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So no Hooray for Hollywood this year? The Heroes and Villains has reappeared on the parks website home page as things to see and do, which made me think it was returning soon despite it only happening 6 months ago

I was really hoping for contrasting colours to make this attraction standout. The purpose of this ride being moved is to add to MWs attraction count so it can handle crowds/queues better. The Superman Escape is the first ride you see when you enter under the arch. The park should want this ride to standout, not blend in. What do these colours leave as options for theme? Superman (again), Supergirl and maybe Wonder Women (just need some gold added into the colour scheme).

All the letters lights are turned on tonight

A flying coaster is the #1 coaster type I want to see in Australia. I would also love to see a decent dive coaster

I’ve watched a few POVs of the ride now, but I’m interested to see what the ride experience is actually like. Sounds like a cool concept, I like the track layout and elements, but is it actually comfortable and something you want to re-ride because of the standing and harness situation. If it’s a yes, then it would be cool to have at a GC park. Either SW (Sea Viper lane) or DW (in Ocean Parade using the Thunderbolt land).

If you go to this area of the park and look up close to this facade, some of the paint has chipped away and you can see the original timber and colour of the building. In fact, walk through the entire ABC Kids area and compare how the buildings look to original photos of the area and most of it is somewhat still there, it’s just been ruined with paint and plastic.

From what I’ve heard they are RGB and the intent is to change the colours depending on the in-park events/time of year

Or maybe it was more cost effective. Generally if you’re getting something custom made, having multiple of the same reduces the cost. Ordering two Ms have having the mount points flipped would be an easier alteration, rather than fabricating a seperate W.

This is the W in the ground yesterday before it was lifted into place. It does indeed look like an upside M, but I don’t think I’d a mistake, I think it’s just the style of font they went with

The final letter was installed overnight

Agreed. I’m hoping they continue the theme/style of the parents centre around the rear of the area. Continuity would be good rather than another theme/print as the backdrop for the carousel and planes

During the coasters original construction it wasn’t there, but I believe after testing had commenced it was added

There wasn’t any repainting done in January. One third of Rivals track was painted over a 2 month period this time last year. This middle section will be painted this year and then the lift hill and final section of track will be painted next year. Yes it probably is possible for the entire coaster to be painted within a month, but this is the Australian theme park industry. Rather than the park investing that money in one, they’re doing it across multiple years. The team required to complete the repaint quickly would be pretty significant, particularly around the higher areas (first drop and non-inverting loop). I would have liked to see it all be done at once, but from a business perspective VRTP decided to go with the multi year approach

Stage 2 of the track repaint of DC Rivals has begun

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Al Mucci returned to DW! He’s now the director for Save the Bilby and made an appearance in a post by DWF

The carousel will be closed for a week early next month. This might be to allow for the installation of the wiggles planes

I found a couple maps that are still the same style, the first one from around 2014 and the second from 2018 While the first one has more rides as it was before Gold Rush was demolition, for me, the second map makes me feel like there is more to do because they list every single thing to see and do in the park. Every single animal is listed, WWW is included, they label all the different areas and there are number/letters for every single attraction, store and food outlet. Doing all of that makes it look like there is so much more to do in comparison to the parks down the road. And while, yes since that second map was released, several attractions have been removed. But on that map, they show a construction hat over where Sky Voyager is being built. They could do that on todays maps over the fountain now it’s about to become Dreamworld Flyer and soon they could do it over ABC Kids for when Rivertown construction begins. They could put more trees over the former log ride area to fill it out more. And despite it not being open, I would put the billabong restaurant building back on the map as a point of reference for way finding (just don’t label it as anything) And also adding back in the aviary, twilight trail and the new Bilby centre fills out the map more, especially if they’re listed as individual things to see and do at the park. And to make the map more accurate, remove pathways that aren’t there like the ones circled. Having said all that, the park doesn’t hand these maps out anymore. I’m not sure how many day guests would actually look at the maps on the website, most probably just refer to the maps throughout the park. So does all of these things need to be done, probably not, but just putting ideas and thoughts out there because as a theme park enthusiast, I just want to see the parks at their best and it sometimes the small things make a big difference.

WB Studio Showcase is temporarily closed Could be related to the strong winds and rain we are currently experiencing, to ensure the exhibit and props inside are protected

A few rides closed from today and next month RoadRunner will be added to this lineup

Blue shade sail is up

Since it’s the same manufacturer, and based off the concept artwork, this is what the coaster train will look like This is Big Bear Mountain which is about to open at Dollywood

My understanding of the attraction is, if the coaster starts the day travelling forward, it will reach the incline pivoting turntable rotating (whatever you want to call it) track. The train will then be travelling backwards and will complete the rest of the course backwards. It will then arrive back into the station backwards, therefore the next time the track leaves the station it will depart backwards, but then arrive back into the station forwards. And so on. This means the coaster offers two different experiences and you never know which one it will be until you are boarding the train. I don’t know if that is 100% accurate, but that’s my current understanding and knowledge of how the coaster will operate.