Luna Park, Melbourne
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| Melbourne's Luna Park | |
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| Location | St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia,  |
| Website | www.lunapark.com.au |
| Owner | Linfox, Virtual Communities and Liberty Petrol |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Operating season | All year round |
| Rides | 16 total
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| Slogan | Just For Fun |
Melbourne's Luna Park is an amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Victoria, which is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in 1912 and has been operating since. It is the first of two Luna Parks still operating in Australia; the other is on Sydney Harbour.
The iconic "Mr Moon" gateway (1912, restored 1999), the Scenic Railway (1912) which is the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world, and the carousel (1913 restored 2000) are all heritage registered.
The park remains popular with children and their parents who have fond memories of the park from their youth.
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. Since the multi-million dollar purchase in early 2006, there have been no major renovations.
The park's beachfront site (along with the neighbouring Palais Theatre & the recently burned down Palace nightclub), is situated on crown land known as the 'Triangle Site'. The City of Port Phillip in consultation with the Victorian State Government is presently considering tenders to restore the Palais Theatre and redevelop the Palace Nightclub and car park section of the site. Lindsay Fox was part of a consortium that submitted a proposal which appears not to have made the final shortlist.
The park has featured on several occasions in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours
Luna Park is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
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[edit] Full list of rides
- Roller coasters
- Silly Serpent
- Scenic Railway - built in 1912, the Scenic Railway is the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world, and one of only 2 in existence requiring a brakesman to stand in the middle of the train. For these reasons, it is regarded as an ACE Coaster Classic.[1]
- Metropolis - a Galaxi roller coaster
- Other rides
- Ferris wheel
- Twin Dragon - a Pirate ship type ride
- Red Baron
- The Ghost Train - a Ghost train type ride which retains its 1936 tracks
- G Force
- Street Legal Dodgems - a Dodgem cars pavilion
- Shock Drop
- The Enterprise - popular Enterprise ride
- Arabian Merry
- Magical Carousel - a heritage Carousel built in 1913
- Spider
- Pharoah's Curse - a Kamikaze-style double-arm ranger
[edit] Past Attractions
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- Prison Break: Live!
- Kikki the Clown
- The Big Dipper
- Lara Croft - Tomb Raider Anniversary: Live!
[edit] Photo gallery
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 Luna Park from a distance showing part of the Scenic Railway |
 Inside Luna Park |
 The construction of Luna Park in 1912 |
[edit] External links
- Official Luna Park Melbourne website
- Luna Park Melbourne - accessibility
- St Kilda Historical Society article
- Luna Park, Melbourne is at coordinates Coordinates:
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