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When being told by staff that the ride is down, offer them a roll of duct tape & ask if it will fix the issue 😂

.. so nothing new then? 🤣

I got my first ride in today, unfortunately it was only one ride as it went down. I can’t form an opinion on just 1 ride as I feel this coaster needs multiple rides, especially to understand the layout. But one stand out moment from memory was the double down & the sense of speed you get from this element. THEMING I will however review the theming. It is amazing. They’ve done what we’ve all been asking for.. ROCKWORK! And doesn’t it look good indeed. It goes from 7/10 theming (main queue area) until you enter the sliding door, which then goes up to a 9.5/10. The walk up to the station is the wow before the WOW factor. The lighting effects, accompanied by a fantastic deep sea sounding score sets the mood. You then hear leviathan speaking to you, “Who dares enter the realm of the mighty leviathan!” The station is filled with smoke as you enter. Leviathan swims around the station waiting for you to board. When you are about to dispatch, there is another short spiel from Levi & then you are off! The only negative I can see about the theming is the main queue area. The part to me that doesn’t make sense is you are waiting here, you can see full daylight & the coaster, however the same deep sea score is playing. For me, it ruins the immersive feeling. I would have had this area all enclosed with blue water effects projected on the walls to simulate you are underwater, about to enter leviathans lair. Obviously they have chosen to have this area open, with a shade structure that doesn’t block the view of the coaster. The view of the coaster from this section is great, don’t get me wrong, but the immersion is a bit off here for me. Will be back in a few weeks to get a couple more rides & hopefully get on Trident 🔱

ONE 👏🏼 TRAIN 👏🏼 OPS 👏🏼 Unfortunately it’s seems like there was an issue with 1 of the trains this morning. The opening was delayed around an hour or so. From what it looks like they bit the bullet & instead of making guests wait for them to fix the 2nd train, they pulled it off & got the line going. As expected, line is moving slow with the 1 train.

It is, however a lot of that is for the theming. I think it’s dreamworld fighting back at Sea World’s world class theming on Leviathan & they will label it as Australian best themed family coaster. As for the last 15-20 years, we haven’t seen great theming on our coasters, so to see both Village & Dreamworld both spending big on theming, I’m all for it.

Looks a lot faster from this video.

I honestly think Greg has done a great job. Ever since stepping into the role, he has done positive things. Just remember how f**ked the park was when he took on the role. He’s had to clean up the mess that past CEO’s have made.. (sounds a bit like the Iger/Chapek situation at Disney now lol). The additions IMO, is going to become a big hit with families. The reshuffling of rides is well & truely needed. Excited to hear more information when it comes about.

Am I right in saying there has been no human testing yet? If so, the chances of soft opening on Saturday would be getting slim.

I do agree, rock work outside the queue would have made a “great” entrance into a “GRAND” entrance, however I’m just happy to see theming for once. It has been so long since we’ve seen decent theming paired with a decent attraction. Here’s hoping they both live up to what I’m seeing in photos & videos in person come 2nd of Dec 🙌🏼

True, but some of us just can’t get up & pop into Sea World just like that 🫰🏼

Definitely did. Was there on the Saturday, didn’t open until about 1pm.. was a lot of people waiting around out the front for a couple of hours near JL. From memory opened for about 3 or so hours. I’d be heading down 26th, but I wouldn’t be upset if it doesn’t open.

I wouldn’t compare them either, I was just saying is the value in what you get better than attending fright nights, being literally double the price to attend FN.

I see that you said it was a great night, but the only things you mentioned was the negatives. What were the positives for you? - What was done well? - What was new? - Do you think it is better value than Fright Night? Appreciate the reviews as always

This is looking super promising! We haven’t seen this amount of theming for a roller coaster from Village, or any of our parks in a long time. Hopefully this is a turning point for our parks, that a full package makes it a better experience. Examples of recent rides would be: Justice League - Great theming, disappointing ride system. DC Rivals - Great ride, disappointing theming. Very excited to see it all completed ✅

https://fb.watch/envMuHymvs/ “We are bringing the movies back to Movie World” On behalf of every enthusiast, we thank you. FINALLY!

And this.

After visiting DW today I couldn’t help but notice the back area of the park (corroboree/vintage cars) is just so dead & hear so many people saying things like “This was so much better 10 years ago”. Makes me wonder how many more years they can get out of it. Vintage cars is a great family attraction & kids really do enjoy driving, but the throughput is terrible. My question would be, would you like to see the whole area get a major upgrade, get demolished to make way for something new or just get some minor TLC?

Headed to DW this afternoon for the first time in a couple months. An improvement I noticed: It was great to hear themed music in different sections of the park. Every themed area had a soundtrack that accompanied it. Only heard generic music in the pathway between MS train station to GD & out back where the kangaroos/koala’s are.

Can’t wait for the seatbelt & over the shoulder restraint on the carousel 👍🏼

100%. That’s just embarrassing. MW need to turn this negative into a positive. Yes, closing a ride that is only 10 years old with half decent theming (when it’s working) is unfortunate, but you’ve got a decent sized show building ready to go to house the best dark ride Australia has ever seen.

Better than promising a date & pushing it back 5 months 🤷🏽

Agree holding out until everything is 100% completed. Rushing an opening is not the way to go. I just wish they were more transparent about this with the public. It’s almost like a shady move to say it’s opening Easter, families buy passes for Christmas, etc. And then it gets pushed back. I know this isn’t the reason they announced it for Easter, but why even put a date if it’s not 100%. I would just scrap the September opening announcement, and just announce it when it is early stages of testing & everything is smoothing out.

Looks promising. A repaint & lighting fixture of GD would be a grand “beacon” for DW. Any guesses on what may fill the “world class family ride” spot? - Coaster? - Flat? - Motion based dark ride? I’m hoping for a MBDR, but my next question would be where this attraction would be going.

Imagine how big of an FU🖕🏼to Dreamworld it would be if Movieworld added a Mack spinning coaster like Ride to Happiness 🤣

I Attended Movieworld for the first time in a while today & thought I’d comment on a few things including these rumoured additions. First off, the place is thriving with guests. It’s almost like they haven’t heard about the new ride down the road (which with the marketing for it they definitely would have) or they just aren’t interested in visiting the park as it is right now. Just shows DW have to keep pushing to get their mojo back! POSITIVES Superman, Batwing & Roadrunner are still running quite well despite their age. Roadrunner’s new trains are super comfy & a great upgrade, just wish they would have done a repaint. Yogi Bear 4D was quite a fun little snippet of the movie, definitely not the worst screening I’ve seen them put on in that theatre. NEGATIVES 3 rides were closed today, GL, DD & WWF. GL & DD especially must be maintenance nightmares for them! With these rides closed it really does hurt the other lines in the park. Scooby is still terrible with the “Next Gen” upgrade.. however kids seem to not care & still love it. Justice League is still all sorts of broken, with 3 screens not even turning on. If they don’t want to keep it up & working.. why bother? Wouldn’t mind this getting replaced, despite it only being 10 years old. DCR still has issues with seating that I’ve seen raised here on the forums, with the attendant having to mark off where people are going to sit on a white board. The ride is a lot rougher than I remember, but with Mack’s premium seats I don’t see it being a huge issue in the future. RUMOURED ATTRACTION(s) As for the Dualing Boomerang + Suspended Family Coaster, I think it would be a perfect fit for them. I totally understand why they would have chosen this & even though it doesn’t excite me personally, I can see it being a big hit with families. PAST & FUTURE If it was me, I would have kept pushing the themed rides long ago. The parks theming seems to have declined since 2011 when they removed LTRR & Batman Adventure Ride. Only noticeable mention of “theming” would be Justice League & the Doomsday precinct, but accompanied by terrible rides, it just doesn’t live up to the old standards. When you think about how much detailed theming was put into the LTRR & Batman AR, the new theming just isn’t as good. I would have pushed Movieworld as the “Universal of Australia” & let dreamworld take the Six Flags route, but it seems MW is taking the same. I just hope they don’t dig a hole like DW did & struggle to get out of it. I agree as others have said Movieworld as of right now is neither on an “incline” or “decline”, but the next few additions will shape the direction they’re heading. The kids area is desperately needing a new ride, something that takes you on an adventure, something that LTRR did. As for the next addition after, I would either be replacing JL or use the Showcase studio with a Spider-Man/Transformers type ride system. Anyway sorry for rambling on! Just my thoughts 😃