This morning we headed south from Brisbane and stopped at the WB Movie World and Wet n Wild on the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast is like the Southern California of Australia - Australians go there to enjoy the warm beaches and several amusement parks and water parks. We got the 3 for 3 passes for an extra ten dollars so we could spend the morning at Movie World and the waterpark in the afternoon.
Movie World is fairly nice, although it is no Disneyland. It has three big coasters lightly themed to the DC superheroes, a couple of shows, and a couple of other things. One of the big roller coasters was down and my son didn't care about riding the others, but we enjoyed the Justice League ride and the Scooby Doo coaster. The Justice League ride is most similar to Men in Black at Universal Studios. Or for those who haven't done that, sorta like Buzz or Midway Mania. It uses both physical props, some animatronics, and some 3D projection screens. Nothing as elaborate as the Spider-Man or Harry Potter rides at Islands of Adventure in Florida, though.
The Scooby Doo ride is mostly a wild mouse in the dark. It starts out like a dark ride though, with some partially moving figures, and then uses an elevator system instead of a chain hill. There was a 3D movie that was basically a short version of Journey 2 the Mysterious Island that also had the usual moving seats and water jets that Honey I Shrunk the Audience did.
In the afternoon we visited Wet N Wild. It is a basic waterpark, with metal structures supporting plastic slides.
Our last stop was at Surfers Paradise, which is the heart of the Gold Coast.
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