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They definitely did raise the roof for Scooby. Wish this was more conclusive but look under the WO of the WORLD of this old photo and you can see the Gremlins building isn't taller than the other ride buildings....but now it is:

That's a great find on the 1998 photo! This somewhat peaked my interest given I knew they raised the roof but then I went looking and couldn't find any real evidence of such a thing. Sadly google Earth only went back to 2002 so happy you pulled that above photo. Are there more from other years? I did have a look though over at Movie Park because they had the exact same building setup (apart from roof material) from their Gremlin's ride and in their refit used the same building as original so you can see on this comparison that the buildings there are all one height. Bit of fascinating park trivia and I 100% recon this would have been another one of those ways to make a project more economical back in the day with loopholes and cleaver constructions hacks.

found photos from this site showing the cladding but i dont really care if you believe it doesnt affect my time in the house

to be fair, its a powered coaster. it's not like they're hard to put together - aren't there travelling versions of these things?

Don't have a cry matey - i'm just throwing back to some old-time parkz lore. Nobody said you were lying - just that it wasn't recalled \ hadn't seen it. If you'd like to illustrate things a little better - try this - First photo is 1998, second one is 2012. The shadows alone show the roof is higher (note the small lean to at the rear near the Lethal helix). You can also see the facades for chinatown - clearly they had to cut the facade off the corner of the building to fit the lift structure in, but in the 97 shot you can see the facades are level with the top of the soundstage, whereas you can see in the 2012 shot that the shed extends well above those facade heights. (Also pretty disappointing, given that the lethal theme was there for many years after, that they didn't extend the chinatown theming over the scooby lift - it could easily have been done in a way that could be swung away if the lift needed to be accessed)

Big Red Boat is now testing

On the contrary, a wave swinger is about one of the worst attractions for people with vestibular conditions (which includes things like vertigo) - the full 360 spin, combined with a rhythmic oscillating up and down means its very difficult for them to stabilise while on the ride. Suffice to say the GY page did not change its tune due to favors from the park. The guy who runs it had a falling out with the others who were part of the "founding team", and the loss of those folk resulted in the bias you see today. (It's fair to say the bias probably led to the favourable relationship they have with the park now, but it was not the cause of it) There is nothing wrong with them being supportive of the park - there are lots of fan pages out there that like to promote their chosen park and to completely ignore any of their faults (TBH, the MW fan pages are probably a lot worse when it comes to can-do-no-wrong blind adoration) - but I do think its a bit rich to stick with the 'golden years' name when that was intended to be the contrast between 'then' and 'now' - and the whole 'past, present, future' tagline is at complete odds with the 'golden years' name. Interestingly - I thought you said you didn't use facebook?

Just checked your profile and its good you stopped by to make your annual defend dreamworld post I think youll find my comment highlighted that that particular page started to show how good the park was compared to its present self but then instantly changed its narrative as soon as they were invited to a couple events which i hardly think is a disgusting thing to point out given it totally happened Not sure who the last bit is meant to insult but hey you go girl

So because a group of Dreamworld and Theme Park enthusiasts start a social media group like MANY on this site, it’s now called “bottom kissing” and “ass kissing” WOW so professional and mature. That group is focused on Dreamworld because that’s what they specialise in. If only you people can see how disgusting you represent yourselves. I assure you your comments make you look like a fool and no wonder you’re not respected in the industry. Grow up.

The fountains look good.

@Ogre DW can't put the pieces back together to DW untangle all the seat belts. 😀