Hurricane Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 Village Roadshow Theme Parks (Sea World, Movie World and Wet n Wild) open from 1:30pm - 6:30pm on ANZAC day
Hurricane Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 As of this weekend (Saturday) Construction on the Green Lantern has been finished, theming, stations and other work is still left to be done but ride work is completed
CorkscrewFoley Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 What's ANZAC Day? I'd imagine it has to do with Oz and New Zealand, am I right? As for Green Lantern, it's looking great, and I can see Daniel (DBru) beat me to the comment about the drop.
wados Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 ANZAC day is a remeberance day for those who died and served in military action for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. It first cam about from WW1 Â good to see this ride coming together so quickly...look forward to early next year to ride it
original Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Well the track is now complete, has been for a while now. The structure for station is starting to go up and the trains have arrived on site. Someone has stated that it is 4 across with lap bars and speakers in the head rests!!
Hurricane Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 I can confirm that the trains have arrived and are indeed 4 across with Lap Bars and speakers in the headrests. Next time I am at work I'll try and take a photo if they are still visible to guests
bmull19 Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Work's been going on. Here's some photos. Â From Movie World's Facebook: (Obviously that final turn isn't in this photo) Â Theming has begun: Source. Â Just really like this photo. Makes it look like a crazy marble-track: By Chris Mason. Â Currently the park wants to have it open for the White Christmas events (it's advertised as being open for them) and they begin on the 10th of December. Hopefully all will go to plan and this will be achieved. Â Also, they had green lights on it at the last Fright Night. Looked really cool with the lights. Next time I'm at Movie World (probably not for a couple of weeks from now) I'll grab some shots. Â Can't wait to ride it.
d34thstrik3 Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 Taken from this post on the parks Halloween event page: Â "Did anyone see Green Lantern Coaster lit up green on Monday? Who's looking forward to the 120 degree drop??? Jump on the Warner Bros. Movie World - Gold Coast, Australia page for updates on the construction!" Â Looks like they have really gone for something different from the rest of the models. Four across lap bar seating with reported on board audio and now a steeper drop this ride is really making me look forward to December and being able to ride it.
rosscoe Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 This is looking better and better every time I see it, I think one of my flights came back into Brisbane. Might have to go for a trip down the coast!
RollerCoasterSmi Posted November 13, 2011 Author Posted November 13, 2011 I am dying to see the train for this thing, I love seeing new style trains e.g. Raptor at Gardaland, DDD at SFoG etc. I am slightly disappointed to see that it is pretty much the same layout as the others, but it should be a good addition.
cfc Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 My only complaint about Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach was the uncomfortable (at least to me) restraint system on the trains. I thought the layout of the ride itself was great. If they have devised more comfortable trains, then this ride has a good chance of being a winner for Movie World.
original Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Â The only photo I have seen so far of the trains, taken from a member at parkz. I don't think it is so easy to get photos of them anymore, I think they have moved the trains!
GeForce Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Hey. Here a photo of the new El Loco trains:  Source: Airtimers.com  There is also an articel, but in german:  New el loco trains  I like the new trains with onboard sound!
downunder Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 Ah lapbars, it should be good. Hopefully I'll get a ride on this just before Christmas. I have a lot of catching up to do on the Gold Coast.
SharkTums Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 FYI, they also have seat belts. Â We have a few photos of the train in our IAAPA Thread and on our Facebook. Including Nerd shots of the undercarriage and audio systems! Â
thrillrideseeker Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 The coaster looks amazing, and the trains look even better!! I love the glowing logo on the front! Can not wait to see testing videos with the new trains!! ~Matt
jjune4991 Posted November 22, 2011 Posted November 22, 2011 Ok, dumb of the day. I was watching the new video for the ride, and it said it would be opening Summer 2011. Don't they mean Summer 2012? I thought. Then I remembered that it will be summer in Australia in the next month.
d34thstrik3 Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 The park has just released the TV commercial for the ride. What is interesting is they are claiming steepest drop in the world.   Edit - An update from their Facebook post has the drop at 122.4º
australianalex Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Extremely happy, they just revealed on their facebook page that the drop is 122 degrees, beating Takabisha by 1 degree Looks like theyve gone all out with this El Loco, and its great to see movieword getting another Coaster.
mattnz Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Looks like a great year for the Gold Coast parks. I think this ride's a perfect fit for Movie World and with lap bars only it will be insane!
Bryce232 Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Well looks like Takabisha had a short-lived world record. Kinda reminds me of SFMM's Goliath.
SharkTums Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 ^Don't feel bad for Takabisha...it will have plenty of other records! Â - Longest wait for a ride ever. - Ride that closes in the rain faster than any other. - Largest track length to capacity ratio ever. - Most small cakes devoted to a coaster. And more! Â
Schibbles Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Very funny ^^ Â The reason I'm really happy about this whole investment (I'm from Brisbane. 45 minutes away from Movieworld) is that for the first time here in Australia we have something special in terms of amusement rides, of course we have Scooby-Doo the best themed wild mouse ever, and Superman which is a nice Intamin but when compared to other Intamins it isn't really all that different. Yet now we have the steepest drop in the world, lap bar only and the largest El Loco on the market. It's good to have something special and unique and to have another record down under!!
SharkTums Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 ^Sorry to rain on your parade a bit, but come on! Australia needs more than an overhyped mouse and a nearly cookie cutter El Loco to really stand out on the coaster map. It's good that you're at least getting more stuff, but I wouldn't call this one 'special and unique'.
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