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DONT HAVE THE HD VIDEO CONVERTED BY I CAN CONFIRM ITS TESTING!!!! IMG_0706.mov

Look, its shit. but it always has been shit even as "3D".

They overhauled Wipeout and shut it a year later. Corkscrew got Sea Vipered in 2010 and shut down in 2014. Of course, not planned retirement - but older rides can have more issues that are too costly to rectify. Don't you mean Kingda bummed?

Saw the designer post a scale model on their instagram the other day, its visible in the background of their website: https://www.biscuit.net.au/ and on YouTube:

It’s probably because the Dreamworld Flyer is down for maintenance, so they’ve decided to open The Claw instead. Nice to see they are willing to substitute in another ride if needed. Compared to just saying 'sorry ride is closed'.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road! The park map now shows the WoZ Precinct

It all comes down to money\cost. See they removed Police Academy because the stunt performers (of which that show had A LOT) were really expensive - they were paid the same rate as a movie stunt person (naturally so) and the HWSD show was a way to cut labour costs. Unfortunately the guys who drove those cars were also professionals, and cost a bit too. Additionally, within the confines of the arena, there were bound to be collisions with barriers, and other vehicles from time to time, so the body work \ smash repair was also costly. The Mitsubishi Evos were high performance vehicles and required a lot of maintenance - especially the breakway car. We saw the jump ramps in the early show previews (up on two wheels, etc) early on but that element didn't appear regularly and was very high risk. I imagine that the show wasn't as cheap as they thought it'd be - and add on top the cost of rebuilding the arena to accommodate it. They had to cut some parts of the show almost immediately as the chance of damage and the cost of repairs was just too high. HWSD2 was born out of a need to reduce labour and maintenance costs for the drivers and the Evos. Cue Showtime. they've got their own crew, offer a fixed price contract (or at least they have done so elsewhere), and they're used to putting on shows on the show circuit across the country. It sure seems like a no brainer for Village to be able to offer a show without having to bear the risk\cost of damage and drivers. it's basically just outsourcing the show to a third party and letting them use your facility. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the country boy from the outback came to compete with his city cousin in a set right out of an Italian village. Long Live The Police Academy Stunt Show.

Not necessarily. I don’t know the answer, but GD was built a year after TOT and the tower was originally designed to have a drop tower attached to it because they had planned for it. Lex Luthor opened 15 years after Superman opened, My point being, the structure might not have been engineered to stand with the additional lower structure of Superman to support it (the curved structure at the base is what I’m referring to)

I’m currently down in Melbourne to see family and managed to pop into Funfields to check out the progress on Lava Lagoon. As you can see, it’s really starting to take shape and I love the quality of the rock work. The way the sight-lines match up with Voodoo, Volcano Beach and Lava Lagoon’s theming here is great. Speaking with staff, it sounds like there’s a lot more theming yet to be installed around LL. Apparently, there will be a number of special effects and audio throughout the river. Speaking of which, the park has also introduced a brand new IMAscore soundtrack for the entrance area this season, which I believe is the first use of IMAscore’s music in an Australian theme park! It’s fantastic to see the park caring about smaller details like this.

You can buy them them cheaper when smaller, store them, look after them, let them grow for a few months and then plant when ready.

There's 6 weeks to christmas. we know the ride has completed full circuits, and they're landscaping. i don't see any hint of vintage car tracking yet, but its looking a heck of a lot closer. 6 weeks is probably going to be enough time to be ready I reckon - as long as the weather continues to hold. Sure, the landscaping isn't going to be 'grown in' and it will take a while for the real 'jungle feel' to truly grow around everything - but that's pretty typical for opening day landscaping. I think Oz still looks better, from what we've seen so far, but JR is closing the gap here.

WOW 🥰

It appears they’ve started disassembling the Aqualoop.

I know it's a typo, but the thought makes me laugh.

I heard/read that Six Flags is probably looking at closing Superman in the near future because of its cost and reliability issues. I’d love to see Giant Drop reclaim the world record, especially over 13 years later.

German theme park enthusiast’s who’s home park is Movie Park Germany weren’t impressed by the Australian inspiration?

Hang on a sec, the themed land has to transition at some point doesn't it? The whole park cant be superman themed, nor WoZ themed. What attractions are on the other side of Volcano Bay or Voodoo, are they also tribal/island themed? If not, how is this any different? Actually, I'll answer my own question @TBoy ....If it's ok to Have Gravity Wave / Supernova next to Volcano Bay, therefore it's ok to have Superman next to WoZ.

Man this makes me realise how good the Superman Escapes ride is in comparison to later rollercoasters. Like an actual theme taking place in a train station area and then an earthquake happens with pretty good effects for a rollercoaster. Arkham Asylum was still cool with its theming, anything based around those games is gonna be good, but I just wished they did more with that area. Then we got stuff like Green Lantern, DC Hypercoaster and now the Flash ride that just has bare minimum theming with just comic panels explaining the story

The Claw will be open during the night markets on Friday and could be the last chance for night rides before it closes. Free for passholders, $10 for non-passholders.

Look, puffery aside, the use of fake plants isn't a negative and that wasn't the intention of me including it as an option in my post. There are both a time and a place where it's the right choice for the install. Nobody wants real ivy crawling all over the wooden rollercoaster, potentially degrading the timber, making it harder to inspect, and also potentially false triggering safety sensors causing shutdowns. There's plenty of real plants in use within Atlantis (and they also weren't all mature and grown in on opening day either).

Flight of the Wicked Witch has started testing

You're getting a little desperate there. Motocoaster had it's opening in 2007 and opened on time. Moving a maintenance date is as much a Motocoaster thing as it is a Trident thing, and not at all the same thing as a ride's debut opening date... As for the cars being rebuilt - the control system for the 'new' cars (similar to the treasure hunters in USS) is entirely different and electric, with power isolation to the entire track able to occur from the control booth. This is a system that would not interact with the old cars. If they have simply taken the old chassis, and they are rebuilding those chassis with new theme pieces and electric motors \ controls, i'm on board with that - recycling the old chassis is a bit of a tribute to old dreamworld, while upgrading them to comply with new tech. I realise it's not what we were originally sold on - but as long as we haven't got Model T's running around on lawnmower engines with zero e-stop ability and restraints that prevent riders from dismounting mid-ride, I think we're ok. Everybody has some speculation here and either side could be correct. The interpretation from the CEO could go both ways. We're only going to know the truth when things start appearing on track.

I don't bother with the show anymore. At this point it feels like an abandoned show set from a long ago time, and a bunch of kids have discovered it while exploring the ruins, and invented their own show in their imagination. The fact that it still looks straight out of a quaint italian town is jarring against the 'city vs country' utes, and it's the same trope rolled out at every capital city royal show by the Showtime team. The park continues to sacrifice their quality entertainment offerings for cheap and lazy solutions.

I've Noticed on My Trip at Movie World today that they Repainted The Alleyway Green.

Or unless you planned it that way to make a timeline set by the project overall... :Gasp: Village would never! And neither do you, we're all just speculating here. Nobody is going to front up and say they're working on the project so the best we've got is guesses - some will be optimistic, some won't. If the ride opens on boxing day then IDGAF. At least, the night works show they're pushing to try and hit the deadline, instead of changing the date on their billboards six times.

Bother I’ll screenshot the vid Horrendous quality but oh well it’s there.

If you didn't factor in some rain days during construction, you would be insane.

Hopefully an indication as to what is to come

Luna Park Sydney's Wild Mouse appears to be fully re-assembled now and looks good. In other news, Halloscream sucked less this year (was absolutely abysmal last year and great in 2022).

Kinda bummed. Was over in the NYC in Sept/Oct but just couldn't fit in the day trip down to the park, considering there were days the ride didn't open. We got some rides in on Xcelerator though while at Knotts, so I'm gonna call that breaking even. The park has confirmed that Zumanjaro is being removed as well, and whatever is coming is not going to be a reimagination, so everything you see is being removed apparently. This means DW's Giant Drop reclaims 2nd place for tallest operating drop tower!

Noticed today the Flash wrap near the entry point looks like it’s been replaced as well.

Here's an Update on the Mural Today

it was a shit joke that added nothing to this thread.

You forgot: 4. Have mature plants offsite and plant prior to opening, without the need to grow in.

Landscaping has begun The main path alongside the river has also been poured (not pictured)

I don't know if you seen the guy who made the Wizard of Oz area in Planet coaster i will post below. In other videos he talks about the trouble with the pathways and ended up rotating the whole way around Kansas twisters. My question is can you skip the preshow part and just jump on the coasters, or do you have to do the full loop each time.

The real world used to have cool stuff like a good stunt show, good main street shows and back lot tours

Thank you for shutting down @Brad2912 he's a flog and about time someone put him in his place.

DW has been battered of late in this thread about delays we don’t even know exist, reason behind it, why testing is happening at night blah. It’s all conjecture. and no one has attacked anyone. Time to put your big boy pants on, this isn’t primary school.

Hypothetically speaking, let’s say you’re right, they’ve completely rebuilt and rethemed the cars, bought two new ones for accessibility, and rehashed the entire ride experience so it’s fresh. Whats the problem? Is that so bad you feel the need to argue tenfold and then contact the park yourself to prove your point?? It’s a new experience, one they’re investing a lot of money into, is it hard to accept that?

This is what you said: This is what Greg said: What you said and Greg said, are worlds apart.

The park have shared a testing video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBirlO8t8_6/?igsh=NmJocThzenZ2NWox

News here too (JR started testing go check out that forum) inside the motocoaster shop is a car! Also got signage now too! Bad lighting but it says collectables refreshments merchandise.

Video working fine for me. Thanks

he really enjoys being inside his own echo chamber.

If you're not first, you're last.

Personally I believe DW desperately needs a well themed water ride, something on Wild West Scale or Splash Mountain… they could even steal the theme from Mystic River Falls… they don’t need to build a whole mountain but it would require theming if it wants anything on WWF. Thrill rides are cool, but if you want a full day out you need those longer experiences that are longer then 2 minutes

How dare you use logic?! I'd say it's nothing to do with a delay directly related to Rivertown. Honestly it makes more sense to keep the whole area closed off until it's ready. A November opening date for Motocoaster seems about the right amount of time to do a retheme of a building. Hopefully after King Claw is done, a retheme of Motorcoaster is next. Based on the whole 20 year cycle that most of the parks are seeming to go with it would be the next major ride to get an overhaul given it opened in 2007. Once it hits 20 years it makes sense to either do a full overhaul (like Scooby / West / Giant Drop / Claw to King Claw) or look at replacing the ride. I'd honestly like to see the Motocoaster removed instead of rethemed and having more money spent on a coaster with a very lacklustre layout. The land is prime real estate and could be used as an expansion to the Rivertown area. Dreamworld would really have a great lineup once Rivertown opens, King Claw and then an expansion / new attractions on that area. I'd say we will have a soft opening the week before xmas with a traditional Boxing Day opening at this stage.