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Heading to the Village parks in mid-December, first time in GC since 2022: was a bit worried the parks would be closing at 4 and I'd only be given 5.5 hours there. Glad to see at least it'll be 7 hours though for most of my visit Landing in GC around 1 or something from what I last remember on the 10th, was planning to go to Sea World on day one but looks like that'll not be the case given it closes at 4 on that date. Still have the 11th-13th but bit annoying

Not sure if that's compatible with existing Intamin track though, the old track used for the hydraulic launch coasters and the newer Intamin track pretty look different.

Will be interesting to see what they do with it given the other Accelerator coasters slowly failing, presumably due to it being one of the biggest rides there you'd assume BGH would want to be quick to replace it rather than it sitting there empty for years if it becomes too much to repair. Arkham yes that took around 5 years between closure and WOZ but Superman was always more popular I believe, so would have more of an impact than Arkham. Only problem is you can't really replace the launch: you cant add in a spike to make up for the slower acceleration like Top Thrill Dragster to Top Thrill 2 as the Scooby building is directly behind it. The other problem for a replacement is there's not much space for a replacement with WOZ, Justice League and Flash directly bordering the current ride.

Glad to see they're at least investing in thrill rides, went there in December and noticed unlike Gumbuya/Funfields/Luna Park there was a big lack of dry thrill rides. The big thrilling ones were exclusively water rides and all the dry ones were family ones at best, a complete lack of more thrilling ones. It'll be interesting to see what the next one is. Hoping it's a more thrilling one rather than another kids ride, from my visit they seem to have enough that the kids/family market will be happy

I think it's pretty smart: they've spent a lot on K&BD, Rivertown and King Claw over the past few years, your able to cheaply add "something new" for the year without investing a significant amount in a new ride. It also seemed popular with the GP (I remember hearing it's one of the most popular rides in the park, can't remember where), so makes sense to keep it whilst retheming it so it A. doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in Rivertown against everything else and B. can be advertised as their "newest thing" for 2026. I believe it's mostly been the same since 2007 apart from the Mick Doohan name being dropped a few years ago, which ages it significantly compared to the rest of the park. Retheming it lets it appear fresh and new whilst keeping a popular ride.

The question is, what could it be? Most areas in the park have been added this decade (Steel Taipan, Dreamworld Flier, Rivertown) or have major refurbishments this decade (The Gold Coaster, Giant Drop, Dreamworld Express etc) they've already redone most of the park in the last 6 years. From my understanding the only rides that haven't either been added or been significantly refurbished/rethemed this decade are Motocoaster (2007), Shockwave (2011), Tail Spin (2014), Play School Wheel (2018) and Sky Voyager (2019). Out of those Motocoaster has been renamed this decade and PSW has been relocated from ABC Kids World but they weren't significant enough for me to exclude them. And two of those rides are less than 10 years old so there's no reason to remove them. Another thing is parts of the park that could be used for expansion until now have been rezoned for the hotel, shopping district etc. that Coast Entertainment wants to build. Given Motocoaster sticks out in Rivertown, uses more area than most of the other rides listed and is the oldest of the bunch, I'd personally use that area for something new, something that fits in with the area rather than sticking out like a sore thumb in Rivertown. It'd also be cool if the shop was redone to match the rest of the area: not a big fan of the generic brown, would prefer something more temple themed like the rest of the area.

It's a bit strange: It sounds like everything from TMNT was removed due to it expiring but everything Spongebob/Dora related was retained. I'd assume that given all characters are owned by Paramount that they'd expire at the same time: seems that isn't the case. One thing though is the TMNT stuff is based on the 2012 cartoon I believe: I feel there could've been something where Paramount wanted Village to update it to the newer versions for brand consistency (Mutant Mayhem) and Village didn't want to spend the money doing so so they removed everything instead.

What a ripoff - $40.83 per ride there. In contrast Dreamworld have a 10 ride pass of $154.95 listed - $15.495 per ride, more than $25 cheaper per ride than at Movie World. Even Universal Studios Japan is cheaper per ride - an 8 ride pass is 15,500 yen ($148.31 AUD), which is $18.53 per ride which includes the Mario and Jurassic Park rides plus Detective Conan, Minion Blast and Forbidden Journey - much better-quality ones than at Movie World

It's a bit weird seeing the forum look so different - but I'll probably get used to it eventually. Seems everything else works the same as it did before apart from the email system, no issues so far

Looking good - heading down there in the next month so can't wait to ride. Over the past three years I've been to Funfields and Gumbuya a few times (including in January and May respectively this year) and Luna Park (last time I went was April 2023) but I haven't been to Adventure Park in maybe 8-9 years I think. Hoping to get the SBF Visa spinning coaster credit: I'll have all 6 credits in Victoria and it'll be my 19th credit this year (6 at USJ, 10 at Nagashima, 2 at TDL so far)

It'd be a big shame if it got removed. It's very intense: rather than slowly going up and waiting you just go up and it drops you immediately upon reaching the top. Hopefully they replace it with something intense like it.

In that scenario the building would be relocated next to the double helix and lift hill - Dreamworld have a bit more space to move things around than Village, and a positive for logistics is it would be a bit closer to the park than it is now. All part of my imagination though and it won't happen as much as I would like it to. I do feel, as I said above - a smaller, less expensive thrill coaster would work there, potentially also using some of the Gold Coaster plot and station if it gets too expensive to maintain.

If only we got a Flying Dinosaur clone, I put the layout from USJ onto here and this shows that not much has to be removed for it, only a BOH building, Gamesite as well as the Trolls area and the Thunderbolt station... In all honestly it won't happen. What I would realistically like to see is the in-park entry from Dreamworld to WWW reopened. What my idea would be is to use the southern end of the Thunderbolt area for a new slide tower, with the northern end (including Trolls) having another, more compact thrill coaster put in. Motocoaster stays but is rethemed to something Rivertown related. I can't really think of anything else. Rivertown, K&BD, Steel Taipan and Giant Drop were done in the past 4 years, so they'd stay put. No point re-doing the Sky Voyager entrance as a new entrance won't entice people to ride if the ride is the exact same, not to mention there would be a thematic clash between the ride and Main Street. Maybe another flat in Ocean Parade or K&BD but that's about it.

I'm honestly surprised a large scale waterpark hasn't been built up in Far North Queensland yet. It seems like the perfect place: very humid and hot sometimes and it would be a perfect place to cool down. I haven't been to Townsville but I have been to Cairns which is somewhat close. There is a Lagoon in the CBD but I believe it's not recommended to swim in the beaches there compared to somewhere like the Gold Coast. Lots of tourists go to Cairns and Townsville especially from colder states like Victoria so I feel it would be great to have one there to cool off one day. In comparison down here in Victoria we have 3 (Funfields, Adventure Park, Gumbuya) whilst Far North Queensland has nothing.

Are we sure if Big Brother is using that or not? Not sure on how things are going with that, if another area is being converted for the outdoor section or if that is. If Big Brother is renewed and stays inside the Exhibition Center permanently then it's likely that would remain as is.