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What happened to the Spooky Island float? It looks pretty cool

No one likes to see Parks in decline and there are a few in Oz right now, Some are obvious, others less so

...and over a series of three [merged] posts, Movie World visit December 10, 2005. Entry: Final touches on Superman Escape, yet to open. No Batwing, no Green Lantern. Construction fencing up. Hard to see, but Arkham Tower just a building facade, not a 'spire'. Lethal Weapon: One of LW's trains, as at 2005. Main Street: From outside WB shop. Miss those topiarys. Matrix Exhibit: Matrix Exhibit, where bumper cars/arcade stands today. Wild West Falls: Very different WWF boats paint job than they have today. Part Two: Matrix Action Show: Story is the cops corner Trinity, who fights them, until three Agents arrive, and capture her. Neo arrives, and there's a fight until Neo had an Agent, but 'Smith' has Trinity. The fight continues, and Neo helps Trinity escape, but stays to fight Smith. Neo obviously wins. Part Three: Grand Parade: These were just some of the floats/stars. There was Warner Brothers animation characters as well. Main Street: This view is great as you look at photos over the years. Today you can see: Superman Escape, Batwing and DC Rivals. Unsure if GL too, off the top of my head. End of the day, Superman escape did a few test cycles.

Just thought i'd add a little snippet of what's to come, if you can't picture it yet I can almost guarantee it'll be like this: This is a construction picture of Flyover Canada from Syncra Construction , an almost identical project where an IMAX theatre of a similar size was converted into a 60+ seater i-ride. If you're curious as to how that happened, InPark Magazine interviewed Rick Rothschild (who worked on Soarin' & Flyover Canada) and had this to say: I did some research about both auditorium sizes prior to their respective conversions and updates, and there's a marginal difference of approx. 50 seats or 3m of screen height between the two, with the IMAX theatre in Canada being the slightly larger one. TLDR, i'd be surprised if they don't go for the 60+ seater version, especially when it's already been done.

SOMETIMES it pays to know who you’re sledging on social media. On the back of this week’s announcement by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk that all Commonwealth Games athletes and volunteers would receive free entry to Village Roadshow Theme Parks during GC2018, it didn’t take long for online cynics to come out in force. Amid cries that the offer would add more cars to the M1 and ignored year-round volunteers, one Facebook user asked: “Who’s really paying for this? Nothing is free.” When a couple of respondents suggested taxpayers would be footing the bill, Clark Kirby posted: “This is completely funded by Village Roadshow, not the State Government.” But Anne Wieland was having none of that. “Clark Kirby, you are hilarious,” she posted before adding: “Where did you get that idea? At no stage was it said that Village Roadshow was donating the free tickets, nor was Village Roadshow there to do any dual announcement as I am quite sure they would not miss a publicity opportunity. “Maybe you should go and ask The Chook just exactly who is paying for it.” Cue Clark Kirby’s contender for Facebook comeback of the year. “Hi there, Anne,” he replied. “I am actually the CEO of Village Roadshow Theme Parks and I can confirm we will be absorbing the full cost of this initiative. “I really hope people can accept this for what it is — a goodwill gesture to the athletes coming to our beautiful city and a thank you to the volunteers that make it possible. All the best.” Not surprisingly, the “foot in mouth” exchange drew howls of emoji laughter from other Facebook users. “Burned Anne, burned,” posted one, while another had a suggestion all social media users would be wise to heed before leaping into an online debate. “Anne Wieland, oh dear,” she posted. “You should have done your research before firing back.” From the GC Bulletin.