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Not for the faint-hearted, Spider can really get you spinning if your weight is balanced just right.
Spider is more or less based and named on an original ride at Luna Park. Though similar in concept, this version lacks the height of the original, making up for it with nauseating speeds.
If seeing Sydney Harbour upside-down is your thing, then Ranger is an ideal ride for you.
It is perhaps one of the most intense rides in the park, as one of the few truly modern ride concepts to be found there.
Ranger is more or less an inverting swinging ship ride, built by Huss.
In order to conserve space in this tiny park, many of the rides are built atop others. Tumble Bug is found above the Dodgem cars.
Like everything else at Luna Park, the Ferris Wheel too lights up at night.
The Ferris Wheel provides unparalleled views of Luna Park and Sydney Harbour.
The original steam-driven music from this installation puts it in a class of its own.
No picture shows the charm of this carousel better than this.
Joy Wheel is one of the attractions. The goal is to out-spin fellow riders - not an easy feat when you've got nothing but a slick polished surface to grip.
Inside is everything that made the youth of the 1930s buzz. Bizarre wooden slides and contraptions everywhere.
The attraction remains relatively unchanged from the original which opened in 1935 with the park.
Simply nothing captures the old-time charm of Coney Island better than seeing it lit up at night.
For the reopening, the ride was given extensive repairs. This model runs much faster than others in Australia, and relies on heavy trim brakes to keep it operating at manageable speeds.
These mushroom bolts allow a unique tilting sensation around turns, and will even allow the car to leave the track on drops.
Instead of regular upstop wheels, what are known as mushroom bolts keep the cars on track. A flat, freely spinning steel disc is slotted below two spaced rails on the track and bolted to the bottom of the cars.
The coaster follows the standard Wild Mouse layout, with a series of switchback turns, followed by a number of drops and bunny hills.
This classic wooden Wild Mouse coasters is one of around half a dozen still remaining in the world. Three of these are in Australia.
