MaxxTheMonster

I remember going on the Road Runner Rollercoaster to get a view of what they were doing. There is a track, can't remember the technical term, that runs behind the arch sort of like a coaster track. The shell of an evo is mounted visible to the audience so when the truck on the track behind the facade is moved across it looks like the car is jumping across the gap. Lol reanimated found the image I couldn't.

The smell from this shop... Walking down main street past it is like walking past a nail shop at a shopping centre. You would think that with paint fumes in a small place you would put in a ventilation fan or air purifier... Nope... One oscillating fan on the wall... Quite a few people coming out commenting on the prices as well... $30 for a basic truckers cap with the front panels painted up to $50 for their most expensive... Of the 6 times we walked past saw only one get painted so either people are buying the generic ones from the shelves or they are not selling a lot. Also, 1 hour wait for Superman, 45 mins for Scooby, Arkham, Green Lantern, 30 mins for Batwing, Wild West Falls, 2 load cycles for Justice League.

Was there this morning. Whole arena is closed off. No shows at all on. Sounds like a fair bit of construction is going on along with a lot of rehearsals. From outside the cars sound great. On holidays until 24th so here is hoping HWSD2 is open on the 20th.

Had music on GL 2 weeks ago, 2 for 19. Wife had it first time ever, 1 for 33.

HAHAHA Love it Richard... On a similar note this is now my favourite thread.

No point starting a new thread for one question. I am probably missing something on their webpage but does anyone know what dates the Lunar New Years Celebration is going until at MW?

There is a special deal for 3 days entry to DW/WWW for $81 going at the moment with RACQ. 3 entries must be within 5 days of the first visit. Given we haven't been for a while and I have 2 weeks off might take another look especially with all the changes noted here, and at $81 why not?

Agree with these points 100%. My son is 19 months and is fascinated with cars. MW is the no brainer with HWSD, soon to be HWSD2. He is not a fan of animals (other than fish) and is too small for most rides. We did take him to DW once and he was upset most of the day because we had to keep stopping him trying to run to rides and the noise of some of the others. Will give DW a fair go again when he reaches a point he will be able to experience further attractions, however having grown up with DW (I was born the year it opened and have a commemorative plate with mum and dad with me only a week old, which funnily enough we took my son to MW when he was 9 days old) and seeing the steady decline, I have little to no faith in the DW experience.

Just saw on their fb page that MW latest addition. "There’s a brand new store at Movie World. Next time you’re visiting us, stop by Custom Hats & watch the team at work!" Airbrushed hats... really??? DW take 2???

I learnt long ago not to joke or have a laugh on these forums... Oldly enough people who have a keen interest in theme parks don't like a little bit of a laugh or joy... Given the ongoing digs and comments about Dreamworld I thought your original comment screamed joke/sarcasm.

That would be the FMX Overdrive show.

Movieworld website states: The Hollywood Stunt Driver show is closed to make way for an exciting new show coming soon! In saying that though it also says: Don’t miss the brand new show ‘FMX OVERDRIVE’ drifting into Warner Bros. Movie World for a limited time only from November 22 until 25 January 2014. So either they have forgotten to update one part of their website or even they don't know what is going on...

Interesting read. In saying that it has prompted me to want to see the film even more to understand more of the information they were discussing.

While I agree Brad that I am more inclined to believe Slick, a lot of posts doesn't necessarily equal useful, correct or relevant posts. If I wanted to I could up my post count quickly by posting random, useless and off topic posts.

Was both at the time. Had done a major in dance and performance and a lot of stuff around. They did not even look at my resume when I handed it to them. It was straight to "your shoulders are too wide".

I was called up for this position several years ago. Before the interview started I was informed that because of my shoulders being so broad I would not fit into the suits. They then said I could continue with the interview if I wanted. Asked if there was any point given that fact and they said no. Then enquired if this could be a major determining factor why there was othing stated about it pre interview. They were unable to answer. I do not hold a grudge for it, just wanted to point it out, and pre warn anyone thinking of looking at such a position. They used to have seperate character performers for the dancing and in park appearances. Not sure exactly how it is done now.

We went last night taking our 18 month old son with us. Overall a very good night, thoroughly enjoyed it, but it did have the feel of not being very well thought out from a guest perspective. We had spent the whole day at the park and had asked Guest Services when we arrived what we would need to do come close time. Informed to head to the front of the park from about 4pm to get a wristband to stay in park. Headed to the front area where we had to exit the park, line up, and come back in... Why was there not somewhere set up inside the park for people who were already inside? They were letting everyone in through the stroller/wheelchair exit so this in itself presented a fun challenge. Once back in went to the "designated" area for white christmas attendees. Was not too bad until you see security and staff not telling others wandering up the other side of main street to get in the area as someone else mentioned, getting forward of everyone who had done the right thing. They then started setting off the smoke from the grates, 2 of which were in the area we are waiting. My wife being asthmatic had to move away to prevent issues. Finally people got sick of the others sitting on benches and wandering around so pushed the rope away and started spilling out into main street where staff started telling them to get back into the area. General chaos ensued. We stood and listened to the choir sing a few songs before being let up towards the top of main street around 5:45pm, where we were again packed in, as another guest stated "like cattle" for the snow angel. This wowed the crowd and must admit was nicely done. They then opened the rest of the park where people immediately headed to the stunt arena for the carols while one "elf" was talking about the show stage. Had to as a staff member what it was about as could not hear it to be told that the carols were there instead. Carols were good, however will agree you can't hear the choir over the music, and if you were using the words on screen to sing along, this was spoiled with characters and presenters standing in front of it throughout meaning you had difficulty singing along. Left this and headed to the lighting event. The woman singing was, well, okay I guess, only during the slower parts of music, otherwise a cat in a washing machine would have done the same job... Don't get me wrong, she could sing, just not fast and in tune at the same time... Then without warning randomly during her singing everything lit up... Countdown would have gotten people involved more. Took our son to go on the carousel... Safety issue waiting to happen. While it is operating it is all lit up... When it stops though almost all the lights go out making it very hard to see where you are walking, with little kids, maybe rethink lighting of the whole area as it was pretty dark. The parade... Was a parade, not much else to say. Except nice to see that Santa gets to ride the float while poor Mrs Claus has to walk... Didn't know he was so sexist, but meh... After the parade we headed back up main street for our son to dance and play in the area while we waited for most of the guests to clear out before attempting to leave. Left the park around 9:00pm and got straight out of the carpark. Scores out of 10... Lighting - 9. Would give 10 but need to give them room for improvement. Immersion in "White Christmas" - 7. While main street was fantastic, the lack of lighting and general christmas in the WB kids area needs a lot of work for next year considering this is where the young kids and families would have been most of the night. Staffing - 4. This was perhaps the second biggest let down for the night. Conflicting information from staff, lack of happy cheerful "christmas spirit". Sure you are working an evening shift and people aren't always listening, but at least have a smile. The main let down was the rude and inconsiderate demeanour of the guests. But because this is not controllable by the park have otherwise ignored it for review of the evening. Overall I would give the night a 8 out of 10, mainly because the main reason we went was for our son and his face was a smile all night so well worth going just for that. Definitely would not have paid for the evening so happy we got the VIP Gold passes this year.

Sea Viper started around 12 today but was running empty for about 30 mins prior. Jet ski open all day. Managed to get 2 rides today, one around 11am before it went off for "technical issues", where I noticed a boat was stuck near the top of the lift hill. It reopened around 2pm and I got straight back on, was down again 30 mins later with people stuck on the boat near the top of the lift hill. Did not reopen after that. Was really impressed with the theming, the noise seems a little issue though, being a single rider today was looking for the single rider queue jump. Could not hear the ride attendant over the noise but saw the one finger in the air so shot my hand up. Unless you are looking for it you may miss it. Getting in the first time I was for the second row until the Asian tourists in the front row changed their minds and asked to swap, needless to say they got the water dump which completely missed me. Front row second time as well, though it dumped before the boat got to the corner, and had stopped by the time we started passing it... Maybe in between these two would give the first row a bit of moisture as well... In my opinion, it has just enough coaster, not enough boat ride... Shame the viewing area is not open to non riders to be able to experience the ride to a point... Given the space they had though, fantastic addition to the park.

I weigh approximately 130kg, 158cm and most of it is in my stomach and chest area. Have had a little trouble on Scooby, but someone pushing the harness in a little soon fixed that, similar with Superman. I have only ever not been able to ride one ride and that was Sea Viper at SW, however that was more an issue with my shoulders not fitting within the harness than my stomach.

There are medical reasons as well though AlexB that can contribute to people not needing to use facilities and suddenly the incredible urge that if they don't go now that there will be an accident. My brother has an overactive bladder (normally older people are affected, yet he has had this since his early teens) which makes life difficult for him and has greatly limited what he can and cannot do in normal life. We used to have to queue for rides and then call or msg him to come in because we were almost ready to load just to assist him. Despite that, people cannot always go on cue. I worked in childcare for more than 10 years (ages 2 - 5) and no matter how much you say to a child to go they will not if they don't need to. But guarantee that the moment they need to they will scream and carry on if you don't let them. Not to generate any anger or hatred (as that leads to the dark side) "As an uncle who takes his nieces and nephews to the parks infrequently" does not put in the same stead and experience as a full time parent who deals with it everyday. Meanwhile... Apologies Lis.Wiz because you will take offence to this... but if your child gets to a point of screaming for a bathroom, you're not parenting very well... might offend Lis.Wiz, however it also offends me and it is downright disrespectful to criticise the parenting techniques of anyone as there is no one guide, or correct way to parent a child.

While I am still wanting to see this in person and am amazed with the theming on the POV, still cannot believe they replaced something like Bermuda with something like this. Before anyone says anything, I know Bermuda was dated and needing removal, I know this is the next big thing that was appropriate for SeaWorld, I know times change, etc. Still sad that of the 4 rides that I can go on with friends, 3 of them are a type of coaster.

Will go with others and say MW, especially the Dirty Harry Bar. Last would have to be WnWGC, not for the previously mentioned reasons, but as a parent of a under 18 month old, the parent room having one change table and little bench space is crazy.

Finally got down to the park... The show was, well not what I expected... The cars and bikes were out together for a few minutes at the beginning at which time the bikes jumped both cars parked side to side at the front of the stunt arena before the cars and one of the FMX guys peeled out. We were then left with 2 FMX bikes doing a few jumps in front of the screen for about 10-15 mins before the cars and other guy come back out for a few minutes and then the show is over. Was hoping for a bit more interaction between all the vehicles, but getting to the park and it is advertised as "FMX Showtime's Overdrive" sort of lead to believe it would be FMX orientated. Even throwing in a lose storyline about the cars chasing the bikes would have lent a bit more to it than basically watching the same show they have done for almost the last 10 years at the Ekka... Just my thoughts.

Please be the first full week of December (next week)... I happen to have the week off so can get in and enjoy

I weight approx 132kg. Have had a little trouble on Scooby, but someone pushing the harness in a little soon fixed that. I have only ever not been able to ride one ride... Sea Viper... And while someone before mentioned that having to get off for safety reasons is fine, and I agree, it does hurt a little... In saying that though, it did push me to get back on the weight loss train even though it was my shoulders stopping the harness not my girth.