Farewell Wonderland!

[SeanM]

Ive got the local community station behind it now. They have a link on their front page and they are playing a special promo for the site a couple of times a day. ZordMaker

Kick A** ZordMaker, Excellent Work SWR FM??? Cheers Sean

[Bussy]

I can tell you that the management at Wonderland did/does read this forum. Stephen Galbraith mentioned at a staff party that he was sure he had less than 9 PA's, this was a comment made in a thread here. "The Bus is now leaving for Reading, NSW"

[Daniel]

Sean, who gives a crap if they are? Of course they do. They got all upset over certain comments made by certain members of this forum and thought they'd be Terry Tough Bastards and take it out on certain staff. Anyhows, that's a different story. Silly bastards. What are you talking about? The friggin Wonderland site still works...

[Flea]

Daniel, I was told by a few staff members late last year that I was making these comments that upset them. Is this true? I don't believe I made any offensive comments regarding management, only the state of things in the park. Surely they only took these comments as constructive?

[Daniel]

Who gives a crap Flea? They're a bunch of cake eating, carpet crawlers anyway. Upset them? What a load of crap!

[zordmaker]

Kick A** ZordMaker, Excellent Work SWR FM??? Cheers Sean

99.9MHz, yeah, the same station that used Space Probe for their transmitter in the late '90s. ZordMaker

[SeanM]

I can tell you that the management at Wonderland did/does read this forum.  Stephen Galbraith mentioned at a staff party that he was sure he had less than 9 PA's, this was a comment made in a thread here.   "The Bus is now leaving for Reading, NSW"

What 9 PA's what the hell!....I know if I had 9 PA's to wipe my *** I'd would certainly "smile" a bit more..full stop! Why would you let that be known at a staff party anyway..? Well it seems from this forum, the management treated the staff like utter sh*t ...I really honestly feel for all the ex-staff you guys/gals deserved alot better! Cheers Sean

[mikrowave]

Was anyone here working at wonderland when it was under the management of Todd Coates? What was he like as a manager? The reason I ask is, I met him in 1996 and he seemed like a really great guy. I was in contact with wonderland, expressing interest in the theme park industry etc, & he actually asked me to come in & meet with him so he could chat to me about it all & show me some of the business side of things. He just seemed like such an enthusiastic, nice guy. This was back before Sunway, when rides were actually being put in. (Space Probe had just been recently installed when I met with him & he took me on it). So yeah, thats my fondest memory of wonderland; meeting with the general manager, getting to see some of the behind the scenes business, being shown the inner workings of space probe, & getting a vip ride on SP

[SeanM]

mikrowave, is this the todd coates you met in 1996? http://www.cityswapclub.com/events/4july2002.htm Cheers Sean

[Richard]

Let's keep the language clean. Take note of the Community Guidelines if you're not sure. As I know, Wonderland's management have known about this site since Total Thrills was first launched, in about January or February of 2003. They also did (or do) read these message boards. They're also far from the only theme park in Australia to do so. You'd be surprised actually. There's even some "celebrity" members among us.

[Bussy]

What 9 PA's what the hell!....I know if I had 9 PA's to wipe my *** I'd would certainly "smile" a bit more..full stop! Why would you let that be known at a staff party anyway..?

Sean you misunderstood, it wasn't 9 at the same time, it was 9 in total. I think the actual number was around 4. He made the comment as a joke. It was something like "It's nice to hear that I’ve had 9 PA's in the time I’ve been here". "The Bus is now leaving for First Party Tank, Western Australia"

[joz]

They're also far from the only theme park in Australia to do so. You'd be surprised actually. There's even some "celebrity" members among us.

On an unrelated note, have I mentioned recently what wonderful people Steve Peet, John Menzies and well, everyone in Admin/HR are? (that wasn't too shallow was it?)

[mikrowave]

mikrowave, is this the todd coates you met in 1996? http://www.cityswapclub.com/events/4july2002.htm Cheers Sean

I'm pretty sure it is, unless my mind's eye is wrong. I can't fully remember what he looked like, but I'm pretty sure that's him (I'm a little hazy tho so don't be surprised if I am completely wrong hehe)

[T-bone]

Just another updat (and bringing dead threads back alive again) :cool:. The wonderland website seen here is no longer avaliable to be seen on the internet. And the Memorial is also no longer on the World Wide Web. This is a sign that Wonderland is Truly Dead. . Anyway, here is one last Final Goodbye. Rest In Peace Australia's Wonderland aka Wonderland Sydney.

[steve$]

It really is sad when you live in Sydney to see Wonderland go. It was the only place where you could go for some decent thrills.

[T-bone]

Does Anyone remember the old wonderland Website? It was yellow, and had to navigate through the W's. That site was great. It also had alot of onride footage from rides such as Demon and Bush Beast. Does anyone still have those video's?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

the videos were actually streaming videos. they would not play unless they could contact the WLS website and download the video. they were great, but not agreat quality.

[T-bone]

But they were something.