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hopefully it is indeed Riddler themed Green Lantern was a fail of a movie, and there is no sequel planned. Would be a weird choice basing a brand new signature ride on a single unspectacular movie when you could incorporate it into the Batman themed area and to a worthwhile and long lasting (ever lasting for that matter) theme

so is the assumption that the final ride once open will only be doing one full rotation??

Couldn't take a pic as it was too dark, but just drove past and the track is now complete!!!

would be good if there was some small change just to refresh the ride a little

Whilst i do agree they need new attractions, something which they are currently working on, if you had checked the website you would have seen that Wild West Falls has had scheduled maintenance booked in for this period since early in the year - if it is your fav ride you should have worked around the annual maintenance dates. Im hoping as it is down for over a month that they may be freshening up some of the themeing.

What I meant was he seems to be inferring more than just the sept attraction by using plural, and also mention parks as opposed to park. Sorry if I didn't get my pt across properly, some of u guys are quick to jump!

He may not get much say in it what rides the park gets, but doubt he'd mention they are getting them unless true

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/07/07/330581_gold-coast-business.html Interesting!

Just drove past MW and never in my 5 yrs living on the GC have I seen it so busy. The carpark had spilled over onto the grass between MW and Outback Spectacular and all the grassed area at the front of the park was full

Amazing photography and that video is almost haunting So sad to see a park so derelict and beyond repair Brings back memories of wonderland going, hard to believe that was over 7yrs ago now!

Given the current DA and approval for a Batman Retail shop, one would hazard a guess IF they are indeed building a new ride, that it will be Batman themed in some way.

do share... if you have info, let us in on some of it

Agreed

Again I disagree with what your saying but let's just let it go.

Not sure if it would specify type to be honest As DW is obviously a landmark tourist destination, they basically get immediate approval for anything within their grounds. Hence why the application was lodged and then approved within a week whereas any other development takes 6months. But seeing as this said "disk o kids ride' I guess we could see it specified. Ill be checking back every week or so and seeing when something gets added

Never ridden or seen a Disk'O til this video Whilst not amazing, looks like a solid enjoyable, 'mini' thrills kind of ride. The question is though ... is this DW's 'thrill' ride or their family friendly ride??? I would be disappointed it this is the 'thrill' ride and the family ride is still yet to be announced.

Well a mega disk 'o' would not be classified as a kids ride would it? as per the DA approval? Either they are lying to GC Council or you dont know yourself. Oh, and if it is a mega and that is the 'thrill' ride - well that'll just about do me

Well i can confirm that one of the rides will be a midi disk 'o' kids ride Development application was lodged and approved by Gold Coast Council this week no details or applications for the thrill ride yet though Click here for DA

Does anyone with a bit more knowledge of common footprints for Intamin coasters know what would fit within those boundaries??

Not a bad idea Scott. I guess the issue though with theming a ride to an individual movie is that over time it becomes less relevant as the age of the movie increases. I agree given the popularity of the recent adaptation it would be a great idea, but it 10yrs time will it hold it's appeal and relevance? Probably not (wild wild west adventure ride prime example). Then u find as the relevance wears off or the consumers interest in the movie, the park stops focusing as much on the theming and 'experience' - as we've seen with Lethal Weapon. It's going on 10yrs since a lethal weapon movie came out. In 5yrs the rides target audience wont have even seen the movies the ride is themed around

Glad at least you understood what i was saying. Was trying to work out what i was saying that didnt make sense to Scott. Im not really following much of what you are saying, but i would argue that in many cases the theme is DEFINITELY chosen prior to the ride being chosen. If i was the CEO of a theme park and wanted to open a new attraction, i'd take a look at my park, get an idea of what area of the park (theme) i wanted to incorporate the ride into and then choose a ride based on that theme (which could be age-dependent, size dependent, cost dependent). I wouldnt just go, hmmm ... i want a Mega Coaster, lets order it. And then afterwards think hmmm, the only place i can fit it in is Wiggle World. When they opened the Harry Potter Themed World in the US, they didnt choose a roller coaster and then think, you know what - that kind of seems like a 'wizard' like ride, lets build a Harry Potter world around it. They thought "we have a great theme idea - a Harry Potter world with Harry Potter themed attractions - now what rides would fit in with this"

He said a "JP or Indiana Jones STYLE ride" there are plenty of WB licences that could be incorporated into that style of ride

Gazza I take your word on the Viper sizing but I go around that roundabout at least twice a day and it would not even be 20m in diameter. It's not much bigger than a standard suburban roundabout

are those sea vipers to scale?? surely cant be?? the footprint of the ride looks about the size as 3 roundabouts going off the scale you used!