9 new rides coming to Luna Park Sydney

Luna Park Sydney will close for six months to undergo a $30 million overhaul from January 2021. 

The historic harbourside theme park first opened at Milson’s Point in 1935.

Eight of the new rides, including a family rollercoaster will open for the July 2021 school holidays.

They will replace several existing rides, including the Spider, in the children’s section of Luna Park Sydney.

The 9th ride

A new Big Dipper will replace the Tumblebug Scrambler ride in the midway section of the park. It will open in November or December 2021. 

“The state-of-the-art ‘one seat wide’ train is substantially smaller than the original Big Dipper at Luna Park,” the park said in a statement.

“It has been specifically designed to ride very low to the terrain where appropriate, in harmony with the historic landscape features of the site.”

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NSW Tourism Minister, Stuart Ayres announced the upgrades on Tuesday.

The refurbishment will be funded by owners and investors and the minister said he hoped it would send a strong signal to other tourism operators that now was the time to invest.

“If you can’t operate at full speed, or at full capacity, take this opportunity to invest in your product so that when everything’s open again and visitors are coming back you’ve got a great experience you can provide,” Ayres said.

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