aussienetman Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hey folks, Well here on the Gold Coast they have a VIP deal on at the moment, if your a Queensland resident you pay $90 something bucks for an annual pass to Seaworld, Movieworld and Wet N Wild, so we snapped up this offer and spent the day yesterday at Seaworld - here's some pics Yea for Hungry Jacks brekky! (i dont know whats wrong with my eye in this pic! yea!! Nearly there! speaks for itself random pelican Seaworld has a lake in the middle where a ski show is performed twice daily Dolphin nursery Flipper! The skyway Some of the newly painted corkscrew coaster- more pics coming! Kim is ready to take on the Bermuda Triangle not so sure anymore... thumbs up if you love Bermuda! theming more theming ooo Stingray pool! wat are they touching? ooo - a stingray! you feel like a swim? well do ya? how bout now? duh duh.... duh duh kim likes chips! kids area moonnoorraiilll weird weight guessing game! Elmo!!! Corkscrew Rollercoaster upside down! Newest Coaster - Jet Rescue Very fast ride - get flung around those corners! Nick nearly fell out of his seat cause he wasn't holding on! This coaster has two launches - one at the start, and one through this cave twisty track brake run your coaster seat! wheels Hooray for Jet Rescue! As it says I hope you enjoyed the pics! Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragsterfan420 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Nice TR. I've always wanted to go to Australia. Seeing PTR's from all these parks just makes me wanna go more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thanks mate - you should definitly make the trip! beautiful parks, weather and people!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Very nice pictures. That Jet Rescue is an AquaTrax, correct? And the paint job on the Corkscrew looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim1013 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Jet Rescue looks like reason enough to go down under. This is what Pony Express at KBF could've been. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil jimmy norton Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Those trains on Jet Rescue are pretty sick, and I love the pain on Corkscrew. I don't have the balls to fly all the way over there, but Sea World looks like a great park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpecial Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Nice to see such a well maintained corkscrew. Would really like to have a go on the jet ski ride - never seen cars like this before - any idea who the manufacture is for this? Great TR thanks for posting - looks like you had lots of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Seaworld is a beautiful park, but its by far not the best on the gold coast! Seaworld is more family friendly with an emphasis on animals and conservation. Due to council law, they cannot build anything over 6 stories or something like that, and they are stuck in a very small space with no room to expand. Will make my way to Movieworld in a few days time and upload pics as soon as i can. If you like Seaworld, you'll love our other parks! Jet Rescue Stats Coaster type: Steel Manufacturer: Intamin AG Model: Accelerator Speed: 70km/hr | 43MPH Length: 560m | 1837ft Launch system: Friction Wheel Hydraulic G-forces: 2.5g Capacity (per hour): 800pph Trains on track: 2 Cars per train: 8 Rows per car: 1 Seats per row: 2 Ride time: 0:32mins Restraint style: lap bars Braking system: Magnetic Number of Launches: 2 Corkscrew stats Coaster type: Steel Manufacturer: Arrow Dynamics Model: Sitdown Looper Height: 28m | 92ft Speed: 70km/hr | 43MPH Length: 600m | 1968ft Trains on track: 1 Cars per train: 7 Ride time: 1:35mins Stats taken from an aussie park website - am unsure if im allowed to post a link Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpecial Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thanks for the info. Due to my lack of knowledge I always thought of Australia as a theme park /coaster back water - obviously not. We only have one remaining corkscrew in the UK. It's always a rough ride but I have a soft spot for them. Many years ago the corkscrew was one of my first looping experiences which I'll not forget. The cars on the jet ski should be introduced at other Sea World parks - great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 no worries Red, our big parks are all located within about 30min drive of each other, Movieworld, Seaworld and Dreamworld. Some of our other notable rides in Australia 1. Scenic Railway (Luna Park, Melbourne) Worlds oldest continually operating wooden Roller Coaster opened in 1912 2. Superman Escape (Movieworld, Gold Coast) Intamin Launch coaster with a drop of 40m (131ft) and 4.2g's 3. Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster (Movieworld) Indoor Mack Wild Mouse 4. Wild West Falls Flume built by Hopkins Rides, final dropdown 20metres (66ft) 5. Tower of Terror (Dreamworld, Gold Coast) Intanim launch coaster - 161km/h (100mph) Drop 100m (328ft) 6. Giant Drop (Dreamworld) - World’s Tallest and Fastest freefall - 119m (390ft) at 135km/h (84MPH) -- I am hoping to get to Movieworld this coming Sunday so will share my pics upon my return! Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpecial Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Looking forward to further posts - wish we had the same weather at our parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lond Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Nice PTR, but the pictures are slightly to big for smooth loading of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 sorry Lond, first time poster and i added pics as well! Will try and work out how to minimize the pics so the page is neater for the next post. Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpecial Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 sorry Lond, first time poster and i added pics as well! Will try and work out how to minimize the pics so the page is neater for the next post. Nathan When you get your photos on your PC use any standard photo editing program to resize the pics to 640 by 480 pixels which I find works best for posting. Ideally the file size of the images also needs to be kept down. I use paint shop pro so to get the file size right - I down grade my photos by decreasing the colour depth to 64K colour. For posting here you can't really see the difference between the original photo and the down graded one but boy does it reduce the overall file size and keeps everyone happy as they can see your pics quickly. For your first TR you got your pics in the right order which is more than I can say for when I gave it a go for the first time. Look forward to seeing more of your pics from the other Australian parks you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 thanks for the help Red - will fix for next time Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFreak Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Nice to see a TR from here, Sea World was the only park I didn't get to when I was out that way in 2006 (plus it wasn't that big of a draw with just Corkscrew when I had Superman to get too!) and it looks like fun, plus i really want to ride Jet Rescue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laracroft Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Nice TR. The corkscrew looks great! I was up on the Gold Coast a week ago - I only had two days so I chose to do Movieworld and Dreamworld. Lethal Weapon was closed when I went, I hope it is open for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hollibone Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Corkscrews a pretty good ride (I particuarly love the suprise Monorail track headchopper effect in the corkscrews. There's talk that the ride will be getting a major refurb by the end of the year, with some new trains, and a new name (it's not known if the ride will be getting a "theme" though. Nice photos aussienetman. You've captured the park well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussienetman Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 hmmm - am going to hold off on the movieworld trip for a couple of weeks - Lethal Weapon is closed til the 20th July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yeah, it could be extended AGAIN though, it's been down since early May now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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