Movie World - Carnivale

[downunder196]

Is it possible they put a lower cap on numbers so they wouldn't run into issues with food supply?

[Brad2912]

To say it wasn't packed is a little strange, the entire car park was full...

The ride lines weren't as bad as FN & WC but I think that was largely due to the other attractions available.

I had a great night, exceeded by expectations with the only frustrating thing being SE operating with only 1 train on a sold out evening (ridiculous)

[downunder196]

How long was the line for SE? Were they at least running it efficiently with loading the gates before the train arrived...?

[Brad2912]

About 20-25mins, weren't doing too badly considering

[ShakeShack]

About 20-25mins, weren't doing too badly considering

WOW only 25 mins. The two nights I visited it was 60 - 90 mins

[Brad2912]

Yep, and that was with only 1 train as stated. I wouldn't waste 90mins to go on a ride on a themed night with so much else to do/see

25mins for SE

10mins for GL

Found it strange that AA was closed. Is it in annual maintenance?

[downunder196]

Found it strange that AA was closed. Is it in annual maintenance?

Yeah it's been closed for maintenance for a while now. You didn't see how long the wait for Scooby was by any chance?

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

I'm going to the event tonight! I hope it's good!

[Brad2912]

No idea about Scooby line, I see absolute zero point in lining up to go on an indoor dark ride at night when you get an identical experience during the day. I'd say it would have been busier than other rides due to the vast number of families with young kids in attendance

SE, GL & AA are different experiences in the dark.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^See - i continuously see that as a missed opportunity.

They go to such efforts to apply a consistent effort across the entire park - but no attempt is made to do an overlay on Scoob... or SE. I can't off the top of my head think of anything specific.... they could for example have a three-headed carnivale jester head pop out of the box instead of the wolfman in the 'ghost train' section of scooby... Just a little touch or two here and there to make it 'something different' so people will want to ride it.

This is not to say that everything they have done isn't already spectacular... but for the reasons you've said - why would you want to ride soemthing where you can get the exact same experience any other day of the week?

[downunder196]

No idea about Scooby line, I see absolute zero point in lining up to go on an indoor dark ride at night when you get an identical experience during the day. I'd say it would have been busier than other rides due to the vast number of families with young kids in attendance

SE, GL & AA are different experiences in the dark.

I'm going with family who haven't been for a long time and they want to ride it

[Reanimated35]

Yeah but that's not so bad. Unless they've already spent the day in the park riding it that is.

It's the people who spend all day there then queue for over an hour to experience the exact same ride that doesn't make sense.

[themagician]

I would say last night people were put off by the rain/storm we had (wasn't major though). And I wonder if AA will be open for Carnivale tomorrow night? As maintenance is scheduled to finish today.

[downunder196]

I'd say it would be then. Lines would be a shocker though, especially for Carnivale.

Edited June 29, 2014 by downunder196

[Brad2912]

Won't be open, it's not listed on the Carnivale page or map for open rides. They are not going to change things up just for one night

[downunder196]

It's not just one night, Carnivale is on the 4th and 5th of July too.

[Brad2912]

Said who? It's not on the Carnivale website, nor can you choose those dates when buying tickets

[themagician]

downunder196 is right. When I go to buy tickets I can pick these dates.

[downunder196]

Quick question, roughly what time does the parade at the end of the night start and when does the park officially close?

[strop]

The parade starts at 9pm and runs for 30 minutes. The park closes at 10, but rides finish by 9:30pm.

[kujotess]

@brad referring back to Saturday night, the car park wasn't full at all.. I left around 8 and there were several spots vacant without about 2 cars on the grass.. The carpark was very packed on the day to about 5:30pm though.

In my opinion, I found carnivale boring and a massive flop.. Not much to do and I couldn't last the night to stay there for the 9pm parade (left at 7:30). You can tell it was a flop because of the amount of times they've emailed staff from MW, SW & WNW 4 free tickets :/

[Brad2912]

I'm sorry, but several empty spots in a Carpark build for over a thousand cars is still packed.

Did you watch the shows at the different stages? Try lots of food?

Consider that maybe this night is not for you. Just like FN is not some peoples cup of tea.

A flop? Certainly not.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Brad2912

[downunder196]

If the event was such a flop why would they keep adding nights? I've been twice and wouldn't hesitate to go a third time.

Also, does anyone have any track names for the music the dj plays? There's one track they seem to play more than the others and I can't find it.

[Gazza]

Nothing on shazam?

[downunder196]

I got one but the others weren't picking up (too many background noises). If someone goes another night can they attempt to get a list of at least a few of the most played tracks?