you'll miss it. However, it was fast and the clearances are what made it exciting.

[BTTF Forever]

Found some more images laying around... "Cough"... Yeah this is becoming a bit of an obsession

Also I wasn't so sure before but now I do remember the Mine Ride being a "High Thrill" ride

The track seems to be in relatively good condition too...

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

High Thrill!

What a chance for DW! They can market it as part of the Big97 Thrill Rides!

[Brad2912]

Without doubt IF it re-opens they'll consider it part of the 'BIG' group. I'm surprised they didnt count TOT twice for its two incarnations

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

It wasn't part of the Big4 or Big5... i'm sure it was open when that term was first created.

[BTTF Forever]

I think that when they started with the ad campaign "Big 5 Thrill Rides" it was these rides...

Giant Drop

Tower of Terror

Wipeout

Cyclone

The Claw -Not yet built

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt was removed and The Claw took its lace to go back up to 5

Mick Doohan didn't open till 2007, to be renamed the "Big 6"

Then the Buzz Saw, "Big 7"

Panamonium, "Big 8"

Tail Spin, "Big 9"

EDIT: Now we are back to 8... for now

I think your right in saying it was never part of the "Big 5"

If I knew when this advertisement was done Id be able to check...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lwRAk36KeMw

Although when you look at this page from 2005, it shows it as part of the "Thrill Rides" in which there are 5 after Cyclone opened but before The Claw was opened
https://web.archive.org/web/20050303002405/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/dw/dreamweb.nsf

So I'm now not so sure if it wasn't

EDIT: Just found a quote from these forums from 2004

Well thanks to the help of Dreamworld.com.au i have some new closure times in store from now to the end of June.

This is most probably a good thing for dreamworld taking in the fact that they have been doing alot of themeing around the park and might be actually taking some pride in thier big 5 thrill ride's themeing situation...

...Just one point as well about the Big '5' Thrill rides: Thunderbolt was one of them, so its now the big 4 thrill rides (not that you'd tell with the advertising slogans still all over the Coast).

So they did have the Big 5 when the Thunderbolt was around... Proving that Eureka was not a "Big 5", otherwise it would have been "Big 6"

Edited March 12, 2015 by BTTF Forever

[Slick]

Found some more images laying around... "Cough"... Yeah this is becoming a bit of an obsession

Also I wasn't so sure before but now I do remember the Mine Ride being a "High Thrill" ride

The track seems to be in relatively good condition too...

How'd you get those photos? Do you work for the park?

[Brad2912]

Didn't think the BIG thing came in during Thunderbolts lifetime..

[rappa]

Eureka wasn't in it because at that time the BIG rides were actually major attractions

[Theme Park Girl]

Despite apparently not being counted as a "Big" ride back in it's first lifetime, I don't believe there is there is anything stopping Eureka from being given the title if/when it is reopened. Especially if they do any new work on it, or upgrade it from its original state.

I mean sheesh.... they count the Tailspin as a thrill ride. So I think that proves that anything is possible lol

[Dracozek]

Just fortunate that this April i'm going to the park, at the time I might take a closer look if possible.

[Tim Dasco]

Well I think Dreamworld should win an award. Why make a mine themed roller coaster themed to be abundant mine. Why not make it an actual abandoned mine ride. Great theming I think. Well done Dreamworld for going to the extra effete for this wonderful piece of scenery.

LOL Always good to end the night on a joke.

[Flea]

Those signs look relatively clean...

[BTTF Forever]

Thats what i was thinking Flea, the only signs pointing to it being old were the cobwebs on the "half door" at the exit where I... well... you get the drift

[BigKev]

I remember the Mine Ride as being more thrilling than Scooby Doo.

[joz]

Eureka is a fun ride and I hope it reopens, but you remember it wrong.