When was rainbows end made

We have to be vigilant and cost-conscious, dealing creatively and doing quite a few things ourselves. The international tourism market is booming in New Zealand at the moment.

Tto the point where it has outstripped farming and the dairy industry to become the highest export earner. Increasing numbers of international visitors are coming from Asia.

And, kids want to do things like theme parks. We could never compete in terms of sheer size, scale and capital investment. But what we can be is authentically Kiwi and unique, with down-to-earth Kiwi hospitality. One thing that has really impressed me is its friendliness. The relationships we have with the parks in Australia and a number of parks in the States are great. More from this author. Your web browser is out of date. Update your browser for more security, speed and the best experience on this site.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Continued use of our website confirms acceptance of our necessary cookies. According to Deere, it is still the only traditional theme park on this scale in New Zealand.

Before joining the park in , Deere was serving as an officer in the New Zealand Police. Share this. Blooloop More from this author. Don't miss our daily newsletter. Blooloop daily Blooloop weekly. Category Events. Category Attractions management. Are vaccines bulletproof? Author Eddie Sotto. Category Covid Attractions news Category Artainment. Enjoying this article? Leave a comment. In August Centre Stage underwent a transformation with an all new look. Stratosfear, the scariest ride yet, launched on 16th April At the time of opening it was the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and one of only four in the world.

Stratosfear proved extremely popular and a special night rides were held in the school holidays for those brave enough to try the new ride at night. The park logo changed and a new website was introduced. In a new, state of the art entrance way was unveiled with 8 lanes for entry and a new gift shop. The new entrance has been very popular and allows a much smoother entry into the park.

In July Rainbow Playlab opened, a new state -of -the-art entertainment center. Find out more at www. Loading Search It opened in and is still remaining and has about 20 rides. There two areas in the park.

One for older ones and one for younger kids. The ride got reconstructed and rethemed before reopening as the Enchanted Forrest Log Flume Fear Fall opens Power Surge and Jumpin Star open Invader opens The Cadbury Land Castle got renamed to Castle land and is closed down for construction at the moment and is adding three new rides and a new area to it. Dragons Flight got removed from Castle Land. Current Rides 5. This ride is rated in the top three attractions at overseas theme parks.

Passengers sit on a huge disk that faces over the edge. You will be spinned and transported along the 80 metre track. The ride can reach up to 15 meters high. Passengers will experience the G-force while on this ride but you must be at least cm tall to go on this thrilling ride.

It's just like a Ferris wheel but when your seated you first start in a star formation with your feet touching the ground. While the ride takes off you get hoisted 18 meters up in the air but it doesn't just do that, the seats move aggressively making the different ride components spin both on horizontal and vertical axes. Passengers need to be cm or taller to go on this ride.

It's New Zealand's only corkscrew roller coaster that takes you up more than 90 feet in the air, then it sends you shooting down towards the ground into a complete loop, round a corner at a really sharp speed and then into a double corkscrew. This ride take you inside a little waterfall that leads you into a cave with all sort of things. This ride has two minor drops and one huge one at the end. This ride have been reconstructed as some goons had set it on fire.

It's an exciting rollercoaster-like ride through an actual abandoned goldmine. This ride has falling beams, cave-ins, explosions and out-of-control mine karts so awesome It has two rows of 12 seated riders watching a large screen with 3D glasses. The chairs are controlled and move in time to the action that's in the movie.

It takes you eighteen stories high and takes two cars with each containing four seats. Then you stops you falling by a patented magnetic braking system that brings you gently to the ground. There are about 15 bumper boats in a variety of colours. Passengers get 5 minutes to ride the boat during that time can get revenge on people, bump them and get them wet. The pool that the boats are used in contains , litres of water.

To get the best ride sit at the front or back and put raise your hands up as it moves back and fourth up in the air. The dome itself took eleven hours to build with a crew of fourteen men and a crane. This place was opened in and was called Cadbury Land Castle as it is shown in this image here and then got changed to Castle Land this year. Rainbow's End have currently shut this place down due to the change of name and they have decided to take dragon's flight out and add three new rides plus a play area.