BuzzSaw

BuzzSaw is a Maurer Söhne SkyLoop roller coaster located within the Town of Gold Rush at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia. It opened on 17 September 2011 as part of the park's 30th birthday celebrations.

Backstory
BuzzSaw is themed around a series of unexplainable occurrences in the Town of Gold Rush which date back to the late 1800s. In 1876, the Town of Gold Rush was formed. It was a prosperous town during the great gold rush. After the gold ran out in 1887 they established a sawmill and turned their focus to timber. On a clear moon-lit night, a sawmill worker named Jack Darke was killed by the buzz saw after he had a scuffle with some other workers who were attempting to set the place on fire. The circumstances leading up to his death were covered up by the town with the legend stating that Jack tried to burn down the sawmill and slipped into the path of the buzz saw. The sawmill has remained closed since with many people encountering the ghost of Jack on nights similar to that of his death.

Characteristics
BuzzSaw is one of Dreamworld's Big 7 Thrill Rides ranking it alongside The Claw, Cyclone, The Giant Drop, Mick Doohan's Motocoaster, Tower of Terror II and Wipeout. BuzzSaw boasts the tallest inversion in the Southern Hemisphere at 46.2 metres above the ground. This also ranks it as the second highest inversion worldwide. BuzzSaw consists of a single Maurer Söhne X-Car train which holds 12 riders. The train features two cars which each seat riders in three rows of two (totalling six rows). Riders seated in the open carriage and are restrained by a lap bar leaving little to hold on to. The steel roller coaster track of BuzzSaw is 150 metres (490 ft) in length.

Entrance & Station
The entrance to BuzzSaw is located in the Town of Gold Rush where the Helicopter Joy Flights used to operate. This is opposite the former entrance of the Eureka Mountain Mine Ride. The station is themed to a sawmill in the town of Gold Rush and attempts to tell the story of Jack Darke. Within the building guests are directed through a series of queue switchbacks and pathways. Several television screens are embedded in the walls and show burning timber. Parts of the theming is caged off with crime scene signs. Throughout the queue, guests are able to hear the sound of buzzsaws as well as several warnings to not go any further and to escape while you can.