TBoy
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Comparing the original sketches to the ones seen on the ad:
Oz Land:
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The Entrance:
So yeah, quite a downgrade from the art. But I saw a post where the designer says he doesn’t place a budget on the art and the designers “probably hate him”. The same happened with Jungle Rush, remember the original art and what we are getting.
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Just looking at that GIF, lets say the ride goes up the turntable and around the red part then back up the turntable, would there be an option to make it go to red again and make it loop as long as they want? Would be good for influencers making a "who can stay on the rollercoaster the longest" video.
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About the Superman queue refurb: Why does it have to be now, not during its maintenance period??? You don’t need two periods to do it!
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2 minutes ago, Tricoart said:
Dreamworld’s released concept arts have been pretty accurate recently, to be fair.
The original concept art for Jungle Rush with the mountain wasn't
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I personally do not see a point in replacing the facade. Why spend all that money with no gain? Nobody would go just because of a new facade. You would also need to retheme the entire queue which would cost a lot of money.
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26 minutes ago, themagician said:
@TBoy you do realise Velocicoaster is more than just good landscaping? It's has a very well themed queue, animatronics, lighting/sound/smoke effects, a very extensive amount of handcrafted rockwork and all the other general theming to give the impression the coaster is inside a raptor enclosure.
Yes, but the second half of the coaster is mainly just landscaping and going over the lake. You are right about the queue and first half though.
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I prefer coasters with custom layouts and good landscaping like Velocicoaster. You don't need a big massive mountain; just make the area around the ride look good with trees and gardens. Extra points for themed stations.
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I don't believe that it should be online only: what happens if the app glitches out and nobody is able to get Fast Track/Backwards? Village and Coast wouldn't want that as no fast track purchases = no money. And what if there is a Optus outage for example and Optus costumers can't use internet, and therefore cannot buy fast track? I think there should always be a physical option incase something goes wrong.
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Just spoke to one of my family members about it, they want to spend 2 days at Universal as it has Mario, Harry Potter, Jurrasic Park etc. but only wants to spend 1 day combined at Disney. Not sure if that will be enough so I am thinking we might have to cut that out. Also we might go in June/July if it is too busy.
The problem is there would be 11 rides with Express that I would want to use (FOTH, Forbidden Journey, Jurrasic Park, Hollywood Dream, Flying Dinosaur, Space Fantasy, Jaws, Minion Mayhem, Mario Kart, Yoshi and DK) but only 7 slots for the highest express pass. What four would you recommend I cut, or should I buy two express passes.
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Hello everyone:
Me and my family are looking at maybe doing a trip to Japan, most likely in April or May 2026 but that is not confirmed yet. Any places we should go? We will most likely be going to Osaka and maybe Japan via the Bullet Train, so we are looking at things to do there. We want to go to Universal in Osaka and maybe Tokyo Disney, but we wont just be doing a park trip so we want some suggestions on what else there is to do in Japan. If any previous visitors to Japan could leave some tips here that would be great.
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3 minutes ago, Tricoart said:
So, if I’m getting this correct from what you’ve posted in both threads, they’re moving the First Aid building into the old arcade building (thus reducing the space available in that building), so that they can then reuse the old First Aid building’s space for an arcade building?
Yes, quite confusing. Why do they have to spend money switching it around and extending buildings out when they can just use the space like it was before and save costs?
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4 minutes ago, Baconjack said:
Where was first aid before?
It was the last shop before you entered Kids WB (across from the kids store) and the one that connected to the hut. I am guessing this happened:
MW expected to build the arcade and demolished the Looney Gardens, but they must of did measurements and there was not enough space to fit it in, so they needed to relocate the First Aid for it to fit. But DCeased was likely already being built, so they had to wait for Fright Nights to finish before starting work.
They waited until after Christmas and Dirty Harrys refurb was done, then started work on the Intencity building. First Aid would need to be open while construction is done: so they had to wait to close it until the new first aid area opened, and now that it is, they can begin construction on the arcade.
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Looks like the DCeased maze (if it returns) will be moved into the Showstage as First Aid is now using the Intencity building
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The First Aid Centre has been moved to Intencity at the back of the park, and apparently the former First Aid building will be extended for the Arcade
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2 hours ago, themagician said:
‘Disney Adventure World’.
What a stupid name. Surely they could've thought of a more original name than "Disney Adventure World"
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1 hour ago, Tricoart said:
Yeah, doesn’t seem to me like it’s gonna open in 2 weeks.
They should just take the ride off the maintenance page instead of extending it over and over when it isn't going to reopen.
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33 minutes ago, themagician said:
Which can be clearly seen from the parks entry and Superman plaza. I can understand why they may need to have it, but it’s definitely not the best look to have.
It would look better if they coloured it like in the concept art, but unfortunately it is grey instead. I also didn't think that the coaster would be so visible from outside the land compared to FOTWW.
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1 hour ago, Tim Dasco said:
Can we talk about how good this would be if they did actually build a Willy Wonka themed dark ride?
I would love for this to happen. I would prefer Village to do this, going down the classic movies route instead of DC. Extend the showstage out to Doomsday and put in a indoor boat ride. I might draw up a concept if enough people want me to.
Not to be a like beggar but I will make one if enough like this post.
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I thought this was real until I saw the date. We can dream...
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14 minutes ago, Spotty said:
I don’t think they are gonna do a full dark ride just for fright nights
Maybe JL's maintenance period is so it can be changed over to that 😉 But the joke was it would be full time and not just Fright Nights.
Maybe for Doomsday/Showcase replacement they should make their own Fantasyland based on that and the other films in the universe (there is going to be a cinematic universe for some reason). If Disney wont let Movie World use their characters then MW could license the horror versions. Fun for the whole family! I'm sure the kids wont notice the difference. /s
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12 minutes ago, Spotty said:
Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey for Fright Nights?
No do a 3D Dark Ride, the plot is you have to try and escape Winnie and Piglet who want to kill you like in the movie. Blood and body parts being thrown at you? Fun for the whole family! The kids love Winnie the Pooh, I'm sure they'll love that. //s
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1 hour ago, themagician said:
I can see this park has so much potential and I hope the recently management can turn it around to take advantage of its location, history and what it could be. I wasn’t expecting great rides, but I did hope to feel the charm and history and such an iconic park. And for me I just didn’t feel it. I didn’t expect it to be like the Gold Coast parks, or even Funfields/Gumbuya that I got to visit last year, but I left the park disappointed. Maybe I’m being too critical of Luna Park Melbourne (so I’m interested to hear others thoughts), but I do hope post this major development of Luna Palace, the park begins to transform into what it could be.
I went there last year and it was pretty, lets say mid.
The operations were horrible, with 10 minute dispatches for multiple ride even know the park was booked out. Another thing relating to the operations is the weight balancing thing, even on a booked out day if there were single riders they would make them go by themselves, lets say on the Pharohs Curse if there were 10 single riders who could fit in a carriage of 20, then there would be 10 on the other carriage and the others would have to wait.
Also the park seemed tired, it feels like they are using the "classic theme park" thing as an excuse to not add anything or clean up the park. Some of the queues especially the Ghost Train felt cramped in measurement, if you needed to get past people for whatever reason it was very hard to get through.
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10 minutes ago, wikiverse said:
They're about 15 years too early for that.
But the copyright on the movie - including specific things that are only in the movie like ruby slippers - expires in 2035, 95 years after the film's release.
I think he was talking about the WB100 anniversary?
But as you are saying Village will only have around 10 years before it goes into the public domain, meaning that Dreamworld etc. can make their own Wizard of Oz land.
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35 minutes ago, Prequel said:
I think the back of the park is in need for more urgent care than the Roxy Theatre in my opinion.
With Scooby Doo out of action, it's just really empty. It's a whole lot of nothing until you get to Wild West Falls. They should have really themed Doomsday to the wild west in the first place. There just needs to be more reason to spend time at that side of the park.
The Batman Legacy showcase also feels so out of place, it's really cool, but it should be moved closer to the front of the park.It will be even worse after the school holidays as after you pass Gotham and Dirty Harry there is nothing open. Scooby is closed, Scooby gift shop is closed, Doomsday is closed, the Doomsday gift store is closed, the western restaurant is closed, the food stand is closed, WWF is closed and WWF's gift shop is closed. Probably they should just close the area off if there is nothing to do.
Maybe they are adding a new area there called "The Closed Precinct" where there is rides and shops built but they are all closed. //s
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Wizard of Oz - Movie World Arkham Asylum Replacement
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Another comparison showing the whole land:
Looking at the differences:
Next time we need to be reminded when we see concept art that the land is likely not going to be like this. Remember when Leviathan and Jungle Rush were going to have mountains?
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