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It's a ride, not a behind the scenes experience. Something setting up the story setting or tone of the ride would be best. The DVD extra video was at least entertaining and set up the tone of the whole thing but I think if you're going to go to the effort of spending a couple million re doing the ride, you also change the video to something that supports the story of the ride - even if the story is as simple as you're on an old Ghost Train that's actually haunted in the Scooby Doo movie universe.

Because it breaks the immersion and the illusion they're trying to create. It's the same reason you don't have behind the scenes footage in the middle of a normal movie. The themeing and immersion is supposed to suspend your disbelief, the behind the scenes stuff breaks the 4th wall and tells you how it was done.

What. The. Actual. Fuck. I did not say a word in criticism of themeparkaddict. I never said he did anything wrong. If people actually READ things before slagging off, they'd note that I quoted Mickey, suggesting the aviation theme possibly originated here. All I said was describing how the theme could work aviation wise. I said it could have been me who raised it initially, but i may also have taken someone else's suggestion and expanded on it too. In no way did I direct anything at themeparkaddict, nor was it in any way a disagreement with anyone. So TPA - I don't think anyone was suggesting you did anything wrong - you shared info given to you by a staff member. We all know that staff info shared publicly isn't always reliable, and Mickey rightly pointed out that the aviation suggestion had been raised on Parkz prior to you hearing that. As usual, @pushbutton sticks his giant nose into something that has nothing to do with him, reads it wrong, and stands on his high horse over some fanciful imagination of whats in his head, without any check or balance with regard to reality. Since nobody else can be bothered doing the legwork - here's how it went down: TheMagician first suggested the rendering of i-ride looked like an airport. Pushbutton quickly backed that viewpoint up Glubbo then wondered how they would transition that into the previously-goldrushed land: Pushbutton doubled down on the previous suggestion - that the i-ride theme influence the land: Cheski also wondered, as did Glubbo, how they would blend the area around i-ride: Which brought us to my 'fuller picture' suggestion on how the whole land could be themed to aviation: To which Pushbutton agreed: Themeparkaddict's info from the staff member came to us a full week later...

Just looked at the availability, Sunday has 2 spots left, Monday has 6 and the rest have 8. It’s proving to be very popular 😒

Speaking of taking flight....

Mwahahaha I blocked him months ago and life hasn't been better.😂 I'm trying to work out what's the point of building a new drawcard attraction in DW and building the same attraction in a Melbourne shopping mall? "Dad I want visit DW and ride the I-Ride" "Don't be stupid Timmy you can ride it at Chadstone Shopping Centre". Makes one think DW is for sale.

Given the design it would fit in better at the new Westfield. Almost a perfect fit if there was some foresight to do a downtown district between the new shopping centre and Dreamworld. Combine it with something like an iFly, proper IMAX theatre and some US chain casual dining and they could have been onto something. The fact the new Westfield is around a month away from opening and there still isn't any sign of a link between the park and the new precinct is just madness. Major opportunity on the doorstep and as usual they have their heads in the sand.

Looks like you must have dared to post something AlexB disagrees with. How stupid of you! (That's the nature of this forum, I'm afraid. Like it or lump it!)

In the dark*

Honestly, the only reason i'm excited about Buzzsaw potentially reopening is that I can get a look into the gold rush area without having to get on GD

@jozwelcome to my "I agree 100% with you club". Something @AlexBonly dreams of being in but will never happen. 😘 Scooby stands on its own and adding a behind the scene to the queue is no different to adding Coke and Mentos together. Separately they're fine but together all you get is a mess.

Ideas? I think the girl at the front is lost.

I 100% agree with Slick. Sometime I think the parks forget they are a theme park.

By the sounds of it, not even theme park nerds are that keen. The climb's simply not playing to its strengths, hence the poor numbers. If you told me it was a "Rivals Behind The Scenes Tour" that included a walk to the top, now that's playing to your strengths. But a walk to see the carpark and the highway? Hard pass.

The Hollywood Stunt Driver show was a way of demonstrating one type of movie magic, and before that the Police Academy show was a sample of similar from a specific movie. In view of the recent statement about bringing back the movie magic, I really hope that's going to include reinstating something good in this location.

If they made a new video as I suggested earlier, they should make that very clear. It's something they should be very proud of, and which guests would find exciting.

A show that has "stunt driver" in the name where there really isn't any stunts in a park that has "movie world" in the name that doesn't really have any movie based attractions.

I think MickeyD is on the money there with his last statement. Clearly there is a reason that Ardent have gone this route, and it wouldn't have been the only option that was presented to them. This design can clearly be used in other locations, and I believe was designed like this so when used outside in other locations, the familiarity kicks in for the parks guests.

Sure but how does an uninspired shopping mall style facade mix with early 20th Century Aviation? Answer: It doesn't. For what it's worth I think the i-ride facade is pretty much the template of what Ardent also want for their other i-ride locations.

I think it would be great if they had some info in the queue letting people know that movie was filmed on site at the studios, a lot of non-locals don’t seem to know this. I’m sure they could also get some of the original costumes/props or even make replicas and put them on display in the queue for people to look at.

Legislation? ok. First the Luna act: And from the EPAA 1979: I'll leave it there. My understanding of Brookfield's argument was that they built Hair Raiser without a DA because they claimed it didn't meet the definition of a 'building' - however the last two quotes above from the EPAA show clearly that it includes 'any structure', and a development includes the 'erection of a building' - ergo - 'the erection of any structure' - for which hair raiser was. I'm quite happy for you to counter with any legislation you believe is contrary to these points above. Among other things, the EPAA's objects include: to promote the sustainable management of built and cultural heritage (including Aboriginal cultural heritage), to promote the proper construction and maintenance of buildings, including the protection of the health and safety of their occupants, to promote the orderly and economic use and development of land, I could go on but I won't. The point is - ANYONE wishing to build something of the nature of a ride SHOULD be required to submit a DA. It is NOT the purpose of a DA to give a platform to NIMBY residents. The legislation on noise, and noise abatement, and the regulations that Luna is required to operate within is clear, as is the legislation specifically stating that complaints about noise within the limits of the development consent cannot be made. But if an attraction, ride, structure or other development within Luna was built without development consent, there would be no baseline on what noise is permissible, what light pollution is permissible. Without the development consent, there is no protection from complaint. So in order to continue to have the protection of the legislation, Luna must submit to a development application, like EVERY OTHER FUCKING PERSON WANTING TO BUILD SOMETHING within the definitions of the EPAA legislation. I want LPS to succeed. I want them to build new things to keep people interested in the park and to keep the park profitable. But I do not want them to be free to install whatever they want - the installations need to conform with the historic nature of the park. Can you imagine if they constructed a ToT style ride, with a giant monstrosity of a tower in Maloney's corner, and a track running the length of the boardwalk? The noise of which (that we know from DW) would be unbearable for all, and ruin the amenity of the park. If your view stands, that a DA isn't required, nothing would prevent them from installing ToT and GD. Nobody wants that.

They also relocated the Red Baron kiddy ride which originally sat where Gravitron went and Zumar chair swing from where Trolls Village is today. Tail Spin would be a much bigger job though, given the extent of landscape and themeing around the area, even for DW standards. Personally I think it's a great idea to re-theme the whole Gold Rush area to Aviation. - BUT it is an IDEA - For those on here that can be bothered searching topics, this whole Aviation thing was 1st dreamed up as a suggestion by one of you when that Terrible i-ride Artwork was released. Fast forward a couple of weeks to today and someone else has evidently stolen the idea declaring that they 'heard a Staff member say the new area would be Aviation themed..' hmmm...

Aviation is more than a small interest group. The tie-ins are vast. For starters, many of the people visiting the park will have been on a plane to get there. Aviation themes work in other parks - and Soarin is just one example of that. Although in Grizzly Peak, the area around Soarin is loaded with airport markings on the ground, shops made to look like hangars - and to be honest its a cheap and easy way to build a 'shed' and make it fit in. If the 'airports and travelling' concept wouldn't interest most people, then Tailspin should be a walk-on. So should Soarin, and so should i-ride when it opens. But it won't be - because only a "small amount of people" really care too much about theming, and the majority of park visitors just want to ride rides. Buzzsaw as mentioned could be 'red baron'. These planes still fly at airshows and joy flights and the like - and the theme means very little about the ride needs to change - perhaps change the train colours. The building can be easily rethemed to an old aircraft hangar, and the sawblades easily changed to propellers. As for what other rides, there's a plethora of rides out there themed to aviation related topics. The following list isn't necessarily advocating that the park get these rides (some are quite old), but just an example that there's plenty out there that has proven successful: Kid's ride - a "red baron" ride - see 'Dick Dastardly's Flying Circus' at Wonderland Paratrooper ride (i think Dreamworld used to have one of these) Parachute Jump ride (think Green Army men Parachute Drop at Disney) A B&M Flyer could find a home here too Centrifugal motion sim (think Mission Space) - there used to be one in Parramatta Intencity Think 'peter pan's flight' as a dark ride opportunity (themed differently), suitable for the whole family Theming is easy too. You could construct a wide body jet, with first class or business class seats as a dining experience. And remember - modern jet aircraft have Turbines - it's like the theme was made for Dreamworld! Plus - you could partner up with Qantas, or Virgin, and have items from their history of aviation as a walkthrough to fill additional space until you're ready to build the next big attraction (like Brock) Check out Aviodrome theme park in the netherlands for some of what they do too.

I looked through my old photos from when I was hitting MW weekly in high school. This is the big cover up they used while retheming. Edit- but as you mentioned this is just safety wrap too which would have been there regardless

Because it came on the tv😅

Might have been mine originally, but I could very well have taken someone else's one-liner and run with it too. Its funny how many staff members tell guests things that are very similar to the ideas shared here... its almost as if the ride ops read these boards and then spread the rumors...