Thrill seekers and nostalgia fiends, this one’s for you. For the first time in two years, Luna Park’s iconic roller coaster – the Wild Mouse – is back up and running, offering Sydneysiders an adrenaline-pumping experience on the banks of Sydney’s stunning harbour.
Since welcoming its first fearless thrill-seekers way back in 1963, the Wild Mouse has been a key feature of Luna Park Sydney, the heritage-listed theme park that sits like a colourful toy-town on the northern edge of the harbour. But back in 2022, the beloved theme park ride – one of the most popular roller coasters in Australia – was taken out of service. Now, following a multi-million dollar makeover, the hair-raising, gravity-led ride is back – welcoming guests from today (Friday, March 13).
With the Wild Mouse’s heritage-listed status making restoration a meticulous operation, the project has taken two years to complete, with a team of expert technicians tasked with re-building the 400-metre track piece by piece. Now the work is complete, the Wild Mouse is operating more smoothly than ever, with Luna Park Sydney CEO John Hughes describing the freshly refurbished ride as “a timeless favourite and a cornerstone of Luna Park’s enduring legacy.”
One of only three of its kind still operating in the world, the ride’s historic design utilises a chain system to pull two-person cars to the top position, before releasing the car through a series of zig-zags and heart-in-mouth ups and downs. Time Out Sydney’s Video Editor Rebecca Hegedus was granted early access to the ride, describing the experience as “very nostalgic…as soon as I was on it, it took me back and I felt the exact same as I did when I was a kid.”
Keen? You can book tickets to Luna Park over here, or at the on-site ticket booth.
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