Australia's biggest theme park ride is set to make a huge splash at Warner Bros. Movie World when it opens on December 26 1998.
The $18 million dollar Wild Wild West adventure ride spans a massive 2.8 hectares at Warner Bros. Movie World's themed Western Town area, increasing the size of the park by 20%.
Wild Wild West will take riders on an action-packed six minute adventure into the wild west with more than a few surprises and thrills along the way!
Definitely a ride for cowboys not cowards, Wild Wild West will use state-of-the-art lifts, drops and a never before seen reversing element to create a thrilling experience the whole family can enjoy.
Over a million litres of water will propel riders past ghost towns, geysers, wagon trains and an 'exploding' bridge to put you right in the middle of a western movie set.
The journey leads into a massive man-made mountain, 35 metres high and 420 metres around the base.
Wild Wild West saves the biggest surprise for last - a 70 km per hour, no brakes, 20 metre heart-stopping drop to the final splashdown!
Warner Bros. Movie World General Manager Peter Burrows says creating Wild Wild West is a massive undertaking, involving more than 300 people in the construction project over a period of six months.
"This is the biggest, single investment in a theme park ride Australia has seen to date and a multi-million dollar boost to the tourism industry on the Gold Coast," Mr Burrows said.
"We're very conscious of the need to give visitors new reasons to holiday on the Gold Coast and we're confident that Wild Wild West will draw tourists from throughout Australia and overseas to the region," he said.
Wild Wild West will be the second major attraction constructed at Warner Bros. Movie World in as many years following the launch of Looney Tunes Village in December 1997.
Mr Burrows says the strategy to create new family-based attractions has been a successful one for the theme park.
"Looney Tunes Village continues to deliver new visitors to the park due to the universal allure of the Looney Tunes characters and the broad appeal of the rides and shows in the village," Mr Burrows said.
"We've had nothing but glowing reports about the attraction from our guests, particularly from those with young children.
"At the same time, we also launched the 3D adventure, Marvin the Martian in the 3rd Dimension, which has proved an enormous draw card for guests of all ages as well," he said.
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Tuesday, 15 December 1998
Wednesday, 1 October 1997
Prepare to explore the universe at Dreamworld
Dreamworld's Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre takes guests on a real-life exploration of the last frontier - outer space, during its latest film Destiny in Space.
Narrated by Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy, Destiny in Space takes audiences on a 40-minute awe-inspiring voyage into outer space as seen through the eyes of pioneering astronauts.
The film provides an eye-witness account of the thrilling departure of the Galileo probe to Jupiter, discovers amazing advances in robotic telescopes, and visualises a valley on Mars as it may look after it has been colonised successfully by future space explorers.
Destiny in Space was filmed over the course of nine space shuttle missions and moves easily from close-ups of the astronauts going about their daily work to the departure of the Galileo probe for Jupiter - a journey of five years and 390 million miles.
Footage also includes a night shuttle launch and the retrieval service and redeployment of the Hubble Telescope.
To give viewers a sense of exploring farther into space, computer imaging sequences soar over the rugged and colourful contours of Venus and Mars.
The film focuses on the future of human and robotic space exploration and is the result of a unique public-private partnership involving the IMAX Corporation, the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Muserm and Lockheed Martin, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Destiny in Space was five years in the making involving 43 astronauts. Each astronaut received 25 hours IMAX camera training and between 1989 and 1994, shot 44 rolls of film.
The film cost US$10 million to produce.
Dreamworld's Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre is one of only two of its kind in Australia and when built in 1981 was the first in the southern hemisphere. With a six storey high screen, a projection distance of 32 metres and a capacity for 400 people seated at a 25 degree angle to the screen, the IMAX Theatre provides a larger than life cinema experience for Dreamworld guests.
IMAX uses the largest film frame in motion picture history (ten times the size of conventional 35mm and three times the size of standard 70mm), together with state-of-the-art sound system and the most advanced projector ever built.
Destiny in Space screens daily at Dreamworld for 12 months and currently alternates with "Speed" an IMAX film which explores the role of speed in man's life since the dawn of time. Entry to both films is included in Dreamworld's one admission price.
Narrated by Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy, Destiny in Space takes audiences on a 40-minute awe-inspiring voyage into outer space as seen through the eyes of pioneering astronauts.
The film provides an eye-witness account of the thrilling departure of the Galileo probe to Jupiter, discovers amazing advances in robotic telescopes, and visualises a valley on Mars as it may look after it has been colonised successfully by future space explorers.
Destiny in Space was filmed over the course of nine space shuttle missions and moves easily from close-ups of the astronauts going about their daily work to the departure of the Galileo probe for Jupiter - a journey of five years and 390 million miles.
Footage also includes a night shuttle launch and the retrieval service and redeployment of the Hubble Telescope.
To give viewers a sense of exploring farther into space, computer imaging sequences soar over the rugged and colourful contours of Venus and Mars.
The film focuses on the future of human and robotic space exploration and is the result of a unique public-private partnership involving the IMAX Corporation, the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Muserm and Lockheed Martin, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Destiny in Space was five years in the making involving 43 astronauts. Each astronaut received 25 hours IMAX camera training and between 1989 and 1994, shot 44 rolls of film.
The film cost US$10 million to produce.
Dreamworld's Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre is one of only two of its kind in Australia and when built in 1981 was the first in the southern hemisphere. With a six storey high screen, a projection distance of 32 metres and a capacity for 400 people seated at a 25 degree angle to the screen, the IMAX Theatre provides a larger than life cinema experience for Dreamworld guests.
IMAX uses the largest film frame in motion picture history (ten times the size of conventional 35mm and three times the size of standard 70mm), together with state-of-the-art sound system and the most advanced projector ever built.
Destiny in Space screens daily at Dreamworld for 12 months and currently alternates with "Speed" an IMAX film which explores the role of speed in man's life since the dawn of time. Entry to both films is included in Dreamworld's one admission price.
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