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Great timing on this shot, the clouds match up really well I like the way that the building image helps hide (or at least blend in) the Scooby evacuation stairs.

Well if that 45min sign is for two gondolas running common sense would indicate that with one gondola running the same point would equal about a 90min wait, not rocket science. Considering it was a Public Holiday the park would have been running on skeleton staff, top that with the fact that Movie World and Wet 'n' Wild were closed and you would have to expect long lines throughout the park.

Has the WOC issue been fixed where the fountains and platforms were stuck in the "up" position and in plain sight of guests during the day? I know there was a very long period where they were on show all day and made the bay look very tacky.

Wow, Dreamworld only has the Log Ride and Train these days??

I am only 25 and have great memories of this show!

I remember the side facing away from the motor way used to drop slightly, slow down, then drop the rest of the way down.

With the Rio Olympics this year it would be a good tie-in to have a carnival themed event across all 3 parks this year.

They could just remove the glass/perspex and put in regular fencing between the supports when another spin and spew arrives.

Artificial grass gets just as hot a concrete in the sun, I hope they put some soil in and add real turf.

Yes, the last shot is more recent. That is were the cage full of cars was in the original queue set up. when the moved the entrance for Lethal Weapon to the side (its current entry), they removed the cars and that is what is pictured. that area is now the main queue of AA were all the prison cells are.

The walls at Australia Zoo are much Higher, the glass may be similar in height but then has an even taller section of wire above.

Below are some images of what the queue and surrounding area looked like. (images not my own -from Micechat Blogs).

I understand what he is saying in terms of only using one "theme" to save on licensing, but even back in the day when the park was owned and operated by Warner Bros. they still would have had to pay licensing fees for the use of characters, logos etc.

This doesn't make sense. Movie World is still "Warner Bros. Movie World" and the studios next door have been "Village Roadshow studios" since a late 1980's before the theme-park was built. The fact that the films are made in the studios next door doesn't give Movie World automatic rights to build theme park attractions. The studios also do make a lot of film and TV series, many of them major movies i.e Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Thor 3 (filming there this year), San Andreas, Narnia 3 etc.

The article was about a Jurassic themed park, not a "Jurassic Park" themepark- two very different things. article here >> http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/billionaire-plans-to-open-jurassic-theme-park-on-the-gold-coast/news-story/53a76ee67503957d7d5a6e2f7671e447

After a quick Google search I would say they are "local". Probably also comes down to the equipment required, and as said, availability. They seem to do quite a bit of work for all the GC themeparks.

Brown is the natural colour of many river systems, looks great to me.

It clearly says one of the tallest, high speed gravity coasters. Doesn't state anywhere that it is the fastest.

The fact that Universal Studios owns the theme-park rights to Nintendo would make this impossible at the moment.

This is the latest (1 September) Nearmap image of the area.

Megafactories on channel one is an episode on building roller coasters right now (AEST), for anyone interested.

I think the most logical place for a major expansion would be (as previously mentioned) behind the showstage, the outline below includes some back of house buildings which could be the reason for "admin buildings" being included in the applications.

The only issue with this plot is that most of the red area is swampland, that fills during periods of heavy rain (as shown in the pic below)

Plus the MDMC is sponsored by Honda, so they mustn't care very much either.

Hot wheels is famous for its trademark orange tracks, especially the looping track. It's almost a guarantee that the Cyclone's track will be repainted orange.