Prequel

I would suggest something, but to be honest, I don't know what flat rides exist that would go well in that space, that Dreamworld hasn't already got. Would the public accept Movie World installing a frisbee/gyro swing or any other flat rides that another park close by has? I guess it doesn't have to be a flat ride, but it is an area that they do sorely lack in, and is an easy crowd pleaser. They might just replace the attraction with themed seating anyway.

I recently swapped passes from Village to Dreamworld, due to not having been to the park in more than a decade, and the sale they had on passes during Black Friday. I feel like Dreamworld should remain the priority to build up. Neither W&W and WWW see frequent slide investment and offer pretty similar experiences. Dreamworld really only lacks in the coaster department (and a water ride) when compared to Movie World. They have a superior flat ride selection (by far) and a flying theatre which is better than the Roxy Theatre at Movie World. I think if Dreamworld gets an airtime focused thrill coaster, with how much less an annual pass costs compared to their competitor, a lot of others might consider switching passes.

I still wouldn't take it out of the question. Refitting the ride to go along with the new theme for the area would be an undertaking in it's own right, and maybe not something the park feels comfortable with when they have already lost so many attractions in a short period of time. But it makes a lot of sense. New trains would do wonders for the ride, I feel like that's mostly people's problems with the ride, it's really uncomfortable. Sure, the layout is not anything to write home about. But I do not think the ride would have a bad reputation around here if it was given less uncomfortable trains.

I've complied the list so far on Letterboxd. I appreciate your help! @Ogre

There is a few possibilities that are in my head, a new log flume, a first of it's kind flat ride, and a thrill coaster. I doubt it will be a thrill coaster. Steel Taipan, investments wise, was not that long ago, and they are yet to complete their new for 2024 family coaster. A flat ride is possible. Less desirable for me personally, as I do not really like flat rides. But Dreamworld need their ride count to go up. A new water based ride would my bet, as others have pointed out. It just makes sense for Dreamworld to be keen to replace what is a gap in their line up, now that they no longer have either a rapids or a flume. I have doubts over a Intamin water coaster, but you never know. Intamin is dedicating space in their booth, which is designed to advertise to other theme park operators. Which is what makes me really excited for this announcement. I just have doubts Intamin would want make the announcement at their booth if it wasn't something semi-big.

I do remember there was a poster of Stallion Road. I remember it well because it had Ronald Reagan, which I thought was quite cool. I just had the urge to watch all of the movies that are displayed in the queue. I might turn it into a letterboxd list.

This is a strange inquiry. But I was wondering if anyone had a list of the posters found in Wild West Falls' queue?

Speaking of the devil, This is the happiest day of my life!

I've only ever had the staff members use the tray for my glasses, which was something I didn't expect them to do. (But I very much appreciated still being allowed to wear them in the queue.) I don't like the current locker system, but I don't see how they could fix it without a complete redesign of the stations.

So Village wouldn't need to renew the license in 10 years?

I think the back of the park is in need for more urgent care than the Roxy Theatre in my opinion. With Scooby Doo out of action, it's just really empty. It's a whole lot of nothing until you get to Wild West Falls. They should have really themed Doomsday to the wild west in the first place. There just needs to be more reason to spend time at that side of the park. The Batman Legacy showcase also feels so out of place, it's really cool, but it should be moved closer to the front of the park.

Why is this allowed? They are direct competitors. It's like Pepsi and Coke merging.

If Ardent sell the park, what does their company even do.

Why is it always Disney when people discuss the expansion of the theme park sector in this country, It's exhausting to constantly see new articles about some empty new land that could house a Disney Park. Why is it never just a theme park in general. A well built theme park with good attractions will attract people across the country or even abroad anyhow, I don't see why these "proposed entertainment lands" have to only house a Disney park.

I mean, Movie World consistently themes their new attractions to the latest WB blockbuster, and The Flash just came out a few weeks ago before this announcement. So I'd say that's the thinking behind it.

Comparing a relocation from the park next door to a world class hypercoaster is insane. Would a ride like Hyperion even work at Movie World, there is a ride on the other side of the park that is offering a similar ride experience. Wouldn't you prefer a more diverse coaster line-up? I'd like to see Movie World get another world-class thrill ride as much as the next guy, but it's not that simple. Movie World is landlocked, with a working movie studio behind it, residential very close to the side, and then swamp land and top golf on the other side. This is a park that will have to be very clever with future large scale investments, being forced to use the limited amount of land left very wisely. Future attractions may need to come with some major sacrifices. I also just want to express how good I think this relocation is, and how much it will do for that area of the park. It really opens it up, and makes it more attractive of a place to be in. Outside of Arkham and Superman, it always just felt dead and depressing, it wasn't really that nice compared to other areas of the park.

Isn't that where the planned hotel is suppose to be? Also, that's ridiculously close to a residential area.

Yes. The ride has been down at Wet and Wild for a long time, I'm not really sure what's stopped them from moving the ride during that downtime, if it was so easy to just dismantle the ride. What could they even do to dress this ride up? It's not a lot of space, it's located on a huge concrete slab, and they probably want the ride to be operating as soon as possible.

Will the ride get a new colour scheme, what would you even theme this to.

Can I have their Minotaur statue then? If they aren't going to be needing it anymore.

Maybe Hanna-Barbera just isn't that appealing to kids anymore, sure they are recognisable entities to us. But how many kids these days are actually sitting down and watching the Flintstones, Yogi Bear and The Jetsons? I was born in 2003, and it was already out of fashion when I was growing up. Besides some 4D attractions of released movies, I doubt you will see Movie World really go out of their way to license characters that I'm not convinced kids even like that much these days.

You theme it to the scene where Henry is driving around with the helicopter chasing him. You have the trains be like cars, and then do the ol Superman Escape trick and have a helicopter on the back. The park could charge extra if you wanted to be in the helicopter seat.

What about a Space Mountain-esque Goodfellas themed coaster, with on board music playing Joe Pesci's Wiseguy.

A launched indoor coaster themed to Children of Men.

I'm still hanging on to that Aussie World B&M Giga! A rewards program is cool for the Aussie World frequents, I guess. Did the park really need to have some sort of build up for it? They probably could have just dropped it and it would have had the same reaction. But to play devils advocate in my own post, how meta of me, the build up under the hope of something big is really why any of us are talking about it here. Also, to the over-speculating point. Aren't the point of these forums is to discuss? Speculation seems to be a significant part of theme park discussion. The park knew what they were doing by trying to generate some hype, it's not people's fault for hoping for something more special.