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Look, its shit. but it always has been shit even as "3D".

They overhauled Wipeout and shut it a year later. Corkscrew got Sea Vipered in 2010 and shut down in 2014. Of course, not planned retirement - but older rides can have more issues that are too costly to rectify. Don't you mean Kingda bummed?

Saw the designer post a scale model on their instagram the other day, its visible in the background of their website: https://www.biscuit.net.au/ and on YouTube:

Not necessarily. I don’t know the answer, but GD was built a year after TOT and the tower was originally designed to have a drop tower attached to it because they had planned for it. Lex Luthor opened 15 years after Superman opened, My point being, the structure might not have been engineered to stand with the additional lower structure of Superman to support it (the curved structure at the base is what I’m referring to)

I’m currently down in Melbourne to see family and managed to pop into Funfields to check out the progress on Lava Lagoon. As you can see, it’s really starting to take shape and I love the quality of the rock work. The way the sight-lines match up with Voodoo, Volcano Beach and Lava Lagoon’s theming here is great. Speaking with staff, it sounds like there’s a lot more theming yet to be installed around LL. Apparently, there will be a number of special effects and audio throughout the river. Speaking of which, the park has also introduced a brand new IMAscore soundtrack for the entrance area this season, which I believe is the first use of IMAscore’s music in an Australian theme park! It’s fantastic to see the park caring about smaller details like this.

I know it's a typo, but the thought makes me laugh.

I heard/read that Six Flags is probably looking at closing Superman in the near future because of its cost and reliability issues. I’d love to see Giant Drop reclaim the world record, especially over 13 years later.

German theme park enthusiast’s who’s home park is Movie Park Germany weren’t impressed by the Australian inspiration?

Hang on a sec, the themed land has to transition at some point doesn't it? The whole park cant be superman themed, nor WoZ themed. What attractions are on the other side of Volcano Bay or Voodoo, are they also tribal/island themed? If not, how is this any different? Actually, I'll answer my own question @TBoy ....If it's ok to Have Gravity Wave / Supernova next to Volcano Bay, therefore it's ok to have Superman next to WoZ.

Man this makes me realise how good the Superman Escapes ride is in comparison to later rollercoasters. Like an actual theme taking place in a train station area and then an earthquake happens with pretty good effects for a rollercoaster. Arkham Asylum was still cool with its theming, anything based around those games is gonna be good, but I just wished they did more with that area. Then we got stuff like Green Lantern, DC Hypercoaster and now the Flash ride that just has bare minimum theming with just comic panels explaining the story

It’s probably because the Dreamworld Flyer is down for maintenance, so they’ve decided to open The Claw instead. Nice to see they are willing to substitute in another ride if needed. Compared to just saying 'sorry ride is closed'.

It gets to a point where if you can't see the bright pink 200ft tall structure or these signs leading to it, adding a third becomes pointless...

Kinda bummed. Was over in the NYC in Sept/Oct but just couldn't fit in the day trip down to the park, considering there were days the ride didn't open. We got some rides in on Xcelerator though while at Knotts, so I'm gonna call that breaking even. The park has confirmed that Zumanjaro is being removed as well, and whatever is coming is not going to be a reimagination, so everything you see is being removed apparently. This means DW's Giant Drop reclaims 2nd place for tallest operating drop tower!

Hopefully an indication as to what is to come

The Claw will be open again this Friday and Saturday during the night markets

por que no los dos?

"Food selection leaves alot to be desired, there is a choice between Mexican and a typical theme park burger" That's not very nice, we also have fish and chips

Lol the germans aren’t wrong. The Mack family runs Europa park at Disney level efficiency with numerous common models to movie world and across the village roadshow chain generally. Why doesn’t village upper management take a trip there on their next purchase from them and observe how they do things? Hilarious how inept village has been at this when movie world gets similar attendance figures to many parks in Europe and yet hasn’t ever figured out you can dispatch a coaster train in less than 5 minutes. You want to be world class you should act like it. World class theme parks don’t have half the rides shut going into the busiest period of the year. People coming from overseas take the piss out of how we do things.

The point I am trying to make is that they make it cohesive down to the sightlines. The area here fits in with the theming of both Voodoo and Volcano Bay, making it a smooth transition. Whilst at Movie World you will be able to see almost all the coasters from WoO, I cannot remember seeing Superman fly a train of passengers in Wizard of Oz for example. But you are right, Movie World doesn’t have a lot of land especially compared to even the other parks on the coast.

This is what Six Flags looks like "under new management". As @Brad2912 mentioned, there was money being poured into revitalising Ka, with more planned for the future. It wasn't just the station; I believe there were new trains coming, so Intamin will probably be looking to send those parts elsewhere. Anyway, I guess this is what happens when you've got new shareholders who want to see the line on the graph moving north. Still, quite disrespectful to the legacy of the ride to just shut it down so unceremoniously with no prior announcement and thus no opportunity for the GP to get a "final rides weekend". But I guess we Aussies wouldn't know anything about that, would we? 🙄 At least DW appear to have learnt some lessons.

You could even continue the LSMs vertically like Storm at Dubai Hills Mall

Went to the park yesterday, didn’t take many photos of any construction/maintenance but was wondering if any of y’all knew what these muted red metal (track?) pieces in Motocoaster’s envelope could be for, before I start to jump to any of my own conclusions.

I love it too, I will be heading there in summer so will be cool to check out. I always love how Funfields puts special effort into theming, it could be the family owned nature that helps put in the special detail rather than corporate ownership who only care about making a profit. The way it fits into both Voodoo and Volcano Bay is one thing I love as well, they put in the effort to make it cohesive (cough cough Superman next to Wizard of Oz)

@franky it wouldn't surprise me if they look at chopping down Superman at SFMM too, can't be easy to maintain that. And then Giant Drop goes to #1, it's much better drop tower in any case imo. I was at Knott's in Sept and I had to laugh about Xcelerator. Even though I'm at Knott's every year (except '20 & '21), riding it I realised it was my first time since 2016 because it's been down so much. Thank you for the correction, I got seriously dyslexic on that lol. I guess we'll have to wait and see. My partner wants to go back to NYC, I'll tell her 2026 would be a good year to go lol (she hates coasters).

Plenty of rides survive beyond 20 years… they recent poured money into a station overhaul which wouldn’t have happened with planned retirement on the near horizon

Update: The Mural Refurb is Complete! (It's Now Fully 2D with an Added Logo to boot)

Noticed today the Flash wrap near the entry point looks like it’s been replaced as well.

Wait a few years for the plants to grow then you’ll take this back. I have always maintained that rivertown as a theme will look better in 3-4 years time than on opening day. Every park known to man looks barren on day one then the plants grow and provide natural shade. Everything will look better with a bit of weathering. I think it’s a bit of a silly expectation for an Australian park to install mature plants in a new build area considering how expensive it is to do so.

King Claw went out for tender today. Images from public tender.