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This one came from WDWMagic. There was talk on that site about early testing with guests from Mid next month.

As part of an announcement from Leisure Labs about securing $30 million in projects for their partners (Mack, Huss, GCI, I.E. Park) they announced that Mack is working on a project with a major US park operator to open a “new-age Mack Powered Coaster” for the Spring of 2006. They liken the experience to a Family Launched Coaster, except that this ride can be launched and decelerated at any point on the track. Taken from Screamscape. Is this the new ride system for "Disney's Monster Inc" ?

Rabid, we both know it wont be a coaster freak that wins, it will be some silly 12 year old girl, who wont want to ride cause it will mess her hair up.. As for me, have plan's on being there end of schools holidays.. Or unlesss the one and only movie ticket i buy, wins me that trip..

Mark, if you join any of the cinemas clubs ( Village/Greater Union/ Birch carrol and coyle ) they send you emails with offers on them.. This one came with village cinemas, just swap your movie card when buying a ticket enters you into the draw to win.. Hope that helps. By the way it's free to join..

World Premiere of Superman: Escape on December 16 2005 , Village cinemas Australia are giving away 3 trips to the world premiere. The Prize. The first three correct entries drawn (Major Prize Draw) will each win a trip for 4 people to Gold Coast to attend the World Premiere and Launch Party of the ride Superman: Escape on December 16, 2005. This includes 4 return economy airfares to the Gold Coast (from the winners nearest capital city) departing December 15, 2005 and returning December 17, 2005 valued at $2,000.00AU, 2 nights accommodation at Sea World Nara Resort (in a “superior” room) valued at $800.00AU, airport (Gold Coast Airport to Sea World Nara Resort return) and launch party transfers (Sea World Nara Resort to Warner Bros. Movie World return) valued at $100.00AU, entry into Warner Bros. Movie World, value $240.00AU and 4 tickets to the World Premiere of Superman: Escape on December 16 2005 at a Warner Bros. Movie World valued at $800.00. Total maximum value of prize is $3,940.00AU. Now starts buying movie tickets to win trip..

Do you work for Movie World !

This is whats being sent by email around Australia about "Superman Escape" Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast is home to the biggest and best movie themed attractions. In keeping with tradition, the award winning theme park is set to launch its most awesome new ride experience in December – SUPERMAN ESCAPE! SUPERMAN ESCAPE will be an unprecedented rollercoaster ride experience with an exciting pre-show adventure themed around the world’s most popular Super Hero. Guests will commence their adventure in a Metropolis subway loading dock. As they travel through the subway, a terrifying earthquake takes hold and threatens their safe passage. To escape the catastrophe, Superman rescues guests by propelling their carriage out then vertically upwards at 100km per hour! What follows is an exhilarating and hair raising rollercoaster ride experience like no other on the planet... The heading for the Email gave a opening date of Dec 15th...

Did not know she owned a house there too !! or was this the opera house !!

Robb, i'm in Australia and i understood everything you said. I could even leave here ( Melbourne ) with just a print out of what you wrote and get to Magic mountain with no problems...

Thanks for the laugh, Not to hi jack your thread, but used to work on a cruise ship and was once asked if the water went all the way around the island!

Santa Claus, Indiana Who would have know that there really is a santa claus, guess what i'm asking for!! Time to head back to the USA

I think you will find, that this has to do with the movie arm of disney, over the coarse of the summer most of there movies have tanked at the box office, they wound up "Miramax". In the Miramax deal they had to release i think 30 picutre's before the 30th September.. So i think there problems at the moment is not with the theme parks..

Sorry for the double post...Robb if this breaks a rule, since i took it from variety, please delete.. cheers ross HONG KONG -- Disney has barely finished its first day of celebrations for Hong Kong Disneyland, but there's already talk of another Disney theme park next door. Disney chairman George Mitchell unveiled the plans Tuesday at a lunch hosted by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce to laud Monday's opening of the new Magic Kingdom. Mitchell said reclamation work had already begun in an area near the park in Penny's Bay on Lantau Island. But, he added, the land would be earmarked for a new Disney resort, which would eventually include another theme park, rather than an expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland, as was widely expected. "Eventually, the addition of an entire new theme park adjacent to the current park will transform the site into a true multi-day destination resort," Mitchell told the chamber. He had no details on the cost of the project or when building might begin. Local media later reported the government expected construction on Phase II to start as early as 2010. Mitchell was also unable to provide details on the much-mooted Shanghai Disneyland. "No agreement has been reached," he said. "No decision has been made." Disney has a history of locating parks next to one another. Disneylands in California, Florida, Japan and France have multiple theme parks. "This is a region of explosion," added Jay Rasulo, prexy of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, who also was at the lunch. "There's a huge potential in South China, Hong Kong" and the region, he added. However, in an interview with Daily Variety last month, Rasulo said no new Disneylands would open in this part of Asia "before the end of this decade." Ten million visitors a year at the first Hong Kong park is likely to be the trigger that will greenlight the second park. The government projects it will have 5.6 million visitors a year. Mitchell reiterated that Hong Kong, rather than mainland China, was a natural choice for Asia's first Disneyland. "I've been impressed with the cooperation and coordination" of the government, he said. The government owns a majority stake in the $3.5 billion park and hotel joint venture. Mitchell expects the Hong Kong park will boost tourism growth locally. "There is little question there will be other vendors smart enough to cash in on this trend," he said, adding that he expected the new enterprises to be enhancements for Disney. In the meantime, Disney will continue promoting its cast of characters and brand in the region through various media and events. They include three new Disney shows on Chinese-language free-to-air broadcaster TVB Jade in Hong Kong; a 40-city tour in China with Disney on Ice; a mobile subscription service in China that has grown at a monthly rate of 35% since its launch last year; 23 Disney-branded blocks and programs that reach 380 million households throughout the region; and Mickey Mouse Magazine, which has a circulation of 75,000 and readership of 1.8 million in China. (Patrick Frater in Hong Kong contributed to this report.)

Sorry having computer problems today, so can't put link up.. But yes they do have land for the second gate, going by the story no word yet on shanghai. But they want the people from southern china and hong kong, so looking at making it a mutli day resort..

Variety Magazine reports today ( Wednesday 14th September ) that HG Dinseyland will get a second theme park The plan is to build a second park ( Disney sea/DCA ) instead of adding to the park that is already there.. Plan is to have park open by 2010..

Thanks guys and girls, Only having two parks over here, i don't think i would care if every ride was cloned...I just was i had your choice...

Hey guys, Being a "Aussie" and not having a six flags park here ( Last time i went to one it was "Magic Mountain" in 1994, and had a blast ). Now i know there are up for sale, but it seems like everybody hates them. Why ? If i had a choice, i think i would go to a six flags park over say cedar point.. (And sorry one last thing, what is a donkey ( not the animal )?

I sent "Movie World" a e mail asking about both rides, and was told "Superman" was not opening till some time December. As for "Shrek" (which i will spell right this time ) was told there was no news that they could tell me about...So no point me heading up there in October..

Sorry, when i said 1st, did not mean September 1st, but the first of the new rides to open....The date i had was September 15th.... On a side note anyone in the gold coast area, are they running a new add for "Shriek 4d" on T.V....with opening date 26th Dec..!!

I could be very wrong, but we heard in Melbourne at least, that "Superman" was going to open for the september school holidays....ie 15th sep 2005... That info came from a email, from village roadshow sent back in may this year ( sorry don't have a copy anymore...it came from there monthly send out of whats showing/happening in the world of movies/theme park ) Cause from the way it was written "Superman" opens 1st ( september ), then Shriek 4d" opens 26/12/05... Has heading up that way in oct, just to ride superman..

And I agree with Rosscoe. We are spoiled because we have TWO of the biggest Disney resorts within a few hours plane ride of each other. But try living in an area where it will costs you years of savings to get to those destinations. Last time i went to the states, it cost me over $6,000 USD, for a 3 week holiday..God what i would give to live a few hours away ( or next door ). There was talk of "Disney" building a smaller day type park here ( Melbourne, Sydney or Gold Coast ) We can only dream...Hell i would even take Six Flags.!!

The way i see it, you guys have been spoiled by choice. Living in a country (Australia) that has 2 major theme parks ( which are really not that good ), I say "Disney" bring those parks on !! Way cheaper for me to travel to china, than to the West/East coast of America. Say "Hello Hong Kong Disnryland" 2006.