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Fast passes available to be purchased on the 19th of December for scooby doo.

...and a water ride, and eureka mountain and probably half a dozen other things that were removed without replacement. they're still doing great - but there's still a lot of holes in the lineup.

Just did King Claw, it’s an insane ride and pretty high when you are on it. Very forceful aswell. Theming is amazing, soundtrack was running and sounded great. Overall, a 10/10 addition for the park and a great crowd filler. Just need a replacement for wipeout now 😛

It's like when movies do trailers for trailers for trailers.

https://youtu.be/uBhyr4qVWRU?si=J1woqRQ3ZxDlz6pE

Would you look at that. WWW you're unfashionably late, but you have finally made it to the party.

The clues were announcing there is going to be an announcement. It's an announcement you make when you have nothing really going on. A bit like the the announcement about the Superman queue.

Absolutely. Hurts nobody, costs nothing, ambient sounds were already part of the package so chucking it in there as a little nod is perfect. Of course everyone is wired differently - i'm certainly not the yardstick (age does things to your inner ear) but when my son tapped out, it highlighted to me that there may be an issue there.

Yeah the old walls were a foam molded product that didn't meet fire performance standards like the internals of the ride and were removed. The new walls do look mostly 2d flats with the embellishments around the screen and props. Smoke in the fountain was always there, just low performance IRL. The images have either done a long exposure which has exaggerated the fog, or they've improved \ upgraded the device responsible.

Think we’ll get the announcement of the official opening date today.

With the recent glues on MovieWorlds socials and all pointing to December 8, could today be a soft opening or more just an opening announcement?

Everyone’s different of course but I had no issue doing 3 rides back to back and a total of 6 before I left the park around 1:00PM. I incorrectly assumed the theming was largely complete but looking at Greg’s Instagram story they are still adding some more. Heard a “paging Mr Longhurst” announcement during the que too, a nice little touch.

This still isn't the Aqualoop.

I got on on Friday - Kudos to the opening crew - still ironing things out but the process was quite smooth. I'm not sure they're getting the full value out of the metal detector though - I walked through, beeped, pointed to my belt buckle and they just accepted my word on it. In a US park where metal detectors are used, they'd wand you to make sure. The park is looking good again (my last visit it was showing some signs of neglect). The ride itself looks great, the theming work and queue house is top notch. I heard the ambient sounds in the queue but i'm not sure if they were playing the soundtrack during the ride as I didn't hear anything different when riding or observing. It sure packs a punch though. I was absolutely once and done, my son went for a second round while I watched but even that was enough for him. He used to be able to do back to back cycles on The Claw - but two was enough for him... i'm hoping this ride isn't too polarising for guests - if it isn't repeatable, then the park has done their capacity a disservice. @Spotty I feel you on the restraints - Since 2016 I couldn't get the restraints over my shoulders either - but King Claw's restraint is a much nicer fit.

Yes, they did end up using the regular stage tonight. The time of the forecast storms has been pushed back.

KC was running pretty much all day today. (I wasn’t at the park open to close, but the 4-5 hours I was there it was running)

Good to have as a backup but the weather has held/they are using the usual location currently

Superman started testing this morning and was flying around the track, i think both Flash and Superman will be back by the start of the main holidays. Scooby, Flash and Superman will bring the capacity boost that is needed.

Smart decision I’m surprised they haven’t pivoted to earlier

Looks like tonight’s live BB show is being held in the Dreamworld Theatre in Kenny and Belinda’s Dreamland. Likely due to the forecast storms.

I could be wrong but I don't believe this has come to fruition, the turntable at load is there but I have never seen an accessible vehicle on the tracks (or next to it).

Since when? Don't regularly visit but I believe it's only recently been mentioned on their website and terms and conditions. AOS and PC now also cashless with the following caveat in the website FAQ

He actually seemed to care about what was going on. He used to frequently be seen walking through the parks at different times of the day, chatting to different people. Seemed like if he wanted to know something, he would just walk out his office and look for himself. In the event of any incidents, he was out there following what was going on, seeing if there was anything he could do but staying out of the way of people trained to respond and letting them get on with it, then debriefing in his office afterwards, making sure everyone who attended was ok.

Reminds me of the good old village days in the early 2010's. The amount of times that I saw, or personally had Greg and his team (Michelle, who was a park supervisor at the time) jump in to help when needed. One particularly fond memory I have is a crazy xmas period when on Wild West Falls, the ride normally didn't have a sorter and I actually suggested it as an improvement during peak to make sure boats were always full. For anyone who was a loader on West, during the peak period it was often one of the hardest positions in the park. So, the day after I suggested this they actually came down themselves and were sorting groups for me for a few hours while running the numbers to see if it worked. Every single boat was having full rows, and it made a huge difference (I'm talking about an extra 80 - 100 people every 30 minutes). They also did the same with Batwing, as normally the second operator has to group riders after each cycle which adds about a minute per dispatch. They even took ideas on board (single rider line at Batwing...) that was suggested by myself and many other staff. These people really care about the place, and trying to make things better for the staff and guests. They still have work to do on the actual park, but the place is in the best hands it's been in for a very long time. I have many fond memories of all of those managers (Greg, Michelle, Deb, Chantel and a few others) and they really made Movie World what it was back in the day and now Dreamworld. Can't wait to give King Claw (and Jungle Rush) a ride when I next get up there in April.

Zero IP mazes this year tell me they are moving in-house to save coin