Lol

A friend of mine was saying the other day that on Arkham Asylum, he was able to prevent the horrible squeezing by the harness by applying force on it during the ride. I'm wondering, has anyone else tried and succeeded in doing this?

I guess there is a Very small amount of leeway for pushback, but personally I don't find it uncomfortable anyway, except for occasionally when it hits the breaks returning to station. Infinitely better than an hour of sore ears

That brake run is the only part where the trains are uncomfortable for me.

I don't find the trains too bad, but the thing still shakes like crazy, especially through the two barrel rolls.

I don't find the trains too bad, but the thing still shakes like crazy, especially through the two barrel rolls.

The barrel rolls are easily the worse part of all of Arkham. I can handle the drop, the roll over isn't too bad, the hill is fine, the sidewinder isn't the worst but then you hit the barrels and everything goes downhill. It is an SLC though, so we shouldn't exactly be expecting B&M smoothness.

Did anyone notice that Movie World is doing a Parent Swap feature like what Dreamworld is doing with TailSpin?

^What rides is that for?

Movie World has unofficially done a parent swap on all of the major attractions for several years now, you just need to let the person at the entrance of each of the rides know that you are doing it (or in the case of Green Lantern and Wild West Falls the loader) It's not exactly a new concept to them. It's amazing what asking a staff member politely will get you at the theme parks

"Can I have all the information on new rides and attractions the parks are planning over the next few years so that I can discretely post them in an online forum? .........................please"

News.com has published an article on 10 things that never happened in Melbourne (like a sunny day, for instance). Number one on the list is the Werribee 'African Safari World' project. Does have an image I hadn't seen before, but it's the first i've heard that it was to rival Disney...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/what-happened-to-the-werribee-theme-park-10-grand-ideas-for-melbourne-that-never-got-built/story-fnpbvxki-1227066437175

Werribee theme park

A theme park to rival world-renowned Disneyland and Sea World was once planned for Werribee.

Owners had pencilled in some of the world’s biggest and best adventure rides for the $220 million park, to be called African Safari World and set in the grounds of Werribee Open Range Zoo.

But the state government rejected the plan because the cost to taxpayers would be too great.

Any thoughts about the new hotel planned for the Gold Coast Theme Park precinct?

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/developers-plan-to-build-the-first-hotel-in-the-gold-coast-theme-park-precinct-between-dreamworld-and-movie-world/story-fnj94j0t-1227068249939?sv=93b9fb1156087d160dcfabfa409459f1

Are there really no hotels in that area? Where do people like to stay when they're on the coast?

Great idea, a couple of motels and a holiday park is all that's close by. Would be a welcome addition though seems more residential than hotel given the description

I don't think a hotel or resort in close proximity to the parks is feasible, a more residential with a hotel aspect would be more realistic.

So, pretty much a Meriton complex? Have it as a mostly residential estate with maybe one part of the complex as "serviced apartments" for people to stay at like a hotel? I actually think that would be a much more feasible option...

Movie World is now on Twitter!

Warner Bros. Movie World is now on Twitter! Be among the first 1,000 to follow @movieworldaus on Twitter and you’ll go in the draw to #WIN 1 of 30 tickets to Live the Terror at Fright Nights 2014, plus 4 lucky winners will also win an Ultimate Terror Tour!

Doe anyone think that with Pirates of the Caribbean being filmed at the Village Roadshow studios, there might be more interest in a studio tour or exhibition of some sort of the sets?

If anything I think it will be an exhibition like they did with Narnia after shooting wrapped up.

Not sure Disney will allow it in a non-Disney park, but you never know given they don't have one in Australia.

Does anyone know if slideboarding is being picked up at the local parks?

http://www.whitewaterwest.com/cgi/page.cgi/Industry_News/WhiteWater_and_Village_Roadshow_celebrate_the_sale_of_Slideboarding?_id=45

More 'breaking news'..

Universal Beijing to open in 2019

http://lukeandthetempleoffun.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/universal-studios-beijing-to-open-in.html

and

Madame Tussauds on Sentosa is set to open with a boat ride?!

http://seconddrop.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/madame-tussauds-is-coming-to-singapore.html

What would happen if Wonderland was sold to Paramount Parks like all of Taft's other properties?

We would be getting some nice stuff if that ever happened.

We'd have the best darn industrial estate ever!

http://www.thethemeparkguy.com/park/sydneys-lost-theme-parks/?loc=none

Or do you mean if 2004 had never happened..?

2004 would have probably not happened if Paramount bought Wonderland. It could have even been sold to Cedar Fair.

Could have, should have. Gone, not coming back, we move on...