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I witnessed someone trying to bring a rollaboard suitcase on the ride once. Ambitious, for sure.

Spy Chase Stunt Show is an RCT-worthy title. But it looks like an improvement, hopefully enough burning rubber is retained to entertain the bogans.

I saw it about a week before ending, there seemed to be more than usual - maybe 8 or 9 dolphins there. Hard to believe this is actual approved copy.

I hope so, obviously school holidays are peak time but there are still plenty of visitors the rest of the year so it's poor form to drag out maintenance windows longer than necessary. Some observations from the planned maintenance periods: - Superman planned maintenance in March implies they hope to have the ride open again before then, which is good news. - Flash out of action for two months smells like cost savings. Since relocation, has this ride been closed more days than it's been open? Better than sitting SBNO at WNW I guess, but not by much.

Yes it’s reheated leftovers but the event sold out. Despite the rain tons of families attended and spent up on food, merch and trick or treat buckets. Can’t see park management rushing to change anything anytime soon.

It's been end of life for a decade, embarrassing to have that attraction run in its current state.

“Soaring 17.6 meters (that's almost 18!) above the park” Apparently 18 metres is the benchmark for exciting waterslides.

I agree, this is an upgrade. We get four different slides replacing what had become a relatively unpopular attraction, and will add some useful variety and capacity to that side of the park. Will we see all four operate at once outside of opening season? 🤪

It's was announced, but has construction actually started? Themeparx is normally a good source for this sort of thing but looks like nothing much had happened as of February 2024, and no updates since. The UAE has a long track record of grand announcements followed by zilch.

Interesting announcement, let’s see if anything actually comes of it. The UAE has more failed park projects than the Gold Coast has had unsuccessful sports teams. There’s still a Universal arch decaying in the Dubai desert, IMG never got its second gate, Six Flags didn’t happen, the Bollywood park is dead, Real Madrid can’t be far behind, and Motiongate seems to have sadly deteriorated quite a bit since opening. Miral admittedly have a better track record with their Yas Island parks, but Ferrari World has been mostly rebuilt since opening day, and Warner Bros hasn’t seen a new ride since opening. The attitude seems to generally be spend up big for opening then not a dollar more which is contrary to how most successful parks operate globally.

It would be relatively inexpensive to replace slides 2/3 with a differently shaped flume - maybe a double-down drop which wouldn’t allow riders to pick up as much speed.

I consider myself fairly well traveled, have been to 200+ theme parks in my time and 2025 Movie World would be in the bottom 5 for operations. The park management doesn’t seem to care about guest (and possibly staff) experience whatsoever. It’s all about the bottom line. If anyone complains about wait times they are gaslit and told it’s due to safety, which is completely at odds with how almost every other theme park (safely) operates. I’ve seen some 2 hour waits but there would have been 500+ people waiting in a queue. Movie World somehow manages a 2 hour wait for 200, so no wonder guests are fed up.

Let's say they went with a Funtime model rather than the budget SBF, is it any more reliable? Or are the issues something else - the ocean breeze or aftermarket restraint sensors perhaps?

This could go either way. Aussies might choose to holiday locally rather than overseas, so maybe fewer annual pass but more day ticket sales?

Eejanaiaka is definitely the best of the 4D coasters, followed by Dinoconda which is still fun but not quite as intense. X2 I just find rough, even on an inside seat it is basically a car accident simulator.

My visits to Grona Lund tell me there is plenty of opportunity to add more coasters if they try.

Having been on 17 of 25, I don’t have any comment on individual rankings but these are all excellent coasters. DC Rivals backwards row remains something else in my book and is unlike any other coaster experience, easily the best coaster gimmick I’ve ever tried and still a treat despite the price tag.

For non-locals it works out slightly cheaper than the One Pass and splitting the cost over 12 months is nice. The value is definitely less these days though.

It would certainly be a sight to see even more fencing crammed into that land.

I generally head up from Victoria 2-3 times a year, maintain a Dreamworld annual pass and legacy VRTP membership. In the past we'd probably spend 20% of our park time at SW/WnW and then 30% DW, 50% MW. These days it's now at least 50% DW because the MW operations are so dire. When everything is an hour plus wait and lines move so slowly, it feels like work and spending four hours just in queues for 2-3 attractions isn't fun.

"Maintenance" is 30% keeping the ride operating well, 70% cost savings. High likelihood that both sides will shut.

Looks alright, having just the one simulator room will present capacity challenges but overall this seems a solid replacement for the ambitious but underwhelming Madagascar boat ride. USS desperately needed something new as well - it must be close to a decade since Puss In Boots opened?

I don’t get it either, there’s more than enough room for both boarding and disembarking guests to access the cubby holes. The train is stationary for goodness sake. My guess is that a risk manager suggested it as a solution to some imaginary problem, nobody wanted to challenge and now it’s VRTP policy forever.

I think this is a good summary. It feels incomplete - two things stand out: - the transition from highly themed indoor queue to a maze of cyclone fencing is jarring, even more so given the general lack of useful shade. - the courtyard desperately needs a small shop or F&B outlet, something to give it some energy and movement. The character meet and greets are nice but not enough to make the area seem complete. More shade would also be welcome here.

Industry-leading immersive theming doesn’t come cheap I guess.