Zombie Evilution
{{Short description|Defunct attraction at Dreamworld}}
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| location = Dreamworld (Australia){{!}}Dreamworld
| section = Ocean Parade
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| status = Closed
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| soft_opened = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|9}}
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| closed = March 2018
| previousattraction = AVPX
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| type = Walkthrough Scare Attraction
| manufacturer = Sudden Impact Entertainment
| designer = Lynton V. Harris
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Zombie Evilution was a seasonal multi-use attraction at Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The attraction was originally introduced as a scare maze before being converted to a laser skirmish attraction. It opened on Friday the 13th of September 2013, replacing AVPX. From 2016, the attraction was used as a scare maze for Park After Dark events. The attraction closed in March 2018.
History
In 2009, Dreamworld launched AVPX, a laser skirmish attraction by Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company. The attraction was originally licensed for a two-year contract, which was later extended for a further two years. In late 2012, Dreamworld contracted Lynton V. Harris of Sudden Impact to work on creating a replacement. Using the town name of "Kevil Hill", originally developed for an attraction at Taman Safari in Indonesia,{{cite web|title=Coming soon|url=http://www.tamansafari.com/scriptnews/preview.php?id=8|publisher=Taman Safari Indonesia|access-date=22 October 2013|date=8 June 2011}} Harris developed the Zombie Evilution attraction concept.{{Cite interview|last=Harris|first=Lynton|title=Zombie Evilution – Lynton V. Harris Interview|url=http://gcparks.net/2013/10/zombie-lynton-interview/|access-date=22 October 2013|date=11 October 2013|work=GC Parks|interviewer=Jordan Messenger}}
On 6 March 2013, Dreamworld officially announced that AVPX would be closing at the end of the month, stating "a new enemy will arise in 2013".{{cite web|title=Timeline Photos|url=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151328796563613&set=a.127090438612.105255.30639128612&type=1|publisher=Facebook|access-date=8 March 2013|date=6 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=The War Ends 1 April, 2013.|url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/AVPX---Closing.aspx|publisher=Dreamworld|access-date=8 March 2013|date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308223534/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/AVPX---Closing.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2013}} On 31 March 2013, AVPX operated for the final time with Dreamworld stating it would be replaced by a new attraction which is "to die for".{{cite web|title=Timeline Photos|url=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151360448103613|publisher=Facebook|access-date=1 April 2013|date=31 March 2013}} The new attraction was later announced to be named Zombie Evilution.{{cite web|title=Cover photos|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151584218638613&set=a.10150587527483613.384569.30639128612&type=1|publisher=Facebook|access-date=14 August 2013|author=Dreamworld|date=14 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=Join The Evilution |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Join-The-Evilution.aspx |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=14 August 2013 |year=2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190008/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Join-The-Evilution.aspx |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}
Zombie Evilution officially opened to the public on Friday the 13th of September 2013 as a scare maze.{{Parkz|ride_name=Zombie Evilution|location=Dreamworld|parkz_number=1547|accessdate=22 October 2013}} The maze featured live actors, with guests being admitted in small groups. On 14 October 2013, the scare maze was closed, pending conversion into a laser skirmish attraction.{{cite web|title=Zombie Evilution |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Attraction.aspx |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190008/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Attraction.aspx |archive-date=17 October 2013 |date=October 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Timeline photos|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151716577218613&set=a.127090438612.105255.30639128612&type=1|publisher=Facebook|access-date=22 October 2013|author=Dreamworld|date=10 October 2013}} On 18 October 2013, the attraction reopened to the public.{{cite web|title=Cover Photos|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151737327398613&set=a.10150587527483613.384569.30639128612&type=1|publisher=Facebook|access-date=22 October 2013|date=16 October 2013}}
In 2015, the attraction was relegated to a Seasonal position, it no longer operated during the School periods (including weekends), only on School Holiday Periods and during the night-time Screamworld events (As a scare-maze).
On 27 January 2016, the attraction closed for the off-peak season, it was later revealed that the attraction will no longer operate as laser tag, however, the park claimed that the attraction would still be in use as a scare-maze for their night-time, and other special, events. The exit room were later used as a merchandise store for the Tiger Cub Kindy area, which occupied the area in front of the attraction in February 2016. The attraction reopened late 2016 as a walk through scare attraction and currently operates weekends from 10:30am - 5pm
The area is set to be used for Count Kenny's Mystery Mansion, a family friendly walk-through attraction, for the 2021 Happy Halloween event.{{cite web |title=Happy Halloween |url=https://www.dreamworld.com.au/what-s-on/happy-halloween/#food |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=15 October 2021}}
Laser Skirmish
Guests admitted in groups of 30 into one of three briefing rooms. The guests were asked to stand by a weapon which determines their teams. Half of the group were infected humans, with the other half being normal, uninfected humans. A short preshow details the backstory for the attraction. The attraction was set in a small town named Kevil Hill (a play on the evil & live palindrome), a zombie utopia created by billionaire James Buchanan (J.B.) Kevil (portrayed by Tony Bonner). Professor Jacques Madigan manages the town's cryonics chamber, where the dead are preserved for a future re-awakening.{{cite news|title=Theme park rivals clash for holidays|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/08/28/457057_gold-coast-news.html|access-date=22 October 2013|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|date=28 August 2013|author=Elder, Jessica|author2=Westthorp, Tanya}}{{cite web|title=Storyline |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Storyline.aspx |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=22 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190008/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Storyline.aspx |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}
Guests were told the rules and how to use their weapons, before being moved from the briefing room, down a tunnel to a final room before the main arena. The main arena is {{Convert|650|sqm|sqft}} and featured multiple buildings.{{cite news|last=Anker|first=Kerryn|title=Aliens arrive at Dreamworld + video|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/04/09/67651_gold-coast-top-story.html|access-date=29 October 2011|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=9 April 2009}} To earn points players shoot those from the opposite team.
See also
- 2013 in amusement parks
- 2016 in amusement parks
- 2018 in amusement parks
- Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation, another Sudden Impact Entertainment laser skirmish attraction
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190008/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190008/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Evilution/Storyline.aspx Full backstory]
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Category:Amusement rides introduced in 2013
Category:Amusement rides manufactured by Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company