Star Tour All Access Pass - Behind the scenes at Movie World

[jjuttp]

My 2 questions are, are there any gremlins references on Scooby itself, and did Greg name drop us or indirectly reference Parkz (or TPR)?

 

Also did anyone ask for specifics on the entire southern end of the park?

[westical]

1 minute ago, jjuttp said:

My 2 questions are, are there any gremlins references on Scooby itself, and did Greg name drop us or indirectly reference Parkz (or TPR)?

1) Don't think anyone asked. 

2) Yes, he knew the majority of us were members, and that he regularly reads the forums. 

[Theme Park Girl]

1 minute ago, JaggedJanine said:

Absolutely, It was only the first tours so as it progresses and they find out how popular it may become they will add things change things up and take stuff out, to see if they can improve or make the experience better. So there is a 1000% chance i will do it all over again. Even if they didn't change it, It is still definitely worth the experience.

Ditto to what Janine said! As I said earlier above, the bar has been raised very high now, so regular visits aren't going to be the same again ? If I had the money, I'd definitely do it again in a heartbeat as well. Although maybe when Superman Escape, WWF and Doomsday are all open/reopened, so there would be something new chucked in as well ☺️?

On a side note, had such a blast with everyone that went yesterday. Couldn't have imagined a more fun tour group, it was great that we all knew each other either from previous catchups, or from Parkz ☺️

1 minute ago, jjuttp said:

My 2 questions are, are there any gremlins references on Scooby itself, and did Greg name drop us or indirectly reference Parkz (or TPR)?

Yes, there are gremlin references in Scooby. There's evidence of the original ride still in there and it's pointed out and discussed by the Director And yes, Parkz was brought up numerous times in chat by Greg. He knew where we were all from! There was only one in the group who wasn't from here (a random teen lol) and he acknowledged this straight up ? 

[JaggedJanine]

1 minute ago, jjuttp said:

My 2 questions are, are there any gremlins references on Scooby itself, and did Greg name drop us or indirectly reference Parkz (or TPR)?

 

No Gremlin references in the ride but there is still evidence of where something use to be! 

Greg knew we were mainly all from parkz. He said he has often checked up on it 3 times a day. Haha. HI GREG!

1 minute ago, Theme Park Girl said:

Yes, there are gremlin references in Scooby. There's evidence of the original ride still in there and it's pointed out and discussed by the Director 

Don't give everything away Nikki!

[Reanimated35]

3 minutes ago, jjuttp said:

My 2 questions are, are there any gremlins references on Scooby itself, and did Greg name drop us or indirectly reference Parkz (or TPR)?

 

Also did anyone ask for specifics on the entire southern end of the park?

Given that from the looks of it, gremlins was at ground level and scooby is elevated, I would doubt there'd be anything you could see on-ride, but having never been on the gremilns ride, I can't be 100% sure on that. 

 

Specifics on the southern end? You mean DD? 

Well we did ask Greg to go back and get hi-vis vests and hard hats for the rest of us so we could go into that area, I mean, the badges do say "access ALL areas" after all. Sadly that wasn't the case. 

Speaking of, yes, hi Greg! .... now about that tree?

[jjuttp]

3 minutes ago, reanimated35 said:

Specifics on the southern end? You mean DD? 

DD and WWF. I think all we already knew was the town was being touched up.

[Reanimated35]

Ah. The town on WWF (on the ride itself) is being rebuilt I believe. IMO once complete it will basically go back to being the best themed ride in Australia. 

Edited July 31, 2016 by reanimated35

[Theme Park Girl]

18 minutes ago, JaggedJanine said:

Don't give everything away Nikki!

What???  I didn't say what it was. It's anyone's guess ?

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

question: are all the photos that you get on the tour free? or is the Arkham photo that's free?

[westical]

2 minutes ago, Theme Park Ninja said:

question: are all the photos that you get on the tour free? or is the Arkham photo that's free?

All photos. The Arkham and character shots are printed, the on-ride shots are all digital. 

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

thanks westical ?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I heard that the bugs bunny group shot had to be paid for separately?

[westical]

I'm not sure anyone ended up with a copy of that one, but I'd be happy to see it. 

Edit - I won't mention how many printed ones we received just in case it sets unfair expectations for future tours, but it was a lot more than I expected. 

[Santa07]

On 7/30/2016 at 6:01 PM, reanimated35 said:

Photos and a review later, but first, you can all be jealous. 

Also, nosey me wants to know who's who. I see TPG and Janine, and I feel like one or two other of those faces are familiar.

[Reanimated35]

Dunno, never met any of them.

[rappa]

Hehe I know a few of those faces but I'm staying mum

[pin142]

I also know some of those faces, there is a list of people who attended posted in this topic so I am sure someone would be willing to take a guess as to who is which username.

[JaggedJanine]

All but 3 people in that photo are on Parkz. The guy right at the back is Nathan, the tour guide. The girl right at the front is @reanimated35's wife and the kid at the front on the right isn't on here.

[andrewt92]

While waiting in line at the loading area of Scooby Doo, there is a 'Staff Only' door which leads to a hallway. If I recall correctly this is the hallway you would walk down after exiting the cinema screening pre show of the Gremlins ride. I'm assuming that either a cinema or the remnants of a cinema is still intact? 

I miss the old Police Academy style police cars, like the one seen at the end of the Gremlins ride. What ever happened to these? 

[Theme Park Girl]

@andrewt92 yep, I actually talked to Greg about this on the weekend and he confirmed the old Gremlins cinemas are still there. They are used for staff orientations and what not now. The Lethal Weapon one apparently still stands as well And yeah it's the same hallway that used to have the cackling Gremlin hanging from the light on the way to the carts lol

Not sure what happened to the police cars at the end of the ride, but I suspect that maybe the Green Joker car in the Arkham courtyard may be one of them? 

[westical]

Would be good to see one of the Gremlins cinemas. Maybe next time...

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I've been in the cinema\training room that used to be a gremlins cinema for a future of fun focus group. It certainly doesn't look as glamorous as it used to, but it lives on.

[rappa]

Yeah there is only one cinema left. The others became the main Scooby que and some back of house storage. 

[UpperCoomera]

1 hour ago, Theme Park Girl said:

@andrewt92 yep, I actually talked to Greg about this on the weekend and he confirmed the old Gremlins cinemas are still there. They are used for staff orientations and what not now. The Lethal Weapon one apparently still stands as well And yeah it's the same hallway that used to have the cackling Gremlin hanging from the light on the way to the carts lol

Not sure what happened to the police cars at the end of the ride, but I suspect that maybe the Green Joker car in the Arkham courtyard may be one of them? 

The police cars were sold off. Neighbour bought one and had it in his driveway for couple of months, was weird and cool to see it parked at someone's house and not at Movieworld

[Gary86]

The seats in the old Gremlins cinema (now Scooby Training Room) have been removed and replaced with desks. I'm not sure if the screen is still there behind the curtains. I've been in the room twice since the ride closed (staff training when I had a seasonal job and a Future of Fun focus group).