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There are more panels to be installed for theming (laid next to the GL queue), and some are now being installed on the entrance arch to the queue area. There are also some connection points at the base for something (I imagine a sign of sorts or more characters). More fence posts are being installed, and this path has now been laid near the lift hill too. With all the vegetation it is looking really nice, but damn the road is a mess and will need a lot of work to fix it (Unless it purely is just dirt and a hose down would fix it) And I love this shot of the ride, just can't get over the scale of it. Workmen are also working on the Joker face and one train is also currently on the brake run, but no testing was done while I was there

Are they going to have it on both sides? MW no need to play with my Ding-A-Ling with this ride. Here we have a ride that needs no gimmicks to sell itself but MW for some strange reason have resorted to make stuff up. If this is the best my advertising department could come up with I would fire the lot of them. The whole Gold Coast is talking about coaster not because some bullshit lying web site but because most people on the Coast have driven past it and gone holy F.

My opinion is that primarily through a lack of competition or incentive, our parks, by far and large haven't really needed to or warranted supporting their enthusiast/loyalist community. However, the US theme parks are a hugely different situation entirely. My belief is because there's more competition at every level for them, there's an incentive over there to be above the curve in their marketing tactics and as such find it super important to really reach out to their most loyal customers. And let me tell you, every marketer ever knows that book 1, chapter 1, page 1 is all about engaging your brand's most loyal customers (here's just two from a sea of thousands of articles explaining just that) and ultimately that's where i'd like to see our parks in the future as a collective. US theme parks do regular Extended Ride Time (ERT) Events, behind the scenes walkthroughs designed specifically for our sort of crowd, do Q&A's with their design teams & most important of all, work with the key influencers/sites to ensure the right message has been delivered and the best possible content is being made to build their followings. That is where we should be in Australia in 2017. Every other niche group in any other industry will get this sort of stuff (especially in Australia), whether it's cars, photography, trains, drones, architecture, civil engineering etc. etc. etc., and yet here I am with OurWorlds, pounding away at emails just trying to get point of view video on Rivals that I know will generate heaps of great, free publicity for Movie World, and I gotta say, i'm still hitting a brick wall. And it's not like i'm not known for point of video footage either, i'd like to think that despite whatever critical opinion I may have at any given time that may off-put some execs, by and large the hundreds, if not thousands of hours I personally pour into real, honest, quality content (content that in the particular case of the Rivals HyperCoaster, gets used in their shareholder reports, no less) is worth at least a g'day. And this makes it really hard for me, because to make good content, it's a two-way street, because i'm certainly not going to pull a Robb Alvey and start sneaking cameras onto rides either and put content out there that suggests breaking the park's rules is okay. Like seriously, I have literally been served a lobster lunch in return for my roller-coaster videos. And yeah, granted, there's more then a few numpties who call themselves enthusiasts, and I think that's also par for the course in any group. I certainly don't think same sex marriage is anything but a must in this country, and that's despite a very few super-leftie, hippie marxist types making it hard for there to be a rational, calm discussion about it with those who may have concerns. So in my mind, just because @Andrewh did the wrong thing a while back and jumped into a closed off part of Dreamworld, doesn't then mean that we're all a bunch of crazies who just want a scoop. Nah, I actually think by and large we're all pretty well rounded folk who enjoy a beer and a laugh at our favourite places, and if they followed in the steps of their global counterparts on proven methods to make these prime digital audiences work to their advantage, they would be saving literally hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in ad-buys alone. As for outside of the parks, the reception is always pretty interesting. For me, my DNA is pretty entrenched in theme parks so most people know that it comes with the package. When my father passed when I was a wee lad, theme parks were a literal escape into another world. When I would go to theme parks, I'd take hundreds of pictures on every trip and unbeknownst to me at the time, I was actually refining a skill i'd use later in my professional career. So I owe a lot to theme parks, but in saying that, I try to keep it pretty chill. Just like people don't want to know the psi of your fully sick turbo, people don't want know how the LSM's on Tower of Terror's launch work. Some people will ride kiddie coasters and chase credits so they can say "I did 6000 coasters!", and that's cool too, to each their own. These days theme parks for me are all about great experiences, and when it comes to travelling, they're a great waypoint to craft an adventure from, but they're not the only reason to travel abroad either. Just as an aside, I say all of this with no animosity - i'm a frank, honest guy these days and given my own personal passion for these places, really all of this comes from a place of wanting to see the parks succeed and really grow in the future.

But from a production standpoint it's amazing. Great TVC

This will be the Joker on the right and Braniac on the left I'm assming they will do the same for Batman and Superman on the superhero side.

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/movie-world-release-ad-ahead-of-dc-rivals-hypercoaster-launch-next-week-on-gold-coast/news-story/93f79a79ce01476ab146deba5e4d16a2 Movie World release ad ahead of DC Rivals Hypercoaster launch next week on Gold Coast Kathleen Skene and Andrew Potts, Gold Coast Bulletin September 12, 2017 1:25pm A CACKLING Joker, malevolent on a stormy sky, opens the thunderous new promo for Movie World’s long-awaited DC Rivals Hypercoaster. DC Comics villains from the Injustice League — Brainiac, Black Mantis and a Red Lantern are among the stars of the video, released ahead of the ride’s launch next week. Good characters of the Justice League, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Cyborg round out the animated cast of the 45-second production, set on the winding 1.4km magenta track. Movie World has released a frightening new ad for their DC Rivals Hypercoaster, due for launch next week. Photo: Supplied The park officially revealed the ride in June and held its first test last month, strapping blue dummies into the cars for the 115km/h ride. Village Roadshow is hoping the ride will prove a $30 million shot in the arm at a time when overall theme park fortunes have dipped and spiralled as much as the ride itself. The investment — at roughly the cost of two Towers of Terror — has the potential to once again position the Gold Coast as an international theme park destination. CEO of Village Roadshow Theme Parks Clark Kirby at the site during construction. Photo by Richard Gosling Ride forums and fan pages around the world have heralded the DC Rivals attraction as a game-changer for Australia. Operators said construction of the coaster topped-out at its maximum height of 61.6m in July ahead of its launch. A VIP event next Thursday night will be the formal launch of the drawcard, but it will open to the public before then, on an exact date yet to be finalised. Movie World tests out it's new DC Rivals hypercoaster The 1.4km steel structure will be the longest, tallest and most expensive ride ever built in the Southern Hemisphere.

Yeah but my point is he isn't called "backwards Superman" or "reverse Superman" he's got an actual name. The only acceptable word to follow "reverse" should be "cowgirl" 😉

Slightly off topic - Is it just me who thinks "Reverse Flash" is a stupid name? I mean you don't see "Backwards Superman" running around. Why did they get so lazy naming this one.

I've made three videos on youtube for this park so far. As of today it is the only full replica of the park made from RCT3. I started with the Green Lantern, then the Superman Escape and finished with the Arkham Asylum. all as best done as they could be made in this game/simulator. I've had the game for over 8 years and never really thought to build something like a park, or replica. So I started with DreamWorld first with the original contents of the game. Then after finding it wasn't good enough anymore, I started to look more into the Custom scenery side of it. And there and only there was where my future of my WB MovieWorld replica would begin! So here's a few pictures of the park so far, and I'll do a separate post on the videos. Let me know what you think? Even after the videos in my next post there will still be more to come!

I work 5mins from the park, so I'll be waiting with baited breath for one of you to post 'soft opening now' and I'll be in the car haha

Even when all the information has been released, the Gold Coast Bulletin still manage to find a way to stuff it up But I do like what I read here

Okay, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks the silhouette on the right looks like Ryu from Street Fighter, mid hadoken?

Whenever I get this response, I normally mention that there's a 200ft tall coaster about to open and their opinion of the parks change pretty quickly.

Here is that said video: And I'm glad to see they are using the theme of Castaway Bay and introducing it into the new area. Hopefully it is as well detailed and themed as the current area is.

Hypercoaster as a word was created by Arrow Dynamics for Magnum XL-200 and is the actual industry-wide generic term used to describe coasters with a highest point of 200 - 299 ft. A coaster 300-399 ft is a Gigacoaster, and a coaster 400ft+ is a Stratacoaster. 'Hyper Coaster' as two words is Bolliger & Mabillard's term specifically for their 200ft+ coasters (including ones that would generically be called 'Gigacoasters'). Intamin calls them Mega Coasters, and I think RMC has a name like Hyper-Hybrid Coaster or something. I agree that 'DC Rivals' is sufficient (even just 'Rivals'), but it is definitely a 'hypercoaster' and not a 'Hyper Coaster'.

i spent a lot longer than i should have thinking that they were shadows and trying to think of what the workmen could have possibly walked through that could show up so lightly through a shadow.

Just wanted to add these photos from the newspaper to show some of the theming upclose.

A look at all the perimeter posts installed so far

Imo the coaster should just be called 'DC Rivals'. If they have to put the HyperCoaster at the end, it should be two words, 'DC Rivals Hyper Coaster'.

Am I the only one who's really getting annoyed by their weird capitalisation of hypercoaster? Also judging by the TVC we'll have the following rivalries presented in the ride: Batman vs Joker Wonder Woman vs Cheetah Flash vs Reverse Flash Aquaman vs Black Manta Superman vs Brainiac (a little surprised this wasn't Lex Luthor but Brainiac is still a very big Superman villain) Cyborg vs Deathstroke (Cyborg doesn't really have a rogues gallery, so deathstroke works fine since he's a major TT villain) Green Lantern vs Atrocitus (okay, this one confuses me. Pallarax or Sinestro would've been much better choices)

Oh you mean like a checkerboard?

You would think the area around GL, Batwing, JL and Rivals would make for a great scare zone with all the traffic it's going to see.

Unfortunately I don't think you really get an idea of the scale of the thing in this ad. There's only a brief moment where the lift hill flashes up. I would have emphasised its height and length. Could almost be any coaster/attraction. Do appreciate the theming though

I was waiting for the "... in Australia" or "... in the Southern Hemisphere" disclaimer but it never arrived. No need to bullshit us, Movie World.

And just like SixFlags MW plans to operate his coaster in thunder and lighting! 😂

Taken directly from MW web site. "Launching these school holidays, Warner Bros. Movie World presents the DC Rivals HyperCoaster, the greatest theme park attraction the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen! "

Possible maze for next year?

Shame that they didn't give him the small microphone when he came on 😥

It looks like floor tiles to me

'Roller coaster enthusiast' is like the least embarrassing amongst my various obsessive interests. Also, I have no friends so it doesn't really matter anyway, lol.