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Show West Nitro

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:18 pm
by Top Gunner14
I noticed last year that Show West got a new ride called the Nitro. Does anyone know where this came from or who manufactured it?Will this be at Perth Royal competin against the Hard Rock. This looks a bit different to the Hard Rock cause the seats face outwards. It looks great but does anyone know anymore about it. Here's a pic:

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Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:08 pm
by CoinKing
its a zamperla discovery. It will be at the perth royal show this year

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:23 pm
by Vee
A new ride last year and a new ride this year! :wink:

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:33 am
by princess
Great to see the west getting some new rides :lol:

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:06 pm
by benclare
Show West have an exceptional stable of rides; it's a shame they no longer travel to the eastern states. Their Ranger and roller coaster used to do the Sydney RES in the early 90's.

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:16 pm
by Top Gunner14
I didn't think it was a technical park street fighter. So its Zamperla. Ur right ben, show west have some great rides. They present them so well too. Their orbitor, ranger, crazy dance and all of their rides look fantastic. So the nitro will be competin against hard rock. I wonder how this will go.

Also has the superbowl been sold yet?

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:08 pm
by benclare
Top Gunner14 wrote: . Ur right ben, show west have some great rides. They present them so well too. Their orbitor, ranger, crazy dance and all of their rides look fantastic. So the nitro will be competin against hard rock. I wonder how this will go.

Also has the superbowl been sold yet?

Cheers
Top Gunner14
Ah, there's another great ride that has disappeared from our major east coast shows. Hopefully we'll see the Superbowl again some time.

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:32 pm
by Top Gunner14
Its a great ride from what i can gather. Last i saw it was hawkesbury a couple of years back

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:01 pm
by Zamperla
my mistake I stand corrected on Nitro.

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:30 pm
by CoinKing
Top Gunner14 wrote:I didn't think it was a technical park street fighter. So its Zamperla. Ur right ben, show west have some great rides. They present them so well too. Their orbitor, ranger, crazy dance and all of their rides look fantastic. So the nitro will be competin against hard rock. I wonder how this will go.

Also has the superbowl been sold yet?

Cheers
Top Gunner14

i thought the johnsons would be taking the hard rock to melbourne with their sky view wheel?

superbowl is still in perth.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:29 pm
by benclare
I'm pretty sure Hard Rock will be in Melbourne as will Skyview Wheel. I haven't seen an official ride list for Melb yet; it'll be interesting no doubt about that.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:38 pm
by HUSSRAINBOW
skyview is confirmed... most likely hard rock will... i dont see why not

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:48 pm
by Top Gunner14
Ur right huss, skyview is goin and i'm pretty sure hard rock is going. That's a great ride.

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:42 pm
by Hurricane
I also don't see why Hard Rock wouldn't go, as it's a very fun ride. I honestly can't decide if I prefer Hard Rock or Dreamworld's Claw as they both have their good and bad points. On another note, is the SkyView wheel the one that was at Ekka or the one from last year's Melbourne show that is going?

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:58 pm
by HUSSRAINBOW
melbourne will have both wheels....

Verfurths purple and white wheel, which is still currently at Birrarung Marr for an extended stay, and Sky View will be there also.... nice!

also I cant say im a fan of West's Ranger, the appearance is a bit basic... if you notice the lighting is a little different from the usual fabbri models (im talking the star in the middle)
but then again, i only have eyes for O'Neills Ranger! :mrgreen:

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:06 am
by Hurricane
I didn't really like O'neil's ranger from the pictures I've seen of it until it was refurbished. It now looks like a top ride, although I can't really comment as I've never seen it. I really do however like Watkins Kamikaze as well as Verfuth's Hangover.

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:07 pm
by benclare
I haven't seen Show West's Ranger for ages but I remember it being a lot louder than O'Neil's one which is really saying something! In contrast, the Hangover and Kamikaze are a lot quieter and Topgun is in between. Not sure which Ranger I prefer, O'Neil's has the best sound and goes the fastest I think but it doesn't stay upside down very long. Hangover which doesn't seem to tour NSW any more stays upside down for ages too long but is a laugh for sure.

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:10 pm
by Zamperla
Pretty sure Show West's Ranger was the first in Australia - it is a first-generation 1984-85 design.

O'Neils would be around 1988-89.

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:08 pm
by Top Gunner14
Also with showest's, they have all the lights up and down the arms. Watkin's kamikaze looks great with all the different coloured lights and artwork. O'neills looks great and gives u a good ride. But Top Gun i give the thumbs up too :D :D . It now looks great, good ride expierience, one of the best :!: i'll post some pics soon with its new paintjob.

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:16 pm
by CoinKing
i have heard that the TWIN FLIP has arrived at the showgrounds in perth, another new ride for perth this year

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:01 am
by Top Gunner14
WOW, that's very interesting for the twin flip to go. I know TPA do go but i'd never thought the twin flip would end up goin

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:47 am
by Vee
I should be there on the 16th for initial setup so I'll be sure to get plenty of photos

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:43 pm
by Top Gunner14
Great 2 hear Vee. It's always good 2 see some pre-show foto's and see what rides are at this years show

Cheers
Top Gunner14

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:34 pm
by benclare
Very surprising about Twin Flip being back in operation but definitely good news. Has it been sold perhaps?

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:05 pm
by Top Gunner14
I don't think its been sold yet. But it has been operatin a couple of times this year. When hawkesbury was on, i was told by one of the TPA crew it was at Orange in central NSW