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What, the giant Joker head won't be warning enough? 😂

Talk about the physical lighting being installed belongs here yes. Talk about what they should have done, what we want them to do, and which department store sells the cheapest fairy lights - does that really fit here?

ParkChatLIVE have shared some images of stage 2 on their Facebook page. Dream world have also shared a video on their FB page

Technically Fucshia is the correct spelling for both the colour and the plant - the colour comes from the name of the plants flower. Seems first year Plant Biology 101 at uni did teach me something relevant

Just wait and see on the day, I feel it looks really busy out the front then grab one as soon as you enter the park. They only sell a limited number of unlimited passes per day. The fast track lines don't open until 10:30 though, so it's best to head straight to Arkham Asylum and ride that in the morning before the queue grows. Arkham is the only major ride that doesn't have a fast-track queue, but you do get 1 free VR ride with the gold unlimited pass.

Perhaps Backwards riding will be available only on the unlimited gold Fast-track option. Where each fast-track holder is entitled to ride backwards once using fast-track, but unlimited rides using fast-track in the normal seats? similar to Arkham VR, each unlimited fast-track holder gets 1 free VR experience, the ride op then marks off on the armband that it has been used.

I agree, hopefully it gets the point across to hold the headset in your hands until you're seated. The amount of people I have seen putting them on and trying walk blindly to the gates astonishes me. Though I have to say most culprits appear to be non-English speaking tourists so not sure how much impact the video will have. I think it would have been awesome if they found someone to play Harley Quinn dressed as a nurse giving the spiel. As it currently stands the video is jarring with the story of the queue line that the Joker has already taken over the Asylum.

Nostalgia is one thing that Dreamworld has over Movie World though, they should use it to their advantage. Many of Disneyland's rides rely heavily on the nostalgia factor, what are Dumbo's flying elephants or Alice's teacups without nostalgia, just dressed up carnival rides, yet they are iconic rides of the park. Would Disney really open a Small World in every one of its parks if it wasn't for the nostalgia factor? I doubt it.

I get this, but he clearly said they would be aiming for September - which they are not they are aiming for October and if it is ready earlier so be it. If they honestly knew it would be ready and open for September, they would be pushing the campaign as being open for the September school holidays would they not?

Like the Matterhorn

The announcement video clearly states coming this October.

She has one of the worst American accents, it constantly slipped back into an Aussie accent.

Is it just me, or is the poll attached to this thread more useless than most? - every option is essentially a "maybe" I don't think that the hypercoaster will do very much damage to the already slipping attendance. If anything it may help, this coaster will attract interstate visitors who will already be familiar with Dreamworld, many of whom would probably be willing to add an extra day their trip to visit Dreamworld whilst their already here.

They say the Southern Hemispheres tallest and fastest hypercoaster - which is correct as it is the only hypercoaster in the Southern Hemisphere

Also says it features the worlds first non-inverting loop. Perhaps the track is 61.6m and with the Jokers head included the ride tops out at 75.5m?

Check the other hypercoaster thread

Seems so!

Have you seen the official announcement yet?

Well we already have a rollercoaster based on a video game, so why not have one based on a card trading game - The colour matches too!

I think it is only there to give an idea of the height of this thing

I don't think updating the wall murals by painting a part of the hypercoaster and doomsday will cost much. Although they may not be able to decide which paint colour to pick up from Bunnings for the new track 😜

Well yes everyday has a 50% chance, as there are only 2 options - they either do or don't announce it. Though one could also argue that as opening day approaches the chances of an announcement also increase, but Movie World seems to want no one to know 😜

Well weren't they wrong, Tarzan was a financial flop and King Arthur is on track to be an even bigger financial disappointment.

Sound good enough to me 👌

So did the article actually answer why we would want to ride it this year in particular?