Australian Amusement Fanatics

Yes!!! The Eclipse looks amazing! I hope this is true, I will be extremely happy to ride this one.. from the video I have of this ride, it is simply amazing! I can't even to begin to imagine the G-forces....this is such great news. Wow, also a NEW ZIPPER! Great! I can't wait! I hope this means a ret...

I can't wait for this!

Yeah? good point Dave. maybe even at the Lilydale? I hope I get to track it down for another ride one of these days. It's been tooo long.

^do you know any other shows Force 10 is doing in Vic?

I hope it goes to the Warrnambool Show.. may be going there this year.

Oh i hear you Trav about the ferris wheel phobia! i got left up the top by my ex for quite a long time and with quite a strong wind around, Then on the Vic run another time i got stuck on the force 10 in a hail storm! Now i always watch the weather when going on rides.But as long as they go fast it...

Hey guys. on the subject of the Skymaster wheel.. I dunno if I mentioned this before in my Melbourne Show reviews, but, I was forced to ride the Skymaster for the first time in my life this year. It's really a pretty big deal for me...I am sure most people on the forums here would know that I (and s...

Very interesting. One would have to say it was a UNIQUE ride for the riders when the fault occured. A once in a life time experience. From what I could tell, is this a one armed Kamikaze ride? If it is, lets hope the over-the-head restraints are better then our Kamikaze, which does not hold me in m...

Woah! great links... just imagine if something like this happend on a ride like the Zipper!! :shock: the forces must of been unbelievable. Probably a once in a lifetime experience, or an experience that you would rather miss. It is cool to hear no one was fatally injured (at least so far). Seems it ...

I am still undecided. If Shappelle's version of events are completley true, why was she not aware her boogie board bag was obviously a liittle heavier? Furthermore, the bag must of looked quite different (or bulky) than usual? Why did she even bother taking a boogie board over in the first place? Sh...

My mind can rest now. Thanks to all who replied to my questons..

thanks Mattie and Dave for the information above. I only ever really noticed the Pin lock and were not aware of any back up locking system. May I please ask you guys one more Zipper safety thing LOL :) Could a cage on the Zipper just break off the whole boom/cable from the excessive G forces? Do the...

Has everyone forgotten about the Redundancy safety on the Zipper?? It would have to be one of the safest rides. I have been on enterprises when they squeak like all hell and thinking ohhh sh**. But I have survived all crashes. LOL LOL Mattie... no, I was not aware of the 'Redundancy Safety" on...

LOL ... you make me sound like a fruit loop Chris. .. I am not that bad. really

like I have said numerous times, I will ride just about everything and anything I can... but I still would not get on any Ferris Wheel.

Ugh get over it people! Spin Dragon was a fun ride, and if it was still around id ride it!, matter of fact, I dont care how a ride sounds or looks, ill still ride it :D LOL... I get the creeps on very old and well worn out rides, but I still love to ride them! On the Zipper at Rye I was convinced m...

Huss Enterprise.... nothing else is worth its cost or space. I rate LPM very low overall - even the Enterprise is nothing in terms of thrilling.... although it is a classic ride so it deserves some recognition... Simply, I think LPM.. :( is a poor excuse for a real Luna Park. It is quite dead and b...

^Mattie, the weather in Melbourne when you were here for the Show was really good for Sept. It was sunny, not a cloud in the sky, no cold breeze.. I forget the actual temperature for that one particular day, but I had not used any drugs. LOL trust me..

I would love to live across from the Theme Park!!! Obviously, these people are just a bunch of loosers who have no brains to begin with. I mean why the heck would you move into an apartment across from Luna Park if you hate the place? get some brains and then move address. Or, if you have lived ther...

A major park can and will inevitably be done somewhere other than the Goldcoast in the future. It is inevitable. It all comes down to good management and investment. Sega World was a very average venue, and can hardly be called a true themepark. It's focus was too narrow. (I can say this having bee...

Neb. As Dave mentioned, it has 3 person chairs :) :) :) . They all have a kind of 'over the shoulder, lap bar restraint' thingy that holds you in, although I don't think it's needed at all (due to the high G's exerienced). I used to ride Force 10 without really needing to hang on, so....if you want....

Right on Dave! I was looking for another ride to compare Force 10 to, and Chaos is spot on. .

Neb. I'll try my best to describe it for ya ...(deep breath) here goes Before it starts, each car kind of hangs of its own arm. When the ride begins, you spin 'out' sideways (like the enterprise)..then, once it has picked up some good speed the whole wheel (still flat to the ground), lifts into the ...

Nah Dave, it was just something which linked in well at the time (I had no idea you had posted this comment before). Sorry - I am a bit slack and tend to just post without searching/thinking sometimes.

Dave, that last ride on Force 10 was Moomba :D around 96/97???... oh, now I'm starting to get all emotional :? (remembering how good Moomba was - this just brings tears to my eyes....oh sorry, back to Force 10,hehe) so yeah Dave, it's been way to long! I just wish I took photos back then.....sorry m...

This is one of the hardest polls ever!

My mind changes every time I visit a show or carnival. So...

let's see hmmmm.. at the moment, I vote for FORCE 10.

Yeah, I watched... Did anyone else notice that the short ads leading up to the segment showed a Zipper? ..just something I picked up. It would have been good to see the Huss Ranger reviewed, and there was not even a quick look at Melbournes version of the Ranger? Actually there were heaps of other g...