Australian Amusement Fanatics

The Gold Coast show is on from the 28th-30th August. Ive just moved up to the Gold Coast this year.. what should i expect?

Yeh I was gonna say I thought you were out at Parkes. But its usually a good lineup there. Rides should include:

Zipper
Skywalker
Wave Swinger
Hurricane
Cha Cha

There will be more than that and that's whats been in the past. Will you be able to get a few photos while there?

Cyber Party and Shockwave should be there as well. If I go to the show I can not go on any rides due to surgery earlier this week.

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I just went for a quick run through the grounds during a uni break, and a lot of the rides are in the ground already

Skywalker
Hurricane
Joy Whizzer
Ultimate Party Machine
Wave swinger
Ali Barber
Big Wheel
Tornado
Dodgems (x3?)
a worm looking thing and a slide and there was still quite a bit of space left

I will try to get back again and take some photos as well

Grrr... I even have the weekend off... yet I can't go on any rides I probably won't get to ride the Hurricane again till Coffs Harbor at least now

not even the big wheel??

Gee Memories
I remember going to the Gold Coast show about 25 Years ago lol

nice work chacha! Cant wait for some pics. I'm not making the Goldy trip this year unfortunately, have fun guys...

Well after 3 massive days (I worked on the Entertainment team for the whole show and didnt get much free time), i was able to quickly grab a couple of pics on my phone, please excuse how dodgy some of them are. The Show was down in numbers on last year, and this could be contributed to the amazing weather,the GFC, as well as the fact that last year was the biggest show on record. I only managed to get on a couple of rides with limited time and limited budget. Sideshow Ally was very quite on Sunday and didnt get exceptionally busy on Friday or Saturday, however i have heard that it was the best for the showmen so far on the Gold Coast

Sky Walker - by far the most popular ride of the show (and most expensive at $10, and $5 re-rides), its been a year and a half since i last rode it and it still looks great and gives a decent ride.



Crazy Cars - i had a go on these at Ekka and love how smooth they are, the size of the track, and the speed that they go.



Zipper - I believe that it was Davis's Zipper, gave a decent ride, i flipped 6 times in a row one time, however the length of the ride was a bit dissapointing.



Cyber Party - (please excuse the dogyness) Had a good long ride, very smooth and intense at points in time, it didnt seem to have the full lighting rig on?



Ultimate Party Machine - It was smooth and looked good, BUT a disapointinly short ride time, a bit of operator interaction, they also dropped the price from $7 to $5



Pictures of the other Rides... i know its not classified as a 'ride' but the camel rides would have been the most popular of the show, as was the big wheel on the first couple of days.













EDIT: On Sunday a girl who was riding with her father let go during a cycle of the zipper and was thrown about a bit, When they were let out the father was really angry and shoved the showman up against the wall, the girl was taken to hospital for observation, but released later during the day. Occupational Health and Safety investigated and the ride was re-opened half an hour later.

Ok excuse my ignorance, cause I have not ridden the Zipper, do they not have any restraints inside the cages at all???

Thanks for the Review, we had two shows covered this weekend, well done to all our contributors, phone photos are better than nothing Cha.

who owns this track?

Princess you'll find out soon enough (RES 2010) when we catch up next.

PNC that's Blade's Dodgem Track. I think it may be Glen Blade's.

Thanks for the review mate, yeh with the Zipper, there is one big padded lapbar which is connected to the door and that sits around your stomach/pelvic area. Riders are also required to hold on at all times to the bars, yeh as you said when she let go she was thrown around. Hope she is ok

Zamperla wrote:you'll find out soon enough

I DONT THINK SO

Any idea how old this girl was?
I wonder if she wanted to go on the ride, or if Dad talked her into going on it with him??

princess wrote:

Zamperla wrote:you'll find out soon enough

I DONT THINK SO

I haven't been on a Zipper for a while but i will if you will!

Chacha, great photo report, thanks for sharing!

Nice photos. Ive been faceplanted a few times on the Zipper myself and im not very small so I can understand how a younger child could get hurt.

Ahhh The Zipper Well as I've said before ... bad experience when my sister took me on when i was really young

Now if that machine is around i'm sure you will find me finger printS still on the grab bars I WAS HANGING ON REALLL TIGHT

NEVER AGAIN NEVER LOL

Of course I know nothing about what exactly happened, but it sounds to me like a rather irresponsible parent blaming the ride operator. A responsible parent would probably not even take their child on a ride like the Zipper if they had any doubts about safety for the child at all. I hope the child is ok and nothing serious happened.

Great review and pics ChaCha. I'm still to try a zipper, but I doubt that I will see one at my local.

Fancy letting go of the grab bars while the Zipper is in motion, what was she doing? Texting her mates or putting on lip gloss??
You let go of them, you deserve to get hurt. The father sounds like a loser too, the operator should have dropped him on his arse. "All care taken, no responsibility accepted."

DEEFA DODGEM wrote:Texting her mates or putting on lip gloss??

Girls have their priorities DEEFA, hahaha

Thanks guys, im going to have to save up to try to make it to th easter show next year now. Oh and the girl was fine after all