New Zealands only real park, whos been there???

has anyone here ever been to a park in NZ called rainbows end???? its located in manakau, auckland and has this

arrow loopscew

pinfari dragon coaster

custom babbage mine train

flume (intamin or arrow i think, 1982)

and now a

intamin Giant Drop standing a whopping 177ft high (with a nice view when you ride the car looking out towards the entrance, the looper looks good from there)

they might be adding a..................when managment might be changed

Top Spin

SLC

Boomie(nooooooooo)

Vekoma woodie

but anyhoo, has anyone been to this park besides me, does anybody in this forum live in new zealand, does anyone feel as coaster deprived as me?????

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Your not the only Kiwi here!

Yeah Ive been to Rainbows End a few times ... its good for what it is. But Im not telling the World about it.

As for Coaster deprived?

You Bet! That why I make the annual pilgrammage to Cali and Florida. Nothing in NZ or Aussie touches Montu, Duelling Dragons, Hulk, Kumba, Gwazi, Riddlers Revenge, Goliath, Medusa West, Kraken etc. Even SFMM 'Old Man' Collossus kicks Aussie Wonderlands The Beast hands down. My Brother and I are going for my fourth CA, FL trip, his first.

Then their Japan and Europe but thats another story completely.

Dont expect another Coaster here unless they're giving them away (Mind you we may get those one they cant run in Oz anymore because of the Insurance). Giant Drop is a nice addition but I was thinking an Xcellerator would be the sh*t!

do u live in NZ, where at??

im not goin to be able to get out of the country because im only 13, but anyway.

id love to see something new here that moves on track very fast

like an intamin jr hyper

ala. GOLIATH

and where you said not to expect another coaster here, that really lowered my hopes, i might as well go burn the place down

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*** This post was edited by Fler on 7/4/2002. ***

Well! The Legend lives in Wellington and has been a Coaster nut for many years now.

If you think about it $1 NZD buys 48 cents American. Xcelleartor cost about 12-16 million US thats about 25-33 million NZD. So chances of any other Coasters in NZ is very very small.

My advice to you my young friend is concentrate on the education to get a good job to get enough money to make the pilgrammages to Coaster Clusters Worldwide (eg. CA, OH, FL in the US etc) like I have since '96. You cannot possibly appreciate Coasters until you have ridden the best the World has to offer.

Life is harder for us because we must earn twice as much to enjoy half as much as the Americans, Europreans and even the Japanese do. But if you set your goals and work hard, you can succeed.

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If Lifes a Rollercoaster, I want a Flawless

*** This post was edited by The Legend on 7/4/2002. ***

well arent i going to have a fun life, when i can, im gonna move and never come back

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Don't say that. I've visited NZ and I loved every minute of it. Sure you don't have the amusement parks and coasters, but IMO there are more important and better things in life. If you are in need of an adrenaline charge, just head down to Queenstown. The things I did there are better than any coaster that I've ever ridden. But I would take the Legends advice, not because you can ride more coasters, but to allow you to experience different cultures and travel the earth (and then riding coasters too). My advice is to learn to scuba dive and travel to Australia, that's what I did.