All Activity

Construction has begun on the parks expansion and these images really give you an idea of how big of an expansion this really is. And construction walls have gone up inside the park Source: https://www.themeparx.com/warner-bros-world-abu-dhabi/ This does also mean that despite the Harry Potter expansion being announced 3 years ago, it's probably at least another 3 years away from opening.

Yes, because it's what the camera sees. It doesn't see the studio lighting, and the scaffold holding up the house set (and all the other sets) and the overhead catwalks and rigging (or the mass of cameras, booms, dollies and other filming equipment behind the camera either). The original film set had the benefit of: being 100% indoors not needing to meet practically ANY level of fire safety not needing to adhere to any WH&S requirements. Naturally the park isn't going to be able to recreate an all-weather, all-season, immersive recreation of the original sets. For one - there's too many vandals masquerading as guests who would destroy it inside a week. But it's certainly enough detail to show what they were going for. In a real movie set environment, this would be the facade set up, and then set dressers would come in with all the foliage and flowers and little touches that complete the look. It's like visiting a backlot that isn't currently being used for a production. By all accounts though there is one thing MW was able to get right about the original film sets of WOZ:

The WoO precinct doesn't look anything like this. There are some design and aesthetic nods to what we're seeing in this image, but this actually looks immersive... the MW land does not. MW's attempt at this theme looks more like a low budget movie set than the original film does.

When you get a chance to visit for yourself, I believe your perspective will change.

Perhaps not but it sure resembles one

Considering the ride is currently being tested, my money is it will open.

They've used that exact phrase since at least February 2023 on the MW website and backed up by this very thread in the same month here:

WOZ was never made to look like a it was on a movie set.

That's big news, get that to Screamscape pronto. Obviously, they took inspiration from the intriguing exclamation point in the name of the Knott's coaster Jaguar! "Planned" is a good get out clause, I'm not banking on 2025, happy to be surprised.

I mean - there's plenty of solid green walls in film making (but I do know what you mean) But 100% agree with you on the shade...

Exciting news, they’ve updated the font and has an ! in the rides name within the maintenance listing

@DaptoFunlandGuy I agree, but that still doesn’t give them a pass on painting large walls a solid green or making your queue area an unshaded cattle pen. It just demonstrates a lack of care or effort.

I didn't ask if you cared Dapto. I was telling you the state of play because you suggested I was trying to start an argument but that isn't true because I didn't read your post. If it isn't the smoking gun I think it is, tell us what you know @DaptoFunlandGuy

I couldn't care less.

I mean, I don't like that jarring aspect that comes with leaving these sorts of things untouched, but i've said multiple times in the past that if you're a 'movie studio' park you get a pass on sight lines as the idea is it's only what the camera can see. There's plenty of lights, rigging, booms and other film making devices just outside the lens.

So immersive Disney must be jealous MW could do this for just 100M

To be fair Dapto, even though I have unblocked you. I still read very few of your post.

They still have the gate to access the pathway that leads to the mazes like they did when it was Arkham Asylum

If you had a memory longer than a goldfish you'd have scrolled up. Don't put words in my mouth to start another circular argument.

Why? Because you believe SE can't operate when the Flash is down?

this isn't the smoking gun you think it is.

If it was regular maintenance on SE, MW would give an opening date. not "Temporary closure as a result of unscheduled attraction maintenance"

i think they will just be using the gate behind wwf as well as the doomsday gate, i won’t be surprised if the entire area is sectioned off, especially since there is no scare precinct up that way.

I haven't seen WOZ in person, but from what i've seen, the only way to the maze precinct through Woz would be to go via the ride queue pathways? If the rides are closed for the event, either the whole land is, or the rides are closed so that they can use the ride queues for getting guests to the mazes. Not sure how the internal areas of the WOZ queues will stand up to night time fright night shenanigans... so I'm hoping they don't use it.

I wonder if they’ll keep the land blocked off for the event. In previous years they would use this area of the park as a pathway to access the maze precinct so the path alongside WWF didn’t become a bottle neck. I assume it won’t be as they’ve managed the past couple of years.