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I'm going up to the gold coast on the 19th of sept. (which I believe is the start of Queensland school holidays). I'm planning on renting a q4u for my brother and I, but I really haven't heard much about it. I'd imagine Buzzsaw's line to be extremely long, being its first week of official operation. Getting the q4u for that ride alone will probably be worth it because of its terrible capacity lol So I was just wondering if anyone has used it, and what are your thoughts about it? Also with how it works: when your little device tells you it's time to ride, do you just rock up to the claw, for example, and immediately get on the next cycle? Or is there a small line for q4u users? And also, Because these things are limited, is it better for me to pre-purchase the q4u over the net, or at the park when I arrive in the morning? Thanks =)

Green lantern? I'm a little disappointed actually. I saw this coaster type as a perfect opportunity to use the joker or the riddler as the theme...el loco's have elements that are wacky, crazy...just like the personalities of the aforementioned super villains. Besides we don't have a ride at movie world themed to a super villian, it would break it up a bit with all the heroes (superman, batman, scooby gang). It's going to be interesting to see what the storyline (if any) will be for this ride. Because at the moment i'm finding it hard to think of something that fits with the el loco design. Anybody have any ideas? Movieworld have done a fantastic job with taking a variety of ride/rollercoaster types and giving them an appropriate theme. e.g. Wild mouse for scooby (small cars and tight cornering pays respect to a traditional haunted house ride), rocket coaster for a Superman theme (0-100 in 2 seconds...mimics superman's super speed and flight), Batwing (vertical launch, just like the the Batwing aircraft). And I'm sure this time will be no exception. yeah, I might be a little bummed about the theme, but I'm confident whatever MW have up their sleeve won't let us down Plus, if the ride turns out to be good, it'll make up for it. But.....please, whatever they do, hopefully they won't go for the 'six flags' look, when it comes to superhero themed rides (http://rcdb.com/9519.htm?p=35389 Stick on some graphics and a statue of the green lantern's lantern lolololol

It looks like there will be some special parade for the September school holidays this year. It says so on the VIP Pass page for Movieworld http://myfun.com.au/big3/Movie-world.aspx : Sounds interesting, but I wish there was more info about it :/ Obviously it's not that major considering it's only mentioned very briefly on their ticketing website. It's not even mentioned in the latest news section on the movieworld main website. Their lack of advertising is a little concerning, especially being 2 weeks until the holidays start, and with Dreamworld raring to go with the opening of Buzzsaw. A parade might not be huge, but Movieworld have nothing atm to go up against dw's new ride. Fingers crossed they have a good social media/advertising campaign up their sleeves for the new coaster. Not just 2 months before...the hype machine should start now for the new ride. Considering a good portion of the parks customers come from interstate, give them something to look forward to now, so they have the time to pre-book tickets, flights, accommodation, ect.

that actually crossed my mind after I made my post haha. Makes sense

I was just checking out the B-Roll video for the new Premier superman coaster. Something that kinda startled me was that there are trim brakes on the top portion of the ride o_O. Two of them actually... One just before the heart line roll, and then another before the twisting vertical drop. I'm guessing it's done to tease the riders before heading into the roll and the drop (kinda like the slow creeping motion that Sheikra does before the vertical drop). I don't think it suits this coaster really. IMO the ride would be more thrilling without them; probably a lot more airtime down the drop. b-roll clip:

*sigh* the only record Australia holds...a unique one as well. Gone. Ahh well it was bound to happen though. I'm actually surprised it took this long...almost 13 years. Quite a long time considering how quickly coaster records are trumped. Top Thrill and Kingda Ka are a perfect example. That launched Maurer Sohne just goes to show how cool an x-car coaster can be. Dreamworld.....whyyyyy?!! why the skywheel model :/

The photos are on their facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/OutsidersAU It's been hinted for months throughout this thread (even the name of the thread, El Loco = crazy) that MW's new coaster will be an El Loco from S&S. example from back in July (MickeyD) - From the look of the supports, it's pretty much confirmed. I'm actually really pleased with the choice. It'll be exciting to see what MW does with this coaster; especially if they are going with a custom layout. Good to see that it's a proper full circuit rollercoaster as well, unlike the one trick pony up the road. Themes? The joker seems like a great option (the idea has been speculated earlier in this thread). I'd say that it's a fitting choice for for the location, plus it's a "El Loco" coaster. Joker = el loco = crazy

Same here. IMO, for their budget, it looks like DW have hit the sweet spot with the balance of thrill ride and themeing. It's a thrilling ride with themeing (not just huge major coaster with no themeing). Personally I prefer with a theme. Also, the drop back into and through the station looks like it'll produce a cool headchopper effect.

I'm heading up to Dreamworld on the week following the September 17th opening. Should be able to get some photos/video of the new ride

I happened to catch the show last night. It was really nice to see Movieworld in HD quality . The segment was quite good, although nothing we haven't seen before, i don't think. If you missed the show, Getaway post their shows up onto their website, so heres the LINK. It should be in the videos when u scroll down (the first row). They also mentioned, that they'll be testing out seaworld's new coaster on next weeks show. So 7:30 next week thursday on channel 9, for people from Melbourne .

Well i voted MW, obvious choice . If MW wasn't there, for some wierd reason, i wouldv'e picked W'n'W as my favourite park of 09.

Hmm that's interesting. Throughout this week it's been a rumour that it will open today. Looks like it was true. Sorry Gazza, i wish i couldv'e gone today, but I didn't see your post and we r very bussy this time of year, with christmas shopping and everything. So it looks like i won't be able to go today . But hopefully over these school holidays, i'll be able to go down and get some good shots, and mabey even a video up. hahahaha same. I was a bit taken a back when i saw it pop up onto the news. But yer what you said, pretty much sums it up. They had some good video footage. Hopefully that will be up on the web soon, so everyone can see it. Apparently the LED's on the wheel, are going to look really spectacular at night. So hopefully when I go to ride the wheel, i'll go at around 6 at night, so i can get some shots of the wheel at night and during the day. I don't know if this has been asked before here, but i was wondering what people think of the wheel. e.g. Was it really needed in Melbourne?.

Well there is an update, but very similar to Joz's, on themeparkphotography.com. It looks like the first launch and station will be inside a cave , considering the station is also covered by the white-pole arches. Great!, So did you get any video, of the ride in action? Or mabey just pictures? It'll be good to see how fast this thing travels, especially near the end. So we can compare to DW's moto-coaster. Looking forward to the update

^ Nah not yet. It seems like it's taking ages Since my last photo update, nothing has really progressed. Just a little tidying up here and there. It's openning on the 28th next week. So next friday. I might be able to get to the wheel during my school holidays to ride it and take pictures. The shopping complex behind it, 'Harbour Town' has been open for around 3 weeks now, so everything should be nearly complete around the outskirts of the wheel.

wow, great pics Gazza! It looks like they really want to make this ride really eyecatching from the bridge and other viewing areas. I'm really excited about this coaster, it seems like SW really hit the nail on the head with this one. And that tunnel is gonna be interesting. But i really don't see how that's gonna work? . So the train comes down that banked hill and onto the 2nd launch, (now this is where the tunnel is gonna be, yes?) where it will be launched again. But how will the cars slow down to a complete stop (or slow speed) for the storyline (the sealion that is trapped), before the tires kick in and launch the cars?

It looks like the wheel will be up and running sooner than i had imagined acording to a newspaper article in todays Sunday Herald Sun. They are saying that it will open on the weekend of the Melbourne Cup, which is from the 5th, to the 7th of Nov. But there really isn't an official openning date yet . I want to get there on the opening day, so i can take some pics, vid of the opening ceremony and stuff like that. So i guess I'll just have to keep an eye out for that date. I have attached a pic of the article below, for your viewing pleasure

Thanks Joz for the update. Looks A LOT more lower to the ground than MDMC, and the transitions are MUCH more quicker. It looks like you'll be 'flicked' through the transitions in this picture, rather than ease gently into them. I'm still not really getting this layout btw . Like I'm not too sure where the trains are heading after the first launch, and then after that where do they enter the 2nd launch. Would this pic attached be right, in which way they are launched from the station (1st launch) and which way the train will enter the second launch? Could somebody mabey sketch up a layout, because I can't really visualise it at the moment. Thanks

Sorry about that. Well it seems like u have found and checked the pics already, thanks for that Richard . Well there are now a few more pics to be viewed. So for anyone that hasn't seen them yet, here are the links for anyone who is too lazy to head to the home page : Overview: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Melbourne...65-23_9_08.html Overview: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Melbourne...r_overview.html Overview: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Melbourne...64-23_9_08.html Station (loading and unloading platform): http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Melbourne...e_building.html Close-up of one of the cars: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Melbourne...tar_cabins.html

I would actually like to see another sit-down coaster, even though Australia has a lot. Especially any of these from Intamin: a Mega-Lite Coaster, Mega Coaster or a Giga Coaster. Can anyone tell me what the difference between a Mega and a Giga are?? They look exactly the same IMO. Or a sitdown hyper-coaster from B&M would be fun and intense. Actually anything from B&M is great in my books. A Stand-up would be a great novelty coaster. It will definately bring in more people than just a sit-down coaster and will provide a different feeling, which will be interesting. Except are they uncomfortable to ride, restraint wise? If so, is it more so for guys? Well that would be..... AWESOME . I want a wooden even more so than one of those Intamin's as I stated before. Never ridden a proper wooden rollercoaster before. Since the Scenic railway doesn't really count . Are they really as rough as people make them out to be? Mabey a El Toro type woody will be good for MW, as it uses that new steel track from Intamin. But I would still like to experience a original 'wooden, wooden' coaster one day. So i'll pick sit-down in the poll, but I would've picked wooden if it was there.

Thanks Gazza . I didn't think the pics would be checked that fast so I was going to post in this thread tomorrow morning as well as add more pics but i guess you bet me to it . *sigh* Yeah it's moving soooo slowly. It' been ages since there has bee a photo update, and all that has really happened is the addition of the carriges. But the station is one of the 3 levels in that bulding below. I think it's 3, because the other 2 are going to be used as for retail shops, restaurants and cafe's. So when you think about it's a huge project. Um i'm not very familiar of the Dockland's Area, so i don't really know what 'Harbour Town' is, soz. Is this the area in the back on the wheel? And in this PIC I didn't think that we were able to drive down that road. The road looks like u can drive on it, but the lights are not working where this road intersects with the main road outside the site. BTW, when searching the web for more info on the wheel, I found an officail website: http://www.thesouthernstar.com.au/. Has a interesting computer animated vid of the attraction

That's why I love riding in the back, especially on gravity driven coasters (ordinary chainlift and drops). It gives you that extra pull over the drop. Espcially on corkscrew, which = Airtime . I also find Superman more forcefull in the back. Even on the launch there is a significante difference in forces from the front car to the back car. It still makes me laugh how people think that the front is the worst part of the train to sit in, so they stay in the middle or back rows. But little do they know that they were better off sitting in the front row lol

That transition looks much smaller than what's on MotorCoaster. Even by looking at what is already up, it looks like we got a fast coaster on our hands. If they are banking at nearly 90 degrees (would that be 90 degress on the last left hand turn in this PIC) on the last turn it's gotta be fast or at least maintain it's speed throughout the ride. It's smart thinking by Intamin. But won't it affect the end cars speed around the last corner? Because if you think about it, the front couple cars hit the 'trim brake', slowing down the train, the back carriges will still be on the banked u-turn. Making the back cars travel slower than the front around the last bend?

Woah a lot has been done since last week when I took my pics! I really think this show is going to rock. I mean $10 million isn't something to be sneezed at. My only fear is that they'll be focussing more on the stunts than anything else, and the rest of the performance will be kinda dull (acting, script, e.t.c.). On a little side note, when I was up on the gc last week, we went to Conrad Jupiters to see the stage show. Before the show I was walking around the different restaurants, and this bar called the Prince Albert I think, had a sign up showing their entertainment lineup for the coming months. And on there was Michael Bennett. Some stand-up comedy I think. So it looks like 'Mad Mike's' got some gigs until the new show starts . Actually, does anybody know if he'll return for the new show?

Great pics Gazza. It looks like they have taken inspiration from WWW's BRO for the shade sails ontop of the ride. Just wondering, cause I can't really see in the picture, but will Kamikaze have a conveabelt to take the rafts up? Because I can't stand taking up huge tubes . That's probably why I like WWW over W'n'W, because most of the slides use conveabelts to take the rafts up. Not so much the 1 or 2 person tubes, but the clover-leaf tubes are a pain to walk up the stairs with. And I just got a e-mail from MyFun about the Kamikaze. They major thing they say is that it will be opening on the 1st of October, so not long now guys: Here is a screenshot, If u prefer to read the original article lol :

^This is very true. Here is a picture af the large area of carpark they have cornered off: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...ctise_Area.html Another picture from the bus on the way out of Movieworld shows that they are actually using the area. It looks like they are going to have cars on 2 wheels!! They also had a couple of guys on push bikes doing wheelies on the inside of the barrier, but close to the wall. Mabey they'll have bike stunts also? . You can't see the guys on the bikes in this picture though. http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...ctice_Area.html Here is a pic I took of the set construction: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...round_work.html Well it looks like nothing has really progressed from the last post from Klassen24. Does anybody know when the show is planned to start? Because it looks like they are taking there time with this one. They have completely ripped down the overflow seating, and the pic I took is from a temporary fence exactly where the overflow stand used to be. The area is just flat dirt now. It's hard to believe that PASS was even there last year.