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You do know he is a Marvel hero right? So... Not going to happen...

@xRazzBerryx I like this guess as well. The hypercoaster will be agile, graceful and acrobatic in it's movements - just like Catwoman. Saw this Catwoman mug at MW with a colour scheme somewhat similar to the coaster parts sitting in the carpark. Coincidence?

It's still closed because they were respraying the path around the ride

Quick public service announcement If you haven't noticed, we've split off all the recent track colour, theme and announcement speculation: If you want to speculate and throw random ideas out there, that's the place. Let's try and keep this topic more related to construction updates, observations and related discussions. We don't change usernames on request anymore @AlexB. Hit up Account Settings if you feel like using those Parkz Crew perks to become AlexC. And thanks @Skeeta! I can't tell you how many times I've had to figure out how to spell 'fly' backwards to tag you in posts. You shouldn't be required to pass a sobriety test to use Parkz...

I'm about to go away for work and won't be able to do an update for a while. I know @djrappa will be the most upset with this news so I dedicate this mini update to him. Loads of work happening on site today, all getting ready to go upwards. The gutter that was cut last week has now been removed. Roadbase being placed down so the cranes can drive around the coaster area. (I think that would be the reason) A new larger crane has now arrived and sits inside the coaster area ready to go to work.

Whilst we're on obscure characters, here is one no one has suggested yet. Might not be DC but they're sort of a superhero.

Families are planning their september and christmas holidays now. if the park wants to attract extra visitors, they need to be promoting it now - not a month before it opens.

Days?? Weeks Richard!! This thread is like the Young and the Restless- you can stop watching it for years but as soon as you sit down to give it another go, its exactly the same as you remember , the exact same characters and the same tired old plots. Still,some people call that entertainment!

Yep... didn't realise til I pasted it haha.. longest weblink ever

Could be related to the Corroboree Stage 2, or the removal of the river rapids

But for them not to announce it now or soon when people are planning their international/inter state holidays for Christmas and September now. So it's a wasted chance to really draw a big hype and attract interstate/international visitors. Even if the announcement was MW offically saying that they have Australia's biggest roller coaster coming this year or something like that at least and maybe a few simple teasers to build hype and make the GP aware of it. All they need to do is look at AW and Abyss. They went as far as having guardians showing up all around Perth doing PR stunts.

I'm still betting on a hero, not a villain. Catwoman is my guess now. She's a character in the park & is pretty well known.

And another, but I think this one is really well done.

After all the people made their submissions regarding the application for a car park MW replied to them. This has just become public. If you want to read the whole document, you can go to PDonline. It’s the last document. I have copy & pasted the key point that the report made. The thing that keeps going through my head is did MW do enough to inform the local residence. I say this because if I go on Facebook where the residents are talking about the car park nobody seems to know that it was an overflow car park. In the end G.C.C.C. received 143 properly made submissions. A review of the properly made submissions has been undertaken to ascertain key matters raised. This revealed that the following three key themes common across the submissions Traffic and transport; Town planning; and Other matters (i.e. nuisance from lighting, noise and other site specific issues). This is MW responses- It is important to distinguish that the car park is only intended to provide overflow parking for guests and staff. The operational need for the overflow car parking is likely only to be triggered on peak theme park visitation days, which generally occur during school holiday periods, public holidays and weekends. Importantly, peak carpark operation is unlikely to occur during the background traffic AM peak period. The intent to onlyoperate the car park on peak theme park visitation days, in part, addresses many of the matters raised by submitter. The site does not have exhibit the character values ordinarily associated a low density residential area because of the dominance of physical infrastructure on and adjoining the site, including high voltage power lines, water pipelines, an electricity substation and the Pacific Motorway. Accordingly, the site is considered unsuitable for a residential development outcome. The proposed development will provide a positive contribution to the orderly development of the locality. The noise mitigation and landscaping treatments will provide an effective buffer between the dominant physical infrastructure and nearby sensitive residential uses. As noted within the Applicant’s Information Request Response, several options to provide convenient and safe pedestrian access for theme park guests and staff have been considered. The most direct link would be to provide a dedicated pedestrian footpath across Saltwater Creek to the theme park entrance. We confirm that the Applicant would be prepared to submit to a reasonable and relevant condition of approval requiring that safe and efficient pedestrian access be provided between the car park and the theme park entrance, prior to the commencement of the use. The development incorporates the recommendations of the submitted Noise Assessment, by proposing a 1.8-metre-high acoustic fence, where adjoining sensitive uses. The strategic retention of existing vegetation within the development and the proposed landscaping ensures the proposed development will protect and enhance visual amenity outcomes. A minimum five (5) metre vegetated buffer is proposed where the parking station adjoins sensitive land uses to provide ascreened buffer to the development. The proposed landscaping will allow the development to act as a buffer between adjoining sensitive uses and dominant physical infrastructure in the immediate surrounding locality. This will reduce the visual dominance of the physical infrastructure, thereby improving the visual amenity and character of thelocality. The proposed parking station will be managed by Village Roadshow Theme Parks as part of their broader theme park operations at Oxenford. The site will be monitored by security staff who can take appropriate action should any anti-social behaviour be observed. Access to the proposed parking station will be restricted so that vehicles are unable to enter outside of the permitted operating hours. As detailed in the Car Park Management Plan and Operational Guideline (refer to Appendix B), temporary lighting will be installed with the car park used for night time operations. Temporary lighting is considered appropriate given the limited night time operations proposed. The Car Park Management Plan and Operational Guideline (refer to Appendix requires all temporary lighting to be positioned and shielded to prevent light spillage outside the boundaries of the premises to comply with AS4282-1997 – Control of Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Light in. The perceived concerns that the proposed development will result in a reduction in surrounding property values is not a consideration relevant to the assessment of the proposed development against the regulatory planning framework. The proposed development has sought to ensure that the damage to existing onsite vegetation has been minimised to the greatest extent possible. The submitted Basic Ecological Site Assessment Report prepared by New Ground Environmental concluded that the proposed development will nothave a significant impact on the ability of the site to act as a corridor, given the existing disturbance and the physical barriers to fauna connectivity in the immediate surrounding locality. The presence of physical infrastructure on the site itself and within the immediate surrounding locality (including electricity power lines, a substation, local roadsand the Pacific Motorway) already creates significant air pollution in the local area.

That light has always been there. Bugs me to hell too. Much like the lights over the wall at Storm's station. Oh how I hate seeing maintenance lights.

I haven't seen the appeal yet it should be online in the next few days. I think you have nailed it on what MW will be appealing. People hey. Buy a house next to a theme park and complain about the noise.