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[Smol bean]

I remember seeing something where at wet n wild they were showing the first live action scooby doo movie and then the actors for Fred,Velma,Daphnie and Fred walked out to say hi to everyone 

[Flynn_Smith]

50 minutes ago, Smol bean said:

I remember seeing something where at wet n wild they were showing the first live action scooby doo movie and then the actors for Fred,Velma,Daphnie and Fred walked out to say hi to everyone 

Poor shaggy got left out 😣

[pin142]

On 17/10/2020 at 7:33 AM, Flynn_Smith said:

Poor shaggy got left out 😣

Could have been busy dealing with the munchies

[Cactus_Matt]

This might be a controversial opinion (or maybe a brilliant idea, either way) but does anyone else think Wet n Wild should be closed down entirely and incorporated into either Movie World or Sea World in the same way that White Water World is connected to Dreamworld? Granted I'm not the biggest fan of water parks in general and the overall lacklustre state of the park I only know about from Brad's trip report in this thread but considering how few rides they have now it would almost make better business sense to attach them to one of their other parks. Movie World is the obvious choice because of how close it is for transporting the rides, but considering Sea World's seaside locale and how empty that park is I think the latter would be the better choice.

[Rachelkinks]

Totally agree @Cactus_Matt

[themagician]

While the idea is good, it wouldn’t work. There is Topgolf, studios and AOS in between. Unless they took the concept that American parks have and use, for example a monorail system or even a constant bus service to connect them.

I don’t think they should close it down, but it needs some major investments as really, it hasn’t been touched since 2012

[AheadMatthewawsome]

I think that it would be a good idea to have a bus or monorail line from Movie World to Helensvale Station. Stopping at: Movie World, Topgolf, Australian Outdoor Spectacular, Wet N Wild, then Helensvale Station.

I'm not gonna even talk about closing down Wet N Wild. Good Day.

On 03/09/2020 at 5:48 PM, Brad2912 said:

Seems someone believed you....

હા, મેં કર્યું.

[Jdude95]

હંમેશા એક

[Flynn_Smith]

48 minutes ago, AheadMatthewawsome said:

I think that it would be a good idea to have a bus or monorail line from Movie World to Helensvale Station. Stopping at: Movie World, Topgolf, Australian Outdoor Spectacular, Wet N Wild, then Helensvale Station.

But there is?

[Brad2912]

2 hours ago, AheadMatthewawsome said:

 

I think that it would be a good idea to have a bus or monorail line from Movie World to Helensvale Station. Stopping at: Movie World, Topgolf, Australian Outdoor Spectacular, Wet N Wild, then Helensvale Station.

 

It’s called the TX7.

runs roughly every 30mins. 

Edited October 19, 2020 by Brad2912

[AheadMatthewawsome]

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

It’s called the TX7.

runs roughly every 30mins. 

I wasn't aware of that. I was just going by a previous comment above.

[themagician]

Crane on site again this morning for Mach 5. Almost the entire right side winder is gone, with the currently removing the Jet streams.

Maintenance crew have also been at the top of the SkyCoaster 

[joz]

I'm glad that as a community we mostly didn't engage with the idea that WnW should be moved. No arguments, no rants about why it would be stupid, we all ignored it and got on with our day. I feel like we're growing up.

[Slick]

58 minutes ago, joz said:

I'm glad that as a community we mostly didn't engage with the idea that WnW should be moved. No arguments, no rants about why it would be stupid, we all ignored it and got on with our day. I feel like we're growing up.

Bugger. We were so close.

[red dragin]

1 hour ago, joz said:

I'm glad that as a community we mostly didn't engage with the idea that WnW should be moved. No arguments, no rants about why it would be stupid, we all ignored it and got on with our day. I feel like we're growing up.

There's always tomorrow for that trend to be reversed 😃 

[themagician]

The slides have almost been completely removed 

There was also white netting around the Black Hole tower

Edited October 20, 2020 by themagician

[Gazza]

On 19/10/2020 at 11:46 AM, AheadMatthewawsome said:

I wasn't aware of that. I was just going by a previous comment above.

Not only that, it runs every 10 mins between 9am and 11:30 am and between 3:30 and 5pm to deal with the crowds entering and leaving the parks.

[AheadMatthewawsome]

4 hours ago, Gazza said:

Not only that, it runs every 10 mins between 9am and 11:30 am and between 3:30 and 5pm to deal with the crowds entering and leaving the parks.

I haven’t been to the Gold Coast yet. But does it normally become full during the peak (like what you said above)? Do they need more capacity (like longer or double decker buses or monorails or trams)?

[Gazza]

15 hours ago, AheadMatthewawsome said:

I haven’t been to the Gold Coast yet. But does it normally become full during the peak (like what you said above)? Do they need more capacity (like longer or double decker buses or monorails or trams)?

It gets 477,000 passengers per year ( approx 1300 per day) so that's below the threshold for a tram/monorail to be necessary.

You occasionally see double deckers on the route.

Edited October 21, 2020 by Gazza

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 19/10/2020 at 1:01 PM, joz said:

I'm glad that as a community we mostly didn't engage with the idea that WnW should be moved. No arguments, no rants about why it would be stupid, we all ignored it and got on with our day. I feel like we're growing up.

Sorry - I've been travelling through the outback for the past two weeks. Rest assured we will resume our regularly scheduled programming on Monday.

[themagician]

All the slide pieces have now been removed from Mach 5

[DJKostya]

So I'm not sure if this has been suggested before or not but what about if VRTP joined MovieWorld and WNW with a tram/monorail/train similar to Universal Orlando with the Studios and IoA. Guests could pay for a park hopper style ticket that would give them access to both parks. I've done a rough diagram of where it could possibly be placed (Noting I have no idea whether the land is actually part of their land holdings).

Just a thought.

[Rabbit2014]

8 minutes ago, DJKostya said:

So I'm not sure if this has been suggested before or not but what about if VRTP joined MovieWorld and WNW with a tram/monorail/train similar to Universal Orlando with the Studios and IoA. Guests could pay for a park hopper style ticket that would give them access to both parks. I've done a rough diagram of where it could possibly be placed (Noting I have no idea whether the land is actually part of their land holdings).

Just a thought.

Wouldn’t happen cause it’s would cut right through paradise country and cost would out weigh the return for investment.

[Gazza]

1 minute ago, Rabbit2014 said:

Wouldn’t happen cause it’s would cut right through paradise country and cost would out weigh the return for investment.

Paradise Country isn't even shown on that map, @Rabbit2014

[Brad2912]

51 minutes ago, DJKostya said:

So I'm not sure if this has been suggested before or not but what about if VRTP joined MovieWorld and WNW with a tram/monorail/train similar to Universal Orlando with the Studios and IoA. Guests could pay for a park hopper style ticket that would give them access to both parks. I've done a rough diagram of where it could possibly be placed (Noting I have no idea whether the land is actually part of their land holdings).

Just a thought.

The biggest issue you have is that you cutting through land used primarily for the studios for production, and you’ve also cut straight through some of the storage areas and where some of the pre-fab work is done for sets. 
given the popularity of the studio, I don’t think they will be keep to be losing land to something I personally don’t see providing much of a return at all. 
bus options exist already, walking isn’t that far for the able bodied. 
If VTP was really keen on a formal transport option to link the parks, they’d be better served campaigning the state and local govt, and contributing to extending the light rail north from helensvale station to the theme parks.