All of this I like very much. I believe @Gazza did some concept artwork for a Eurofighter to replace Eureka. I wonder if it's still floating around somewhere. In a perfect world, i'd like to see mine ride make a refurbished return and for a major coaster to go into Blue Lagoon and have the area bridged into one big gold rush area. That end of the park already has two sets of amenities, merch and food outlets to fill in the area. It's a no brainer in terms of expanding the park out.

Building on this, i'd love to see the Skylift station turned into a bar/tapas/restaurant like @joz said and even having an acrylic floor in some parts on the lower floor so you can look down to see the rapids pass underneath.

13 minutes ago, Slick said:

All of this I like very much. I believe@Gazza did some concept artwork for a Eurofighter to replace Eureka. I wonder if it's still floating around somewhere. In a perfect world, i'd like to see mine ride make a refurbished return and for a major coaster to go into Blue Lagoon and have the area bridged into one big gold rush area. That end of the park already has two sets of amenities, merch and food outlets to fill in the area. It's a no brainer in terms of expanding the park out.]

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Is this what you were looking for?

 

This one but my preference was for the Intamin one rather than Gerstlauer.

I do wonder if you went with Gerstlauer you could put the reverse drop on the vertical lift like on Karnan:

 

42 minutes ago, Gazza said:

This one 

Is this the "forbidden shaft"?

Never actually seen that before, it looks really neat and would fit the deal for a rollercoaster that would compliment DW nicely. If only it were real...

I think we have just seen what DW are doing for Gold Rush Countries anniversary this year just adding new safety features to the River Rapids Ride (very exciting).

It would be great to see a compact looping coaster like a eurofighter to replace Eureka. The problem is, it's not compact enough. The mine ride layout is SUPER tight

29 minutes ago, coasterdude44 said:

It would be great to see a compact looping coaster like a eurofighter to replace Eureka. The problem is, it's not compact enough. The mine ride layout is SUPER tight

Not if you extend out over the lake

I'd like the Eureka ride re-designed and re-opened. And Buzzsaw The Sequel. Tear down the existing ride and add the model with 2 loops.

Extending over the lake and interacting with the Rapids (not too close of course) would actually look very good visually if done right