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Yes I understand that, but there is no mention of "shock therapy" at all, even on the safety sign that shows the height restrictions and conditions list just says "Arkham Asylum" and the trains say "intensive treatment"

I'm sure they will - Hopefully I'm still a little dissapointed with the lack of a set name for the ride though - The safety sign and entrance arch both just state the ride as "Arkham Asylum" and the actual train says "Arkham Asylum - Intensive Treatment" , the only mention of "Shock Therapy" is breifly made by the Joker during the safety messages - something like - "Are you pinheads, I mean patients ready for your dose of Shock Therapy". I asked the loaders while waiting for the train (it was stuck on the lifthill) about the naming, and she told me they were told only to refer to it as "Arkham Asylum" for the time being.

It might be a bit rougher then it used to be but that's to be expected, I noticed though yesterday that its looking very faded and the mist and "flood scene" and still not working. The Blue dot is also not working (though I don't mind that being gone - I don't think to many people noticed it anyway)

Each ride - Green Lantern, Superman and Scooby Doo can have fast track. Basically they are fast passes split into 15min time slots - 10:30-10:45 , 10:45-11:00 ect. each of these 15 mins has about 50 spaces so you go to fast track and receive the fast pass for the next time so if its 10am you can get a fast past for Green Lantern for the 10:45-11am time slot. so instead of lining up in the normal queue at 10am and riding at about 10:30 you can go onto another ride for example Superman and ride it while you wait for the 10:45 time slot. Then at 10:45 instead of queuing for the Green Lantern, you just go up the exit into a much shorter queue (less than 5-10mins) and ride it. Basically you are "virtual" queueing between 10 and 10:45 as you can't ride the Green Lantern between these times but can do anything else in the park during that time.

I'd say its more about the cost of it, it is a lot of concrete to remove and level out, and it will make the area seem even bigger and more empty.

They have the small "pre-show" if you could call it that playing on the TV on the guards head, which is a news report xplaining how the Joker has taken control of the Asylum ect. The audio loop explains who the characters are - so if you listen to it you will know what was happening - if you don't your the type of person who probably doesn't care about the theme anyway. and as for the old queue line outside, most of the rails seem to be removed - it's just the ones around the edges and on the actual ramps that remain, obviously for safety reasons

I thought it looked normal, Another note - the old "Lethal Weapon" shop was open today - it is now a photo kiosk to buy the on ride photos from "Arkham Asylum"

Thrillzone Australia's Facebook page seem to be making a big deal about this section of track - is it new or altered? - they state that this is a "special section"

I highly doubt it, i think its more a cost factor of removing the concrete ramps. though another flat ride is needed at Movie World. Even just a simple octopus ride will improve the parks offerings. Theme it to another villian like the poison Ivy boss (also from the game) and your good to go

just out of curiosity Cruiseshipfan, have you actually been on the Arkham Asylum ride yet or seen the themeing in person?

Well it is a lot better than what was there before - a blank white iron wall. The queue is a huge improvment - used to be brick walls with Graffiti. The line audio is amuzing with Harley Quinn and Joker reading the safety messages (threatening to steal any designer handbags, glasses ect.) The operators have actual "costumes", not just polo tops with "Lethal Weapon" printed on it.

Ok, the line is probably the best themed out of the 3 coasters (superman, GL, and Arkham), I don't see much point in decorating the ride track when you can barely see anything whilst riding anyway (this is where the audio will enhance the experience). The line features Prison cells for Mr. Freeze (with Icecles along the top), two face (just a generic cell), Poison Ivy (has vines growing acrros the door), Killer Croc (has eyes that light up and also has a banging sound as if he is attempting escape, and there is a green tube of liquid (venom formula) for Bane in a large sell. The ride loaders are in orange jumpsuits and the operators in the room are in Arkham Guard suits. The ride exeperience is much smoother and the brakes are now also very smooth.

I disagree, having ridden on it today I have to say it is probably the most themed ride at Movie World. The on board audio won't in my opion make it any more "Arkham Asylum" than it is now. As far as I'm concerned The Green Lantern on ride audio does nothing to tie in the theme. The ride was open from around 10:15 - 3:30, with only a few short delays, while I was waiting the train stopped just as was going up the lift-hill and was "stuck" for about 7-8 minutes and the green buttons sometimes were not releasing the restraints and had to be manually opened by the maintenance team. apart from that everything seemed to be running smoothly.

Having now used the the Fast Track system myself today, I can say for the most part it wasn't too much faster. Today seemed a rather quiet day considering it was school holidays so the lines weren't to long to begin with. Superman Escape Fast Track was useless as the line wasn't long enough to make a difference, Scooby Doo saved about 10-15minutes which was good, and the Green Lantern Fast Track saved about 30mins - simply walked up the exit and straight onto the ride. It seems to be fair, now that it is a free system, each Fast Track is split into 15min time frames with a set number per time (depending on the ride). When I first got into the park I got a fast track ticket for Green Lantern at the 10:45-11:00 time, It was about 10:20 so i went and queued normally on the Superman and was on the ride in about 20mins, (they had the 2 trains running most of the day), once i got off i went straight up the Green Lantern exit and got to ride within 2mins (instead of the 40min wait that had backed up)

The world’s first Arkham Asylum themed ride ‘Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy’. Yes it is refering to the fact that this is the first ride in the world to be based on the Video game Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Is it just me or is there no reference to Arkham Asylum "Shock Therapy" in the themeing, the cars say Arkham Asylum "Intensive Treatment", the old theatre entrance says Jokers Arkham Asylum "Funhouse" even the entrance sign just says Arkham Asylum.

In my opinion I don't mind the 2D themeing of Movie World, Thats one thing i always found interesting going there as a child, seeing something that looks real from a distance but up close it isn't (Much like actual Movie Making- its all illusions) - its not like this is new look at Wayne Manor, the Forced Perspective Alley in main st., the mural in Wild West area. All 2d effects which show the illusion of movie making and the later two are very popular photo ops for tourists.

The fact that the "Important Annoucement" was listed as a marine attraction, kind of gave it away very early,

Happy April Fools Day

Only been kicked out of Calypso Bay for 15mins at a time for not staying in the tubes - Although that was the best part of the ride, trying not to get caught by the life-guards

I agree it will be interesting to see if they maintain it, There is a lot of "Plastic" themeing going on in the Dreamworks Experience which no doubt will begin to fade in the constant QLD sun (though it has been very wet as of late). But in my opinion I don't mind the 2D themeing of Movie World, Thats one thing i always found interesting going there as a child, seeing something that looks real from a distance but up close it isn't (Much like actual Movie Making- its all illusions) - its not like this is new look at Wayne Manor, the Forced Perspective Alley in main st., the mural in Wild West area. All 2d effects which show the illusion of movie making and the later two are very popular photo ops for tourists.

Well considering QLD school holidays start tomorrow I don't think it will be open , Maybe they're aiming for the Easter long weekend instead - Less competition from the Dreamworks Experience.

I saw that although i think it should say - "A very small peek at some of the theming for the new Arkham Asylum"

Movie World is owned by Village Roadshow not Warner Bros., even they have to have these copyright disclaimers on there website and I believe park maps to give credit to the copyright holders - WARNER BROS. MOVIE WORLD and logo, LETHAL WEAPON and LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. KIDS' WB! and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera. SUPERMAN, BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.

I know that in Australia Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal are all distributed by Village Roadshow (in terms of DVD and Bluray sales). Is this why Universal Studios were able to secure rights to Transformers for the ride (a Paramount Movie) and Harry Potter (a Warner Bros. movie)?