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Movie World have provided some insight into the closure of Superman on this post: https://www.facebook.com/100044242655297/posts/pfbid02FMhC4bN4vTYvQwZmh8GvaciD1xYKSmYRPrxcj7aWYF4DeNJE4w4SarfEAcggTxcrl/? Thanks for taking an interest in our ride updates at Movie World. We are always working hard to give the best possible guest experience! 🎢 Attraction Update! Superman Escape at #movieworldaus is currently experiencing a closure. During this time, our team are working with the ride manufacturer in Europe to build, deliver and install the highest quality replacement parts. 🤔Did you Know? This iconic attraction is one of the last remaining hydraulic launch coasters in the world, making its components extremely unique, with replacement parts needing to be specially created by the ride manufacturer. While this process takes time, it ensures that when Superman Escape returns, it does so with the highest level of safety and performance. 💚 Further Attraction Updates! Our incredible maintenance team have completed Green Lantern Coaster’s annual maintenance ahead of schedule, and we’re excited to share this attraction is now open for guests to enjoy again. ✨Plus, later this year Australia’s no.1 family coaster SCOOBY-DOO! Spooky Coaster is returning to the park, we will be opening a new dining experience and also something that will blow you away with an all-new entertainment offering to be announced soon! We understand these unplanned closures are frustrating but our team are working diligently to reopen the attraction as soon as safely possible and we will keep you updated on Superman Escape’s triumphant return date.

There’s been a change in the ride lineup

The park are finally teasing the new ride Perth Theme Parks also posted these construction photos last week

The shed was built on this grassed area behind the arena, but I haven’t seen any up to date satellite images that show its full scale and whether it’s replaced these smaller buildings seen @DaptoFunlandGuy are these the buildings you refer too? Otherwise does anyone know what they are/were used for?

Not sure how long this has been the case, but DW have reintroduced the Tiger Island presentation in the form of a 'Keeper Talk' daily at 12:30pm. Has anyone had the chance to check this out yet? Obviously with the removal of handler and tiger interactions, there won't be anyone on the island and I assume it will just be someone with a microphone at the bottom of the seating discussing tigers and what the DWF does. Will be interesting to know if they have set anything else to help entice the tigers to show off their natural behaviours like they used to during the presentations.

Plus the car jump and fire ball were expensive, which is what they are no longer part of the show. If I remember correctly, the car that was ‘jumping’ would ‘smash’ through foam bricks to add to the effect and they would have to rebuild the wall between shows, but that didn’t last long before of the time and effort it took.

It certainly would and they used to have one!

I’d assume it will be a new arena stunt show (at least that’s what I hope it is because HSD2 sucks)

Agreed! When this reopens it needs to have maximum operators to pump through the queue because the park will be getting very busy when it does reopen. And if the park was smart, they will give a reopening date at least one month beforehand because they should realise that people will travel to ride this again and they’ll shoot themselves in the foot if they take the Wizard of Oz approach.

Construction has begun on the parks expansion and these images really give you an idea of how big of an expansion this really is. And construction walls have gone up inside the park Source: https://www.themeparx.com/warner-bros-world-abu-dhabi/ This does also mean that despite the Harry Potter expansion being announced 3 years ago, it's probably at least another 3 years away from opening.

The WoO precinct doesn't look anything like this. There are some design and aesthetic nods to what we're seeing in this image, but this actually looks immersive... the MW land does not. MW's attempt at this theme looks more like a low budget movie set than the original film does.

Exciting news, they’ve updated the font and has an ! in the rides name within the maintenance listing

@DaptoFunlandGuy I agree, but that still doesn’t give them a pass on painting large walls a solid green or making your queue area an unshaded cattle pen. It just demonstrates a lack of care or effort.

They still have the gate to access the pathway that leads to the mazes like they did when it was Arkham Asylum

I wonder if they’ll keep the land blocked off for the event. In previous years they would use this area of the park as a pathway to access the maze precinct so the path alongside WWF didn’t become a bottle neck. I assume it won’t be as they’ve managed the past couple of years.

And I see that as a good thing, in recent years the IP mazes have been underwhelming and the non-IP have been so much better. And honestly, I wouldn’t mind if they did that for years to come. Save the money on the license and invest that money into creating actually good mazes and not whatever the shitshow that the DCeased m̶a̶z̶e̶ walkthrough is.

Beware… once inside, you may be lost in the void forever. The spacecraft Eternal has returned, but what came back is no longer human. Once a beacon of exploration, the derelict spacecraft now drifts in silence, its halls pulsing with alien infection. Inside, half-human crew members, stalk the corridors in search of fresh hosts. Step aboard... if you dare! https://frightnights.com.au/mazes/eternal-dark

In the right side of that photo, are they already planting out garden beds around the ride, or are they the existing garden beds around Shockwave?

To be fair, this closed a month early because of the valleying Also closed for maintenance

Thats the plan!

The Fright Nights website doesn't show tickets are available yet, but if you go through the ‘theme park tickets’ link at the bottom of the fight nights page. Tickets are from $79 to $99. A season pass is $499 I didn't realise some people could still redeem a ticket? Fast Pass pricing Panic rooms are returning. It seems like there are quite a few this year, but most have been used for several years It seems this years tagline might be 'Terror Runs Deep'. And there will be five mazes again, with two of them new. And the hours are the same as previous years (I believe)

I’m sure this is a technical error, but apparently Scooby has a 5 minute wait!

Maybe this effect is turned off because it’s winter