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Luna Park, Melbourne

Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria. It opened on 13 December 1912, with a formal opening a week later, and has been operating almost continuously ever since.

Luna Park Melbourne
The entrance to Luna Park
LocationSt. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°52′05″S 144°58′35″E / 37.868036°S 144.976369°E / -37.868036; 144.976369Coordinates: 37°52′05″S 144°58′35″E / 37.868036°S 144.976369°E / -37.868036; 144.976369
Opened13 December 1912; 110 years ago (1912-12-13)[1]
OwnerLinfox, Virtual Communities, and Liberty Petrol
SloganJust For Fun
Operating seasonyear-round
Attractions
Total20
Roller coasters2
Websitewww.lunapark.com.au

History

Luna Park was built by American showman J.D. Williams,[2] together with the Phillips brothers Harold, Leon and Herman. Not much is known of their background, but they were involved in the building of picture theatres in Spokane, Washington and Vancouver before coming to Sydney in 1909 and quickly establishing a chain of luxury cinemas in that city and then Melbourne.[3]

They then took the lease of the Dreamland site, a failed amusement park on the St Kilda foreshore, and reputedly brought out experts directly from the birthplace of the amusement park, Coney Island in New York, to build an up to date attraction. It was to be named Luna Park, perhaps after the first park of that name, the 1903 Luna Park on Coney Island, or Luna Park, Seattle, opened in 1906. Melbourne's Luna Park opened on 13 December 1912, to huge crowds and was an immediate success.[4][5][6]

It is not clear exactly who designed the famous mouth entrance; T.S. Eslick is credited with the design of the park in the opening day brochure, and as the 'engineer-in-chief' in contemporary newspaper reports, while Vernon Churchill was described as the scenic artist "in whose fertile brain the various attractions have been arranged".[7]

In the years before World War I, the park was a great success, with attractions such as the Scenic Railway, Palais de Folies (later Giggle Palace), River Caves of the World, Penny Arcade, a Whitney Bros 'while-u-wait' photo booth, the American Bowl Slide, as well as live performances in the Palace of Illusions and on a permanent high-wire. Williams returned to the US around 1913, and helped found First National Films which subsequently became Warner Brothers. The Phillips brothers stayed on and ran the park until their deaths in the 1950s.[3]

Luna Park closed for the war, although the Scenic Railway continued to operate, and the park itself was still used for "patriotic or fund-raising events".[8] It did not re-open until an extensive overhaul in 1923 added new and improved attractions, such as the Big Dipper roller coaster, a water chute, a Noah's Ark, and a four-row carousel made in 1913 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (that had previously been at White City in Sydney).

Between the wars, a number of new attractions were made, including dodgem cars in 1926-7, and in 1934, a ghost train. In the 1950s, the park was refurbished, including the addition of The Rotor in 1951. The park remained popular throughout the 1950s, 1960s and into the late 1970s, when some of the earlier attractions began to be replaced by modern mechanical rides. A fire in 1981 destroyed the Giggle Palace, and in the same year the River Caves were declared unsafe, and demolished.[9] In 1989, the Big Dipper was demolished in anticipation of a new large roller coaster which never eventuated. The ride was also demolished due to safety concerns with its age, following a major derailment, that injured 20 people, on the older rollercoaster, the Scenic Railway.[3]

The main historic features of the park to remain include the iconic "Mr Moon" face entry and flanking towers (1912, restored 1999), the Scenic Railway (1912), which is the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in the world, and the carousel (1913 restored 2000). Other historic attractions include the ghost train (1934), and the fairytale-castle-style dodgems building constructed to house the newly patented ride in 1927 (the ride itself was relocated from the first floor of this building to the ground level in the late 1990s).

The park also includes many modern attractions such as the Coney Drop, the Spider, a ferris wheel, and other mechanical thrill-rides. The park remains popular with children and their parents who have fond memories of the park from their youth.

The remaining 28 years of a 50 years lease for Luna Park was sold in 1998, when two superannuation funds represented by BCR Asset Management bought it for $3 million.[10] They spent $10 million on extensive refurbishments, upgrading the services and safety for the first time in decades, upgrading existing rides and installing new ones, whilst retaining the fun-fair, fantasy themes. The Scenic Railway was overhauled, the face rebuilt, with a new fibreglass version placed over the remnants of the original plaster one, and the towers repainted in their traditional primary colours.[9] The carousel was also restored, returning the horses and the painted decoration to their original 1913 appearance.

A consortium headed by Melbourne transport magnate Lindsay Fox bought Luna Park in early 2005, pledging to restore it to the glory he remembers from his 1940s youth, spent in nearby Windsor.[10] As of 2021, none of these plans have come to fruition, but the Scenic Railway Station was given a facelift. Between December 2007 and June 2008, a major section of the Scenic Railway underwent major repairs and in 2010 the Coney Island Top Drop (a replica of Coney Tower at Coney Island's Luna Park) was purchased directly from Zamperla.

The park's triangular beachfront site is on government land, bounded by the O'Donnell Gardens on one side and Cavell Street on the other. Across this street is a larger triangle of foreshore crown land known as the 'Triangle Site', occupied by the grand 1920s Palais Theatre, the 1970s Palace nightclub (burned down in 2007), and car parking. The City of Port Phillip, in consultation with the Victorian State Government, ran a tender process in 2007 to restore the Palais Theatre and redevelop the remainder of the site. Lindsay Fox was part of a consortium that submitted a proposal which was unsuccessful.

The remaining heritage features of the park are listed on the National Trust of Australia, and the face and towers and Scenic Railway, and the carousel and its canopy, are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

In 2011 and 2012 Luna Park's sign was rebuilt in fibreglass. Work was done on the face while under scaffolding with a material with Mr Moon and the towers printed on it. On 13 December 2012, the amusement park celebrated its centenary.[11] In August 2013, it was announced that a new permanent thrill ride would be installed in the coming months. The ride replaced the G-Force and was revealed to be a permanent installation of the Power Surge, which had previously been a seasonal ride.

In 2014–15 the 'House of Carnivale' was built in the site that had once been the Jack'n'Jill, and later the Pinball Arcade, with food venues on the ground level and a function room upstairs. This was the first permanent building on the Luna Park site since the ghost train in 1936.

Other Luna Parks

Luna Park in St Kilda spawned three other Luna Parks that were eventually built or planned around Australia, and there were another two places that used the name.

In 1930 the Phillips brothers branched out and built a second Luna Park in the Adelaide seaside suburb of Glenelg, managed by David Atkins. The Glenelg park had an exact clone of Melbourne's Big Dipper that operated at Sydney until 1979. In the face of Council's refusal to lower the rental, and local opposition, when a site in Sydney became available in Milsons Point Sydney, they dismantled the rides and relocated the venture. With a new face entrance and a version of the Giggle Palace called Coney Island, Luna Park Sydney was an immediate success, and still operates, albeit with the loss of most original rides.

In 1938 T. S. Eslick reappeared in Australia and built the Cloudland Ballroom which was originally called Luna Park, and had a few rides clustered around it. World War II intervened, and the park was soon closed, with the ballroom reopening in 1942 to become a popular part of the Brisbane entertainment scene until its shock demolition in 1982.

In 1944 a small cluster of amusements on the foreshore of the seaside Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe adopted the name Luna Park, and operated until the last ride closed in the late 1960s.[12]

Another collection of rides, complete with a much-simplified version of the mouth entrance, opened in the Perth seaside suburb of Scarborough, Western Australia in 1939. It lasted 33 years before being demolished in 1972 for a shopping centre.[13]

Current rides

 
The Scenic Railway, is the world's oldest continually operating roller coaster.
 
The Power Surge
  • Speedy Beetle – Spinning children's roller coaster manufactured by SBF Visa Group. Opened in 2019. Replaced the aging Silly Serpent ride.
  • Moon Balloons – Enjoy the smooth glide to the top as your balloon lifts up to the skies! Small version of the classic Ferris wheel.
  • The Great Scenic Railway – Opened in December 1912, the Scenic Railway is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the world (after the 1902 Leap-The-Dips in Pennsylvania), the oldest continually operating roller coaster in the world, and one of only seven remaining roller coasters that require a brakeman to stand in the middle of the train.[6] For these reasons, it is regarded as an ACE Coaster Classic.[14] Originally built from 65,674m of Canadian Oregon pine (Douglas Fir), the track is 967 metres long. The Scenic Railway's scaffolding is made up of 322 posts. Each train weighs nearly 2 tonnes and reaches speeds of 60 km/h. The Scenic train shed, behind Pharaoh's Curse, is heritage listed.
  • Sky Rider ferris wheel – Built 1971, moved slightly in 2001 in the parks refurbishment to fit the enterprise.
  • Twin Dragon – A Japanese-built Pirate ship dragon type ride, pendulum swings.
  • Supernova – Built and installed in 2019. Take to the skies for a 360° spin on this giant tower that will make you want to scream with joy!
  • Red Baron – Built 2001
  • The Ghost Train – A ghost train which retains its 1934 tracks. The ghost train was purchased from the Pretzel Amusement Ride Company in 1934. It is one of the only Pretzel dark rides left in the world.
  • Dodgems – Built 2000 – a Dodgem cars pavilion, based on the original 1927 dodgem cars. The cars are imported from Italy and the old Dodgems track is now the dance floor in the Luna Palace Function room.
  • The Enterprise – Built 1979, installed 1993 – popular HUSS Enterprise ride. As HUSS no longer manufactures the ride, maintenance costs are increasing.
  • Coney Drop – Built 2010, by Zamperla. The same ride is also installed at Luna Park, Coney Island, only taller and under the name Coney Tower. It is 13 metres tall.
  • Arabian Merry – A children's ride designed to look the same style as the entrance towers.
  • Luna Park Carousel – A heritage carousel built in 1913 by the renowned Philadelphia Toboggan Company in the United States (PTC #30). This is one of the few examples of their work outside the US and as with the Scenic Railway of heritage value to the culture of theme parks in the United States as well as in Australia. In the centre is a Limonaire Freres large band organ made in 1909. There are 68 horses and chariots and each horse is unique and has a name.
  • Spider – Built 1983, the 'Spider' model ride was first manufactured in 1967 by Eyerly Aircraft Company. It holds 24 passengers and is a flat ride that can be transported and therefore is not uncommon to be seen at carnivals. In 2001, artist and children's book author, Leigh Hobbs, designed a head to sit on the spider ride, seen today.
  • Pharaoh's Curse – The Pharaoh's curse is a hydraulic powered Japanese style Kamikaze Pendulum style ride at Luna Park Melbourne. It is also known as "Double Arm Ranger", "Scissors", "Skymaster" and "Sky Flyer". There are at least 5 in Australia. It first made its debut in 1984, and was manufactured by FarFabbri & Sartori.
  • The Power Surge – Permanently installed in 2013. Previously a seasonally operated ride.[15]
  • The Road Runner – Built 2017, rotary slide ride.
  • Betty Choo Choo – Trackless train. The little Lunies love to ride around the park alongside their grown-ups.
  • Happy Swing – Built in 2020, a Zamperla Happy Swing.

Past attractions

  • Giggle Palace (Palais de Folies) – Built 1912, demolished 1981, destroyed by a fire lit by arsonists.
  • River Caves (1912–1981, demolished)
  • Jack'n'Jill (Water Chute) (1928 – c. 1970, demolished)
  • Noah's Ark (1923 – c. 1978, demolished)
  • Big Dipper (Rollercoaster) (1923–1989, demolished)[3]
  • Whip (1923 – c. 1981 demolished)
  • Rotor (1951–1977, demolished)
  • UFO (1977–1983)
  • Hurricane (1982–1986)
  • Gravitron (1984–2001)
  • Zipper (1989–1995)
  • Ranger (1991–1992)
  • Polyps Octopus (1991–1993)
  • Ferrari 500 go kart (1984–1989)
  • Shoot 'Em Up Gallery (1927–2005)
  • Cyclone / Scat (1975–1984, 1993–2001, 2014 Seasonal Ride)
  • Here Comes Haley Holloway! (1988–1999)
  • Prison Break: Live! (Temporary Attraction)
  • Lara Croft – Tomb Raider Anniversary: Live! (Temporary Attraction)
  • Shock Drop (2001–2010) – Was replaced by the more advanced Coney Island Drop.
  • Metropolis (Rollercoaster) (1993–2012, dismantled)
  • G-Force / Disco Swing (1986–2013)
  • Mirror Maze – The mirror maze was made up of 75 individual mirrors. (2005-2021)
  • Freak Out (2015)
  • Body Rock
  • Pirates Revenge (2017)
  • Silly Serpent / Dragon (1989–2019, Dismantled) Powered-train Zamperla children's coaster on a looping 540ft track, was replaced by SBF Visa's own more advanced Speedy Beetle spinning coaster in 2018.
  • Holodeck – A Motion Simulator ride. No longer in operation

References

  1. ^ "OH BOY! LUNA PARK IN 1912". The Argus. No. 33, 506. Melbourne. 23 January 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 13 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Frederick Ingersoll is most closely associated with Luna Parks around the world, and though is said to have worked on plans for a park in Australia, did not, in fact, build the Melbourne example.Luna Park – Just for Fun, Sam Marshall, Luna Park Sydney P / L, 2005,
  3. ^ a b c d . St Kilda Historical Society. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
  4. ^ "LUNA-PARK". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 December 1912. p. 19. Retrieved 28 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ NFSA. "The Opening of Luna Park Melbourne". YouTube.
  6. ^ a b "Luna Park, St Kilda". Malvern Standard. Vol. 9, no. 507. Victoria, Australia. 21 December 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "St Kilda by the Sea: Luna Park". Prahran Telegraph. 21 September 1912. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. ^ "The History of Luna Park". Luna Park. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Luna Park – Face & Scenic Railway in the National Trust Database"
  10. ^ a b "Luna Park fan Fox follows his heart". The Age. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. ^ Centenary celebrations for Melbourne's Luna Park. ABC News. 13 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Redcliffe – Esplanade Walk". Moreton Bay Regional Council Heritage trails. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Perth's past pleasures an eclectic mix of thrills and spills". ABC Radio. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ ACE Coaster Classic Awards 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ http://www.lunapark.com.au/index.php?sectionID=6055&pageID=10807[dead link]
Notes
  • Luna Park Official History

External links

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Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda Melbourne Victoria It opened on 13 December 1912 with a formal opening a week later and has been operating almost continuously ever since Luna Park MelbourneThe entrance to Luna ParkLocationSt Kilda Melbourne Victoria AustraliaCoordinates37 52 05 S 144 58 35 E 37 868036 S 144 976369 E 37 868036 144 976369 Coordinates 37 52 05 S 144 58 35 E 37 868036 S 144 976369 E 37 868036 144 976369Opened13 December 1912 110 years ago 1912 12 13 1 OwnerLinfox Virtual Communities and Liberty PetrolSloganJust For FunOperating seasonyear roundAttractionsTotal20Roller coasters2Websitewww wbr lunapark wbr com wbr au Contents 1 History 2 Other Luna Parks 3 Current rides 4 Past attractions 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditLuna Park was built by American showman J D Williams 2 together with the Phillips brothers Harold Leon and Herman Not much is known of their background but they were involved in the building of picture theatres in Spokane Washington and Vancouver before coming to Sydney in 1909 and quickly establishing a chain of luxury cinemas in that city and then Melbourne 3 They then took the lease of the Dreamland site a failed amusement park on the St Kilda foreshore and reputedly brought out experts directly from the birthplace of the amusement park Coney Island in New York to build an up to date attraction It was to be named Luna Park perhaps after the first park of that name the 1903 Luna Park on Coney Island or Luna Park Seattle opened in 1906 Melbourne s Luna Park opened on 13 December 1912 to huge crowds and was an immediate success 4 5 6 It is not clear exactly who designed the famous mouth entrance T S Eslick is credited with the design of the park in the opening day brochure and as the engineer in chief in contemporary newspaper reports while Vernon Churchill was described as the scenic artist in whose fertile brain the various attractions have been arranged 7 In the years before World War I the park was a great success with attractions such as the Scenic Railway Palais de Folies later Giggle Palace River Caves of the World Penny Arcade a Whitney Bros while u wait photo booth the American Bowl Slide as well as live performances in the Palace of Illusions and on a permanent high wire Williams returned to the US around 1913 and helped found First National Films which subsequently became Warner Brothers The Phillips brothers stayed on and ran the park until their deaths in the 1950s 3 Luna Park closed for the war although the Scenic Railway continued to operate and the park itself was still used for patriotic or fund raising events 8 It did not re open until an extensive overhaul in 1923 added new and improved attractions such as the Big Dipper roller coaster a water chute a Noah s Ark and a four row carousel made in 1913 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company that had previously been at White City in Sydney Between the wars a number of new attractions were made including dodgem cars in 1926 7 and in 1934 a ghost train In the 1950s the park was refurbished including the addition of The Rotor in 1951 The park remained popular throughout the 1950s 1960s and into the late 1970s when some of the earlier attractions began to be replaced by modern mechanical rides A fire in 1981 destroyed the Giggle Palace and in the same year the River Caves were declared unsafe and demolished 9 In 1989 the Big Dipper was demolished in anticipation of a new large roller coaster which never eventuated The ride was also demolished due to safety concerns with its age following a major derailment that injured 20 people on the older rollercoaster the Scenic Railway 3 The main historic features of the park to remain include the iconic Mr Moon face entry and flanking towers 1912 restored 1999 the Scenic Railway 1912 which is the oldest continuously operating roller coaster in the world and the carousel 1913 restored 2000 Other historic attractions include the ghost train 1934 and the fairytale castle style dodgems building constructed to house the newly patented ride in 1927 the ride itself was relocated from the first floor of this building to the ground level in the late 1990s The park also includes many modern attractions such as the Coney Drop the Spider a ferris wheel and other mechanical thrill rides The park remains popular with children and their parents who have fond memories of the park from their youth The remaining 28 years of a 50 years lease for Luna Park was sold in 1998 when two superannuation funds represented by BCR Asset Management bought it for 3 million 10 They spent 10 million on extensive refurbishments upgrading the services and safety for the first time in decades upgrading existing rides and installing new ones whilst retaining the fun fair fantasy themes The Scenic Railway was overhauled the face rebuilt with a new fibreglass version placed over the remnants of the original plaster one and the towers repainted in their traditional primary colours 9 The carousel was also restored returning the horses and the painted decoration to their original 1913 appearance A consortium headed by Melbourne transport magnate Lindsay Fox bought Luna Park in early 2005 pledging to restore it to the glory he remembers from his 1940s youth spent in nearby Windsor 10 As of 2021 none of these plans have come to fruition but the Scenic Railway Station was given a facelift Between December 2007 and June 2008 a major section of the Scenic Railway underwent major repairs and in 2010 the Coney Island Top Drop a replica of Coney Tower at Coney Island s Luna Park was purchased directly from Zamperla The park s triangular beachfront site is on government land bounded by the O Donnell Gardens on one side and Cavell Street on the other Across this street is a larger triangle of foreshore crown land known as the Triangle Site occupied by the grand 1920s Palais Theatre the 1970s Palace nightclub burned down in 2007 and car parking The City of Port Phillip in consultation with the Victorian State Government ran a tender process in 2007 to restore the Palais Theatre and redevelop the remainder of the site Lindsay Fox was part of a consortium that submitted a proposal which was unsuccessful The remaining heritage features of the park are listed on the National Trust of Australia and the face and towers and Scenic Railway and the carousel and its canopy are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register In 2011 and 2012 Luna Park s sign was rebuilt in fibreglass Work was done on the face while under scaffolding with a material with Mr Moon and the towers printed on it On 13 December 2012 the amusement park celebrated its centenary 11 In August 2013 it was announced that a new permanent thrill ride would be installed in the coming months The ride replaced the G Force and was revealed to be a permanent installation of the Power Surge which had previously been a seasonal ride In 2014 15 the House of Carnivale was built in the site that had once been the Jack n Jill and later the Pinball Arcade with food venues on the ground level and a function room upstairs This was the first permanent building on the Luna Park site since the ghost train in 1936 Other Luna Parks EditLuna Park in St Kilda spawned three other Luna Parks that were eventually built or planned around Australia and there were another two places that used the name In 1930 the Phillips brothers branched out and built a second Luna Park in the Adelaide seaside suburb of Glenelg managed by David Atkins The Glenelg park had an exact clone of Melbourne s Big Dipper that operated at Sydney until 1979 In the face of Council s refusal to lower the rental and local opposition when a site in Sydney became available in Milsons Point Sydney they dismantled the rides and relocated the venture With a new face entrance and a version of the Giggle Palace called Coney Island Luna Park Sydney was an immediate success and still operates albeit with the loss of most original rides In 1938 T S Eslick reappeared in Australia and built the Cloudland Ballroom which was originally called Luna Park and had a few rides clustered around it World War II intervened and the park was soon closed with the ballroom reopening in 1942 to become a popular part of the Brisbane entertainment scene until its shock demolition in 1982 In 1944 a small cluster of amusements on the foreshore of the seaside Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe adopted the name Luna Park and operated until the last ride closed in the late 1960s 12 Another collection of rides complete with a much simplified version of the mouth entrance opened in the Perth seaside suburb of Scarborough Western Australia in 1939 It lasted 33 years before being demolished in 1972 for a shopping centre 13 Current rides Edit The Scenic Railway is the world s oldest continually operating roller coaster The Power Surge Speedy Beetle Spinning children s roller coaster manufactured by SBF Visa Group Opened in 2019 Replaced the aging Silly Serpent ride Moon Balloons Enjoy the smooth glide to the top as your balloon lifts up to the skies Small version of the classic Ferris wheel The Great Scenic Railway Opened in December 1912 the Scenic Railway is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the world after the 1902 Leap The Dips in Pennsylvania the oldest continually operating roller coaster in the world and one of only seven remaining roller coasters that require a brakeman to stand in the middle of the train 6 For these reasons it is regarded as an ACE Coaster Classic 14 Originally built from 65 674m of Canadian Oregon pine Douglas Fir the track is 967 metres long The Scenic Railway s scaffolding is made up of 322 posts Each train weighs nearly 2 tonnes and reaches speeds of 60 km h The Scenic train shed behind Pharaoh s Curse is heritage listed Sky Rider ferris wheel Built 1971 moved slightly in 2001 in the parks refurbishment to fit the enterprise Twin Dragon A Japanese built Pirate ship dragon type ride pendulum swings Supernova Built and installed in 2019 Take to the skies for a 360 spin on this giant tower that will make you want to scream with joy Red Baron Built 2001 The Ghost Train A ghost train which retains its 1934 tracks The ghost train was purchased from the Pretzel Amusement Ride Company in 1934 It is one of the only Pretzel dark rides left in the world Dodgems Built 2000 a Dodgem cars pavilion based on the original 1927 dodgem cars The cars are imported from Italy and the old Dodgems track is now the dance floor in the Luna Palace Function room The Enterprise Built 1979 installed 1993 popular HUSS Enterprise ride As HUSS no longer manufactures the ride maintenance costs are increasing Coney Drop Built 2010 by Zamperla The same ride is also installed at Luna Park Coney Island only taller and under the name Coney Tower It is 13 metres tall Arabian Merry A children s ride designed to look the same style as the entrance towers Luna Park Carousel A heritage carousel built in 1913 by the renowned Philadelphia Toboggan Company in the United States PTC 30 This is one of the few examples of their work outside the US and as with the Scenic Railway of heritage value to the culture of theme parks in the United States as well as in Australia In the centre is a Limonaire Freres large band organ made in 1909 There are 68 horses and chariots and each horse is unique and has a name Spider Built 1983 the Spider model ride was first manufactured in 1967 by Eyerly Aircraft Company It holds 24 passengers and is a flat ride that can be transported and therefore is not uncommon to be seen at carnivals In 2001 artist and children s book author Leigh Hobbs designed a head to sit on the spider ride seen today Pharaoh s Curse The Pharaoh s curse is a hydraulic powered Japanese style Kamikaze Pendulum style ride at Luna Park Melbourne It is also known as Double Arm Ranger Scissors Skymaster and Sky Flyer There are at least 5 in Australia It first made its debut in 1984 and was manufactured by FarFabbri amp Sartori The Power Surge Permanently installed in 2013 Previously a seasonally operated ride 15 The Road Runner Built 2017 rotary slide ride Betty Choo Choo Trackless train The little Lunies love to ride around the park alongside their grown ups Happy Swing Built in 2020 a Zamperla Happy Swing Past attractions EditGiggle Palace Palais de Folies Built 1912 demolished 1981 destroyed by a fire lit by arsonists River Caves 1912 1981 demolished Jack n Jill Water Chute 1928 c 1970 demolished Noah s Ark 1923 c 1978 demolished Big Dipper Rollercoaster 1923 1989 demolished 3 Whip 1923 c 1981 demolished Rotor 1951 1977 demolished UFO 1977 1983 Hurricane 1982 1986 Gravitron 1984 2001 Zipper 1989 1995 Ranger 1991 1992 Polyps Octopus 1991 1993 Ferrari 500 go kart 1984 1989 Shoot Em Up Gallery 1927 2005 Cyclone Scat 1975 1984 1993 2001 2014 Seasonal Ride Here Comes Haley Holloway 1988 1999 Prison Break Live Temporary Attraction Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary Live Temporary Attraction Shock Drop 2001 2010 Was replaced by the more advanced Coney Island Drop Metropolis Rollercoaster 1993 2012 dismantled G Force Disco Swing 1986 2013 Mirror Maze The mirror maze was made up of 75 individual mirrors 2005 2021 Freak Out 2015 Body Rock Pirates Revenge 2017 Silly Serpent Dragon 1989 2019 Dismantled Powered train Zamperla children s coaster on a looping 540ft track was replaced by SBF Visa s own more advanced Speedy Beetle spinning coaster in 2018 Holodeck A Motion Simulator ride No longer in operationReferences Edit OH BOY LUNA PARK IN 1912 The Argus No 33 506 Melbourne 23 January 1954 p 7 Retrieved 13 February 2017 via National Library of Australia Frederick Ingersoll is most closely associated with Luna Parks around the world and though is said to have worked on plans for a park in Australia did not in fact build the Melbourne example Luna Park Just for Fun Sam Marshall Luna Park Sydney P L 2005 a b c d LUNA PARK Catherine Woo City of St Kilda 1991 St Kilda Historical Society Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 Retrieved 13 March 2007 LUNA PARK The Argus Melbourne 14 December 1912 p 19 Retrieved 28 September 2015 via National Library of Australia NFSA The Opening of Luna Park Melbourne YouTube a b Luna Park St Kilda Malvern Standard Vol 9 no 507 Victoria Australia 21 December 1912 p 3 Retrieved 18 May 2016 via National Library of Australia St Kilda by the Sea Luna Park Prahran Telegraph 21 September 1912 Retrieved 4 November 2017 The History of Luna Park Luna Park Retrieved 21 September 2019 a b Luna Park Face amp Scenic Railway in the National Trust Database a b Luna Park fan Fox follows his heart The Age 23 June 2005 Retrieved 23 August 2019 Centenary celebrations for Melbourne s Luna Park ABC News 13 December 2012 Redcliffe Esplanade Walk Moreton Bay Regional Council Heritage trails Retrieved 20 June 2019 Perth s past pleasures an eclectic mix of thrills and spills ABC Radio 23 December 2018 Retrieved 20 June 2019 ACE Coaster Classic Awards Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine http www lunapark com au index php sectionID 6055 amp pageID 10807 dead link NotesLuna Park Official HistoryExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luna Park Melbourne Official website St Kilda Historical Society article Phillips brothers biography https daysgoneby2 blogspot com 2017 12 qicong lin flickr phillips brothers html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luna Park Melbourne amp oldid 1128641901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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