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Is that the order? I’m familiar with touring plans for Disney Parks but haven’t been to the Gold Coast Parks in the summer since the 90s.

Thank you! We’ll arrive early and see how we go.

I know I’m crazy, but I’m going to brave WBMW this coming Saturday, and I’m thinking Fast Track might be the way to do it. It’s a shambles though: the MW website says it doesn’t include Rivals, and makes no mention of Green Lantern. The ticketing site says it does include Rivals, and doesn’t mention GL either. The sign posted here earlier, includes both GL and Rivals, so I’m assuming that’s the most correct? I was only at the park in July, so for me, the most important thing is Rivals, and GL as it was closed for refurb on my last visit. What do waits look like on this type of day? Would it be worth considering Fast Track?

I just got back from my first trip to Japan, and unfortunately due to the rain did not get to experience the Backdrop variant of Hollywood Dream, but at least I can confirm it’s still operating as such. I think how it’s achieved is actually quite clever, being that they have 3? trains running at a time, 2 forwards and one backwards, and two queues. They just load whichever queue for the train that is coming in next.

I can't help but feel Carnivale has been inspired by Mardi Gras at Universal Orlando, in itself obviously inspired by Mardi Gras in New Orleans. For me, the highlight of Universal's event was the fantastic evening parade, with the performers throwing beads into the crowds. Some of the floats also had guests chosen earlier in the day throwing the beads as well. Hopefully, Movie World can invoke the same kind of atmosphere.

I did indeed. Check your PM.

I was on exchange in the USA for all of 2013, so have only recently started taking notice of Wet 'n' Wild Sydney, and can't help but notice the abundance of features similar to MyMagic+ at Walt Disney World in Orlando, and have to wonder just how close they get to infringing on patents owned by Disney. Firstly, MyBand is obviously "inspired" by the MagicBand at Walt Disney World, for park admission and making purchases using RFID technology. I'm very familiar with the MagicBand at Walt Disney World, and it certainly is a convenient method particularly for making purchases. Fast Pass? "Inspired" by... Disney's FASTPASS System. They even used the same name! From what it sounds, as it stands at Wet 'n' Wild Sydney, it's very unfair unlike Disney's system, so I hope they can sort that out, and I hope they change the name. I can't imagine Disney would be super thrilled about their name being used in a (somewhat) competitor park, particularly with a system that requires additional payment. MemoryMaker of MyMagic+ makes an appearance as MyMemories, to gain photographs taken during your day at the park. I think the thing I find probably most bothering is that Wet 'n' Wild are even combining the words and using camel case exactly like Disney are doing. Surely it won't be too long until they're hearing something from Disney, wouldn't you think?

I was at Sea World today, went to see Spongebob 3D. As has been said, the 3D was woeful. Out of interest, I put the glasses on upside down and it was perfect 3D. I told the attendant on my way out of the theatre and she was going to get the AV techs to have a look into it.

Does anybody have any tips on using the Q4U to get the most out of it? I'm going to DW on Sunday 09/09/12 and am considering hiring one for the day, are there any particular rides where it's more beneficial to use it than others? Is it worth it?

Ahhhh thankenyou. I shouldve thought to look on OzB.

This seems like a pretty good deal for people that are into Big Brother going to Dreamworld even just once before November. It's $99.99 and allows unlimited access to both DW and WWW until November 30th, plus discounts of up to 50% on Big Brother Live show tickets, exclusive evictee meet and greets, free Big Brother experience tour, 10% off full priced merchandise, Early Entry to Dreamworld on weekends, and discounts for purchasing 1 day tickets for other people. I am going to the GC the second week of September, and am planning on going to DW on the Sunday and staying through for the eviction, so I bought one of these passes for myself and my friend as it would cost $80 each for a 1 day DW ticket anyway, and the 50% saving on the Live Eviction tickets and free Big Brother tour will pretty much pay for the difference, as well as allow us to go into WWW and have a look around if the feeling comes over us. Has anybody on here purchased one of these? Or does anybody know answers to these two questions: What time is the early entry for passholders? How do I purchase the discounted tickets? It says through Ticketek on the website. Ticketek asks for a password, which I don't have until I actually turn my paper passes into real passes, which won't be until the day I want to go to the eviction. Does anybody have this password and could maybe PM it to me so I can buy tickets in advance? TL;DR What time is passholder early entry to DW on weekends? What is the password for discount Big Brother tickets on Ticketek? Thanks y'all.

Just hoping I could get some advice from you knowledgable people. I'm going to the Gold Coast (for the first time since 2006) the weekend of September 8/9. Now, I know you're not all prophets, but, based on previous ride openings, what do you think the chances are of this new attraction being open/soft open when I'm there? Do they have rides on soft opening during weekends or only during the week? Thanks peeps!

Yeah, the images on the tower look REALLY fake. The corners that extend outwards on the left and right sides obviously don't stick out in the middle, it's just a straight line.

I meant as an overall ride, but yeah, pretty easily misunderstood sentence. My bad. I could've just written "66km/h is soooooooooo slow, I can drive faster, only 3.5Gs, this ride is gonna be awful" but thought I'd try positivity for a change

From an email just now... 66km/h should be fun on the tight curves and bends!

Wow, that's a little bit disappointing. Lethal Weapon and the China Town area are some of my favourite themed places in the park. I hope it's still kept rather 'enclosed' like it is now (not that I've seen it since the entrance was moved) rather than open it up to the rest of the park.

Eureka Mountain Mine Ride. Art imitating life, perhaps?

It looks like that park's logo. Pretty certain it is.

I was on the MyFun website, and found this... http://seaworldresort.myfun.com.au/Specials/VIP-Theme-Park-Package.aspx TL;DR... So they've confirmed it on the MyFun website in at least one way...

Just finished watching a show that I TiVoed on Saturday called Australia's Favourite Theme Parks. It was on at 5pm I think, before Sydney Weekender. I thought it was a good show of the VRTP parks. I think it was mostly just a big, expensive ad for the VIP Pass, but it did show the Aqualoop and other new attractions. If I can, I'll upload it to YouTube for y'all to watch.

There was a big shoe at Fantasy Glades in Port Macquarie back in the day. I'm not sure if it's still there, though.

I think you'll find the surveys were different depending on which state you live in. I live in NSW and got a survey about Sydney Wildlife World.

Probably not, but it could stay possibly even like 8 months to a year, then be replaced by something else. Movie World need something perpetual, that gets changed to new movies every so often, not just made one thing and left like it.

I guess the first stairs could go up instead of down, and everything reversed. I've added the elevator, the gags said by the Agents etc. to try and make it more interesting than Matrix, which was deplorable.

I went to the movies yesterday and saw the previews of the new Warner Brothers Get Smart film with Steve Carell, and it got me thinking of what I think could probably be a temporary attraction at Movie World. It's a walkthrough attraction, over two levels, underground and street level.It starts with the guests queueing outside a building in the street (it would be in a fairly quiet part of the street). A replica of Maxwell Smart's car would be out the front of the building, on the street. A person dressed up as Agent (Random Number) comes out and counts the guests into the door. There would be about 20 people per group. They follow the Agent as they walk into a building that resembles the building from the opening credits of Get Smart. UNDERGROUND LEVEL The guests would walk down a set of stairs (there is a ramp off behind some hidden doors to the side for wheelchairs) underground into a room with a set of large metal doors. Then the guests would walk through the famous doors from the opening credits. There would be a fairly big space between each door so the whole group can move on together. When they go through the last door, they are standing outside a phone box that looks like it would fit barely two people in it. The door of the phonebox opens, the Agent walks in and dials something on the phone. The back wall of the phonebox woud then slide out of the way, and guests walk through the phonebox into a fairly large elevator that looks like an office. The Agent would pick up a shoephone sitting on the desk and call somebody, with a humorous conversation that all the guests hear. While this is happening, the elevator is silently and slowly moving up, the guests unaware it is happening. Then the Agent asks the guests to turn around and go out the door they came through. Once the guests had gone through the doors, the Agent would sneak out the same doors as the guests, send the elevator up to the above level and await the next group. STREET LEVEL Once through this door, the guests meet another Agent. This Agent then guides the guests through a fairly dark hallway, past props and costumes from the new film and possibly the TV series. If there wasn't enough material they could also have props and costumes from other Warner Brothers secret agent films. The Agent would explain each piece to the group. There would be funny transmissions over a PA system in the hallway. At the end of the hallway, the Agent would recieve a call on their shoephone, and they would tell the guests they had to run and get Maxwell Smart out of his latest troubles. The Agent would ask the guests to make their way back out onto the street, go in another door near the exit and come out at the top of the handicapped ramp. The Agent would go through the doors the ramp is behind to the top of the stairs and out the door, ready to count in the next group of guests. Essentially, the Agents do the whole tour, but have two different groups each tour, one on the top level, and one on the bottom level. It would be possible for the one Agent to do the whole tour, but I think this is a bit more realistic. Also, it would be possible to have 3 or 4 groups doing the tour at once, one group being counted in and going down the stairs and through the doors, one group in the office, a group going through the first part of the prop and costume section, and one group in the second part of props and costumes and exiting the attraction. (I hope the pictures makes sense. The first one is both levels separated, the second is on top of each other, the red being the higher level.)