Located at the junction of the Silurian mudstones, Quaternary lava flows and the Holocene sand accumulation, Melbourne - the capital of the state of Victoria offers a lovely pleasant climate and the picturesque setting which draw several visitors. While you are on any of your Melbourne Tours pay a visit to the Luna Park which is supposed to be one of the attractive options of Sightseeing in Melbourne.
Inaugurated as early as 1912, the Luna Park is an Amusement Park in Melbourne - probably one of the pioneering examples of its sort. It happens to be located in the beautiful region of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne. As history says, after the Greater J.D. Williams Amusement Company obtained a lease on the land in 1911 to construct a new amusement park, James Dixon Williams along with a number of other architects and designers started working on the project.
One of the finest Tourist Attractions in Melbourne, the Luna Park introduced to the city, the adults and the kids alike, the roller coaster ride, the Scenic Railway that is supposedly the earliest non-stop-operating roller coaster in the world.
The various other rides in the Luna Park included the following:
- The River Caves - a romantic boat ride through exciting scenes
- The Pharaoh's Daughter - also called the Egyptian Theatre, it is an interesting performance hall
- The American Bowl Slide - a huge slide down a tube into a polished wooden revolving bowl.
- The Palais de Folies - including the Whitney Electric Photographic Studio
- The Palace of Illusions
- The Terrace Tea Gardens - a nice place to sip in tea and enjoy lovely views of the surroundings.
- The Ferris Wheel
- The American slot machines
Another lure at the park used to be live performances including the Luna Park Band, electric performances, acrobats, etc.
The rides that exist in the present day Luna Park are as follows:
Roller coasters:
- Scenic Railway
- Silly Serpent
- Metropolis
Other rides
- Arabian Merry
- Ferris wheel
- G Force
- Red Baron
- The Enterprise
- Magical Carousel
- Twin Dragon
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- Spider
- The Ghost Train
- Pharoah's Curse
- Shock Drop
- Odyssey AS1
- Street Legal Dodgems
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Apart from the rides and live entertainment, at Luna Park you can treat yourself with the various snack bites, games and sundry curios and wearable stuff.
For further online information on Luna Park, log on to Flightshotelstours.com.
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