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Not sure if this has anything to do with the planned attraction, but looks like Superman has a big chunk of downtime in the middle of next year - 18/4-8/5 and then again from 18/7-13/9. Wild West Falls is also getting an extended closure (13/6-28/8) could either be for winter or nearby construction.

On Saturday they had some people out there directing traffic, first time I've noticed that at one of the nighttime events.

Went Saturday night, very similar to last year although at least this time the parade didn't get stuck. Little pop-up entertainment stages (mostly Looney Tunes characters doing a song) worked well. 15 minute waits for Superman, would have been good if Arkham had been opened up as a substitute for Green Lantern (on the event maps but still out of action). For a park that doesn't have a lot of rides to begin with it seems strange that they shutter them up during a capacity event. Only real criticism was staffing of the food & beverage outlets, well below what they needed for the crowd size. Sweet Treats only had one staff member all evening and a very long queue. For what is definitely a high margin product, I'm surprised they didn't have another person in there to help pump through more sales.

Disagree with this. The Gold Coast (or Australia, really) only has one standout rollercoaster. There is definitely room for another headlliner!

Look up photos of Nasu Highland and Grona Lund. It's always possible to fit in more coasters. ?

I'd love to see a Mack mega make its way down here. Helix blew me away last year, and I hear Blue Fire is just as good.

I was mortified to see parents bringing their toddlers in strollers to this event. Fright Nights isn't Mickey's Halloween Party! I don't think there would be anything wrong with Movie World being proactive with a minimum age of 12 or so for this event. No different to cinemas enforcing age restrictions for MA-rated films really - the impact level is about the same.

Took one last ride yesterday on the old trains... good riddance to both those and the terrible queue building. The work to freshen up that side of the park has definitely paid off, looked great yesterday, as does the updated ABC Kids area.

Any noise restriction that cuts in before 7pm is unreasonable IMO. Waterslides don't really have the same noise impact as rollercoasters anyway, no screaming/track rumble.

I think a family event as a counter to Fright Nights could be great for Dreamworld. They're far better off going that angle than doing a competing scare event. Bring out the Dreamworks and ABC characters and you've got a scaled down version of what Disney does for Halloween.

I agree with most of your points, but it's a myth that American parks get a new coaster every year. If you look at Six Flags, they usually add 2-3 new "serious" coasters across the entire chain, so most parks that aren't Magic Mountain have 4-5 years between major additions. Even Cedar Point has only had 3 new coasters in a decade - Maverick in 2007, Gatekeeper in 2013 and Valravn in 2016. That said, Dreamworld is overdue for a major addition, hopefully they put in that Megalite soon!

Jet Rescue is one of the best "family" coasters I've been on, outside of Disney parks. Great mix of speed and moderate force without being too intimidating for younger riders.

The more I ride the harder it is to pin down a favourite, but Balder, Helix, Intimidator 305 and Maverick are all up there.

I rode Space World's Titan back in June, another old Arrow which had just had new trains added. Those trains had S&S-style seats and onboard audio, makes me wonder if Dreamworld will be getting something similar. They were also lapbar-only which I suspect would significantly improve the ride on Cyclone.

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Good to see another tired corner of the park getting an update. Despite not having added that many rides the park is looking a lot better than it did a couple of years back.

^I don't know about that. Can see an Aussie park putting in something like Tivoli Gardens' Daemonen. Still for what it would cost there are better options out there.

Big B&M might be too pricey, but surely a Megalite wouldn't be out of the question? Those things are fantastic.

I imagine the footprint couldn't be huge, so a Premier Sky Rocket (like Tempesto or Discovery Kingdom's Superman) might be a good fit. As for a B&M - something like Daemonen at Tivoli Gardens would probably fit in that space (it's a great ride too!). It'd be good if they could squeeze in a coaster and a family flat ride (*cough* pirate ship) into that area, to help the guest traffic spread out around the park a little more.

Knoebels is fantastic. One of the best "traditional" amusement parks in the world. Also strongly recommend Hersheypark and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. While you're in the area Kings Dominion is very worthwhile too.

I think I'll pass on this upgrade offer. Happy to wait for a deal that I am sure includes the nighttime events, even if it ends up costing $50 more. I feel like a good price point for an annual pass is usually around 2-2.5x the daily ticket price, so $160-200 for the Village parks. It's somewhat bizarre that the $75 renewal offer is cheaper than a single day's admission, I honestly have no idea how they expect to make a profit from that.

Kind of excited about this one, looks pretty good. I rode one of the Sky Rollers in Denmark earlier this year, they are fantastic rides, and this seems like a similar enough concept.

Batman was a good ride but it certainly didn't age well. I feel like the comparison between JL3D and Transformers is overly simplistic. Transformers had a $100m budget and that was after Universal built three of them to spread the R&D costs. JL3D's budget was probably more along the lines of Ghost Hunt at Lake Compounce or Hersheypark's Reese's Challenge ride, and it's far better than either of those. It even holds up pretty well against Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story Mania, and those are probably the benchmark in the "shooting dark ride" category. Sure, some of the animatronics have limited motion, but that's basically every dark ride ever - even on the Disney rides they typically only ever have a handful of characters with more than 2-3 axes of motion. And the seamless combination of physical and virtual targets is pretty impressive. My main criticism would be the upkeep - last time I went there were broken effects, misaligned screens, and a few targets that didn't work. This is the sort of thing that the park needs to get on top of - it doesn't cost much to sort out an off-centre projector but if left unfixed gives a poor impression. Add this to the broken audio on both Green Lantern and Arkham Asylum and it definitely seems like the park doesn't care about attention to detail, no matter how much money was spent on an attraction.

Haha. A Windseeker would actually be a great addition, they are a fun ride with good capacity (when they are working...).

Pizza/pasta is a bit meh really. While I wouldn't say Movie World has bad food, it's pretty standard theme park fare. I wonder when the parks will realise that food can be a drawcard in itself? I'm not just talking about Epcot either, most of the Busch/SeaWorld parks have great food offerings, and Knoebels has better food than a lot of restaurants.