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From the Movie World web page just now. DC RIVALS HYPERCOASTER CONFIRMED

http://themeparks.com.au/hypercoaster The site is up along with a ride preview!

Up close with the DC Rivals HyperCoaster at Movie World See the DC Rivals HyperCoaster up close as we take a look at the ride from the construction site, the location of its official announcement. Click here to continue reading

Also none of you were right. I give this thread 0 out of 10.

Pictures from the website http://movieworld.com.au/rides-and-attractions/thrill-rides/dc-rivals-hypercoaster.aspx

So with the official announcement about the Hyper due to be made public at noon today... who's excited??? 😁 About time, I say! ☺️👍

Channel 7 Sydney had coverage of the hypercoaster and played footage of @docoaster's render 😆

Id like to see them continue the theming that they have shown on the top of the lift hill throughout more parts of the coaster. Similar maybe to what Bizarro SFNE has, I think Movie World are extremely capable of pulling off some decent theming in this style to create a storyline that stretches past the station and through the coaster.

Plus 2nd row from back is still close enough to have essentially identical forces if you want a traditional airtime experience.

I win 😁😁😁

Not Tiger Island stage 2 related here but I saw this when I was at the park yesterday

So, I've spread this out into different parts to make it easier to understand (hopefully) So, as you can see, Batwing and Justice League are to the right of the image, because they are closer to superman escape. The shed that has "What is this" above it, seems to be a themed area, as it is not in the park already. In this screen shot, you can clearly see what seems to be a queue, and if you follow it under the track, it goes toward that lovely shed I mentioned before.

Here is some aerial footage of the construction so far. You actually get a sense of the scale of it. Superman looks tiny in the background.

Personally I love the DC Rivals name. I think it's very official, easy to remember and summarises the coaster's overall theme very well, especially since they have had to work with what they originally had organised (ie. Suicide Squad themed). Its a first class name for a first class coaster 👍 And I definitely think they have made a great choice avoiding making it a "Bizarro" themed coaster. Thank God for that - sorry to those of you who were convinced that's what it would be, but really would have been a terribly obscure theme to run with 😮😑

Yeah I agree, I think the topic should be reopened as well. And meh, if you watch my live video on my blog when I first saw the track colour in person, I did refer to it as fucshia. It was the colour ID website thingy that added the 'pink' bit (no pun intended) lol. So I still called it and I intend to gloat over at least getting that part right haha 😜

Very excited for those backwards seats, my only apprehension is now the back will probably be as desirable as the front If I'm reading the station plans correctly the back seats might have a dedicated queue line, hopefully not too much extra wait time. On that note... DOH! It was staring us in the face the whole time. At the time of posting I chuckled smugly thinking 'heh, someone drew the train backwards!' Little did I expect that would be one of the most important details in the station plans!

Only if you aren't keeping up...

There's always SeaVip....oh, ok, well then, why not Vikin....ah, umm, there's always the Pirate.....shit. Ok, how about taking a nice trip on the Sky Wa...... ok never mind.

There are - you can see these at the end of the main preview video. 'Solid' is an understatement; I'd go with VRTP's 'gamechanging'.

Looking into capacity of the ride. Confirmed ride time is approx 170 sec or 2.8 minutes (from movieworld FB page. Someone asked, MW responded). From the teaser video, you can see each train holds 22 passengers. So if 2 trains are running, and you are loading train #2 whilst train #1 is in motion, you have approx. 3 mins to unload/load train #2 before #1 gets back. If you run the ride perfectly (without stacking) you could be sending a train out every 3 minutes. Therefore, 60/3mins = 20, 20*22 passengers = 440pph.

I dont. If you look at the station at the bottom, you will notice a lovely building right next to it.

Looks like they've managed to sneak in a third bunny hill just before the break run. The shadow shows that the track dips down to the ground before the jump in to brakes. Nice collection of airtime hills to finish off the ride!

Forgive me if this has already been answered/discussed, does anyone else think the backwards car will be an up charge? It's one thing to queue for the front when the rest of the train is facing forward anyway, but backwards is a totally different experience. At 2 pax a train queues would be enormous on even a moderate day. Regardless - really stunning layout. This will be Australia's first true airtime machine.

Movie World: "But I want Pizza Hut" DC: "Pizza? Yuk! I want KFC!" Warner: "No Way! we're getting McDonald's" End Result - Collective Decision Making: "Fuck it - you can all have weetbix and like it"

but they did say 'not pink'... I think the admin team here have jumped the gun. Closing the speculation thread means we can't now discuss the previous speculation within the same thread.

As I understand it its being done the same way as the GL sign. We've heard previously the GL sign is actually a custom screen, so it could be animated \ altered. Looking at the joker face - the mouth part itself is a solid piece - which suggests to me a clever dick in the design department might just have plans to make the mouth move... You started it by pointing out flaws on a website (which is also not an English class). Are you pot, or kettle? And no, it isn't English class. Usually by the time you get to a point where you can navigate the internet unsupervised, you'd expect to have graduated from English class.

So the official colour according to the livestream is Fuchsia!

Greg Young just confirmed the colour to be Fuschia on FB Live 😅

So (one of) the original Batman VS Joker name sounded so much better IMO. "DC Rivals Hypercoaster" can be summed up pretty well with this.....

Artistic license @Skeeta Just like the track without any cross ties here: http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/25aa53b5ed1a2c079862776e16a4b2d1

I don't think the clearance is to allow turning, I think it is to prevent the headrests from colliding. During tight dips and during the helix the tops of the seats could collide.

I've always thought those 'cardboard' cutout themes are just a bit lame, I mean, the only place you see it is at six flags. If the queue and station are well themed there'll be little reason to have much more. If it's a choice between having no theme at all past the station or having the half assed cutout theming, I'd take no theme. The difference between the quality theming at the station and the filler theming throughout the layout would be jarring. The Joker's face at the top should look really cool when lit up at night. Especially alongside the Green Lantern display. The Movie World skyline is going to be incredible. @Ryande16 on your screenshot: The GP really don't know how good this is going to be haha. @Rollercoaster_Lover Better than Fury 325? I'm not sure that's likely, but you're right, most enthusiasts overseas I've talked to look at this coaster as the best new coaster this year. If we thought Superman Escape was a World Class implementation in 2005, well we've got another thing coming here.

I had that issue with the headset the first couple of times, but I found if you tighten it as much as it can be that doesn't happen. My only complaint would be it's uncomfortable against my nose! A bit of soft rubber padding would no doubt solve that.

@Flynn_Smith Ok I see what your talking about now. I thought you were talking about the bigger building behind it which is for JL. Hmmm that is interesting as its hard to tell whats happening with the lift hill on top of it. Also part of the reason is nobody in America even knows about it as the park did not do much of a teaser campaign. So many people in the states think that its coming in 2018. As they have not heard much about it till now. This coaster was not even posted in the top 60 attractions worldwide for 2017 article. As nobody knew about it officially.

Given they allowed media inside the construction compound to take photos of the track up close and what not for most of the afternoon, I'd say very little. They will likely pick up where they left off tomorrow.

I disagree. DC has the brand out there enough that GP away from comic know what it is. DC is promoted before all of their movies. You also make a really good point on being sponsored / presented by. I was wondering why they included the 2nd "DC" in the name of the coaster. As the image reads its "DC DC Rivals Hypercoaster"...

Should have made both trains half and half. so on one train - the rear faces backward, the front faces forward the other - the rear faces forward, the front faces backward (*bonus element - you get to see the reactions of people across from you) this fixes the 'what happens when they only run one train' argument too.

WRONG (at all the backseat is bad comments) What do you do for the 6 months of the year this thing will run with one train? Simple, if you don't like gimmicks, don't ride backwards. If you want the back seat ride, sit 2nd to the back row, it's pretty well exactly the same as indicated above. Its a massive win and for the normal pack goer really high on the cool sale. Excellent move for the park in my opinion. Wait to see how many other parks order a new back row car. Also what the hell is wrong with all you 'too intense' people. Are you coaster enthusiasts or not?

The best 2 seats of a Hyper are the back so has MW taken a big gamble here?

I think it's funny that they even bothered to say 'one of' the world's first non-inverting loops in that ride video, might as well've said 'one of the world's first fuchsia coloured roller coasters' while they're at it.

Im hoping the drop is at least 70°

Oh the irony of that statement!!!!

So exciting!! Although it does only look to be the rear 2 seats facing backwards. Might be waiting in a line for a while to test those seats out!

I don't think you picked up what I was saying

Looks like only the back seats are facing backwards.

DC Rivals Hypercoaster is the name!

I actually love it. One of my surprising favourite rides. It really scares the shit out of you on those drops and I came off each time with a huge smile on my face.