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Thailand Photo TR: Final PArk, Dreamworld now up.

Postby dubaidave » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:49 pm

Here's my recent trip to Thailand. I had been before but never done all the parks.
This is pretty much in Chronological order.
First up is Pattaya.
Now Pattaya gets a bad rap as a sex tourism destination, which it still is, but they are trying to attract a broader spectrum of people.
I am sure everyone knows about the Big Tower with the strange SBNO launched coaster, but you will have to wait to see that.
First up we visited Ripley's, They have the whole top floor of a shopping centre and, besides the usual Believe It Or Not museum, they have 3 other world class attractions.
A big thank you must go to the Manager of Ripley's for showing us around and allowing me to photograph places that are not normally allowed.
Also a huge thanks must go to my travelling companion, David, for putting up with me being so geeky about these attractions and, also, appearing in most of the photos.
Finally sorry to the guy with the red shirt who seemed to be following us round the attractions, and hence, was also in a lot of photos.
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Ripley`s can easily be spotted from outside.
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Haunted adventure is their latest attraction. And very good it was too.
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There are 4 attractions here.
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First up was the infinity maze.
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I had read about this a little, but it was far better than I had imagined.
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You wear white gloves...
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....and socks
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Then head in to the maze.
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Here is the random guy in red.
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Did I say thank you to David for being in all my pics? And representing.
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You are in Pitch black and have to feel your way out of some rooms.
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The flash doesn't really do this place justice. All the rooms had different lighting and special effects in them.
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Yay, it`s me.
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This place really was stunning.
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In this room you had to push one of the square in order to open the door.
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the bubble room
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I know its blurry, but it gives you some idea of the colours involved.
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Thanks to the staff
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Postby Axman » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:55 pm

Really nice pics! The maze looks trippy!!!
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Postby dubaidave » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:21 pm

Next up was Ripley`s Haunted adventure, motion cineama and the museum itself.
The Haunted adventure was the only place I was not allowed to photograph inside. They had a couple of actors and lots of animatronics. The best one was a man falling off a ladder.

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Haunted Adventure
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See that guy in red gets everywhere.
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The motion cinema
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even the waiting areas were themed.
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The sync was a little off, but overall a good effort
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Did I say Thank you to David for putting up with me?
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It was quite a big theatre
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Beware the next few pics are a bit geeky.
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last but not least the museum itself.
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The other side of the plane that protrudes from the building
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It was the usual Ripley's stuff
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Thanks to the manager for showing us round.
Funnyland is up next.
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This is the film we saw.
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Postby the sound » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:39 pm

Infinity is a total rip off of the Gold Coast's version of Infinity.
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Postby dubaidave » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:01 am

Pattaya Funny Land is a, if you excuse the pun, funny little park. Located at the Pattaya Park Tower hotel It has 2 coasters a tower shot and a water park, oh and a very tall tower you can jump off.
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The tower itself is 55 stories high.
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see, I told you
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Can you see those wires?
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you can go down on this cable car
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or you can jump off
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We decided to go back down in the lift
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The water park
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This is the working coaster
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Slalom is very rough. and has a strange lift hill
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It has one of those rotating things.
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That hits this part of the car
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The moment of impact is not much fun
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The ride itself is not bad
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Its quite rough
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But you do get a couple of pops of airtime
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They even have an on ride photo
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The other main ride here was the tower shot
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The restraints didn't lock properly so you got a bit of bonus airtime when you hit the top.
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Maybe it was just me, but this ride almost looked homemade.
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I am sure this is what you have all been waiting for
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Postby The Cheat » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:19 am

Is that a Reverse Freefall?
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Postby dubaidave » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:03 am

OK here we go.
This is the infamouse launched coaster at Pattaya Park Funny Land. As far as I know it has never operated. It used a compressed air powered cable launch system. The seats have been removed as have several air tanks and a strange plunger device on the back.

I knew this coaster was in a closed section of the park so I did not think I would be able to get very close. As it happened I was able to climb all over the track.
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The ride still looks quite good from a distance.
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Here's the cable
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And the remaining air tank
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Brake fins
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am I the only person that would claim this as a credit?
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The seats had been removed
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Extreme POV
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This must have been a great ride to see testing.
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one last look at the tower
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The view from our hotel
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If you look closely you can see the top of Pattaya Park Tower.
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one last thank you to David for helping me represent.
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Postby kaliboiryda510 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:03 am

Excelent photos of the reverse freefall!!! Thats IS what i have been waiting for!! And is that a key still in the panel?! Did your guys turn it and see if there was any power to the ride?! Haha!! I hope not though!!

Well, an all together awsome P:TR!!!
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Postby dubaidave » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:09 am

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No we didnt turn the key. There must have been some power because they were charging batteries from the ride.
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Postby dubaidave » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:20 pm

This was a bit of an unknown for me. I knew they had a shuttle loop and that was about it.
I also knew that they had recently bought 2 new coasters. Overall I thought this park was great. Unfortunately the was construction work everywhere.
Oh, and main street was a copy of disney's, well, sort of.
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The entry plaza looks really nice.
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But first I spy something in the car park.
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Yay, coater track
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Hmm whats that in the back of the photo?
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That's not coaster track on the right.
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Up skirt of the giant drop, also in the car par.
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There is also a flying carpet ride in there somewhere
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and a Condor I think.
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Just in case you didn't know what type of coaster it was.
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The track was getting a nice coast of paint.
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Lets move inside the park
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