Movie World - Groovy Baby!

Movie World was our first theme park stop. It is owned (I think) by Warner Bros since the sign says Warner Bros' Movie World. It was a tad smaller than Universal Studios and it will have to be since everything close at 5pm. No point making a park too big to complete before 5 now would it? It was done in true Hollywood, Disneyland fashion where they design the whole ride for you by means of the ambiance, decor, uniforms of the ushers and the dialog of the pre-ride. Super professionally done and truly enjoyable.


When we entered, the first person we saw was Shrek which is of course a man in a Shrek costume. This was, in our personal opinion, the best park in GC. There was a 4D show on Shrek which displayed the movie in 3D as well as water spraying on us as well as air shot between our legs when spiders were let go on the ground (in the movie la). One of the areas worth mentioning was that the usherers were really entertaining as they prepared us for the ride.

There was Austin Powers who looked EXACTLY like Austin Powers. He was really good (Yeah Baby! Oh Behave!). The excitement was dulled a bit when we rushed to take pics with him while our women folk exclaimed "Ping koh lei ka??" That's Cantonese for "Who is THAT?" Sigh...


There was Justice League with Wonder Woman. I was so excited to see her (as with many males) that I didn't take any pics of her parading down Main Street. I hope my cousins have. We did take pics with Green Lantern and Flash (Ping Koh Lei Kah?).


There was also a Batman show where he battled Ra's-al Gul's henchmen to save the day. He was just SO COOL coming in his Batmobile and it is the new Batmobile. We also visited Wayne Manor for a motion master ride.


Scooby and Shaggy also made an appearance with a rather round Daphne and Fred and a look alike Velma. Also appearing was the Mystery Inc van. There was also Catwoman who was very cold and villainy. The Scooby Doo ride was a lot like Space Mountain where we were tossed and turned in the dark. Also it was a mini pretty impressive horror house.


We did get a little wet from the Wild West Fall ride (or something like that). You ride a log and it falls off a high cliff throwing water up and falling on the riders. It was a cheap thrill but because it was super hot that day (36 degrees Celcius), we went on that ride many times just to get wet to cool down.


We did see a Harry Potter shop which sold wands at AUD80 but we didn't see any Harry Potter characters. I thought of dressing up Mikey as Harry Potter and make money from photo taking! Mikey does do a mean Harry Potter impression.

The 2 coolest rides were Lethal Weapon where your legs were hanging out instead of being in a car and Superman Escape, where instead of being pulled by cables, the car is being PUSHED out in a rocket booster-like sensation, where the roller coaster goes from 0-100 km/h in 2 seconds!! The narration says that this is an escape, "Superman style". It was super cool! And because of my woozyness, I didn't ride it.

We had many food outlets and for some reason, creativity is not part of the repertoire inasmuch that they ALL sold the SAME food. Burgers, sandwiches, nuggets, fish fillet and FRIES @#$%*. Some of the food trams sold pop corn and cotton candy. Thank goodness for the little diversity.

It wouldn't be complete with a little section for the kids since Warner Bros owns characters like Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner and Daffy Duck. All these rides, roller coaster, taxi driving, carousels and river rides were for made for kids until 9-10, depending on the ride.

This is a park that you shouldn't miss and I know there will be more rides open soon so if you are ever there, make sure you visit Movie World. Also when you see Wonder Woman, ask her to call me.