2007/08 Xmas Carnivals

HUSSRAINBOW · Post by **HUSSRAINBOW** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:24 am

Top Gunner14 wrote:Sounds good huss. Wat rides hav gone in the past?

Stereosonic is the first festival this year, run by the ONE LOVE group... so should be a good festival

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:51 pm

Ok, thanx for the info huss

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:32 pm

Heres a picture of a tango and the seats or standup restrain system

this is the caption from the pic: (the tango, aka ball crusher) Solook out boys when riding skywalker, make sure u wear a cup

Matt Diabolism · Post by **Matt Diabolism** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:11 pm

Hmmm,looks pretty uncomfortable.But I guess you cant really judge until you've ridden it.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:32 am

I had the same thouht as u when i first saw it. Ill test it out when ive ridden it. Probably standin up adds to the thrill more rather than seats

princess · Post by **princess** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:42 am

There appears to be a place for the cheeks, girls is there anyone in particular you would like to see on this ride.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:05 pm

Yeh princess, its kind of a little seat to hold u in

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:59 pm

So you actually stand up on the Skywalker? It sure sounds like an interesting ride, one I am willing to try although it does sound quite scary. Will check it out on December 19. By the way, is Space Ball still going to Coffs? I hope it is because it sounds like fun too.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:09 pm

At this stage, SPACE BALL will be at Coffs.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:16 pm

Yes i cant wait to ride skywalker and yes u do stand up in it ben. Good to hear spaceball still goin

princess · Post by **princess** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:22 pm

Topgunner the people in your picture look familiar, do we know them?

Aussie Ride Broker · Post by **Aussie Ride Broker** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:43 pm

Well Huss Rainbow the March's head to WA whilst Melbourne is on so if you want to ride SKY WALKER then RES is the place to be. To check the ride out go to the KMG Website for photos of the new ride under TANGO

Post by **Zamperla** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:30 pm

Ben no you don't stand up on Sky Walker - basically the seats are like a slimmed down version of what you get on Spaceroller - from what I can see the restraint hugs you around the waist (goes over the shoulder like Spaceroller) you sit in a row in a similar fashion to Spaceroller.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:46 pm

It looks like ur standin up more than u r on the space roller

princess · Post by **princess** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:40 am

The Skyview wheel is up and in place at Darling Harbour, it is set right back towards the Entertainment Centre and looks very small in comparision to all the buildings surrounding it.

HUSSRAINBOW · Post by **HUSSRAINBOW** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:15 am

Went to Stereosonic on Saturday.... was a fantastic day/night!
the rides that were there were:
Hard Rock (Which gave pretty short and slower rides due to the heat)
Twin Flip
Paratrooper
Cliffhanger
Roller Ghoster
Crazy Coaster
Numero Uno Dodgems
Raupen Bahn
Euroslide

and various games. Also a Scrambler was there 2 days before setting up, but it must of had problems, so it was removed from the carnival and wasnt to be seen at all.

princess · Post by **princess** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:27 pm

So we cuold safely say, that this was a Pickett event.

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:44 pm

Wat a great line up. Did u take any pics? Also princess, i saw in the paper that Sophie Delizio was one of the first people 2 ride i. Hope it goes well the wheel there

Post by **Zamperla** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:51 pm

HUSSR what a high number of rides for a music event (or was it a carnival, with a couple of stages)

Am interested to know about how popular the rides were - what capacity etc. were the rides running?

Good to see Twin Flip back from its extended 'AWOL'

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:21 am

There are so many good carnivals around at the moment! Like the awesome one Huss described in Melbourne, many RSL Leagues and Recreation Clubs here in Sydney have hired carnival rides for their Christmas parties; look out around town, you might be pleasantly surprised! I know Blacktown Worker's Club just had a good carnival that featured the Ranger, Waveswinger, Rock-n-tug, Cha Cha, Tilt and more!

As for the Skyview Wheel, it's definitely in the wrong place. It should be down near the Wharf, near where the old Wittingslow fun park used to operate, near the present day McDonalds.

princess · Post by **princess** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:34 am

definitely agree Ben very badly placed.

matterhorn · Post by **matterhorn** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:06 pm

well its offical the xmass carnival at brigten is dead so the durkin carnival will be going down to eden for five weeks should be a good turn out as far as i know everything of durkins is going down there

princess · Post by **princess** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:30 am

surprise surprise surprise

Top Gunner14 · Post by **Top Gunner14** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:05 am

Ben, the workers club party was at the showground. Was headed by John Phelan and they had the almighty Top Gun, Youngs Music Trip, Hurricane, Giant Slide, Sizzler, Dodgems and heaps of kids rides. Just to show how many people were there, the centre ring was full of cars and all around the ring cars everywhere

Cheers
Top Gunner14

benclare · Post by **benclare** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:23 am

You are right Topgunner. The carnival was at Blacktown Showground, was organised by the Worker's Club and I hear the crowds were enormous. A friend of mine who went reckons the queue for the Dogem Cars alone took over an hour to thin out. Were you there? Unfortunately I didn't find out about the carnival until it was over.