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The following is a list of attractions that previously existed at the Warner Bros. Movie World amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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The following is a list of attractions that previously existed at the Warner Bros. Movie World amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
| Name | Section | Opened | Closed | Description | Replacement | Notes |
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| Looney Tunes River Ride | 1991 | 2011 | A river ride themed around following Bugs Bunny to Australia. | Junior Driving School | ||
| Warner Bros. Classics and The Great Gremlin Adventure | 1991 | 2001 | A dark ride. | Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster | [1] | |
| Young Einstein Gravity Homestead | 1991 | September 2000 | A walkthrough attraction which featured a sloped floor to exhibit gravity based on the film Young Einstein. | Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience | [2] | |
| Batman Adventure – The Ride | 1992 | 2001 | A simulator ride. The original film was replaced and the ride became Batman Adventure – The Ride 2 | Batman Adventure – The Ride 2 | [3] [4] [5] | |
| Lethal Weapon – The Ride | 1995 | 2012 | A roller coaster ride. | Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy | ||
| Pokémon Island Adventure | 1999 | 2000-2001? | A walkthrough interactive attraction with animated Pokémon Characters. This ride was based on the Pokémon video game series. | — | ||
| Batman Adventure – The Ride 2 | 2001 | 2011 | A simulator ride. | Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D | ||
| Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience | 2001 | 2003 | A walkthrough exhibit featuring recreations of sets in the first two Harry Potter movies. | The Official Matrix Exhibit | [6] | |
| The Official Matrix Exhibit | 2003 | 2008 | A walkthrough exhibit featuring many of the props from the Matrix films. | Intencity Fun & Games, Dodgem Cars | [7] [8] | |
| Dodgem Cars | 2007 | 2019 | A dodgem cars ride. | — | ||
| Sylvester's Bounce 'n' Pounce | September 2007 | 2020 | A SBF frog hopper. | — | ||
| Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy | 2012 | 2019 | A roller coaster ride. | — | ||
| Aquaman - The Exhibition film exhibition | 13 December 2018 | 17 July 2019 | A walkthrough exhibit featuring many of the props from the DC Comics films. | WB Studio Showcase | [9] |
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| Name | Section | Opened | Closed | Description | Replacement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie Magic Special Effects Show | 1991 | 2005 | A show which showcased a variety of film making techniques. | Superman Escape | [10] | |
| Police Academy Stunt Show | 1991 | 2008 | A live action stunt show based on the Police Academy films | Hollywood Stunt Driver | [11] | |
| Western Action and Animal Actors Stage | 1991 | 1995 | An outdoor live show with a western theme. Sponsored by Australian Airlines. | The Maverick Grand Illusion Show | [12] [13] | |
| Looney Tunes Musical Revue | 1991 | 2007 | A live show featuring songs sung by the Looney Tunes. | Looney Tunes - What's Up Rock? | [14] | |
| The Maverick Grand Illusion Show | 1995 | 2001 | An indoor live show with a western theme. | [15] | ||
| Marvin the Martian in 3D | 1997 | 2005 | A 3-D film. | Shrek 4D Adventure | [16] [17] | |
| Shrek 4D Adventure | 2005 | 2010 | A 3-D film based on the Shrek franchise. | Journey to the Center of the Earth 4-D Adventure | [18] [19] | |
| Be a Hi-5 Star Studio | 2005 | 2005 | Two songs of Hi-5 music videos and DVDs. | Hi-5 Base to Outer Space I Believe in Magic | [20] | |
| Happy Feet Spectacular | 2006 | A live show based on the film Happy Feet | [21] | |||
| Journey to the Center of the Earth 4-D Adventure | 2010 | 2012 | A 3-D film based on the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – The 4D Experience | ||
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – The 4D Experience | 2012 | 2014 | A 4-D Film based on the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs film. | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 4-D Experience | ||
| Rio: The 4-D Experience | 2014 | 2015 | A 4-D film based on the Rio film series. | Looney Tunes 4D starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote |
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The Batwing Spaceshot is a thrill ride located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. It opened on 20 December 2006. The ride is an S&S Space Shot, a pneumatic powered ride which shoots riders up and then back down. The rise reaches a height of 61 metres (200 ft) and riders experience a force of up to 4 Gs while travelling at a speed of 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph). It carries 360 passengers per hour, and lasts for 50 seconds. The ride opened almost one year after the opening of the Superman Escape roller coaster, which opened on 26 December 2005. The logo’s design based on the bat-signal in the film Batman Begins. However, the ride has no other similarity to that film.
Kids' WB Fun Zone is a themed attraction in Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia based on the Looney Tunes cartoons. The attraction was originally named Looney Tunes Village and was renamed in late 2007 when two new rides were added. At the same time, the Australian Kids' WB TV show began filming at the theme park. Two similar themed attractions, Looney Tunes Land and Cartoon Village, opened at Warner Bros. Movie World Germany in Bottrop Kirchhellen, Germany in 1996 and Parque Warner Madrid in Madrid, Spain in 2002, respectively, with the latter remaining to this day.
Looney Tunes River Ride was a dark boat ride at the amusement park Warner Bros. Movie World at Gold Coast, Australia. The ride was unveiled on 3 June 1991, the same time as the park, and was closed on 1 February 2011 to make way for the Junior Driving School.
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension was a 1997 3-D Looney Tunes film formerly an attraction at Drayton Manor Resort in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Australia, Warner Bros. Movie World in Bottrop, Germany and Six Flags Great America.
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Batman Adventure: The Ride is the name for a series of Batman-themed motion simulator rides installed at various Warner Bros.-branded parks around the world. The ride was first installed at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia in 1992, before being installed at Warner Bros. Movie World in Bottrop, Germany and Parque Warner Madrid in Madrid, Spain in 1996 and 2002, respectively. The installations in Australia and Spain later closed in 2011 and 2014, respectively. The ride is still operating today at the German park, but has been rethemed to Time Riders after the park lost its Warner Bros. licenses in 2004.
Green Lantern Coaster is a steel roller coaster at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The ride is themed after DC Comics' Green Lantern and is located within the park's DC Comics superhero hub. The ride is an El Loco roller coaster manufactured by S&S Worldwide, characterised by a tight circuit featuring a beyond-vertical drop and an outward banked turn. When it opened in 2011, it held the record for having the second steepest drop in the world among roller coasters, and the steepest drop in the Southern Hemisphere, the latter of which is a record it still holds as of 2020. Green Lantern Coaster officially opened on 23 December 2011.
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Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D is an interactive dark ride created by the Sally Corporation that is located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. It opened on 22 September 2012 and requires riders to shoot their laser blasters at targets in order to defeat an alien threat. The ride is touted as the world's first Justice League-themed ride and the first ride of its type to feature 3D projections. Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D has been well received with many praising the ride's special effects and immersive theming.
The Roxy Theatre is a movie theatre located within Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. The theatre shows a 4D film during the general operating day of the theme park which is currently Scoob! 4D Experience. A replica exists at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, Germany.
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