Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster, Steel roller coaster in Warner Bros Movie World, Gold Coast, Australia.
Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster is a steel wild mouse roller coaster inside a show building at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Its entrance facade reproduces the Spooky Island Castle from the 2002 film, with two pointed turrets, a sunburst medallion, tracery windows and four gargoyles along the top edge. The 530-metre track, built by Mack Rides, climbs 17 metres by elevator lift and drops 7 metres in reverse.
The ride opened on 17 June 2002, replacing Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure, an original 1991 attraction. It was built while the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo film was shot at the adjacent studio. In 2018 it closed for several months and reopened in December as Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster: Next Generation with a new storyline and effects. After a January 2023 refurbishment it reopened on 14 December 2025.
The ride is themed to the 2002 live-action film Scooby-Doo, shot at the studio next to the park while the coaster was built. Animatronics of Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Daphne appear along the track, and the eighteen four-seat cars copy the film's vehicles. Since 2018 the story has the film's monsters escaping their enclosures.
Visitors must be at least 110 centimeters (43 inches) tall to ride. The experience lasts about 4 minutes and reaches speeds of around 45 kilometers per hour (28 miles per hour).
The car travels backward into darkness at one point, surprising many riders. Projection technology and smoke effects transform the interior into changing scenes from the film world.
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