Old video footage of our Aussie theme parks in 80's/90's

[Slick]

18 minutes ago, XxMrYoshixX said:

DW still do the same thing today  with all of its rides that aren't in Ocean Parade or Dreamworks land with the exception of Cyclone.

Buzzsaw? 

I meant the website.

[XxMrYoshixX]

1 hour ago, Slick said:

I meant the website.

Oh haha

[lifeofsamage]

Probably a bit too 'new" for this thread but does anyone know of any footage from the Hairspray show at movie world. I assume it was about 2007 (to promote the movie) Already had a search on youtube. Found footage of a Little Shop of Horror performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIddtyNmg8&list=PLDYYHy4jGzQH8eLUZCI5-qht2vUYH5gKF&index=33

[T-bone]

 

[Theme Park Girl]

Just stumbled across this one of Movie World from around the time SDSC opened (early 00's)... was before main street had its roof added, too.

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Whilst I love what the roof has permitted the park to do - Main Street looks so much better without it!

[MaxxTheMonster]

Really miss that flying fox during the parade, the whole Scooby Gang and the little impromptu skits they had randomly going on...

[XxMrYoshixX]

13 hours ago, Theme Park Girl said:

Just stumbled across this one of Movie World from around the time SDSC opened (early 00's)... was before main street had its roof added, too.

 

I remember going to MW when I was much younger and they didnt have the roof on

[Slick]

6 hours ago, AlexB said:

Whilst I love what the roof has permitted the park to do - Main Street looks so much better without it!

I really disliked the roof for a long time until I realised how much better it was for night events.

On 1 May 2016 at 6:58 PM, T-bone said:

 

Definitely Dreamworld near its peak right there, sans the embarrassing theme song and circus.

[Bailz]

I agree I like the Main Street better without the roof!

[Brad2912]

I guess it's the issue of visual aesthetics vs capability/accessibility.

the night events would not be success they are without the availability of an extensive weather-proof area

it also makes for a far more comfortable relaxing place on summer days

[joz]

I love the roof.  Totally changed Main Street for the better.  In an ideal world it'd be nice to have the poles on the outside of the street, but that's a pretty minor grumble.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

In terms of operational ability etc it's fantastic. I love what it has allowed them to do - but the aesthetics - the 'escaping from everydayland' - the feeling of walking through a street that is set somewhere in yesteryear, and feeling like you're on a film set... thats the part that the roof has affected, and is the only reason I dislike it.

[Original]

I have a love/hate relationship with the roof. I love what it has allowed the park to do and what they can do with it/hang from the roof. However I much preferred the atmosphere the park had without it and all the massive trees that lined Main Street.

I feel the same about the video screen. It allows people to see what's going on all over Main Street, but I don't like how you can no longer see the Daily Planet building properly. 

[iwerks]

Didn't you used to love those park tapes they used to have in the 90s? I collected a few before they stopped making them.

 

[jjuttp]

That video is making me want a Batmobile Launched Coaster that hugs the ground.

[Whombex]

...I miss [everything from that Movie World video]!

[JeffreyMoore]

yes movie world is now sadly only a shadow of its former self

[rappa]

That video is a great find.  Didn't even know that existed. Whilst cheesy as hell it really makes the park look amazing. 

[JeffreyMoore]

the park was amazing back in the 1990's

i find it boring these days but that's just my opinion of course

[joz]

See as a kid, I found the park really bland and boring.  To me it didn't become a worthwhile day out until Scooby Doo opened.  If you could somehow make it that the park had all the attractions that were there when Superman opened, as well as Gremlins, the Studio Tour and maybe Maverick then you'd have a well rounded full day park.  Movie World seemed to do a strange jump from being far to dull and family based to be any real fun when it opened, to having almost nothing for families today.  To me it was never a 'magical' park, because although it was well executed, it didn't create an interesting sense of place.  

 

Here's an example, at Dreamworld there was the PaddleSteamer, when you got on that as a kid, that was like an epic journey into the middle of the bush.  There was no Tower of Terror giving you a reference point, it was just an expedition out into the bush.  Same thing with how Gold Rush Country created the feeling of an old mining town, and then the European feel of Village.  More than that, Dreamworld (and Sea World) were big parks that you explored and found things.

 

Movie World was just a small, fairly generic Main Street with 2 dead ends with not much to do in either.  The individual attractions were great, but the park felt so boring and sterile.  It's weird trying to put into words what I thought as a kid, but I vividly remember that feeling of getting to where the Western Action Show was and going 'oh that's the whole place, there's really nothing to it'.  I liked Western Town because it at least created a sense of place, but the rest of it was just bleh to me.  

 

I remember how boring Movie World was when it opened, thats why it always makes me laugh when people say how good and magical Movie World was, and act like the roof somehow ruined it.  I think the park is better than it was when I went as a kid, but it's still a small park.  I like the fact it has more thrill rides now than it used to, I just wish they could just have another genuine family ride, another show and fix up WB Kids Land just to round the park's line up out a bit better.

[iwerks]

@jozDidn't you used to have some great footage of old Sea World?

Yeah, I think Movie World peaked after Wild West Falls opened and before Police Academy closed.

They definitely need a couple of good shows to round out the day.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 6/3/2016 at 7:23 PM, iwerks said:

Didn't you used to love those park tapes they used to have in the 90s? I collected a few before they stopped making them.

 

Video is private and cannot be viewed?

[Theme Park Girl]

Aww, that sucks. I will have to delete the post on my blog about it. 

[iwerks]

Yeah was trying to adjust the privacy settings and went a bridge too far and I couldn't find it.