The TPSN just sourced a photo!

Hey, Clayton..

I have just been passed some very accurate information. Details to come later when I can get to a pc.

Edit: Now im at a pc. I asked this real official looking guy in navy pants with a name tag on his shirt and he said he "had no idea". So you can take that as an official report. Nobody at movie world has any idea what is going on. What a scoop!

Edit2: Now I think of it. He could have been a gardener or a cleaner. Still an employee though right?

Edit3: Just to add credit to my information, here is this completely unrelated photo of this freaky guy that used to lurk around the park. people will remember him right?

Edited July 8, 201510 yr by Levithian

Maverick Grand Illusion Show!  They should just bring that show back.

It's been awhile since I've seen a good scarer outside of a Halloween night.  Didn't there used to be one at Sea World?  A person who would follow people in to the sea lion theatre and mimic them?

Edited July 8, 201510 yr by iwerks

He seemed to take such delight in scaring small asian women. Majority of people were pretty amused by him and got a bit of a jump, a lot of asian women seemed to be genuinely scared and would actually run away from him. hahahahaha.

I have just been passed some very accurate information. Details to come later when I can get to a pc.

Edit: Now im at a pc. I asked this real official looking guy in navy pants with a name tag on his shirt and he said he "had no idea". So you can take that as an official report. Nobody at movie world has any idea what is going on. What a scoop!

Edit2: Now I think of it. He could have been a gardener or a cleaner. Still an employee though right?

Edit3: Just to add credit to my information, here is this completely unrelated photo of this freaky guy that used to lurk around the park. people will remember him right?

I've seen some stupid posts on here over the years, and this one is well up with them...

I've seen some stupid posts on here over the years, and this one is well up with them...

 

He is the only person that goes to the parks and prominently takes photos of future additions and construction.

Yeh cause of our hard earned tax dollers funding his little theme park trips..

Stopping to get sushi on the other side of the highway and I thought I might do a drive by. Looks like they have trains back on track this afternoon. Wouldn't be surprised if they are doing some testing soon.

Stopping to get sushi on the other side of the highway and I thought I might do a drive by. Looks like they have trains back on track this afternoon. Wouldn't be surprised if they are doing some testing soon.

Eh? What do you mean? The trains have already been on the track for months (they never really went anywhere) and they have been testing for a few weeks now, hence the test dummy photos.... o_O

Edited July 17, 201510 yr by OceanGirl

Has anyone seen the trains running? I've been to the park 4 times in the past 10 days and seen no work or movement in the area whatsoever

Someone posted a photo in the comments of the TPSN FB page a couple of weeks ago which looked like the test cart in action, going up the lift hill. It was in response to the dummy photo: 

 

was at the Park today, I saw a good amount of Test Dummies sitting in the station area, no photos sadly..  

was at the Park today, I saw a good amount of Test Dummies sitting in the station area, no photos sadly..  

Saw the same today (took a few pics but am at work atm so can't share just yet lol) 2 carts filled with test dummies in the station and an empty cart in the brake zone behind them. Also lots of random dummies lying around on the loading floor of the station.

Also spotted a maintenance dude working hard underneath the station as well

So they are definitely making progress!!! Exciting times  I suspect the reason we haven't seen any live test runs is because the park has likely been doing them whilst the park is closed ie. in the evenings and/or mornings?

Someone asked on FB if they knew if they had a reopening date, and they said that they still don't know. But the maintenance page on their website will be updated with a reopening date once confirmed.

Someone asked on FB if they knew if they had a reopening date, and they said that they still don't know. But the maintenance page on their website will be updated with a reopening date once confirmed.

Handy information to know. I'd never have thought to look there!

^ The sarcam of many of the posters here is starting to wear off on you.

^ The sarcam of many of the posters here is starting to wear off on you.

Edited July 22, 201510 yr by Zanstabar

^ The sarcam of many of the posters here is starting to wear off on you.

No, I really do think he was serious about what he said...

My bet was always somewhere around Fright Nights. They're naturally not going to rush it, and at the same time Fright Nights is a big thing for Movie World these days and i'd imagine they'd cop a lot of flack with the crowd influx with a SBNO attraction left for so long.

So its gone from 5 (or 6 can't remember) cars on the ride to 2 on the switch bay. One looks new/rebuilt. 

Im currently in the process of transferring all my data to my new laptop and came across a whole folder of photos from the day of the incident. Really Zoomed in high quality stuff. Ill go through it all and post some photos soon. Looking at it quickly it is scary how close the car came to falling completely off the side of the track. You can see for yourself soon

On Wednesday night while I was driving past th GL had lights on everywhere.  From what I could see from the road 3 people where working on the lift hill.

TPSN has some photos of scaffolding around the station, apparently its gets painted. 

Interesting. I doubt they would be painting it. 

Some worn parts of the track could definitely do with a fresh coat of paint. It wouldn't surprise me if they were doing it up to look decent for its grand return to MW's current ride offerings.

So its gone from 5 (or 6 can't remember) cars on the ride to 2 on the switch bay. One looks new/rebuilt. 

 

Well it's obviously not safe yet. Clearly those dummies have fallen off in the station!