Dismantling started on doomsday destroyer

[Lmapaus]

MovieWorld have started dismantling doomsday destroyer per https://www.instagram.com/jaggsjourneysau

Edited 10 hours ago by Gazza

[Baconjack]

Surely an announcement comes any day now

Its still on the website and park map

[New display name]

Is it removal or are they trying to fix it?

[Ash]

Surely MovieWorld get some sort of compensation for a terrible ride. Scrap that whole area and make it western theme 

[Levi]

surely they wouldn’t start scrapping the ride and area if they didn’t have a plan on what’s coming next, so time for speculation to start.

what i think is that they’ve closed the studio showcase because they’re going to knock down the whole building to make a much larger space for a new area replacement. they need more flat rides and a new inverting coaster, so why not knock both out at the same time. maybe a Mack Stryker (different enough from DC Rivals), with an S&S screamin swing, the area would be an expansion of the wild west section instead of a whole new theme.

Edited 7 hours ago by Levi

[Levithian]

New coasters? Are you kidding? 

If you think they are going to spend another 40-50 million having just completed WoZ, i think youre in for real disappointment. 

Its not like movieworld to do any serious maintenance work without the whole thing screened off. If they were actually dismantling the ride id have expected the precinct to be completely closed off at the gates and temp fencing errected around the western side entrance like they usually do with annual maintenance. Theres no road access to the area at all, its hemmed in on all sides, so it makes things difficult. Id be expecting them to knock down the poison ivy wall to provide back of house access between the pump house (killer croc) and scooby. 

They need to put a real show back in the showstage and absorb 1200 people, at least twice a day for anything up to an hour. Thats what they need to do.

A 20 min or 30 minute show used to be stretched out with pre show, plus doors were open early to allow people to get out of the sun and into the air con to cool off in the middle of the day. 

With the price of drinks and snacks these days, surely the show would pay for itself in the number of carts you can jam in the entrance alone.

Edited 7 hours ago by Levithian

[downunder]

An official announcement would be nice, so we can feel confident to start celebrating lol.

Doomsday Destroyed - that's a nice headline. Such a cool precinct, shame about the ride.

[Levi]

9 minutes ago, Levithian said:

New coasters? Are you kidding? 

If you think they are going to spend another 40-50 million having just completed WoZ, i think youre in for real disappointment. 

They need to put a real show back in the showstage and absorb 1200 people, at least twice a day for anything up to an hour. Thats what they need to do.

A 20 min or 30 minute show used to be stretched out with pre show, plus doors were open early to allow people to get out of the sun and into the air con to cool off in the middle of the day. 

i think a new coaster in the area is genuinely more realistic then a new stage show with the current state of VRTP. lets be real, the rides replacement most likely won’t be open until 2027/28, three to four years since WoO. i think it’s pretty clear the ride won’t be reopening, they might not be demolishing it right now but you can tell they’re prepping for it.

Edited 7 hours ago by Levi

[Levithian]

You drastically overestimate the turnover these parks have in Australia and the capital they have to spend with a view for actually seeing a return.

They might be owned by an investment capital firm with big pockets, but no park in Australia is big enough to see 15-20 million dollar capex every year. Its 100% why you see targeted, staggered spending, especially when you own more than one property. 

The other side of it is, you are still seeing effects of new ride installations even years after their opening. Nobody wants to spend money until the figures start to show they HAVE to. 

To be honest, i wish village would put money back into their park presentation and the visuals and themeing of their existing rides, even start thinking about their guest comfort in the blazing hot sun before they start investing in another ride let alone a whole new themed precinct.

In short. You know what makes guests happier? Air conditioning. 

Bonus points if you even attempt to provide them with something to keep them amused while they are standing in queue lines. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Levithian

[dbo121]

New flatride at best is what we can hope for 

[New display name]

2 hours ago, Levithian said:

 

Its not like movieworld to do any serious maintenance work without the whole thing screened off. If they were actually dismantling the ride id have expected the precinct to be completely closed off at the gates and temp fencing errected around the western side entrance like they usually do with annual maintenance. Theres no road access to the area at all, its hemmed in on all sides, so it makes things difficult. Id be expecting them to knock down the poison ivy wall to provide back of house access between the pump house (killer croc) and scooby. 

This is correct which makes me sceptical, if the ride is coming down.

Edited 4 hours ago by New display name

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

9 hours ago, Baconjack said:

Surely an announcement comes any day now

Its still on the website and park map

mate they pretended for years that the monorail was coming back. don't expect them to acknowledge what is going on in front of your face - they're literally the home of 'pay no attention to the man behind the curtain'

[Naazon]

they also pretended the giant purple fuchsia coaster in the carpark didn't exist for a while.