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No budding restauranters? (sp?) hehehe big 2 week mega challenge coming up might be a good idea to enter any idea this week to get some points up before the mega challenge!

Hi All, I had a RDO today so decided to bite the bullet and get back to the parks after not visiting for a while. Movieworld 1030 - 1 Superman Escape Posted Wait - 15 Minutes I managed to get a single rider ride within about 10 minutes of waiting so that was all good. There was no steam operating from the vents, but the waterfall was working again so that was good. Was evacuated at the launch due to a problem with the ride. I did see it going again later in the day but couldn't be bothered paying for another locker Hollywood Stunt Driver I raced up to HSD to check out the 11am show. It was much better than I remember last. The new "producer" is much better than the previous video. Scooby Doo Posted wait - 0 minutes waited in line around 5 minutes for scooby, once again scoring a single rider seat. Scooby's mouth dosn't appear to move on any of the animatronics anymore. The wild mouse had no visible haze but all the lazers were great. Journey to the Centre of the Earth 4-D there was no wait for this attraction because it was not open. Polar Express 4d was showing instead. so if they are going to close Journey for xmas then wouldnt it be easy to take the posters down outside, and also put a notice at the gates that it was closed? was a little peeved off.... Staff The young girl at the upgrade booth had an issue with her hair. while i spoke to her about the vip pass she seemed to enjoy plaiting and replaiting it. She never looked more bored in her entire life. all the other staff were great and didn't have any problems. Seaworld Went to Seaworld to check out the Pirate show and Castaway bay, and also to ride Sea Viper. The pirate show is terrible..... it really is a very boring experience. due to the lightning all the rides were closed, but was cool to see the massive penguin enclosure building ;d ok so that was my day at sw and mw1

In regards to the copyright issue. i agree with AlexB - about "fair dealing" but my interpretation is different. "Fair Dealing" basically means you can copy less that 9.99% of the book to show here with no worries at all. You can actually copy the whole book and show it here if the purpose and character of the copying is not for profit the possibility of obtaining the work commercially. the effect of the use on the potential market for the work is not going to cause a problem. So, my thoughts with my limited legal knowledge. Post up to 9.99% of the book if you want to stay completly out of trouble. Post it all if you think you would be able to prove your use under "Fair Dealing" I personally don't see an issue with it, but if the new MW book which has been spoken about contains infomation and photos from the previous book MW may not take kindly to you posting pictures and info they are trying to sell in a new book. "fair dealing allows research and study; review and critique;" You can post excerpts from the book for the site to review and critique, or use for research and study, which we technically are doing anyway! Regardless, havn't MW asked for things to be removed from this site in the past without going through a huge legal bruhaha? If they have a problem I'm sure they will be on here and ask the mods to remove. Or, the mods may just say no to your posting at all. nate

Missed this, but the Sunrise team were at Wet N Wild and Movieworld (today?) and they have some shots of the aqua loop in action etc. cant find it on youtube but http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/ - second page of videos - titled Goldcoast fun or similar enjoy not a very indepth video - Snow and Ice Skating at MW Aqua Loop and Florider at WNW Dolphin and preview of the new Penguin Encounter at Seaworld

We have past the halfway point of the competition and now only 5 more rounds remain! This week I asked you to create a show for the show stage at Movieworld. Members can now vote for the show they think is best and points will be allocated accordingly. But first, let's look at the leaderboard after our 2 week mega challenge! As I predicted the three entrants were very very close, but gazza managed to take out top place. 1st. Gazza (10pts) 2nd Joz (8pts) 3rd. Ihatemisssly (4pts) 3rd Isica8 (4pts) 5th Pin142 (3pts) 6th themeparkgc (2pts) 6th jakeman398 (2pts) 6th bmull19 (2pts) 9th linus1995 (1pt) Week 6 Challenge Design a Restaurant Please design a fully themed restaurant for any of the parks. Provide a sample of the menu and pricing! Also, please let us know where in the park it would be situated. As always, you have til midnight saturday to submit your design!

Under an hour and a half for this weeks submissions! On a side note. I to am a huge fan of Wicked. Saw it in London and in Melbourne. Have tickets for 3 performances in Bris an have been counting the days! Haha

Sorry! Yes TPG, the show stage is the show building in the Wild West area. Feelfree to change the theming of the ghost town to match your show!

Things are heating up and the week 4 challenge is over First the leaderboard 1st. Joz (8pts) 2nd Gazza (4pts) 2nd Isica8 (4pts) 4th Pin142 (3pts) 5th themeparkgc (2pts) 5th jakeman398 (2pts) 7th linus1995 (1pt) So, the Mega challenge hs ended ! Read the submissions and vote for your fav! I think it's going to be a close week! Please post your challenge 5 submissions here! Remember, anyone can submit this round and earn points towards the title of Parkz Creative Genius Challenge Five - Show Here's your challenge. Movieworld are converting the Show Stage into a new indoor show! Ot can be a stunt show, musical or another form of entertainment. The show mus be no longer than 30 minutes in length (not including pre-showThe seating cannot be moved, but the stage area can be adapted to fit your show! You can base it on a movie or create something brand new! A name A detailed description of the show! You may include photos if you wish Deadline for submissions is Saturday at midnight. Forum members will then vote, and points will be awarded. Good Luck and Have Fun

My thoughts on all are that I think voters are going to have an Extremly hard time seperating the entries! Each submission so far is so great! Remember, just over 3 hours remain in this mega challenge and you will get double point this round!

Closing the vote now. Heres the leaderboard after 3 weeks. 1st. Joz (8pts) 2nd Gazza (4pts) 2nd Isica8 (4pts) 4th Pin142 (3pts) 5th themeparkgc (2pts) 5th jakeman398 (2pts) 7th linus1995 (1pt) Now, you still have Til Saturday to submit your idea. It is the first DOUBLE point MEGA CHALLENGE!

Why an upcharge? This is Dreamworld we are talking about! I want you guys to try and think of an Upcharge that is both value for money and exciting! Something a paying guest might actually want to do. An Upcharge attraction does not have to be a silly thing, it can actually be quite good. Just think creatively! Nate

Round Three has finished. After two rounds here's how Thr leaderboard sits 1st. Joz (5pts) 2nd Gazza (4pts) 3rd Pin142 (3pts) 4th themeparkgc (2pts) 4th Isica8 (2pts) 6th linus1995 (1pt) It's now up to members to decide how the points stand. Please read the submissions before voting. Please post your challenge 4 submissions here! Remember, anyone can submit this round and earn points towards the title of Parkz Creative Genius Challenge Four - Two Week Challenge! Please limit response to one post. Dreamworld is turning 30! Here's your challenge. Celebrate Dreamworld's 30th in style! Dreamworld are going to Build a themed dark ride Create a show Open an Upcharge attraction A new advertising campaign. You can create as many or as few as you like. Your attraction/s must have A name A detailed description of the attraction/s You may include photos if you wish If you are creating an ad for tv link to your ad on YouTube from your post. Deadline for submissions is a fortnight Saturday at midnight. As this is a more in depth challenge you have 2 weeks to submit. Forum members will then vote, and points will be awarded. Good Luck and Have Fun Remember - deadline for submissions for this round is Saturday 4th December at midnight! ALSO this round will be DOUBLE POINTS! So now is a great chance to get involved and submit an idea!

Round Two has come and gone. First the Leaderboard 1st. Gazza (4pts) 2nd. Pin142 (3pts) 3rd. Joz (2pts) 3rd. Isica8 (2pts) There were some really really good ideas for Fright Nights and i wouldnt be surprised if MW took them on board!!! Once again. It's now up to members to decide how the points stand. Please read the submissions before voting. Please post your challenge 3 submissions here! Remember, anyone can submit this round and earn points towards the title of Parkz Creative Genius Challenge Three Please limit response to one post. The Looney Tunes Riverride is closing! Here's your challenge. Design a new family friendly attraction or attractions to fit into the Looney Tunes River ride Soundstage footprint. You can gut the building, bulldoze the whole thing or use the current Riverride layout. The attraction/s must be themed in some way to the Looney Tunes. Your attraction/s also must have A name A detailed description of the attraction/s You may include photos if you wish Deadline for submissions is Saturday at midnight. Anyone can compete, just limit your submission to one post. Forum members will then vote, and points will be awarded. Good Luck and Have Fun!

Wow wow wow I was getting a little worried there would be no entries this week, and 3 very very incredible entries posted today!!! Very very good guys!

Edited because I have spent most of the day thinking it was Friday!!!! Thanks TPG

Round One is over! We had 4 responses to the first challenge and there were some awesome ideas. It's now up to members to decide how the points stand. Please read the submissions before voting in the Week 1 thread. Please post your challenge 2 submissions here! Remember, anyone can submit this round and earn points towards the title of Parkz Creative Genius. The competition is still young and it's never to late to get involved Challenge Two Please limit response to one post. Halloween has come and gone for another year. Movieworld are already thinking about the 2011 event. Here's your challenge. Design a brand new attraction specifically for Fright Night at Movieworld. Your attraction can be a scary maze/walkthrough, a show, or exhibit. The attraction is temporary for Fright Nights so make sure it can be assembled and disassembled easily. You can base your attraction on a movie/s or create something never seen before! If you are using a movie franchise it cannot be a franchise already used by Movieworld. Your attraction must have A name A detailed description of the attraction You may include photos if you wish Deadline for submissions is Saturday at midnight. Anyone can compete, just limit your submission to one post. Forum members will then vote, and points will be awarded. Good Luck!

Challenge one is OVER. Look out for the new challenge and poll to be posted soon in a new topic!

4 hours til cut off and 4 submissions for this week! Good response for the first challenge! Remember, you still have til midnight to post your submission. The poll and week 2 challenge will be posted tomorrow morning :-) Points will be allocated based on number of participants, so don't be to worried if you missed this week! Week 2 challenge teaser! Fright Nights

Well I assumed that the casings would fold out onto separate tracks. Like instead of lowering underneath the track, they would lower and fold out onto separate tracks. Do you know what I mean? Would be fairly easily assembled with a magnet system where the magnets disengage at a certain section of the ride, and then they reengage at Thr unload station. Secondly, I don't want you two scaring off other potential contestants by nit-picking their ideas! Lol. If it's going to be 10 weeks of people having to explain themselves then that's not much fun is it! Lol. What someone may not understand fully (the casings for instance), other people may get straight away. Keep this light guys, remember, we are not actually putting a proposal together to submit to DW) If we were, then gaz, your proposal would need to be completly reworked as your ride does not fit into the Eureka footprint (which was prt of the brief from DW) Back to it now then shall we?? Nate

That's awesome! I really like the idea of hiding the cart inside the vehicle! I'm assuming the casing would travel to the unload platform via a different route so it can be put back into position? Sounds really good mate

Cool idea Joz. Can you please post a name or your ride? Thanks !

Wow. Not sure what the past has shown us but it does not sound very promising. It's a bit weird but I'm a little sad I didn't get to say goodbye to the Riverride if in fact it isn't reopening. The Riverride script was the compulsory audition piece when I started at WVTP and the day I received that script in Thr mail was the start of a very exciting time in my life. Ill miss Foghorn Leghorn and roadrunner. I'll miss the earth drill. I'll miss the multitude of different looking Bugs Bunnys. On a side note, the rumor around the park on why all the bugs bunnies looked different was because WVTP approached many companies about building the animatronics for the ride. Each company was asked to produce a "test bugs" and then WVTP would decide on the company to go with based on the bugs they produced. WVTP then did the sneaky and decided to use all the prototype Buge Bunnies in the attraction, and that's why they all looked a little different to each other. I'm excited about The future though. The River Ride takes up a lot of space. I hope WVTP have something big in store that will fill the void which will be left by the river ride. Or, it could just be maintenance.. When Shrek 4D closed the maintenance page said it was "closed permanently to make way for a new attraction" or something along those lines. So maybe I will get to say bye to the river ride.

Nice work Gazza! I knew you'd come up with something! The competition is not over just yet though! :-) I'm sure we will see some more submissions before the cut off. Nate

Hi Gazza, Have edited the rules I was in two minds about either eliminating or points, and do agree with your case. So points it is. Anyone can post over the 10 weeks, and we can have a leaderboard. Some of the challenges are based on RL situations, and some of the challenges are completly out there. The challenges are fairly diverse and will allow a lot of creativity from different fields to come into play.

Ok, here is the week one challenge. Week One Open to everyone to submit an attraction! Please limit response to one post. The Eureka Mine Ride at Dreamworld has sat dormant for almost 4 years now, and Dreamworld has finally decided to use the space! Here's your challenge. Design a new attraction for the current space where the Eureka Mine Ride sits. Your attraction can be anything you like but cannot be an existing attraction at Dreamworld and must fit into the footprint. You cannot reopen the mine ride. Dreamworld are going all out with this attraction, and as such, it will be fully themed. Your attraction must have A name A detailed description of the attraction You may include photos if you wish Deadline for submissions is next Saturday the 6th of November at midnight. Anyone can compete, just limit your submission to one post. Forum members will then vote, and points will Be awarded. The rules are subject to change. Good Luck!