I have faith that this will be a great addition to Dreamworld's flat ride lineup. You may say it's not on the level to be a Big X Thrill Ride, but it's certainly more than I expected from the Kung Fu Panda land. Plus Zamperla make some great flat rides.

Totally agree 100% Alex!! I too think that this will be a great addition to the park's lineup. Dreamworld have plenty of problems and Movieworld may be ahead in the competition stakes, but i feel that this is a very good step in the right direction!! Now if we can have a new coaster to replace the much lamented and long gone Eureka Mine train and suddenly Dreamworld looks like it will be in serious business again and will draw back to an even keel with Movieworld. The Air Race is an Australian first, the ride itself is of a fairly new design and it looks like it provides a quite thrilling ride. I am still sceptical as to its "Big 8" status but the general public are going to love it!! It will be interesting to see what Dreamworld do with this ride marketing wise. If they play their cards right, this ride could have a bigger impact on the general public's psyche- more so than what has been done with Justice League- which has been underwhelming, to say the least.

I definately agree it's a great addition for sure. I just think its crazy to go BIG 8 on it. IMO opinion there has been some strange market pitching from both parks of late which actually Di harm to the attraction's appeal rather than good.

If they play their cards right, this ride could have a bigger impact on the general public's psyche- more so than what has been done with Justice League- which has been underwhelming, to say the least.

That would be a terrible outcome for Movie World - especially considering Justice League cost around $9million whereas this Zamperla ride is likely to be significantly less

That would be a terrible outcome for Movie World - especially considering Justice League cost around $9million whereas this Zamperla ride is likely to be significantly less

Don't get me wrong, I am not commenting on the merits on which ride is better , just on the way that they are both perceived by the general public and the marketing campaigns involved for each. In my mind, Movieworld have been a little off the mark in their promotion of Justice League, and I don't think that the ride has made as big an impact with the general public as has been anticipated. This leaves a golden opportunity for Dreamworld to go on the front foot to really promote and highlight their new attraction, one that is essentially far cheaper and on certain levels, inferior, to Movieworld's Justice League.

Don't get me wrong, I am not commenting on the merits on which ride is better , just on the way that they are both perceived by the general public and the marketing campaigns involved for each. In my mind, Movieworld have been a little off the mark in their promotion of Justice League, and I don't think that the ride has made as big an impact with the general public as has been anticipated. This leaves a golden opportunity for Dreamworld to go on the front foot to really promote and highlight their new attraction, one that is essentially far cheaper and on certain levels, inferior, to Movieworld's Justice League.

I agree with everything you just said. Well put

I'm super happy we've received a new dark ride from Movieworld - it's a fantastic addition and I'm super glad we received it. However, the general public seriously do not appreciate rides like that - especially when they find out it doesn't "go fast and do teh loops".

I wouldn't say that, I'd say they're apethetic towards it. When making a decision which parks to go to, it wouldn't affect their decision either way, but most would enjoy it if they went to Movie World and incidentally rode it.... And anyway it's rather obvious the ride was designed to be a "whole family" high capacity ride rather than appeal to the "thrill seekers". So Movie World might not be unhappy at all over how it's been positioned as a "soft" thrill ride with plenty of themes.

That's the issue. If I was Movie World's marketing manager I would have been going ALL out promoting this thing as a great family ride/experience. After the recent addition of Green Lantern, people were crying out for something all the family can go on. Movie World delivered this. But you'd hardly know it based on the marketing. You'd think it was a failed 'thrill' ride (if you knew it was there at all!!)

Edited November 13, 201213 yr by GoGoBoy

(Buzzsaw not included though, I like that alot, even if it's pretty small for a Skyloop coaster)

Every Skyloop coaster is the same height as Buzzsaw.

And before RWC gets some opportunity to retort, there are 10 Skyloops registered on RCDB across the world. They're all 46.2 metres tall.

Well I also was kindof referring to length obviously(in comparison to say the Superman Ultimate Flight) Geeze do you have to spell out everything for everyone...

First off, Superman Ultimate Flight isn't even a Skyloop. It's a completely different model by a completely different company. The only Maurer Skyloop that is longer than Buzzsaw is Abismo at Parque de Atracciones Madrid (sp?), the rest are identical to Buzzsaw.

Lol so is Shambalah "short for a B&M mega" because it's not as tall as Levaithan?

Edited November 16, 201213 yr by Gazza

Yes... You are.

Yes... You are.

Not really.......

RWC you lost that little debate. For tha sanity of all any further debate on Skyloops from you will result in a 1 day ban. I'm not joking.

RWC you lost that little debate. For tha sanity of all any further debate on Skyloops from you will result in a 1 day ban. I'm not joking.

Joz for the sake of MY sanity please point out any debate that he has actually won??

Seems to be a lot of debating happening of late... mass-deabting!

Back on topic - for anyone who has doubts about the Zamperla Air Race, watch this from 7:00.

Looks pretty fun if you ask me! As I said before, Zamperla make great flat rides. I really enjoy their Power Surge rides among others, so I have faith that this will be a great new addition to Dreamworld's already world class flat ride collection. Now they just need to work on their less than world class coaster collection

Yay, ride vehicle sneak peak.

Chinese Dragon?

Nope.... http://www.chcp.org/lion.html

(Not my vid, but I was actually there in the crowd watching it).

I thought the long lions were dragons?

look like the "wolf" villians from the second film to me :

Edited November 19, 201213 yr by rac2703

^ maybe it's just me but I'm not really seeing the resemblance.

Flying Panda Dragon?

Its the closest thing I can think of from the film series - otherwise I'd say the Hyenna from Lion King

Edited November 19, 201213 yr by rac2703

Its the closest thing I can think of from the film series - otherwise I'd say the Hyenna from Lion King

Thaaaaat would be Ed.... Shenzi doesn't have the same touch....