GoGoBoy
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Even today's social offering from Movie World is light years ahead of the horrible stuff DW is doing: a brilliant on-ride POV of Batwing Spaceshot accompanied by a perfect soundtrack, and multiple stories advertising Batman Legacy's last weekend. It's high quality and relevant... everything DW's socials are not.
Update: DW's efforts actually aren't bad today, with a little montage video of various rides and a story featuring the train so far. This isn't reflective of their standard recently though!
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6 hours ago, Baconjack said:
It looks shit but it’s what gets the clicks at the end of the day. If you look at the engagement it’s twice or triple fold compared to the other stuff they post so they must be doing something right
When you say that they're getting twice or triple the engagement, do you mean some of the posts have 7-10 comments on Instagram as opposed to zero? And over on Facebook one of them got 33 likes and 4 comments, the highest one got 61 likes and 4 comments, then another one got 10 likes and zero comments. Wow, incredible engagement!! 🙄
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8 hours ago, red dragin said:
There was a post about their social media manager going on leave, and two staff waving goodbye with a "wtf do we do now" look on their face.
I think they're aiming for cringy as a style for the next few weeks or something?
But it was cringy and just not very good before that too
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Fish burger anyone?
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Has anyone checked out DW's social media recently? I assume not because it has no engagement. But it's bad, like really, really bad. It's worth having a look at just for the cringe, especially the recent videos. They're investing in their 'most expensive ever' attraction, but is the marketing going to do it justice?
I get that it's hard to get engagement with organic social media these days, but if you're at least posting quality relevant stuff it can get some reach. VRTP's social media is leagues ahead, like not even in the same universe
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6 hours ago, Ash said:
My god that video of JL is terrible. That ride needs to retired. Bring back the Batman simulator or perhaps something like Spideman 4D from Universal Studio's themed to DC? Wishful thinking
I believe it's been mostly fixed now since the major refurb. But I just wonder why some of those issues like faulty animatronics and blown speakers couldn't have been fixed by MW's in-house maintenance team. The ride should surely be able to be kept at a certain standard, and not just have it deteriorate until the original manufacturers have to be brought in again many years later
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Definitely feel like there's way too much flat comic book panel theming happening in that part of the park, way, way too much. Especially when it's supposed to be a movie park. But I can understand a very limited budget for theming for the Flash as I'm assuming they have planned for a limited life expectancy, considering the ride's age and previous issues. Wouldn't want to over capitalise
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You certainly can't fault Greg's vision. A well themed family coaster is something we pretty much all agreed would be ideal for DW. And making it a semi dark ride is the icing on the cake. So glad he is placing such a big emphasis on theming and practical effects
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VRTP would have to be pretty pissed that two newer rides are performing so badly. For a park with an already fairly small inventory, that's gotta really hurt. They would have planned to get many many more years out of them
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I was really disappointed with how Navi River Journey turned out. The artists impressions when it was being built looked great, but as soon as I saw the small size of the show building under construction, I knew it was going to be underwhelming. Could have become another classic Disney dark boat ride, but it's quite far from that
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When you look at Dreamworld currently, it really feels like a mid tier park at best. More regional than mainstream. Reminds me of some of the smaller parks in the UK. Whereas previously it was considered a major theme park with blockbuster attractions. It was a park that pretty much everyone visited when they went to the Coast. I think some of the suggestions above would help it get back to this status, or at least closer. I can see attendance getting back up to previous levels in this case, and so far there has been some very decent investment, but I just wonder if the current owners will have the financial capacity and/or willingness to take it there?
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So much better. Ardent was such a dumb name. Not that it really matters, none of this is public facing stuff
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37 minutes ago, Tricoart said:
Though a Screamin’ Swing would be cool, we’ve seen how Vortex went for them (though that is partially due to it’s faults, even when operating it rarely has a queue), so it’d suit the park more if they opted for a milder, family ride (and, if VRTP were to get a Screamin’ Swing, have it replace Doomsday). That, and the circular pad, makes me hope it’s something of that demographic. The first ride that comes to mind is a NebulaZ.
A Screamin' Swing would be perfect for where Vortex currently is though, swinging over the water on both sides
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On 2/12/2023 at 11:45 AM, Brad2912 said:
Wicked (the books and musical) whilst quite amazing in its own right, is only very loosely linked to the Wizard of Oz movie, being through the witches. No Dorothy, scarecrow, Kansas, toto etc.
there really won’t be much at all to tie in. It’s almost an alternate series of events to what most people know of Oz (being the reference point of the Garland movie).
While the focus in Wicked is on the witches, pretty much all of those things you mention above are actually in the musical. Example, Fiero becomes the Scarecrow, so you definitely can't say he's not in it!
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14 hours ago, rappa said:
Be interesting to see what theming they have in store and who is designing/implementing it.
There’s only a handful of people with the specialised skills to do it properly and haven’t heard a peep of this project from any of them.
Apparently the contract has gone to the same guy who did Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Next Generation.
Kidding.
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On 13/10/2023 at 3:23 PM, Ogre said:
There's now a dedicated page for Rivertown on Dreamworld's site! https://www.dreamworld.com.au/rivertown/
Dear god, the copy on that page is so badly written and below their usual standard. They also used the term 'precinct' instead of land, sadly following VRTP's lead
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I always wondered why they built such a seemingly expensive permanent shelter for that attraction. But I'm assuming the new bumper cars would be too big to fit under it?
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2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:
Did they paint the new section blue as well?
Oh I didn't realise the map path colours matched the actual path colours - figured it was done for the map only to delineate the themed areas
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Wonder why the blue path to signify the Ocean Parade doesn't continue through to Serpent Slayer? Maybe because it would make the kids area look too small on the map?
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Apologies, sometimes I forget there is life beyond Parkz (showing my age). Thanks for the photo
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8 hours ago, andrewt92 said:
Went today and was surprised to see how far construction had come. It is assembled with the chairs in place.
Thanks for the photo 🤔
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Am I the only one who thinks this new area looks hideous? Like really ugly?
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5 hours ago, aaronm said:
An S&S Screamin' Swing would have been a better fit for that spot than Vortex.
Doomsday should be replaced, I'm not sure Vortex is the right fit for that area. Maybe a Zamperla NebulaZ would work well? In any case the Villains precinct is overdue for some love, all those broken effects are pretty sad.
I was going to say this!! I've always thought a Screamin' Swing would be perfect for this spot. A really fun popular ride, and it would swing out over the water on both sides. Not many places in the world where this style of ride is more perfectly suited for. Plus you could give the columns some nice Atlantean theming
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36 minutes ago, New display name said:
Picoplay love their fake rocks.
Who doesn't love a fake rock?
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Warner Bros. Movie World Park Update
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They just spent $2 million refurbishing it didn't they? Including bringing Sally back in?