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Thanks mate- useful to have you here!!!! Looking at it now it certainly resembles the top of a suspension bridge. what do you reckon the track is made of. Steel?? Normal steel or different to other track?

RcFanatic- Granted the supports are very large, but there are very few and they are a long distance apart from each other. You think about a 'normal' coaster where there is a support holding up the track every few feet. Obviously this track is a lot lighter, but it still has to be very strong. Amazing engineering, not surprised it was a wee bit late opening!! Would like to hear more about the materials used in its construction and what were the problems that held it up.

thanks for posting the video That looks bloody amazing, what an awsome looking ride. Where are the supports??? stunning to look it, the ride looks fun also, nice restraints and good for all ages. Going to ask a stupid question, what is holding it up?? the weight and stress on the track must be massive. Have to be lots of redundant safety mechanisms on the start where the 'car' joins the track, bit like the Vekoma tilt coaster. I for one would love to ride this unique coaster.

i wonder that too. Its capactity will be what?? 800 pph Max. Movie world are excellent at running rides to their capacity (except lethal weapon), but i still think the q's for this are going to be pretty big. An excellent addition to the park though- The management definately are on the ball at the moment. Would be interested to know what the parks growth has been over the past couple of years. Did superman add 10% or more??

first off, the marketing guys behind this deserve a pay rise. A brilliant idea. Will get loads of free publicity. Almost as good as Altons 'take a sickie' campaign. Not sure how many will take them up on their offer, i could be persuaded, but i agree that the qbot is more appealing.

made quite a bang by all acounts. scared the crap out of the ride ops, not really surprising.

^ ah yes my bad. All those scandanavian rockets look the same

x-scream- is, in my eyes, the biggest 'thrill' ride out there. I was cackling like a demented witch. Was just an awesome buzz, whoever thought of it/designed that ride deserves to either be locked up or given a medal, depending on your point of view. I think 2 medals personally. Insanity, was wierd. Just a spinner, but the height certainly adds another dimension. Was odd being 'above' the horizon, actually made me feel a wee bit yuck. X-scream wins hands down for nutcase value. What are its safety mechanisms anyone??? Earth magnets??

have to say that Superman here in aus does seem to be the best behaved of the rockets. kanonen also seems to be pretty reliable (though not when the tpr tour was there) stealth was down for a couple of weeks, but is back running consistently now. Rita is fairly good- dull ride, but works most of the time. so the smaller rockets seems to be working best. Looks like any 500 foot monsters might have to wait for a while.

am glad that you guys laughed about it, was a bit worried what the reaction would be. It is rather bizzare, but after seeing what gets on during a lot of those park trips, i thought it was appropriate. And after just reading robs sex shop report from england!!!! This little old sex train is tame stuff. It is not a coaster- no credit there, no lift hill, its a powered old ghost train. All video cameras are banned- boo hoo, photos are allowed off all the stalls and shows that go on in the exhibition halls but not on the ride.

yes i am proud that i will become an aussie citizen in a few months. Us english are such prudes when it comes to sex. Good to lighten up a bit!!

This is actually my first new topic, so dont think that i am a freak, but i found a magazine at my work (honestly) and i thought i have to post this. Now i hope i dont get in trouble for this, but, its too funny not to post, and this site does seem to love furry rodents and a bit of boob everynow and then. There is a 'sexpo' happening in Sydney at the moment, and this is their pride and joy. Its apparently a world first (who else would be brave enough to have one) and a proud Australian inventon. Don't think any park would turn their ghost ride into this, but 10/10 for inventiveness. Why the Gerbil though?? But as this is a PG site i dont think we could even hazard a guess. For all those who want to know more, here is a link to their webpage http://www.sexpo.com.au/newfs_syd_06.htm then click on the offending rodent!! I would love to see scene 9 "dildos in the darkness!!!" Maybe i will pop along tomorrow. Need i say more?? I think rob would like to take ellissa on this ride.

i think you are the bravest person alive. Would you have actually ridden the topspin if it was working?? I probably would have run a mile. Did you pop round to customer service and complain like a CP fan boy at SFMM??

You're right There is some similarity though. Almost looks like an 'older model'. Or KMG came along and added another axis of rotation. Even so i would love to ride the Move It model. It looks bloody amazing.

could be totally wrong, but i think its a Move-it 32. seem to remember a review of it over at coasterkingdom.co.uk. Martin Sheen i think wrote the article. Raved about it. Said it was the best flat EVER.

hey gutter flower, what does the rest of the ride consist of. I dont know much about it? When were the chinese coasters built recently??

http://members.aol.com/stucoaster/stuhp.htm Saw this on another site, thought i would post, as they look very interesting. The first drop looks great, nice and intense, unusual to see 180 degree turnaround at start, good height leading to loop, cobra, then inline twist. Flamingoland, after their Booster bike last year, looks like they are going places. Good to see. Hopefully the new vekoma trains and track will provide a more comfortable ride experience.

will be interesting to see if Tussauds have anything to do with the new theme park getting built, they are after all now owned by a Dubai investement company which is, i believe, still owned by the government there. Great combination, imo, Tussauds' great themeing and park knowhow, mixed with the Dubai royal familly's very deep pockets. Could be an amazing park. Its quite incredible how they are diversifing their economy away from oil. Lets forget the area and the bad press the whole middle east gets, its very warm and sunny, great beaches, great shopping, you can drink alcohol there (unlike a lot of the middle east), sounds like a perfect holiday destination. Chuck in a couple of amazing water and theme parks, and it could well be my next stop over on the way to the UK.

remember the hydro incident. According to the BBC and all the uk forums, she was trying to calm down her friend who was freaking out. He was in the row in front, she was leaning/ standing up to try and calm him down. Now apparently she had taken her jacket off (why when riding a very wet ride) and it got stuck in the locking mechanism of the lap bar, so when the boat went almost vertical over the drop the lap bar popped open as it did not lock and as she was already leaning over she flew out. Really bizzare and unfortunate sequence of events. I think the guy freaking out was mentally handicapped, ride ops could of/should of seen the jacket getting entagled with the locking mechanisms. Not nice, but not sure if Intamin is to blame??

us here in sydney dont like sunway one bit. They were the bas$ards that closed down Wonderland. Yes they were being clever capitalists, and made a hell of a lot of money on the sale of the prime real estate, but they left us Theme park-less.