2016 for Movie World

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

another picture of the spear

[themagician]

The refurbed toilets down Main St are now open, while the ones next the enterancr are closed for their refurbishment (Photo TPSN)

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

Awsome, they look great, much better than before, thanks for sharing

[BNErider]

Did the toilets have that brickwork before? Or was it a more plain render look?

[MickeyD]

The Brickwork look is new. It was rather plain/rendered before.. Looks great!

[JaggedJanine]

This was posted today by William Owen-Jones, Councillor for Division 2.

[themagician]

The VR experience of AA is currently unavailable due to maintenance 

[Jamberoo Fan]

That's a bit sudden. I looked at MW's maintenance page earlier today and noticed they added a maintenance period for Pounce n' Bounce in the past 24 hours. You would think if they were giving that page an update, they would update it at the same time & not a few hours apart (unless the ride malfunctioned suddenly)? I wonder why the delay?

Unless, of course, I completely didn't see it when I looked at that page.That maintenance list is getting pretty long after all...

Edited November 8, 2016 by Jamberoo Fan

[Tornado]

On 08/11/2016 at 11:44 PM, themagician said:

The VR experience of AA is currently unavailable due to maintenance 

people must be tired of VR gimmicks already

[themagician]

Maybe it wasn't been used by people too much in the off peek period, so they've put it into 'maintenance' so they can fix any issues they had so it's ready for full use these summer holidays

[themagician]

Work is also being done on some of the facades in the Ricks Cafe courtyard

[BNErider]

6 hours ago, themagician said:

Work is also being done on some of the facades in the Ricks Cafe courtyard

Interesting. I know the other part of the courtyard facades got a fairly major revamp not too long ago. From memory that courtyard was looking pretty good. Wish they'd spend some time on the Main St buildings before going to town on this courtyard. 

Edited November 11, 2016 by ash.1111

[Jamberoo Fan]

Just noticed MW put a webpage on their website purely dedicated to a Superman character meet & greet.

I know a Superman character hasn't roamed MW in years and while it has recently returned, why would it warrant it's own webpage?

[MaxxTheMonster]

Well he is a very popular character at the moment so would think they are going to capitalise on that?

[Jamberoo Fan]

I agree with that but why haven't they done that for other popular characters in the past?

Edited November 17, 2016 by Jamberoo Fan

[MaxxTheMonster]

All the characters are popular yes...  Superman gets absolutely swamped when he is out and about...  They already do 1 pay for photo meet and greets for him and one with the whole Justice League as well as him coming out every hour or so for photos...

Can't say I remember them having one character that has appeared that many times during the day and still get swamped every time...

Edited November 17, 2016 by MaxxTheMonster

[Santa07]

It's superman - he's obviously going to be one of the most popular characters because he's the one everyone has heard of. Even for those living under a rock who have no clue who Green Lantern or the Flash is, they know who Superman is. There's a reason why along with Batman he gets so many movies.

[themagician]

DD maintenance has been extended again and is now reopening Wednesday 23rd November 

[Intimidator305.]

So, I'm sorry if this is the complete wrong thread, but I didnt see a forum for future rides at Movie World. When I say this I'm talking a couple years in the future. But it could be closser, you never know. Mondial rleased a new flat ride. Its called the blender.

 

Looks very fun. I see it as a mix between a wipe out kind of ride and a Tailspin kind of ride. It looks as if it has a really high ride capacity so would chew through the lines at Movie World. I beleive if they were going to build another flat ride in the future, I reckon it would be maybe two or three years from now. But, American parks like to add things every year, so you never know. The problem I see with that, is that it could take away from the previous attractions. This ride would be a great fit for Movie World, you could theme it to something very cool, I could even see it as an expansion to the Western Area, something along the lines of a rodeo gone wrong and you could have some very cool animatronics. I do hope a woodie gets put there one day.

Please tell me if this is the wrong thread, I really feel like it is.

[MickeyD]

That's a nifty looking concept! 

I wonder with so many moving parts and shifting weights, how the whole thing would stand up structurally, given all of the mechanically problems Wipeout style rides have faced around the world? Also sighting that most today have been removed, Wipeout being one of few surviving.

Tbh I cannot see this idea getting off the computer screen conceptual stage. If you watch the carriages carefully it really doesn't look all that thrilling either.

[Santa07]

I lost interest after about a minute... they just seem to swing back and forth with very gradual spinning. It would be a family ride at the very most. There are other flat rides I'd prefer to see before anything like this.

[Levithian]

they need more rides for kids and families though. If they are going to build any more rides, they should start by overhauling/replacing some of the wb kids ones and giving it a freshen up.

[westical]

Apparently Green Lantern is "stuck". Courier Mail all over it. 

Edited November 20, 2016 by westical

[Whombex]

Just saw it on the TV headlines.

They're saying "stuck", but for all we know it could just be an e-stop. The one I just saw said "despite a safety check 2 days ago".

[Brad2912]

The media are morons..