If you’ve ever wished you could step through the silver screen and into the thrills and spills of your favourite action movie, a trip to Warner Bros. Movie World might just be the next best thing.
Inspired by the cinematic adventures of the eponymous film studio, this theme park is packed with white-knuckle attractions, just as you might expect from a theme park, but also a roving troop of live performers bringing beloved film characters – including Batman, Catwoman and the Joker – to interactive life.
The park is divided into five zones: Main Street, Kids’ WB Fun Zone, the Wild West, DC Comics Super-Villains Unleashed and the CD Comics Superhero Hub. Both live-action and animated filmmaking underpins every adrenaline-filled, edge-of-your-seat experience in the park, from the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster to the Hollywood Stunt Driver show.
There are gentler rides for younger fun-seekers, such as the Looney Tunes Carousel and Yosemite Sam’s Railroad, but if it’s scream-inducing excitement you crave, then the heroes and villains of the DC Universe are ready to raise your pulse. The DC Rivals HyperCoaster is the tallest, longest and fasted ride in the Southern Hemisphere, featuring a near-vertical 89-degree plunge into the dastardly lair of Batman’s arch nemesis, the Joker, as well as the world’s first non-inverted loops. If there is any serotonin left in your system after that, you can stop your heart once more on the Green Lantern Coaster, which has the steepest inverted drop in the Southern Hemisphere, or go from naught to 100kph in just two seconds on the Superman Coaster.
Warner Bros. Movie World is open 365 days a year, including Australia Day, Anzac Day and Christmas Day, so no matter when the need for speed strikes you, you can still get your adrenaline fix.