Eureka Mountain Mine Ride
| Eureka Mountain Mine Ride | |
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The Eureka Mountain Mine Ride building.
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| Previously known as Los | |
| Dreamworld | |
| Park section | Gold Rush Country |
| Coordinates | 27°51′45.5″S 153°18′57″E / 27.862639°S 153.31583°ECoordinates: 27°51′45.5″S 153°18′57″E / 27.862639°S 153.31583°E |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | 11 December 1986 |
| Closing date | 7 November 2006 |
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| Type | Steel – Wild Mouse – Enclosed |
| Manufacturer | HyFab |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:10 |
| Trains | a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train. |
| Restraints | Seat belt |
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Eureka Mountain Mine Ride at RCDB Pictures of Eureka Mountain Mine Ride at RCDB |
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Eureka Mountain Mine Ride is a Wild Mouse steel roller coaster located at Dreamworld in Gold Coast, Australia. After closing for maintenance in 2006, the ride has remained inactive indefinitely. In early 2015, Dreamworld reported they were performing testing on the ride and that it may open in 2016, but it remains inactive.
The Eureka Mountain Mine Ride opened on 11 December 1986 alongside the Thunder River Rapids Ride as part of Dreamworld new land, Gold Rush Country.
On 7 November 2006, the Eureka Mountain Mine Ride closed for maintenance. At the time Dreamworld stated that the ride would be closed temporarily to ensure the safety of all guests. In 2010, Dreamworld stated that the closure of the ride "basically came down to new ride technology, upgraded safety regulations and responding to what the public wanted. Like the old Thunderbolt Rollercoaster, the mine ride served us well for 25 years and was “retired...” to make way for newer computerised attractions like The Claw, The Motorcoaster and AVPX. In Summary - rides have a life span - like a car - it comes to a time when you need to spend a lot of $$ to fix it up so when it is no longer a very popular attraction sometimes it is better to invest in something newer...... ". The ride itself remains standing to this day with the queue and entrance transformed to house a couple of carnival-style games.
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride was manufactured by Brisbane-based company, HyFab. The ride was a Wild Mouse roller coaster enclosed in Eureka Mountain. The ride would begin with guests entering the Eureka Mountain Mine and boarding one of several 4-seater cars. After being pulled up a chain lift hill, guests would be confronted by an animatronic miner who would light a stick of dynamite. After it explodes, the car would take guests through a variety of sharp, hairpin turns and fast, steep drops.
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride originally featured dual stations which allowed two cars to load and unload at the same time. In 2002, the practice of using these two stations was discontinued. In 2004, the ride system was upgraded.
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