On 12/03/2018 at 10:11 AM, Gary86 said:

@T-bone No it hasn’t, it was still there two weeks ago.

30 minutes ago, themagician said:

@T-bone No it hasn’t, it was still there two weeks ago.

I am trying to place this @themagician. I thought the Hollywood house was close to the Cave/ Jungle Scene on TRRR and indeed knocked down years ago. This house in the photo looks like the small building on the Island that was featured in a scene on Captain Sturt. But I am confused of the perspective of the fence pictured in the forground.

That house on that island I believe was demolished years ago. This house in that photo is on the hill above the TRR resovoir.

That house I photographed was located in the area just outside the cave of the TRRR. Located near the old Big Brother Café.

The house pictured is NOT the Hollywood house.

Edited March 25, 20188 yr by T-bone

Okay, so can someone explain why the Hollywood House got its name? And what the house on top of TRR was for?

Edited March 25, 20188 yr by themagician

The shack near TRR is just that, theming. 

I could explain why the Hollywood house got its name but I won’t. There is very little of the actual house left.

41 minutes ago, T-bone said:

The shack near TRR is just that, theming. 

I could explain why the Hollywood house got its name but I won’t. There is very little of the actual house left.

Hollywood was the family name of the former property owners?

19 minutes ago, MickeyD said:

Hollywood was the family name of the former property owners?

Not even close. I spent the day with John Longhurst just recently and had a chance to interview him about this - feverishly working through the transcriptions as we speak so stay tuned.

1 hour ago, themagician said:

Okay, so can someone explain why the Hollywood House got its name? And what the house on top of TRR was for?

Start here, and read the next 5-6 pages, especially @Skeeta's post, and @Theme Park Girl's photo on that same page. Subsequent pages had us discussing if it was alongside the lagoon, or the yellowish building on the left once you entered Goldrush.

Edited March 25, 20188 yr by Glubbo

6 hours ago, T-bone said:

The shack near TRR is just that, theming. 

I could explain why the Hollywood house got its name but I won’t. There is very little of the actual house left.

But based off that discussion @Glubbo shared above, it is the TRR one

Believe what you want.

20 hours ago, Roachie said:

Not even close. I spent the day with John Longhurst just recently and had a chance to interview him about this - feverishly working through the transcriptions as we speak so stay tuned.

My questions for John is;  Why he never finished off the steam train project he started on his property at Tamborine Mountain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJtS6It0jrg

6 hours ago, Gold Coast Amusement Force said:

 

 

FTFY

On 25/03/2018 at 2:15 PM, Roachie said:

Not even close. I spent the day with John Longhurst just recently and had a chance to interview him about this - feverishly working through the transcriptions as we speak so stay tuned.

Awesome! Can't wait for your interview and hearing what he has to say on everything?

Did you ask him if he has ever regretted selling/considered buying back DW? 

42 minutes ago, MickeyD said:

Awesome! Can't wait for your interview and hearing what he has to say on everything?

Did you ask him if he has ever regretted selling/considered buying back DW? 

Sure did!

The gate near Buzzsaw is no longer fenced off so I decided to go and have a look through the fence

Wow that brush is overgrown. Despite the circumstances, the area is long overdue for a good clearing out.

Gold Rush through BB cafe ,Blue Lagoon and the Auditoruim is a massive amount of land, enough for two themed areas.

 

The lack of funds from Ardent for capex is blatantly obvious.

Ardent are not going to invest significantly all at once. It does seem they have a plan in place to revitalise the area but it’s a probably a 5+ year plan. They are not going to drop $100m in one year to build a whole new themed land... I’d be happy if they consistently add a new attraction each year for a few years to bring some life to that side of the park

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

Ardent are not going to invest significantly all at once. It does seem they have a plan in place to revitalise the area but it’s a probably a 5+ year plan. They are not going to drop $100m in one year to build a whole new themed land... I’d be happy if they consistently add a new attraction each year for a few years to bring some life to that side of the park

Very optimistic of you, but they'vealready said they have no plans for the area so far. To me that's a very clear sign that they aren't really committed. 

They've had ample time since the TRR incident and any fully committed theme park company would at the very least have a masterplan for the future development of not only Gold Rush, but the whole park. 

You don't just wait and see what happens 😨! 

They may have said they have no plans for the area, but remember when Rivals or any other coaster on the coast has being built, the official line from the parks is "coaster? What coaster"? so don't read too much into what they publicly put out there. There would be plans for the area, even if that plan is to leave it empty for 5 years, there are plans.

On 25/03/2018 at 12:52 PM, themagician said:

Okay, so can someone explain why the Hollywood House got its name?