Tuesday 14 April 2015

Theme Park Nut News Update - 14th April 2015


We start this week on a sad note. On Sunday there was a fatality at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt Disney World in Orlando. This has never been my favorite attraction, but it is sad to hear of deaths in anyway connected to theme parks. Ironically the attraction itself was due to close in a couple of months anyway, to make way for transportation improvements (i.e. a car park). While there is inherent risk in all avenues of life, and especially racing fast cars, it is still never nice to hear such sad news.

In other WDW news this week, the Boathouse Restaurant opened at Downtown Disney Springs. One of the major new restaurants being added as part of the Disney Springs makeover, sounds like it will be incredibly popular with the Florida set. I do love the amphibious cars, I can't deny.

On the other coast, Disneyland finally announced some of the improvements as part of the anniversary celebrations. We are getting enhancements to Peter Pan, the Matterhorn and Haunted Mansion. It was great to see some light hard fun being poked at improving a DL Yeti when the WDW Yeti has been crying for a fix for years. I am intrigued by the return of the Hatbox ghost, who knows what that will be like, but they are certainly building it up.

In Singapore, Universal Studios at Resort World Sentosa has opened up a pretty cute looking  Puss In Boots coaster in the land of Far, Far Away. For Australians in the crowd, this is like Dreamworld's Escape from Madagascar on steroids with themeing. So, safe to say it would be awesome.

Staying with Dreamworld for a second, they are celebrating the Easter school holidays at the moment by having animal shows in the centre of the park called "Wild World". It's nice to see them putting on a bit of an event.

They have however had something of a security issue today, where a Parkz Forum member has broken into the Eureka Mountain Mine Ride (which is rumoured to be reopening someday) and worked the entire track. As much as I am interested in the pictures. It is not cool to break into secure areas of theme parks. I've been known to peak through fences, but I would never enter an area like that uninvited. Totally unacceptable. I suspect that he will get life bans from Dreamworld, if they can find out who he is. To be honest, they can probably press charges against him for trespass. It might be worth it to make a statement. Imagine the Health and Safety liability issues for parks if people are going to ignore signs and break into restricted areas. Madness!

Over at Movie World a huge event is going on at the moment, Carnivale! If you follow me on twitter, you probably saw me complaining about my cousin who went along to last sundays event and had an absolutely ball (as facebook tells me). It is truly becoming a great event, with some Parkz forum members even saying they now prefer this event to the White Christmas and Fright Night events.

Movie World is also hosting a massive World Record attempt this Saturday. It is part of an attempt to get the most people in the world dressed as DC Comics Super Heroes. It would be pretty exciting I imagine. You have to register to be involved so check out the link above for details!

Sea World is continuing work on the Creatures of the Deep exhibit. For most things to do with Australian parks, you should check out the Parkz.com.au forums. They have the best information anywhere. Have I mentioned Parkz enough today? I think I have.

But you should occasionally check out their Facebook too, if you want to see photos of Aussie World's new Wacky Worm 'Bug Run'.

For more Theme Park coverage, follow me on Twitter @themeparknut. Until next week, Cheers!

3 comments:

  1. All I can think is, I'd love to go photograph all the peeps in their super hero get-ups! The Peter Pan ride does look super cute and so much intrigue with the Mountain mine Ride, I actually loved that ride so I hope it re-opens, not that I visit Dream World much but still :P

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  2. We've got Dreamworld passes at the moment, so I'd be happy if it did! I'm skeptical about the Mine Ride at the moment. The idiot who climbed insides photos showed that it wasn't in great condition. I haven't heard much about the super hero event since it happened, I'll have to have a look now.

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  3. We've got Dreamworld passes at the moment, so I'd be happy if it did! I'm skeptical about the Mine Ride at the moment. The idiot who climbed insides photos showed that it wasn't in great condition. I haven't heard much about the super hero event since it happened, I'll have to have a look now.

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