Movie World new ride: JUSTICE LEAGUE: Alien Invasion 3D.

[GoGoBoy]

Umm dude... Sega World Sydney had a Shooting Dark Ride(Ghost Hunters)....

That's true. Although Ghost Hunters was a different style of shooting ride compared to the type we are talking about. It was essentially a 'moving video game'. The individual ride cars moved around a track but you weren't shooting at objects and sets, rather you were shooting at computer graphics that were being projected onto the screen of your vehicle

[rappa]

And that ride sucked balls

[MaxxTheMonster]

Was able to get a bit of a look inside the building today... Some rather interesting supports along the walls of corridors. Nowhere near enough room to fit any 4D ride carriages.

[Reanimated35]

Really? I didn't see anything in there except what looked like cables/wires hanging from the roof. (This was near GL queue). There was a few construction workers in there too. Thought they may have been given a sunday off but it seems not.

Edited May 6, 2012 by reanimated35

[MaxxTheMonster]

The double doors facing the old BATR2 queue area were wide open around 3:00pm. The thin section before the old simulator building was also open and a lot of wiring was hanging from the roof in that section.

Edited May 6, 2012 by Wyncenuros

[Park Addict 93]

This photo does not show much at all but you can see the new ramp being installed (photo taken on 1/5/12)

[Original]

^ Is that the spot where when you stood in line and looked to the left the air-conditioning motors were?

[MaxxTheMonster]

Door on the left has the corridors visible from old queue area. Door straight ahead was new walls and cables hanging down.

[Reanimated35]

Yea I only saw down the smaller door. Really hope it's something awesome.

[westical]

Five year old rumour, bit of a stretch.

[tolly1804]

Did anyone see the article on page 8 of the Gold Coast Bulletin today? It had a couple of comments from Tony Lines (from VRTP HR) who commented that interactive 3D attractions have experienced massive growth and demand internationally, and that this technology should be coming to our shores shortly.

[Park Addict 93]

I just looked it up.... "Australian Amusement and Recreation President Tony Lines said" so not a VRTP spokesperson Basically until the stage where VRTP announce the new attraction it all remains speculation...

Edited May 15, 2012 by One day holiday

[Randy23]

I just looked it up.... "Australian Amusement and Recreation President Tony Lines said" so not a VRTP spokesperson Basically until the stage where VRTP announce the new attraction it all remains speculation...

Correction he is both. A little bit about him One Day Holiday. Tony Lines is the Human Resources Manager for the Movie World Business Unit of Village Roadshow Theme Parks (VRTP) and provides HR advice to Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet'n'Wild Water World, Australian Outback Spectacular, Paradise Country and Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios. He has been with the VRTP group of companies for seventeen years. Tony has served on the Tourism Training Queensland Executive, as board director of AALARA and with IAAPA to implement Management/Supervisory development programs for the attractions industry. Tony has also worked as a member of the IAAPA Education committee and assisted in the development and facilitation of training programs for IAAPA in Australia and overseas.

[Gazza]

^ http://www.aalara.co...rd-of-directors Took 5 secs to find.

Edited May 16, 2012 by Gazza

[joz]

I thought he was talking about the Gold Coast Bulletin article which (as has been noted earlier) isn't online.

[westical]

Ask and ye shall receive.

[GoGoBoy]

Ask and ye shall receive.

"Gone are the days of Giant Drops and roller coasters" ... what a load of crap! I hate it when journalists come out with sweeping statements like that. There have been so many claims about the end of traditional theme park rides over the years and the replacement with virtual reality attractions etc. it's never eventuated and it never well. I also don't buy the line "Dreamworld's Bob Tan is on the lookout for new attractions". No he isn't. It's Dreamworld we're talking about. As much as I'd love to think Dreamworld management would actually go to these theme park conventions overseas and consider purchasing a really decent new ride, I just don't see it happening. Village Roadshow on the other hand... Edited May 16, 2012 by GoGoBoy

[Gazza]

I thought he was talking about Tony Lines because he quoted a post about Tony Lines

[pin142]

If Dreamworld want a new thrill ride then maybe they should build a proper roller coaster and not just a giant circle. They need to pull out a decent wooden coaster or something like X-flight to even have a chance at remotely competing with Movie Worlds stable of thrill rides when it comes to coasters. This spring addition will be interesting to follow in the coming months especially with what the park releases as the attraction progresses. Cannot see this being a traditional construction watch by sites with almost all of the work happening indoors. Does anyone think they will do a complete wrap of the visible walls or will it be like Batman The Ride in the only part with major attention focused is the entrance.

[Gazza]

Has anyone else seen Storm at Etnaland yet? http://www.parksmani...yout-02-low.jpg http://www.parksmani...0512a-Copia.jpg Basically a Mack version of Intamins MegaLite, with a barrel roll at the end and lap bars only, and a decent 800m length. All of the airtime, but with none of the reliability issues of an Intamin biscuit. I want one for DW!

Edited May 17, 2012 by Gazza

[rappa]

To be fair I doubt an Intamin ride based on tried and tested technology (as opossed to another groundbreaker) would likely have the reliability problems... It's just they are the one manufacturer to constantly push the envelope. Look at Superman, it has very little downtime for technical faults.

[MaxxTheMonster]

Front section of the carpark was blocked off today.

[CruiseSF]

Anyone know the height of the building. The building seems to be able the right size to fit in two Vekoma I-rides. Would be a tight fit though. With the building being roughly 60x20 and one I-ride requiring 30x20 (surely by combining two rooms you could lower the footprint). So that could be a possibility.

[Gazza]

The building seems to be able the right size to fit in two Vekoma I-rides

The I ride needs 18.1m of height according to the Vekoma site http://www.vekoma.co...id=99&Itemid=57 Superman is 40m, so the building would roughly need to be half the height of Superman to fit the I-Ride. http://www.parkz.com...-Escape_004.jpg http://www.parkz.com...-Escape_014.jpg As we can see from the pic, even the tallest part of the Batman building; The library, is say only 1/4 (10m ish?) so in your dreams basically. To fit an I-Ride you'd need a building a tad taller than the big laser room warehouse on Scooby.

(surely by combining two rooms you could lower the footprint)

How? You'd have two side by side, so what would you cut out from the sides of each unit? I mean, thinking logically anyway, if the current building is only had 4 small simulator pods with screens not much bigger than a home projector, you certainly aren't going to fit simulators with big IMAX dome type screens with 3 levels of seating, so not sure where the idea came from Also, being more accurate: See the smaller doorway between the two roller doors on the right. The door would have a head height of 2100mm so I'd guess 6m or so for the roof? Edited May 20, 2012 by Gazza

[CruiseSF]

The I ride needs 18.1m of height according to the Vekoma site http://www.vekoma.co...id=99&Itemid=57 Superman is 40m, so the building would roughly need to be half the height of Superman to fit the I-Ride. http://www.parkz.com...-Escape_004.jpg http://www.parkz.com...-Escape_014.jpg As we can see from the pic, even the tallest part of the Batman building; The library, is say only 1/4 (10m ish?) so in your dreams basically. To fit an I-Ride you'd need a building a tad taller than the big laser room warehouse on Scooby. How? You'd have two side by side, so what would you cut out from the sides of each unit? I mean, thinking logically anyway, if the current building is only had 4 small simulator pods with screens not much bigger than a home projector, you certainly aren't going to fit simulators with big IMAX dome type screens with 3 levels of seating, so not sure where the idea came from Also, being more accurate: See the smaller doorway between the two roller doors on the right. The door would have a head height of 2100mm so I'd guess 6m or so for the roof?

They would fit side by side as the building is roughly 60 metres plus the screen is not as wide as the actual ride unit. Only the height is the issue, but if you didn't notice I did ask how high the building is. Edited May 20, 2012 by Cruiseshipfan