Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure |
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General statistics |
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Attraction type |
Dark ride |
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Manufacturer |
Warner Bros. Movie World |
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Theme |
Warner Bros. films, Gremlins |
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Riders per vehicle |
20 |
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Rows |
5 |
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Riders per row |
4 |
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Other names |
The Great Gremlins Adventure, Gremlins Invasion, Warner Bros. Hollywood Classics |
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Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure was a dark ride located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, and Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, Germany. The ride has been replaced with the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster and Van Helsing's Factory in the two parks respectively.
History
On 3 June 1991, Warner Bros. Movie World opened to the public.[3] One of its original attractions was the Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure.[3] A duplicate of the Australian attraction opened with Warner Bros. Movie World Germany (later renamed Movie Park Germany) in June 1996.[4] It was named Gremlins Invasion.[5]
In late 2001, Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia announced that they would be closing the attraction to make way for a new attraction set to open in 2002.[1] On 17 June 2002, the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster opened in the location of Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure.[6][7] In Germany, the Gremlins Invasion remained open until the closure of Warner Bros. Movie World Germany in 2004.[4] The park reopened the following year as Movie Park Germany,[4] however, the ride remained standing but not operating. In mid-2011, the ride was replaced with Van Helsing's Factory, a Gerstlauer Bobsled roller coaster.[2][8]
At Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia, many elements of the ride still exist to this day. The original facade for the attraction exists behind Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster's Spooky Island castle facade.[9][10] Two of the theatres that were used in the pre-show exist adjacent to the replacement ride's queue. Finally, the unload station still exists (albeit with theming removed) and is used as an evacuation path from the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster.[11]
Ride
Riders would queue for the Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure on the outside of the show building.[12] Groups of riders would be admitted into the building labelled Warner Bros. Studios.[12] Inside guests would be ushered into one of several movie theatres.[12] Here, the riders would watch some outtakes from various Warner Bros. films before the screening was interrupted as the Gremlins had taken over.[7] After exiting the theatre up to 20 riders board a single vehicle which navigates its way throughout the film archive in order to escape the Gremlins.[12] They are taken for a slow trip throughout various sets before exiting the building and being unloaded.[7] Riders would exit past two crashed police cars, similar to those used in the Police Academy Stunt Show.[13]
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