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ONE of Movie World’s most popular attractions, the annual Halloween ‘Fright Night’, has a new bogeyman — the Gold Coast City Council. Movie World owner, Village Roadshow Theme Parks, is taking the council to court, accusing it of levying monstrous infrastructure charges on its Fright Night horror mazes. The mazes, where gruesome ghouls leap out of the darkness to terrify patrons, have been a Fright Night fixture for more than a decade at the Oxenford theme park. But the council has moved to impose new infrastructure charges on sheds which have been used to house the mazes since 2016. In a Planning and Environment Court appeal lodged earlier this month, VRTP argues the proposed charges are ‘so unreasonable that no reasonable relevant local government could have imposed the amount’. Lawyers for the theme park contend the mazes ‘place no extra demand on trunk infrastructure’. They argue the sheds are not connected to sewerage and the only water they use is for fire sprinklers. “There is no extra demand on the transport network, as there is no increase in attendees to Fright Nights as a consequence of the sheds,” the appeal states. VRTP argues the council has made an ‘error’ in classifying the infrastructure charges and they should be set aside. An initial hearing has been set down for this Friday. https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/queensland/movie-world-takes-gold-coast-city-council-to-court-over-halloween-levy/news-story/43082df56a43a0b8cca457766243bd70

it seems like such a shame. that ampitheatre was well equipped for shows. and instead they set up portable stages next to the claw and jam up main street. I guess with the old brock's garage its a much better multipurpose space, whereas the ampitheatre, with the sloped seating is really only suitable for stage shows - much like the Showstage at MW. So much wasted space with that seating area walled off.

^ There is no point in spending money on promoting SV with any Advertising or Sponsorship until they can get an all-clear to open it.

Let me guess Dreamworld will now make you wear Goggles while riding their roller coasters 😂

Amphitheatre removal has been confirmed with a new demolish approval. "DEMOLISH & REMOVE THE OLD BIG BROTHER AMPHITHEATRE AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS PCA/2019/4784"

Looks pretty cool, though if you want a slightly shorter preview, you can ride a version with two funnels at Watermarc in Greensborough.

Interestingly, all references to Sky Voyager have been removed from the Experience OZ website. I wonder whether they will continue to sponsor the attraction? I remember they previously had deals in place for customers such as early entry to Dreamworld for the ride etc.

Train is safe, the track recently had some big $$$ spent on it near that section, so unless a large piece of the amphitheatre falls on the track with force, it will be fine.

I got to visit DW today for the first time in a while (been more than a year). There was an Excavator tearing apart the Ampitheatre area by the old Carpark entry. WORRY NOT! Dear Cannonball Express fans, I believe your beloved Train is safe, at least for now, but not sure of condition the track around that side is presently in? Hopefully still in tact? The clearing appears to be isolated to wiping out the Ampitheatre, possibly adjacent Blue Lagoon too, frankly this is a good thing right?

My favourite part is that you can so clearly see what words she is saying after it. It just makes it so much better

I haven't been hit but was operating a ride when it happened. I was operating Psyclone (pretty much the same as The Claw) at Canada's Wonderland, when a teenage girl got hit by a seagull. I saw something go flying and nearly hit the e-stop. My supervisors were in the booth me and went to investigate, and came back with a box with the dead seagull in it. The girl was in tears but okay. The seagull landed in the garden next to the merry-go-round. "The Bus is now leaving for Seagull Point, NSW"

Three Tier Engineering & Safety Review

I remember when I repainted my house. It was a few months before i put it up for sale...

This is the post with the video footage, surprised nobody shared it earlier 🙄

^Yeah, look.... "citation needed" - but there's a reason Disney always exits you through a gift shop, and that's also the reason why many of our parks have shops at exits. Its a proven formula. Low attendance and low revenues put pressure on department heads to cut costs, and saving on staffing by having less shops open is a no-brainer - but that doesn't mean those shops don't make money when they're open. As for superman, it was always a stupid idea to exit through a gift shop when you don't permit loose articles... unless you come back through the locker room first. stupid design decried from day one.