Murrisippi Motors - Vintage Cars to be relocated to Rivertown area at Dreamworld

[joz]

55 minutes ago, rappa said:

The engine is now electric and it has simulated noises

With Autopia I actually don't get this. It's supposed to be tomorrow land, electric vehicles would be on theme. Vintage cars the whole point is they're vintage cars and old cars have petrol motors.

 

And we settled it yesterday, it's not a relocation, one ride is being scrapped and a different ride is being built.

[rappa]

Its simple. DLR is too cheap to replace the cars with the new Hong Kong ones. 

[joz]

No but I mean the fact that they're electric cars can be the whole point. You don't need to have a pretend engine noise when it's literally themed to the future.

[rappa]

I probably was misleading. The electric cars have futuristic jetsons style fake noises. 
 

RSR cars have the fake petrol engine feel/noises. 
 

ie it is possible to have an electric vintage car with artificial vintage sounds and feel. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

24 minutes ago, Slick said:

By that logic, if I buy a new road car somehow it’s the same car as the one I had before because they have the same spirit.

By that logic, you still have a (new) car. It still fulfils that function.

By that logic, they still have a (new) vintage car ride. It still fulfils that function.

22 minutes ago, joz said:

With Autopia I actually don't get this. It's supposed to be tomorrow land, electric vehicles would be on theme. Vintage cars the whole point is they're vintage cars and old cars have petrol motors.

Just for completeness, the original storyline for Autopia wasn't the cars of tomorrow but the highways of tomorrow.

 

It was a weak theme and an excuse for attraction filler which has ultimately become a staple of the park, but it is what it is.

[joz]

18 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Just for completeness, the original storyline for Autopia wasn't the cars of tomorrow but the highways of tomorrow.

Would the highways of tomorrow not have electric cars on them?

24 minutes ago, rappa said:

The electric cars have futuristic jetsons style fake noises

This is important in helping me get on with my day.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

39 minutes ago, joz said:

Would the highways of tomorrow not have electric cars on them?

I mean, the highways of TODAY do, but back then, WEDWAY was the only way they could achieve the electric transit and that didn't work well for Autopian highways.

[joz]

2 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I mean, the highways of TODAY do, but back then, WEDWAY was the only way they could achieve the electric transit and that didn't work well for Autopian highways.

... what do you mean back then?

The theme isn't 'back then'. The Theme is tomorrow!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Now you're just being facetious, but this is why "Tomorrowland will never be finished" and why they're now installing electric versions of the attraction where opportunity arises.

[WalleyWorld]

Maybe after Jungle Rush they could round off the area, with another supporting family attraction - a boat ride around the existing river. Not the return of the paddle steamer, but perhaps something along the lines of Snake River Expedition at Cedar Point.