Afterglow - Movie World

[themagician]

AFTERGLOW

On selected Friday and Saturday nights in June, Warner Bros. Movie World’s Fountain of Fame will transform into an electric evening filled with amazing live DJ acts, roving entertainment, street-food and all your favourite thrill-rides with the all new Afterglow event. Afterglow is the park’s hottest new after-hours event and is included with your Village Roadshow One or any valid ticket. Experience Afterglow on the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 29th, & 30th June!

https://movieworld.com.au/seasonal-events/afterglow

[westical]

Not an upcharge. Interesting.

[Brad2912]

Was hoping they’d do the DC heroes vs villains night parades again for the school holidays but reckon this probably puts to bed the chances of that occurring 

[joz]

Legit this is last years Carnivale at Sea World but back at Movie World and included in admission.  I mean they've got hardly any rides open, some 'up and coming musical' acts, watered down street food menu and random street performers.

 

On the other hand, it can be a bit meh, it's included in admission price and they have booze on.  I'll take my cynical arse down there one of the days and have a few just to be sure. The website is suspiciously lite on details though; like what time does it go till?

[themagician]

8 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Was hoping they’d do the DC heroes vs villains night parades again for the school holidays but reckon this probably puts to bed the chances of that occurring 

But the school holidays aren’t until July, so that’s here is a possibility, or maybe they will do that in the September holidays this year.

[red dragin]

9 hours ago, joz said:

The website is suspiciously lite on details though; like what time does it go till?

8pm in the email I received. 

Not worth the effort for a northsider like us. 

[joz]

I dunno, 8pm is actually a pretty decent effort. The other events go till 9 at the latest and they aren't included in normal admission.

[red dragin]

It's about 80km each way from my place to MW. Honestly we'd only be going to ride Rivals at night. 

Both mid 30s and two kids, so the DJ stuff isn't appealing. 

[Brad2912]

So make a day of it? Take the kids after lunch, do the regular stuff, then stay for some of the night. Kids will like the music and roving entertainment, hopefully the food will be ok

[joz]

Yeah what Brad said. What's funny to me is they've tried so hard to tie pass sales in they've confused the public on what the event is. Good work marketing!

[-nick.white.1543]

Wait, are they only advertising to have Rivals, BW, and SE open, or are they actually only going to have three rides open?

[joz]

Looks like 3 rides open to me.

[themagician]

Well, AA, JL and DD are closed for maintenance, and the main part of this event is around the fountain, so I’d say that most of the park will be sectioned off during this event. But it is strange they didn’t open GL as well

[joz]

I can understand why you would open BW instead of GL. Height requirement and prominence favors BW being open but agreed it's strange not to open GL too. I guess they're just playing it super conservatively with this one, it's definitely a mini event for sure. Hope it works, still holding out hope for a true night parade one day.

[-nick.white.1543]

I feel that this event would b more successful if they also opened some of the rides in Kids WB (possibly RR, JDS, Merry-Go-Round) because at the moment there is absolutely nothing for the younger kids.

[Slick]

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Can I buy a half-price ticket if I’m only coming at 5:00pm?

No, you will need a valid one day Movie World admission for the day you are visiting. Alternatively, you can visit as many times as you like throughout the event nights in June with a Village Roadshow One Pass and receive 12 months unlimited entry to Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World, Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast and Paradise Country.

I noticed this on the site - my thought on this is just how many people are going to be pissed when they want to hang with their mates who have passes, get to the front gate, presume it's probably like Fright Nights, Carnivale etc. etc. and thus they can just pay a little to come in only to be told "sorry, you need to pay either $139 or $199 for a season pass or $89 for a one day ticket to get in." Guests are going to love that. 😅

I'm sure the park has some sort of justification about doing it the way they're doing, but much like the Afterglow page on the site (with its artist links that go nowhere etc. and lack of information) i'm kinda getting a slight vibe that this is either rushed or there's a lot of chiefs on this one (and not a whole lot of Indians if you get my drift) and the reality of the guest experience is being lost somewhere in the middle.

[joel]

sounds like it’s just extended ours e.g 10am-8pm and any type of ticket. Dreamworld used to do a $30 between 5-8:45pm

[themagician]

Here is a look at some of the food choices and stage

 

[joel]

What a f****n joke tonight!

- dc rivals = 1 train, 4 staff very slow dispatches

- Superman = 1 train, 4 staff 5-6 min dispatch rate!

- batwing = running very well.

 

ques were 45-60 minutes there should of been at least 2 trains on both coasters with two extra staff for each. Would only cost an extra $340 for 4 additional staff

[themagician]

Besides the issues with queue times, how were other aspects of the event? Food, atmosphere, food, etc.

[joz]

Well colour me surprised that the event was busy, thought between the combination of the cold and confused marketing regarding tickets that it might flop. Hopefully that bodes well for genuine extended trade after boxing day. If it is a success it might be nice to see JL and GL (assuming it's available) stay open later too

[joel]

3 hours ago, themagician said:

Besides the issues with queue times, how were other aspects of the event? Food, atmosphere, food, etc.

Everything else was awsome. Better than Dreamworld because the performance was non stop from 5-8

[Spotty]

Funny hearing about all these crowds, I went the first night to afterglow and at times they were struggling to fill the train on Superman and Rivals. The line never got to more than a 2 - 3 train wait the whole night.

[themagician]

Probably because they announced the event only a week before it began, and not as many knew about it 

[Gold Coast Amusement Force]

On 13/06/2018 at 5:05 PM, themagician said:

Probably because they announced the event only a week before it began, and not as many knew about it 

Exactly, I was leaving today and I can already say I would definelty rather be at top golf. Definetly targeted towards teens not families