Motocoaster Future

[daltma10]

Not sure if there is already a thread like this but do you think they will incorporate Motocoaster into Rivertown? If so, some possible ideas on what they could do and hopefully at minimal cost. I’ve put some ideas here, just a track recolour, Quad trains, one piece of theming (an Aztec/Mayan gate over a portion of ride) and recolour of the shades on the launch and queue. It’s a rough job done on my phone, but hopefully brings an idea.

Do you think they will do anything with this ride to bring into the theme of Rivertown or Gold Rush, or just wait until it’s retirement?

[Ashley Jeffery]

It's always been out of place but is just going to look worse once rivertown opens. Give it a retheme and stop calling it a thrill ride.

Edited October 30, 2023 by Ashley Jeffery

[Rivals]

i have a feeling that possibly they didn’t incorporate it into rivertown because they already have plans for the ride, whether that’s it’s retirement, a refurb, who knows. but i feel like if it was planned to stay, it would’ve been included into rivertown and it’s initial announcement. 

If the ride is retiring. i think they should replace it with a GCI woodie that goes right up against the river. even though Jungle Rush will have airtime it’ll most likely be more about the twists and turns, they need a ride that focuses mostly on airtime.

Edited October 30, 2023 by Rivals

[REGIE]

I agree that motocoaster has reached its life span.  Considering it’s a prototype it’s lasted fairly well but I think the park can do better now,  like @Rivalssaid imo they would’ve announced its refurb if it was getting one along with everything else in the area.   I think your right, a GCI is a great idea and would complement the line up nicely .  Though I do feel like dreamworld may not want the heavy maintenance that a woodie brings.   I feel like they would be more inclined to go one of those wooden coasters with steel supports. I know gravity group does them. Not sure about GCI

[wikiverse]

This ride is not even close to reaching it's life span mechanically.  It could continue to operate until well into the 2030s and I imagine DW intend to do that. It's too expensive to replace at this time.

Right now, DW need to focus on getting Rivertown right, finishing Ocean Parade, Dreamland, and getting the Wave Swinger open and give visitors a full day of entertainment with high quality experiences.

But I've been pretty vocal about the theme and placement of Motocoaster.  I think everyone agrees it is an eyesore.  Bright green and yellow were a terrible choice. 

Short term, I'd repaint the track to a darker charcoal colour and remove those colours from the station. It's a relatively cheap aesthetic fix.

Long term, I'd get some spinning trains, re-theme the entire thing to fit Rivertown with some sort of expedition adventure narrative.  I'd also focus on building structures within the ride footprint to cover up the big plastic water tanks.

It will last another decade if DW want it to. They just need to make it fit better into the Rivertown area.

 

[deano554]

3 hours ago, wikiverse said:

re-theme the entire thing to fit Rivertown

 

I bet Dreamworld has something up their sleeve, Dreamworld likes to drip feed us the big master plan. I would not be surprised if we get more announcements next year.

[Ogre]

With all the retheming they've done lately they're probably pretty comfortable with it now, so I could see it happening eventually to MC too if they intend to keep it.

[Baconjack]

On 30/10/2023 at 9:17 PM, Rivals said:

i have a feeling that possibly they didn’t incorporate it into rivertown because they already have plans for the ride, whether that’s it’s retirement, a refurb, who knows. but i feel like if it was planned to stay, it would’ve been included into rivertown and it’s initial announcement. 

If the ride is retiring. i think they should replace it with a GCI woodie that goes right up against the river. even though Jungle Rush will have airtime it’ll most likely be more about the twists and turns, they need a ride that focuses mostly on airtime.

Rivertown is still over a year off opening. We might see something in the half year announcements (and when maintenance dates are posted for next year) pertaining to Motocoaster potentially to make it better fit into Rivertown because they can't keep it under the generic theme for too much longer. A reminder that they didn't announce Gold Coaster's retheme until it was just starting to get underway. Could easily have the ride go down from August/September and then re-open with vintage cars & jungle rush.

Keep the motorbike concept but put new fibreglass bodies to make them look like dirt bikes, repaint of track & supports & retheme of the station like gold coaster. Replacing it is a waste of time & money the ride is perfectly functional and there's ample space for new attractions to go in (which will be the priority for any capex in the future)

Edited November 1, 2023 by Baconjack

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

18 minutes ago, Baconjack said:

Rivertown is still over a year off opening. We might see something in the half year announcements (and when maintenance dates are posted for next year) pertaining to Motocoaster potentially to make it better fit into Rivertown because they can't keep it under the generic theme for too much longer. A reminder that they didn't announce Gold Coaster's retheme until it was just starting to get underway. Could easily have the ride go down from August/September and then re-open with vintage cars & jungle rush.

Keep the motorbike concept but put new fibreglass bodies to make them look like dirt bikes, repaint of track & supports & retheme of the station like gold coaster. Replacing it is a waste of time & money the ride is perfectly functional and there's ample space for new attractions to go in (which will be the priority for any capex in the future)

All absolutely good points. 

They may also want to do something with it but aren't able to allocate the funds to it yet. If they have a good summer, or their mid-year review shows a better than expected result, they may be able to allocate additional funds to a retheme. This may be why gold coaster was such a short notice period - they may not have known it was able to fit in the budget until the last minute. 

I agree this ride needs change (not removal) but with so much going on across the entire park - Tiger Island redevelopment, Rivertown, extensions to Ocean Parade, the Flyer in Main Street, the ongoing works in 'Dreamland' and  the recent work on GD and the Train, if you add that to the retheme of Gold Coaster, install of Taipan, the removal of log ride, TOT, Wipeout and Buzzsaw, there is very little of the pre-TRRR park (outside of the wildlife area) that remains untouched. It's clear they're working their way down the list, so i'm happy to be patient.