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I think GoGoBoy makes a good point. I made a little collage of just a few of the things i found on the website. Now im not a prude, but you have to wonder about WnW. For the record, i liked the TV ad, it had great camera work and properly showed the rides in a really good way. Also, is it just me, or does the arrow background pattern they show on the website remind anyone else of a solution curve?

HeHe, it seems like a similar style site to the Superman one, so obviously going for the teen market again. Its kind of funny though, being in that market myself I can safely say that only a small minority are actually into BMX or the sort of music they are playing...

No offense ShadowShadi, but often your posts seem short and pointless, it would have been better if you said a bit more, and posted this here http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/in...?showtopic=2621 since that is where it was already being spoken about.

Im hoping they do as i think having the word "spaceshot" on the end kind of makes it sound crap. While we can immediatley see the connection, i think it would sort of sound silly to the public as 'space' is not something you associate with batman, and 'shot' makes it sound like a weapon of some sort and well, it sounds plain weird to have a model name in with the ride. I thought the initial whisperings of "Batwing: The Flight" sounded much better.

I thought the GC was very, very dry and desperatley needed rain though.

Ill bet you that the four slides in the play area will be red, yellow, blue and purple. I am certainly hoping that they boost the capacity fairly soon after the opening as i feel that the park lacks capacity, coupled with being the gold coasts biggest new attraction for this summer could mean horrendous crowds. But I agree with richo, they have probably left deliberate holes in their lineup so they can fill in later, and most likley better WnWs equivalent offerings (Bigger Extreme H20 style area anyone?). While at the same time they have hit the nail on the head with some of the key offerings (2 kids areas, both far bigger than WnWs offering, coupled with known characters could really pull in the essential family market)

You could make him go on a ride that lasts for ages right at the start, and then have a really long fireworks.

I hope not, i cant really think of any attraction that need to go, except for Looney Tunes since thats been there since the start i think, I would hate to see it go. But another thing, if you look at the aerial photo in entirety (look up MW on RCDB) you can see there is a massive chunk of land in the NW corner of the park that is unused. This could be used for carpark, with the existing carpark reclaimed.

Somebody likes playing around with transitions...

Personally, i dont think Dreamworld gives a crap about maintenance, GD has been running at half mast for how long?

Ok, Gotcha, for some reason i though the track was down behind the fake station (in other words paralel to the fake station rather than the launch with the track merging in just before the flood. I guess you just dont notice the transfer because you are focusing on the launch or the projection of the flower across the wall (yes, it looks like a flower) Agreed, i think a little while back on ozcoaster i posted a list of potential areas for development, ah, here it is. I lettered each potential ride location...

I was thinking of that area you described For some reason it just seemed to be a huge expanse of warehouse that was unused and could fit something. I never actually saw the transfer tracks when i rode though, are the trains just sitting out in plain view of the riders? Ill do something in paint to show what i mean later on though and somebody can correct me

No, at a 90 degree angle to the launch is the u turn where the flood of water is, then after that is the car crash scene which is the final u turn before the launch. Remember, the whole first section is like a giant hook shape starting from the station.

Actually the maintenance area is sort behind the shaking lockers, you can see the track lead off into there as you near the end of that section. I was talking about the bit directly beside the launch which is really just a huge empty shed.

Its basically run by people who are in it for the wrong reasons.

I had another idea for a flat ride for MW. It would be based around that movie "Saturday night fever". Basically the ride would have its main entrance somewhere off one of MWs main streets. It would be like a real disco with part of the queue line running along the footpath bordered with a velvet rope type thing, a neon sign would be above the entrance and the wall would be plastered with band posters. The queue would then head indoors into the switchbacks where there would be all the usual disco lighting (Have fun DjRappa), mirror balls, speakers playing disco music and of course one of those translucent floors made out of coloured squares. at the top of the queue an MC would announce that the next group was going to "strut their stuff" (board the ride). A larger building (just a plain white shed as usual) would hold the flat ride and it would directly adjoin the queue. It too would have plenty of lights, music, lasers etc as well as an accompanying sound track (ride could move to the music). At the end of the ride the sound system would play a round of applause and people would disembark and head for the exit. Possible locations for the ride could be behind police academy with the entrace opposite ricks cafe americain (just get rid of one of the shops) another option (not sure if it could work) could be using up the big empty space in the superman escape building. There is a big gap beside the launch, which could be walled off and soundproofed. The entrance would then be at the front of main street. Only other issue i can think of is getting licensing for the ride, but since it was released nearly 30 years ago it might not be a problem.

Geeze GoGoBoy ease up a bit, he's doing this in his own time. Whats the rush anyway, there wouldnt be many changes on site, whats the point of posting pictures if there have already been photo updates elsewhere?

No, this is not a spam bot telling you to take a survey, But it seems wants our opinion on some stuff. Go to http://www.movieworld.com.au and click on the banner up the top. You can win a couple of season passes for your chosen park so its partially worthwhile. BUT...i noticed a couple of interesting things. Firstly, they ask about your opinion on a "FUN pass", they basically describe it as pass where you can mix and match the parks of your choice, and with it get free admission to paradise country (wonder how that will work, is paradise country struggling?). It sounds like an interesting prospect and frankly i have been wanting something like it for ages. It means people could not bother with SW if they are not interested for example, or could pass up WnW if they are a non swimmer rather than being obliged to actually go to each park under the 3PSP rules. Another little thing is it asking your opinion on the websites, and what you would like to see on it. Make sure you tick the box which says "Pictures and Videos".

Haha, the comparison is so funny, DW was quite happy to talk about what they were planning, but WVTP gave a typical "we cant say anything yet". Classic WVTP marketing, the best way to tell the public about a new ride is not to tell them anything at all. Then they wonder why their new attractions dont draw the crowds they want. I wonder if they realize they are screwing over the two thirds or so (im assuming WVTP has similar crowd proportions to DW) of visitors who arent local and need time to actually organize a trip (Book accomidation, organize annual leave etc) to the Gold Coast by not telling them about it till the last minute? Case point: Superman, the website for the thing was not opened until just a month before opening in late november. Im sure by then people would have already made their holiday plans, or would have difficulty getting accomidation at that late stage.

And personally, I would rathar see DW get a few more coasters than another thrill flat ride as there's only TOT and Cyclone, and only TOT is good.

Nyahhhhhhh, Vekoma ROTFL 11111111!!!!!!!!!! Ok, but on a serious note im trying to think what this could be. I cant imagine it being a standard SLC of course, and their custom ones are flat out bad value. An invertigo would not stand up well against LW, though a Giant invertigo could be a possibility. I also doubt it will be a Big Air since it would be very similar to the Halfpipe going in at SW. A thrill lift or a tilt coaster could be a one trick pony to bring in people though. But...I think a likley prospect is a launched ride, Vekoma too now use a Hydraulic launch, and they have things such as the ten loop coaster (yet to sell one though) That could be a good response to SE. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out, and while Vekoma have done new trains its hard to shake that feeling that surrounds vekomas.

Well considering the Claw at DW cost 6 million i can see a carnie ride that is much smaller being that amount

New "Chasers War on Everything" segment: using a toy baby to get on the kids rides at DW.

Just out of interest though, are shareholders able to express concerns such as that when they feel that the company has overlooked things or could have done better? Though i suppose a decision to add one could have easily added at least another $10 million to the parks cost.

Wouldnt there be ones in the curved building by the entrance? Just on that, there dont seem to be changerooms close to where the cross park gate is (near flowrider) Thats a fair hike just to get changed (unless people can somehow use the flowrider changerooms) I know what you mean, but it seems a bit disproportionate. While this whole park is good, I think it was a bit of an error not to open a lazy river with the park as that is actually an interesting way to relax (as opposed to just sitting on a deck chair). When I have spoken to people about WnW it seems a lot of people found calypso beach to be their favourite attraction purely for that reason. In fact WWW seems to be lacking any real light attraction (apart from the wavepool when its not running) By not having one they have also missed out on a very high capacity attraction and a good transport method. Hopefully in some unseen way they have provided for one in the park, and have plans to put one in soonish.