Midge

At the time of my friend sending designs to MW he had never been to an overseas park. His experience was only of the GC parks. In fact, still is. I didn't say he had thought of THE Scooby Doo spooky coaster only some features of the ride were identical to his. His design was a Goonies themed ride. In response to the Superman ride, after his email was sent he recieved a couple of responses over 3 weeks saying it had been forwarded to the appropriate departments, then finally an email saying MW was not looking to build a Superman ride as there were overseas parks already building Superman rides. He still has the emails.

I don't mean to create a stir, but my friend whom is a movieworld / rollercoaster fanatic has been disallusioned regarding an email that he sent to MovieWorld 5 and a half years ago. The email entailed his ideas for various rides, (i know this is a not a smart thing to do in the first place plus), but he was firstly curious upon riding the Scooby doo Spooky coaster for the first time that there were a few (just a few) identical similarities to his design. He took this as a coincidence. However one of the rides that was in the email was a Superman ride. He had described the themeing, the layout, the story of the ride in the email. As the details of the new ride unfold, it is eerily similar to his idea. Any suggestions what to do? Is it a coincidence, or could moviworld be using the ideas of nieve fans??

I find it interesting how people from Qld and NSW are quick to shut VIC down as a possible location for a disneyland. You all seem to be an expert on this part of the world. Melbourne was not voted the "Worlds most liveable city" for nothing. It is not suprising that the figures for Int Tourist to VIC is growing faster than any other state. It is a city with considerable sophistication and natural charm, more than Sydney and far more than Brisbane/GC. The is so many attractions, natural & cultural, so close to Melbourne due to the size of VIC that do appeal to Int tourists. Just becuase you don't know about them doesn't mean they are not there. You bag the weather, but have you actually spenty a long period of time here? Our summers are hot like yours, our autumn is usually still hot, out winters are rarely below 15, not that worse from sydney and spring usually in the 20's. One the most popular Australian natural attractions for the Int Tourist, The Great Ocean Road is literally 30 min away from Avalon. The beaches here rival any in NSW and QLD. Melbourne also has Lindsay Fox, one of the richest men in the country and a man intent on getting DL to Avalon. You cannot rely on Governments to do things like this, it will never happen. You have to rely on individuals, extremely wealthy individuals that own airports, like Avalon. Sarcasim aside, tell me this, would you really boycott Disneyland if it were built in Melbourne??