Looks like Scooby is about to get a massive overhaul. Glad to see the park investing so much money. New trains, new track sections, new control system and entrance. Magnetic braking added as well. Ride is closed until 2024 now.

https://themeparks.com.au/blog/whats-new-with-scooby-doo?fbclid=IwAR3Q_hQ0e3UK3I8KYrAaI2a9LCZbVln3QkZOSd--SZdo8b9F5awet3ravb8

 

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Scooby would be a great loss to MW if they ever closed it down permanently.

Glad to hear the ride should be a smoother, those small dips really bruise your internal organs if you're not prepared!

Also: Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Generation 2.0?

It's really exciting to see Scooby get some proper love outside of thematic enhancements which easily keep it going for another decade or two. I'll be interested to see how much of the existing 'Next Generation' technology gets replaced because Village have definitely proven that they can pull off properly world class AV integrations with the Leviathan load.

Operations wise I feel the park is really going to feel Scooby's absence next school holidays. Movie World has lost a lot of capacity over the last few years and losing another major attraction for a year will hurt.

Glad this rumour was true, I think it's a very smart move from the park.

5 minutes ago, franky said:

Also: Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Generation 2.0?

The park knows Next Gen was a bust, note the social posts and blog post do not refer to it as such. My understanding is it will be going back to closer to the original theming.

2 minutes ago, Park Addict 93 said:

My understanding is it will be going back to closer to the original theming.

Smart move. The execution of Next Gen detracted from the overall experience if it even worked. I'm glad they tried something new, but the original physical theming was far better.

Sad to see it go for so long! Queue times for the next couple of school holidays will take a big blow but tbh out of all the rides in the park, the next-gen up date is the most noticeable in lack of quality control.

I hope they don't mess with the wild mouse turns too much, how rough they are is my favourite aspect of the whole track. Those drops are horrendous though.

 

Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster: Deep Space 9

At it's best, Scooby was a world class attraction IMO. Sucks it will be down for so long, but hopefully it's worth it this time.

It’s very odd they are closing it now and opening in 2024. It’s a long closure 

I rode just after it just reopened from maintenance and I thought SDSC was starting to get rougher than a badger's bum.  So it's great MW want to improve the experience.

 

 

Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Generation: Next Generation? 😉

Edited January 24, 20232 yr by TBoy

I’d like to see it set up in a way that they could do a Christmas overlay for white Christmas. Like Disney do with Haunted Mansion and Small World. 
there was a Scooby Doo Haunted Holidays Special! 

Sounds like the recent round of maintenance was just enough to get it through the school holidays. Here's hoping they remove the underwhelming screens and add more lighting effects in the wild mouse room.

I do hope that the theming gets an overhaul, but I'm most excited about the changes to the ride itself. It definitely got rough and uncomfortable, particularly in those drops. Magnetic brakes would be a great addition as well, the final brakes after the drops were like a car crash.

Smoothing out the coaster again so that it's an enjoyable ride is the first priority, and anything they do to improve those awful new theming elements is an added bonus. Much-needed move from WBMW in my opinion, this was definitely the one ride that just wasn't up to scratch at the moment.

The amount of time it's closed for is a definite blow, but hopefully that means it will be quite extensive works that will deliver a much better finished product than the last time the ride underwent major works.

I'm just honestly impressed with ALL the parks lately spending so much money not just on new attractions but fixing up the place in general. Dreamworld has been making leaps and bounds over the last few years in this regard. Village has also been slowly going through all of their stuff and fixing it up (Road Runner, West, Justice League and now this). I really hope that after WOO is done that they shut down the kids area and do a full overhaul. I feel they could justify this as there will be more family attractions with Oz open.

It's really good to see though

Seems odd that they wouldn't wait 'til their new family coasters were open to close their most popular family coaster for an entire year but whatever...

46 minutes ago, Cactus_Matt said:

Seems odd that they wouldn't wait 'til their new family coasters were open to close their most popular family coaster for an entire year but whatever...

Not always about Village. They have to work with the Mack schedule also.

This is certainly a well overdue upgrade. Next Generation was a poorer experience to the original ride, not fixing anything related to the coaster experience and instead a lacklustre effort at meeting fire safety requirements. Getting some of the theming fixed would be nice, especially at places like at the mirror scene or on the elevator. Retracking will make the ride more comfortable considering it runs in the dark and has so many pot holes.

 

Edited January 24, 20232 yr by Baconjack

I mean, I'm not complaining at all. I won't be up on the GC for a while. But I have to wonder, WHY??? I definitely think SSDC need a substantial upgrade but they literally refurbished the ride a couple of years ago when they did Next Gen. Surely they would've known then that the ride needed some heavy maintenance then so why just not do it then? And it seems like they're doing even more retheming now. So why didn't they fix the problems then?

I‘m so happy they’re putting so much love into this ride and i wonder if the final drop will be replaced with anything (drop track????) most likely not but one can wish. 

It seems like they’re already started some work, the projections were off as well as the TV’s in the elevator being taken out (as of the Sunday just passed.) 2024 will be a huge year for our parks and i can’t wait to experience it

8 minutes ago, Dean Barnett said:

2024 is 49 weeks away. I doubt 2% time reduction is going to have any major effects on the opening date (that's also assuming it will open on Jan 1 2024)

So why do you reckon they did it if there wasn't a real reason?

13 minutes ago, Slick said:

So why do you reckon they did it if there wasn't a real reason?

Not sure.. many of their operation decisions don't make sense.

 

Any chance of them putting Mack Spinning cars (RtH style) on the track?  Another chance for an upcharge!

They also say there are more thrills, excitement and fun to be revealed soon

https://themeparks.com.au/blog/whats-new-with-scooby-doo?_ga=2.38116963.1984220208.1674521887-1603935357.1674031116