7 minutes ago, themeparkaddict said:

Breaking news...

That's an almost 3 month long period of "maintenance". I'm pretty sure that's a fair bit longer than they would normally close it for, so this does sound promising (at long last)!

The maintenance period for SDSC has been pushed back and extended even further.

The ride is now closing on July 22 and is reopening November 5.

That's only about an extra week isn't it? 

It was originally July 2 to Sep 23. So its about a month extra.

 

May have decided to utilise the scooby queue area for Fright Nights again 

I would say the later start to the downtime is to accommodate the July school holidays.

Edited June 6, 20187 yr by strop

Just got email and calling new Scooby doo spooky coaster next generation 

 

Edited June 8, 20187 yr by Rabbit2014

55 minutes ago, Rabbit2014 said:

Just got email and calling new Scooby doo spooky coaster next generation 

 

Sounds good!

But please, charge that phone.

25 minutes ago, Glubbo said:

Sounds good!

But please, charge that phone.

60% now😏

Wait, so are they changing the name to add next generation to the end or have they just done that for marketing, because if it will change to that I don’t think it is be a good is idea. It is too long and does not flow well.

I think I might have heard that the new name will be "The brand new official Warner Bros Movie World Scooby-Doo Spooky Roller Coaster with awesome enhanced effects, by Village Roadshow Theme Parks".

Pretty snazzy, don't you think? 

I think the ‘Next Generation’ part will just be a promotion for the ride refurb,  but I hope they don’t officially change the name

5 hours ago, pushbutton said:

Pretty snazzy, don't you think? 

Better than 'Blown away' 😊

So, advertise that an existing ride is getting a rebuild, but "roller-coaster, what roller-coaster" RACQ ad style when building Rivals? 

It makes sense to Market the ride as "Next Generation" and as an all new experience. Like I have said before, bundle it together with all the other newer things at the Park (DD, Lego4D etc) to justify return on investment. 

MW could stand to do very well marketing what they have versus DW and Australia's only Flying Simulator, for sure.

On 09/06/2018 at 9:15 AM, MickeyD said:

It makes sense to Market the ride as "Next Generation" and as an all new experience. Like I have said before, bundle it together with all the other newer things at the Park (DD, Lego4D etc) to justify return on investment. 

MW could stand to do very well marketing what they have versus DW and Australia's only Flying Simulator, for sure.

Market a 16 year old ride with new projectors or an australian first ride? Know which one I'd like to market.

27 minutes ago, Jpw251 said:

Market a 16 year old ride with new projectors or an australian first ride? Know which one I'd like to market.

Market the new ride as I-ride or "Australia's only Flight Simulator",  then yes

Has to be either iScoobie, or maybe Scoobie Coaster 2.0 for sure..

OOOOhh i know! Scooby McScoobface!

iScooby 2.0, a true aussie icon

A little bit more detail in todays Bulletin. 

 

I hope they still use some practical sets and not just screens and projections otherwise pretty positive stuff. 1 million dollars seems like a pretty good budget and hopefully they use it well. Not really excited for the addition of next generation to the name but will probably not matter much.

100% need practical effects alongside the screens and projections. There's a trend in parks nowadays of getting carried away with screens, it really should be avoided.

From what I've seen of projection mapping, there aren't any screens involved at all.

It could potentially be virtually impossible to tell the difference between the projected effects and physical theming. 

My comment above obviously only applies if the projection mapping is working perfectly. Given Villages record on maintenance of theming, I have my reservations, but we'll see.

12 hours ago, pushbutton said:

A little bit more detail in todays Bulletin. 

 

Oh what a shame nobody else wrote that article so anybody else might actually pay attention to it?