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Yeah just much bigger... 'n better

Smart move. With the amount of new stuff Village has planned this year (and every year it seems now), why on earth would anyone renew their DW/WW pass? For a refurbished laser tag? I'd prefer Sea World's watercoaster. But hey, that's just me

Yeah any price tag with billion after it is valuing Dreamworld just a little too highly

Good one! When I saw the thread title I thought to myself "that's gotta be impossible - surely Ardent aren't actually doing something good"... but April Fools didn't even occur to me.

I LOVE the D!

Thanks for the update! It looks like they are completely getting rid of the 1970s/80s-looking pebblecrete walls and brown roof panels from the old Bermuda show building. That's a good thing - was pretty dated. It looks like the only thing left will be the steel framework of the building. Speaking of which - those black beams at the front look new-ish... or are they just in good condition? Does anyone with construction knowledge know what benefit there was in keeping the bare bones of the building rather than just demolish it all together? I know we've discussed something similar before, but in this case there really seems to be very little of the building left

HEAR HEAR!

How awesome are Village!? Another year, another new attraction(s)

Ha! NO chance of Ardent opening another theme park. Ever get the feeling they even resent owning Dreamworld? They are so adverse to capital expenditure. Unlike Village who embrace theme parks

The Movie World map doesn't have Justice League either. Really wish they'd keep their website maps up to date

FANTASTIC! And it's paying off for Village... the half year financial results were excellent. The theme parks are going great guns. skeetafly - where was this info from?

Well I'm devastated to hear that there won't be a dark ride replacement for the Looney Tunes River Ride. There aren't many dark boat rides in the world and this one was particularly unique. There is no doubt the park needs a new kids attraction though so this does make sense really. I just don't like the way they refer to it as 'a mini kids' car ride'. Sounds like it will be ONLY for kids, whereas the river ride was a family attraction that everyone could enjoy. Any idea what type of car ride this will be? Any precedents?

They always mention the crappiest rides in these reports. Skycoaster? Nothing special there - if anything it makes this park less special. And Mat Racer and Wave Pool? Thrilling.

They also showed some large slide pieces on channel 9 news. By the time this thing opens the slides will already be faded if they put them up soon! They also referred numerous times to the park being "the world's largest waterpark" with the most amount of rides. Can anyone confirm this? There are some pretty big parks out there!

Yay! In fact, double yay - for both of those things you mentioned above!

^ Nice design work! And I like the idea of a proper card. I remember years ago owning a yearly pass to Wonderland which came in the form of this style of plastic card. It was around the time Space Probe 7 opened and had a neat graphic of the ride on the card. Made me like it more!

No I specifically remember it being in the news. Wasn't a myth I don't get it. What can you do to make it flip apart from not braking?

That's a good question. Because I remember hearing about someone that died on one of these things in Shoal Bay or somewhere. It was many years ago but it was a big deal. I'd be sitting on the brakes for sure 'cause I have it in my mind that these things can kill you

Good reason to ditch it I'd think

Good question. The first raft down with all the big blokes in it appeared to be spending too long in the funnel. At the point where it would normally head towards the funnel opening, it instead seemed to go backwards. If the rafts are despatched based on timing, this may have been the problem

Wow, I'm assuming that was a mistake. Dangerous much?

I agree - the Neverending Story/Mystery River rapids ride is truly hideous! There's just something about Movie Park Germany that is a massive fail all around

Reminds me a bit of Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges at Islands of Adventure. It's truly the best, most laugh-out-loud and most drenching rapids ride I have ever been on

As much as I'd love to see a Looney Tunes rapids ride (and I think it would be a big success) - would it be feasible inside a building? Are there any indoor rapids rides? Don't rapids rides need a continuous gradient? Regardless, it would certainly make sense that it continues to be a type of dark ride. The building is there and it is massive. Given the problems MW has with noise issues and residents, dark rides are a perfect fit for the park as they completely avoid these issues.

I'm hoping the building does NOT get demolished. This would leave an opportunity for another excellent dark ride. And going by Warner Village's record, they do seem to prefer to keep existing buildings and re-use where possible