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They started deconstructing the stage and outdoor area of the house today. There will be house tours through the school holidays (dates to be confirmed). Gold Coaster was meant to reopen this Friday, but has been delayed to next Friday.

The original Claw always parked in the same spot as well, visible with a little black line that almost looked like plumbing tape on the motor and the gondola to align it.

That's really interesting. So to contextualise these references: Seat 1 faces the queueline Seat 10 faces Tailspin Seat 20 faces shockwave \ dreamland Seat 30 faces main street. I'll have to try facing main street.

Yeah I returned to the same position as where I left which is good

I noticed this too, but I noticed that the rotation speed of the gondola is such that you will experience at least one 'face down' and one 'face up' moment at the top of the swing, but generally a seat favours one or the other. In a seat that started facing main street, I spent most swings face down, only getting that 'inverted' feeling on the final swing. And it was the inverse when I sat facing Tail Spin. I generally found a sat facing main street was less disorienting/nauseating for this reason.

Something I forgot to add though is that the ride parks in the exact same spot every time. The numbered seats are always in the same position. As far as I could tell from watching a few cycles, this isn't a jog setting at the end of the cycle - meaning that each seat uniquely differs in its ride experience, while the same seat will generally give the same experience on every ride - for example, seat 1 always seemed to be at the apex of each swing \ seat 20 always seemed to be at the bottom, with 10\30 on the sides. Not a scientific observation by any means, just my own observations - so could be totally wrong - interested if anyone else observes the same...

Not long exposure

This was a fun ride. I found it to be a lot less nauseating than the old Claw. The transition time between the weightless and positive G forces is spread out along a wider arc, so while you still feel both at a high level there isn't the change between then isn't as rapid and that made a big difference for me. I mentioned this way earlier in this thread, but it really is a different ride experience - still thrilling, just in a slightly different way (when it comes to forces on your body). The lack of OTS restraints is nice, but I did feel like I needed to hold on - partly because I didn't know what to do with my hands - but also partly because you do kind of fall forward a bit if going through the arc face-down. I guess this was also true with the old Claw, but you used to just be able to flop onto the restraint which isn't there anymore. This is the perfect ride for DW right now, high capacity, great theming, high thrill. Now that it's open, I guess we wait for the next big announcement.

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)