Just to add a different perspective (after reading the entire thread):
I get bored very quickly of pre-ride "storytelling". Once I've ridden the ride on two or three separate visits to a Park, I am just saying "let me through, I know the story!" in my head. What's the lastest on Lethal Weapon? Do you still have to sit through the pre-ride video? (Note my last trip to WBMW was before LW opened.)
The only exception was the Gremlins Ride, although every time I went on/in it I was expecting a new bunch of clips. Which never happened for me, unless they changed it in it's last few years of operation?
I know it's risky talking about Dreamworld in the Movie World Forum ( ), but notice that the "pre-ride" storytelling on the Giant Drop and Tower of Terror got tedious very quickly. Last time I went to Dreamworld there were quite a few "blank screens" in the Tower of Terror que (Which still had its entry on the west side, under a large white sailcloth).
I only went to Wonderland once but get tired of the "Channel Seven News" thing very quickly as I went on the Space Probe throughout the day.
So for me, I'd prefer to see a ride's "pre-ride story" either not exist at all, or be changed/refreshed every two years. But the latter costs money, dosen't it?