DaptoFunlandGuy

If they get rid of the giant screen in the arena so they can retheme it - i'm camping out outside security for the next lot sale... Mad Max involving lots of vehicle stunts could see them re-purpose the 'car flyover' rig on the bridge too... this really has merit...

Minus one for any FN entertainment that involves FMX people. Motorbikes aren't scary... plus until recently, you could see them do the same thing during HWSD and the Ekka.

Oh look - another TPSN prediction! And my response to that one. Here's another 'inside story' but since OG is not known for sprouting wild speculation, i'm inclined to be cautiously optimistic that her source is reputable, and likely to be correct... 5 hours after OG posts in Parkz saying her source suggested it would be up for the School Holidays - TPSN is now posting there's a 'chance' it will open in September - use of weasel words! Chance means if it doesn't - don't blame them... but if it does, you heard it hear first folks! what an exclusive!!! :puke: ^Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Push - there's a difference between a person who is a member of a forum, or a facebook page going on the page with info and\or speculation, and the SITE OPERATOR or PAGE OWNER throwing around speculation. The recent release by Sea World announcing the rides for the children's area - and in particular the type of coaster that was coming - was fact checked by Richard and confirmed through different sources before Richard posted the article. That's responsible journalism. I would speculate that the TPSN's "source" for the September rumor is no more than what they read, on Parkz, as posted by OG, which they've claimed as their own and posted. That's shoddy journalism, yet this page acts like it's THE only place to get park info... when it gets it's own info from other sources. It's a sham. It's ok to make mistakes if you're just a person, sprouting your own opinion... but when you're holding yourself out to be this: A little more professionalism, and a little less "oops" is kinda a prerequisite to be taken seriously, don't you think? I mean - come on - here's the post referred to: No source - just 'reports' - not even 'our insiders in the park are saying...'I won't pick on capitalisation but i should."reports are vary""stay turned"Enough said. Push - I think you would have figured out by now that nobody (not even the Community Leaders) really give a shit about your Kum-Ba-Yah feelings towards the world. You're misguided if you think "everyone is filled with goodness". You obviously have something in common with me - but you don't see me rushing out to buy you a beer, or swerve to miss you in my car... Some people just don't get along. Some people earn themselves a reputation - TPSN has earned a reputation on these pages as a thief of information, and a plagiarist of content. They spout rumors as news, and they don't care where those rumors come from - so long as THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES WITH IT! And I think that reputation is fairly obvious by the number of people on this site who treat information from them with disdain. The only thing they ARE good for is regular photo updates of the parks - which I presume is because they don't have a job, and probably still go to school. Here's a rumor you can take to the bank - in 2-6 years, "reports suggest" the page operator will graduate high school - and chances are there will be a massive downturn in the content TPSN provides, and it will die quietly like so many others. Parkz has been around for over a decade - and is still going strong... it's the only news source I need for Aussie parks.

Yeah I can agree with that...

Main reason I said to go for 'making a movie' was the big screen, and all of the filming-related hardware. You don't need all of that if you're just showing the 'sequel'.... it'd be an incredible waste... thats my only thought on it.

Pretty sure they've put a Marquee on the storage slab behind showstage \ next to WWF in the past, haven't they? The stuff stored on that slab COULD be condensed into a smaller space if necessary. A Marquee surrounded by temporary fencing that leads all the way back to 'regular park' through the WWF laneway. I don't think it's feasible leading them from Scooby\Arkham couryard - its too far away.

I did see that mentioned earlier - however the cinema isn't really that big (it is definitely smaller than the dodgem space), the queue rails have been removed, and the 'exit' to that space would now flow into the Arkham queue. It would work if you used the 'outdoor' queue for Arkham (feeding off the laneway to the studios) but then you restrict the queue length of the ride - but you would then be able to 'enter' the arkham queue, flow into the cinema, and exit out the old entrance... All a lot more work than it would be worth for the amount of space it would provide.

Assuming soundstage is off limits - Show Stage, Intencity, Scooby are your go to locations - realistically you only need to replace two mazes - and Intencity is one of them... but if they're going with these three, which are typically the smaller locations - i feel ike they should have more than 4 mazes - kicking it up a notch with 5 mazes to substitute for the lack of the big studio mazes... means in theory we need two more locations that won't impede daytime operations.... a Tent maze on the 'storage slab' out near WWF is one possibility... but we still need one more... A Chinatown Alleyway is a possibility - that space is only used for storage which they could make do without for a month... There is no option in WB Kids - it opens a lot more of the park to light up and cover (as does the storage slab near West), but you also don't want to be putting 'horror themed items' in the children's area. There really isn't anywhere else within the bounds of the park - unless they close the Roxy and use it... they could easily create a maze that works 'around' the seating in that space... Lastly would be out the gates next to JL3D - they could put another tent there, which - whilst technically on the studio space, wouldn't infringe on the actual soundstage space (the patch of grass across the driveway next to the lake). It isn't a huge space, but you'd fit a decent marquee in there. During the day, the gates would be closed - and only opened up after hours - when the usual studio access isn't open... those are my thoughts anyway...

nice pics... looking good... i'd say maze is definitely confirmed in there!

Went back today... it was just paper towel.

I think they're better suited to 'movie making' show than 'live in the theme' show. Water World is meant to be 'living inside the movie' - everything is done as 'reality'. HWSD's set is set up to be 'we're shooting a movie' - the big screen, the multiple cameras, the 'production' facility to compile it all together. I think they're better suited to keeping to a theme (like LMA) where the pretence of the show is 'we're shooting something for a movie - and you're here to watch how we do it"

Ahhhh - I see! We all missed that extra bit too! Here's the full quote: -Construction due to start within 12 months (unless we don't say anything about it for 6 months in which case you can consider the topic dead and buried)

I'm sure nobody thinks that POTC is going to be filming in September - and some mazes i've seen in the studios in the past have been little more than temporary fencing and fog machines... surely it wouldn't take too long for them to erect a maze of that calibre? ...and whilst they may not be using ALL the stages, they may be using the CLOSEST stages - the two we always see for Fright Nights. I can't imagine the park using the two furthest from the park just because they are the two available.... I also wonder whether the studios 'reserve' the stages needed for FN in advance, or whether they just pick them up 'if they are available', and if they do reserve them - whether they'd cancel a reservation because a big-name franchise comes to film? The dodgem scenario makes perfect sense if the studios are unavailable - but thats also a big hole in their capacity - the studios hold thousands of people in queue and in maze... if they aren't opening that laneway, there is going to be a much bigger crowd within the confines of the park... Opening up the Western Area (heading to WWF) may be necessary to thin out the crowds (they could put a stage and some lighting up at the western facade, and maybe a chill-out zone up the back... I realise it's being used for other things but i'd like to see them bring back the maze through Chinatown Alley - i've been to several FNs and that maze still sticks in my mind.

I just can't believe that Yoshi is STILL at LPS - it's been 2 days now!!! No sign of a new aisle, but there were guys with these big wheeled carts filled with boxes! What do you think is in them? Could it be the new shelving? Maybe it's just a restock of chips and chocolate.... thoughts?

I think the easiest thing for them to pull off would be to introduce Mad Max to HWSD. It wouldn't take much to convert the sets into an apocalyptic wasteland, get some suitably themed vehicles, and shoot a 'scene' from the next Mad Max movie. Audience participation still pretty much the same - some nice green screen shots of people acting on camera - maybe just have a 'front-only' costume they can throw over the person's shoulders that would take 5 seconds to do. have some prop guns - a big 50cal or similar. It'd also give much more relevance to the giant fireball at the end... HWSD 3 - Fury Road?

Sums it up - TPSN has no idea.

Well, they didn't need the side or under wheels that last time it operated...

Yeah - I'm with Pin - that one laser was very effective. Everything else is just 'disco' - but that drop laser actually added to the ride...

Hi Everyone. I'll be popping into Woolworths later on this evening... When I'm back i'll cook dinner.

Coaster trains usually have a mix of Urethane and I think Nylon - they tend to look very different. I can't remember which is which (the Tatsu documentary explained it well) but basically one goes faster than the others, so they tend to use a mix of different materials on the trains to achieve the right speed \ force. I don't think Red Wheels are anything to go all crazy conspiracy theories though...

Wasn't the watermark big enough this time?

Do you mean about the pass processing centre, or just in general? Don't you already have a photo of yourself as your avatar? Why does your face look like a mangled pizza?

Yeah - then you can't see \ hear the 'Rikes! Ronsters! Rent that way!' from the first Scooby animatronic. those who have no idea what we're talking about obviously haven't ever seen scooby running at 100%

Disney World annual passholders include "Unlimited admission for one year to all 4 Walt Disney World theme parks" - still doesn't include special events.

Despite the definition - a state premier is the highest in the state - but not the country... so there's that going for them... "Would you like to upgrade to our Campbell Newman pass? Or Would you prefer Tony Abbott?" "Neither, Thanks." "Good thing - looks like Campbell Newman and Tony Abbott have sold out..." "I'm totally not surprised" (Side note: they decided against renaming the pass "Palaszczuk" because too many people had no idea how to pronounce it, and the PR & Media team couldn't spell it to update the website.)