DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

[Gc_themeparksau]

The joker head is now lit up however still to be installed and the electricians have been fixing around with it about half an hour ago

Edited September 10, 2017 by Gc_themeparksau

[Santa07]

Thanks for the photos @Gc_themeparksau, the Joker head is going to look so good at night

[Gc_themeparksau]

A better look at the joker head

[Gazza]

4 hours ago, jack.c said:

I don't really care much for Gs however what is he difference between negative and positive Gs? What feeling to they both give?

Three types of G force (And each of those can either be positive or negative depending on direction)

Lateral g force is side to side. For example when you go around a corner in the back seat of a bus, or you go around sharp bends on a wild mouse coaster, its lateral forces squishing you sideways.

You'd tend to call negative a pull to the left and positive a pull to the right as I understand it.

 

Accelerational / linear g force is front to back. For example when you launch on a coaster its positive. If you suddenly slam on the brakes in your car and lurch foward in your seat, thats negative. Brace your neck!

 

But Vertical g force is the most common one cited when talking about coasters.

When its positive, your bum is being squished down into the seat and you feel heavy. For example when you go through a loop its positive. Or when you hit the brakes at the bottom of Giant Drop, that's also positive.

Negative is what is known as airtime, for example when you go over the tophat or hills on superman thats negative because you are actually being lifted out of your seat and only the bar holds you in. At the very top of Batwing when the car changes direction from up to down, you feel negative g force then too.

Weightlessess occurs when the vertical g force is exactly zero. For example at the top of the swing on the Claw, or the initial moment of dropping when the door opens on Wedgie or Aqualoop.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Here's a good look at the transfer track

Edited September 10, 2017 by Adventures With JWorld

[zacsta_1997]

Sorry if this has already been discussed before in the feed. But has there been a confirmed opening date to this coaster?  Heading to qld beginning of October, what are the chances of it being open by then?

[Reanimated35]

4 minutes ago, zacsta_1997 said:

Sorry if this has already been discussed before in the feed. But has there been a confirmed opening date to this coaster?  Heading to qld beginning of October, what are the chances of it being open by then?

It's always been spoken about as being ready for Fright Nights, so chances are, unless something goes wrong, Sept 30/Oct 1 it will open. 

[zacsta_1997]

Awesome. So looks like I might be able to ride it when I go!!  So excited. Thankyou!!

[New display name]

Taken directly from MW web site.

"Launching these school holidays, Warner Bros. Movie World presents the DC Rivals HyperCoaster, the greatest theme park attraction the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen! "

[GC Theme Parks]

A new path is being laid and gardens are being made. Down to the final touches now. 🙂

[Reanimated35]

Isn't that just the same as what was posted in @Richard's update the other day?

[GC Theme Parks]

1 hour ago, Reanimated35 said:

Isn't that just the same as what was posted in @Richard's update the other day?

There was more work being done on it today so I thought I'd post about it. They're also continuing to lay the path at the end closest to the park enterence. 

Edited September 11, 2017 by GC Theme Parks

[themagician]

There are more panels to be installed for theming (laid next to the GL queue), and some are now being installed on the entrance arch to the queue area. There are also some connection points at the base for something (I imagine a sign of sorts or more characters).

More fence posts are being installed, and this path has now been laid near the lift hill too. With all the vegetation it is looking really nice, but damn the road is a mess and will need a lot of work to fix it (Unless it purely is just dirt and a hose down would fix it)

And I love this shot of the ride, just can't get over the scale of it.

Workmen are also working on the Joker face and one train is also currently on the brake run, but no testing was done while I was there

Edited September 12, 2017 by themagician

[GoGoBoy]

Thanks for the pics. It'll be good when it gets topped off with the face. The OCD in me hates the unfinished top of the drop.

[Jakev8]

Loven all the new landscaping going in, the front of the park is starting to look incredible.

[Reanimated35]

Will we get fence toppers on the new walkway fence?

[New display name]

On 9/7/2017 at 9:17 AM, themagician said:

As I haven't seen a ride photo camera anywhere around the track.

A new tower (looks like to mount camera from) has appeared at the bottom of the biggest drop this side of the solar system.

[jjuttp]

43 minutes ago, themagician said:

i spent a lot longer than i should have thinking that they were shadows and trying to think of what the workmen could have possibly walked through that could show up so lightly through a shadow.

[Jdude95]

6 hours ago, themagician said:

Okay, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks the silhouette on the right looks like Ryu from Street Fighter, mid hadoken?

[wipeout94]

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/movie-world-release-ad-ahead-of-dc-rivals-hypercoaster-launch-next-week-on-gold-coast/news-story/93f79a79ce01476ab146deba5e4d16a2

Movie World release ad ahead of DC Rivals Hypercoaster launch next week on Gold Coast

Kathleen Skene and Andrew Potts, Gold Coast Bulletin

September 12, 2017 1:25pm

A CACKLING Joker, malevolent on a stormy sky, opens the thunderous new promo for Movie World’s long-awaited DC Rivals Hypercoaster.

DC Comics villains from the Injustice League — Brainiac, Black Mantis and a Red Lantern are among the stars of the video, released ahead of the ride’s launch next week.

Good characters of the Justice League, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Cyborg round out the animated cast of the 45-second production, set on the winding 1.4km magenta track.

Movie World has released a frightening new ad for their DC Rivals Hypercoaster, due for launch next week. Photo: Supplied

The park officially revealed the ride in June and held its first test last month, strapping blue dummies into the cars for the 115km/h ride.

Village Roadshow is hoping the ride will prove a $30 million shot in the arm at a time when overall theme park fortunes have dipped and spiralled as much as the ride itself.

The investment — at roughly the cost of two Towers of Terror — has the potential to once again position the Gold Coast as an international theme park destination.

CEO of Village Roadshow Theme Parks Clark Kirby at the site during construction. Photo by Richard Gosling

Ride forums and fan pages around the world have heralded the DC Rivals attraction as a game-changer for Australia.

Operators said construction of the coaster topped-out at its maximum height of 61.6m in July ahead of its launch.

A VIP event next Thursday night will be the formal launch of the drawcard, but it will open to the public before then, on an exact date yet to be finalised.

 

 

 

Movie World tests out it's new DC Rivals hypercoaster

The 1.4km steel structure will be the longest, tallest and most expensive ride ever built in the Southern Hemisphere.

[JaggedJanine]

6 hours ago, themagician said:

This will be the Joker on the right and Braniac on the left

I'm assming they will do the same for Batman and Superman on the superhero side.

Edited September 12, 2017 by JaggedJanine
Wrong character

[themagician]

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set on the winding 1.4km magenta track.

Even when all the information has been released, the Gold Coast Bulletin still manage to find a way to stuff it up

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A VIP event next Thursday night will be the formal launch of the drawcard, but it will open to the public before then, on an exact date yet to be finalised.

But I do like what I read here

[Brad2912]

I work 5mins from the park, so I'll be waiting with baited breath for one of you to post 'soft opening now' and I'll be in the car haha

[Jakev8]

Drove past it around 7:30 tonight coming back from work, and dunno if tonight was the first time they'v been turned on but all of the track after the stengel dive was all lit up with these purple/pink lights coming out of the ground lighting the track and supports up.

Edited September 12, 2017 by Jakev8
Forgot on

[themagician]

I know they were testing those lights back in June, and when I drove past it last night, those lights weren't turned on