GoGoBoy

Great question. I'm hoping there is some grand plan to explain the 'choices'...

And what do you think Flea? How does it look?

I wonder when they actually ripped out all of the theming and ride infrastructure? Same with Bermuda. They seem to be able to do these removals without anyone noticing anything... and yet I imagine they'd be a big job.

July's construction videos on YouTube are far better. Much closer pics of the slides: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtv7pdHAc0

I found your pics on youtube. Very 'interesting' colour choices so far. I will have to reserve my judgement until I've seen a bit more. But at this stage the white tube on the 8 lane racer mixed in with all the other colours looks quite odd

    Where's your page Julys? I was wondering where you had disappeared to!

Still, 'small' doesn't sound very promising either I have no doubt that Village will do a great job though. It is very rare for them to order the bare minimum model of any attraction and not spruce it up in some way or do something special. I do think it would be much better to have a longer dark ride section. A 2.5 minute major attraction is just so short. But even if this does end up being the case, it will be far, far better than anything Dreamworld has done recently and still a great ride

Ok you might be right on that. I was never totally sure. Yeah, I remember thinking the lift shaft section, at the very least, was new. Update: if you have a look at this pic it shows an obvious line and colour difference in the show building external wall. So perhaps the whole thing was extended for height afterall? http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coast/Warner_Bros_Movie_World/248-Scooby_Doo_Spooky_Coaster/1,3,507-Scooby_Doo_Spooky_Coaster_Construction.html

Colliric you are so far off. Please look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_stage As rac said, the show buildings (the proper name for dark ride 'ride buildings') at Movie World were all specifically designed to look like sound stages (the film equivalent of a television studio). This was purely for theming purposes and a way of helping the huge show buildings fit aesthetically into the park. This was also a cheap way of doing it compared to parks like Disney and Universal who spend large amounts of money camouflaging, theming or otherwise concealing their show buildings. Gazza - you suggested the Scooby show building was pre-existing. I can't remember if we've had this conversation before but I'm pretty sure the building for the actual coaster section is either new or was heavily modified. I'm almost positive it was significantly smaller height-wise for the Gremlins ride.

Are you talking about the airtime hill at the end of the splashdown? If so, this is referred to in the latest Parkz update

It's hard to tell based on the photos so far but I think the flume channel stretches right to the far end of the building before turning to go back to the station. Is that correct?

If that does end up being the layout, I'm surprised they are not making more use of the old show building. Just think about how much it used to contain when it was used for Lassiter's Lost Mine then Bermuda. These were both lengthy rides with numerous large scenes. Obviously, in order to utilise the space in that way, they'd need to go with a typical zig-zagging dark ride track layout. This doesn't appear to be what they're going for based on what we've seen so far.

Very excited about the reference to fire. Work it Sea World!

I don't like the name but I do quite like the logo. In relation to this not being included as part of WB kids, they are probably trying to single it out as a more major individual attraction. Also gives a much needed fleshing out of their kids rides section on the website

That makes me concerned there might not be much of a dark ride section - the ride you posted only goes for a bit over 2 mins. I was hoping this ride might be as long as Bermuda.

Doesn't Movie World already have a mini cars driving ride for kids? I can't help but feel this is a tragic replacement for the River Ride. Looney Tunes was an immersive, highly-themed dark boat ride with a huge amount of animatronics and special effects, plus a unique hidden lift system that elevated the boat and connected it with a water coaster section. It's being replaced by a kids driving 'school'

'Mini Cars Driving School' - if that's the name of it then Movie World has truly dropped their 'movie' theme. No sign of Looney Tunes either

You seem pretty sure about that! If it does end up being a 'mini drop', couldn't it just be there to add a bit more interest/excitement to the ride?

Gazza you're such a tease. That's just cruel. Oh, Dreamworld - why?

"The multicoloured cone of the 18m-tall DARK TORNADO". Excited Gazza?

I'm looking at pic 24. It looks like it's the back walls of the building - but they look new (the walls on either side of the gap). Hard to tell though without seeing the full site in person. It also looks like they are building the trough for the flume channel right through the middle of the building. I wonder where the other entrance/exit will be

Love that you got so many pics of the show building interior. Is it my imagination or have they constructed an entire new concrete wall on one side of the building?

Thanks so much! So glad we have someone who is willing to keep us regularly updated on construction. I'm looking forward to seeing one of the more interesting slides start to come together... tornado is a dime a dozen

Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like green and blue... which would be different to all of the concept images

Thanks for the photos! Looking forward to more updates. Poles and poles and poles...