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5 reviews – “Good”

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Roller Coaster HyFab

With the mountain removed you get a clear look at the jumbled mess of the ride's structure. Much of this wood and steel dates back to the ride's origins as a Schiff wild mouse built in the 1940s or 50s.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

The original Schiff lift hill with its trademark flimsy steel track sat underneath the newer HyFab lift hill.

by Richard, 6 years ago

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Grey (painted wood) beams belong to the original Schiff ride and were reused for the HyFab version. The rusted steel beams along the edge were part of the original mountain structure.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

It's difficult to see, but this section shows the original series of 90 degree turns found within the mountain that twisted suddenly into the station at the climax of the ride. Here one section of track has been cut out and simply placed upside down on another disused section.The turns were evidently deemed too violent and the section was replaced with a flat outdoor brake run.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Early in the life of the HyFab ride its course was changed. The track running left to right at the top originally took a sharp turn to the left for a final dip in the pitch black mountain before a twist up to the station. This whole section was removed and replaced by an outdoor brake run that led straight into the station.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

The far right track was the brake run leading into the unload platform. The left track was the bottom of the ride's sole bunny hill and the steep incline into the turn above the station.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

The piles of rusted rubble really aren't that different from the theme set by the original ride. But it'll be good to see what becomes of this area in years to come.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Track still remains in the station area, and the dip that led into a turn above the station.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

The removed ride exposes the back of the cinema building.

by Richard, 6 years ago

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Foam from the destroyed mountain collects in the old Thunder River Rapids reservoir.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

The ride is almost entirely gone.

by Richard, 6 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Inside is a mess of steel beams that are exactly what you'd expect from a company that had no experience building roller coasters when it opened in the late 1980s. HyFab, the ride's manufacturer only ever built this one roller coaster.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Even if the ride passes modern safety requirements, even if they find a way to make it not look hideous, there's still the fact that in its heyday it was a thoroughly average roller coaster.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

There's that track!

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Under all this carnage is a roller coaster's lift hill.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

From the ride's old entrance there's a big brick wall and a streel structure and just a few remaining pieces of the melted Tupperware mountain.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

There's going to be many truckloads like this to remove all the debris.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

It's a convoluted mess of steel, rust, wood and foam.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

This ride is a mess. Any sensible theme park would recognise that 30 years is a typical lifespan for a steel roller coaster, and invest in something new in its place.

by Richard, 7 years ago

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride Dreamworld

Whatever Dreamworld's plans are for this ride, there's little they can do that will hide this ugly structure in a meaningful way, short of a replacement mountain that would be well outside of any minuscule budget such a project has.

by Richard, 7 years ago

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