Some sort of new tracked raft ride is going in at Futuroscope, there’s an idea.

After seeing Danse Macabre at Efteling. I think the Dynamic Motion Stage by Intamin would be the perfect fit for MW. Infinitely themeable, mixes a ride with a show, and also is advertised to seat up to 100 or so riders. Im not sure on the footprint but I doubt it would take up too much space, a potential perfect fit to replace Doomsday and/or WB showcase? 

10 hours ago, ryengil said:

advertised to seat up to 100 or so riders

That's way too much capacity for MW.

7 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

That's way too much capacity for MW.

 But they can do what they do best... run it at half capacity, maybe even 1/4 capacity!

18 hours ago, ryengil said:

After seeing Danse Macabre at Efteling. I think the Dynamic Motion Stage by Intamin would be the perfect fit for MW. Infinitely themeable, mixes a ride with a show, and also is advertised to seat up to 100 or so riders. Im not sure on the footprint but I doubt it would take up too much space, a potential perfect fit to replace Doomsday and/or WB showcase? 

This is way too well thought out, and a very fitting attraction choice for Movieworld - VRTP would never. 

Edited February 7Feb 7 by WalleyWorld

5 hours ago, WalleyWorld said:

This is way too well thought out, and a very fitting attraction choice for Movieworld - VRTP would never. 

Maybe in another universe and we still had the old management 🥲

On 06/02/2025 at 9:14 PM, ryengil said:

After seeing Danse Macabre at Efteling. I think the Dynamic Motion Stage by Intamin would be the perfect fit for MW. Infinitely themeable, mixes a ride with a show, and also is advertised to seat up to 100 or so riders. Im not sure on the footprint but I doubt it would take up too much space, a potential perfect fit to replace Doomsday and/or WB showcase? 

I mean, the land is right next to SDSC, so a Scooby version of this would be perfect.
Could even be a Western theme to tie the Scooby/WWF areas together.
(With a shady queue, of course..)

in @Ogre latest video you can see Doomsday being stored in the back storage areas near Paradise Country and it looks like the ride was taken apart VERY carefully. with the foundation still in tact, including all wiring and ride booths, and the ride being very carefully pulled apart, could they just be refurbing the ride? it would’ve been pulled apart for its 10 year inspection next year anyways, maybe Intamin’s refurbing the existing ride and figuring out what’s wrong with it.

40 minutes ago, Levi said:

in @Ogre latest video you can see Doomsday being stored in the back storage areas near Paradise Country and it looks like the ride was taken apart VERY carefully. with the foundation still in tact, including all wiring and ride booths, and the ride being very carefully pulled apart, could they just be refurbing the ride? it would’ve been pulled apart for its 10 year inspection next year anyways, maybe Intamin’s refurbing the existing ride and figuring out what’s wrong with it.

If they were doing that, then the question is why all traces of the ride including the sign on the roof were removed? Seems very fishy to me, and with Village's usual way announcing rides being permanently closed months/years after the ride last operated it wouldn't surprise me if it is getting scrapped

1 hour ago, Levi said:

in @Ogre latest video you can see Doomsday being stored in the back storage areas near Paradise Country and it looks like the ride was taken apart VERY carefully. with the foundation still in tact, including all wiring and ride booths, and the ride being very carefully pulled apart, could they just be refurbing the ride? it would’ve been pulled apart for its 10 year inspection next year anyways, maybe Intamin’s refurbing the existing ride and figuring out what’s wrong with it.

There are photos showing the wires all roughly cut to the arms prior to dismantling. When have we seen a ride being refurbed entirely removed from site, all ride signage removed, and a large proportion of surrounding theming removed? 
 

Coupled with its horrible downtime, maintenance issues and cycling, i think it’s a safe bet to say DD is not returning 

2 hours ago, Levi said:

in @Ogre latest video you can see Doomsday being stored in the back storage areas near Paradise Country and it looks like the ride was taken apart VERY carefully. with the foundation still in tact, including all wiring and ride booths, and the ride being very carefully pulled apart, could they just be refurbing the ride? it would’ve been pulled apart for its 10 year inspection next year anyways, maybe Intamin’s refurbing the existing ride and figuring out what’s wrong with it.

If doomsday was coming back it wouldn’t have been deleted off the website or park map.

The rides wires have also been chopped up into little bits rather than you know unplugged I think it’s safe to say it’s not going anywhere

Can someone hit it with bazooka to make sure it can't some back and drive a stake through it while they're at it.

Might be easier to get to scrap metal or wherever in dismantled form, than smashed to pieces. Just a suggestion, I'm in the dark like everyone else.

 

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The rides wires have also been chopped up into little bits rather than you know unplugged I think it’s safe to say it’s not going anywhere

No the ride actually had a design oversight where the wiring looms were only long enough to reach between sections, so if the ride were ever dissembled, it would require cutting.

5 minutes ago, Gazza said:

No the ride actually had a design oversight where the wiring looms were only long enough to reach between sections, so if the ride were ever dissembled, it would require cutting.

That’s interesting. Considering the hate for the ride is solely down to its poor ride cycle and uptime, if these can be improved, aka, actually good ride cycle that isn’t limited and good uptime, I’d have no problem with it staying and would actually enjoy it

Do you guys reckon there’s any chance of another park buying the ride and seeing if they can fix it? 

5 hours ago, REGIE said:

Do you guys reckon there’s any chance of another park buying the ride and seeing if they can fix it? 

I feel like MW’s only chance of selling it is if the buyer has never ridden it before

Lol Gumbuya World seems to be into trying to make studs out of duds. Maybe they saw a free to a good home ad on facebook marketplace for DD.

On 12/02/2025 at 3:04 PM, Gazza said:

No the ride actually had a design oversight where the wiring looms were only long enough to reach between sections, so if the ride were ever dissembled, it would require cutting.

people actually had to climb inside the tubes which was completely unacceptable as it's pretty much the worst confined space ever. 🤦‍♂️ 

Spotted- Doomsday and Lex Luther have moved to greener pastures and are now just outside Kansas watching you while you ride Twister. The immersion is immense. 
 

maybe they’re going to chuck them in a maze for FNs… 

32 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

Spotted- Doomsday and Lex Luther have moved to greener pastures and are now just outside Kansas watching you while you ride Twister. The immersion is immense. 
 

maybe they’re going to chuck them in a maze for FNs… 

Doomsday was the best part of the film.

2 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Spotted- Doomsday and Lex Luther have moved to greener pastures and are now just outside Kansas watching you while you ride Twister. The immersion is immense. 
 

maybe they’re going to chuck them in a maze for FNs… 

They talk a big game about immersive theming, but consistently dump waste in public sight lines.  

Like on Wild West Falls, that old boat looking thing that I assume is for a parade, just lays there collecting dust. 

It's concerning how little they care. I know I am just reiterating what's been discussed for a long time, but I cannot wait until the private equity firm has had enough of leeching the park and park goers dry and sell the company.  

On 02/02/2025 at 11:51 PM, Baconjack said:

Move vortex provided it has a better cycle programmed 

You guys seen the cycle Toxicator runs?

Does 5 flips at one point of the cycle !

 

 

Edited April 11Apr 11 by Gazza

The one thing I've always found with pretty much all of the Top Spins was the stopping constantly for several seconds before doing another flip. I find it really kills the pacing of the ride in my opinion. It was one thing that Wipeout did well for the most part (Apart from the stop before the final locked flip, which could be argued that it was done for suspense)

Sadly it's not just limited to the HUSS variants either, the Moser ones do it as well. Still really gunning for a screaming swing for Movie World.