All Activity

They've had literal years to come up with a relaunch campaign and these videos just feel a bit flat. There's no excitement here.

I don't know about that... Fully 6 has always been deathly slow. Ops have told me the rash shirt is what slows you down - but in today's cancer-aware swim culture - they should be designing slides that don't have this issue. This shits me. If you want to do filming, do it before park open. If you've got influencers who only come during trading hours - they should be given the full 'wait in the line' experience.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17H4CgSkdG/ Opens this Sunday (Dec 14)

That’s disappointing to hear. I really hope the park gets on top of all those issues as those theming elements add so much to the overall experience.

Rode Jungle Rush again today hoping last week’s issues were just a one-off, but the ride is honestly in a pretty rough state theming-wise after a year of continuous operation. In the switchback room, the audio is super quiet, out of sync, and usually cuts out early before the train is released. The waterfall mouth on the back wall isn’t working, and the gems no longer rise or lower depending on which loop you’re doing. Just before the turntable releases you, the train or turntable shakes pretty violently, something that definitely wasn’t happening when it opened or last week. It's just sad to see a ride of world class standards at opening slowly fading in effect quality however its not the first time we've heard this story. I suppose some slack must be given to Dreamworld as iirc the rides only had a total of 2 weeks of maintenance closures since opening. On another note the train was flying through the layout today, every hill gave genuine airtime.

14th and 21st mysteriously sold out today... coincidence they're both Sunday nights?

The exact same thing happened to me, except I actually came to a complete stop and had to push myself forward to get going again. I never tried the Loopers as the operations were ridiculously slow. It took me about 1 hour and 45 minutes to queue for the Twisters, even though there weren’t that many people ahead of me. They were dispatching the slides roughly every 5 minutes or so (they all dispatch simultaneously), but most of the time, only 1 rider and 1 slide was allowed to go per dispatch (the other slides either remained empty or the riders were told to keep waiting and ignore the green light). It wasn’t clear why they were doing this. I sure hope this was just due to teething problems with the slides and won’t become standard practice, as they were by far the worst ops I’ve ever seen on a water ride. What also didn’t help was the fact that at one point, a bunch of people with GoPros were escorted to the front of the line and were given priority rides while everyone else (who had already been waiting for a long time) was shooed away. They were able to ride the slides 6 times in a row before any of the GP were let through again. Apparently it was for a promo video. When I went past the slides again about an hour later, they were still cutting in line, trying to get more takes.

As you'll notice, there's some pretty major changes to the forums today. Importantly, login is now via your email address rather than username. Your password remains unchanged. If for whatever reason you are unsure of the email account you signed up with, then I'd recommend getting in touch and we can look into it for you. It was a bit of an abrupt transition today; it was meant to be a bit more gradual, but a few things behind the scenes pushed it forward and here we are. The first thing you'll probably notice is the site is a whole lot faster and we won't be prone to those periods of painfully slow loading, which had become more frequent in recent months. There's also lot of new features that I've barely gotten my head around with this latest version of the forum software, but for now it should at least feel a bit more vibrant and down the track we'll be implementing a few new features. For the time being, the main site is down. It's a slightly larger project to get up and running again but it will happen. Today's rather sudden upgrade for the forums meant that it just wasn't possible to get everything done at the same time. There's no immediate plans for me to resume editorial content, but the site will be back soon enough and we'll hopefully find a way to breathe new life into the site and give new voices and content creators an opportunity to share more freely with this community. If anyone encounters any bugs or issues with the new forum then I'd invite you to share them in the Community Feedback forum.

Totally agree! Such a major water park should be adding attractions that are somewhat unique and special, not something you could find at a council aquatic centre, or the Big Banana.

While this is a good addition to WNW, who else thinks they would have done something better? Its pretty mediocre and generic for a water park these days and they have so many body slides already.

Didn’t say I wanted a faster ride Skeet, just one that doesn’t require self propulsion in opposition to their rule on not removing your arms from being crossed on your chest I’m sure it’s just a tinkering with what pressures which they are likely still doing given it’s opening week

I didn't say adults can't ride. The slide is slower so kids can ride. If you want a slide that is faster, ride the Loopers.

Well I was with my kid, but no, most of the people in the twisters were adults

I only I rode the Loopers because the impression I got with the lower height restrictions, was the Twisters were for the kids.

Got a short visit into WnW yesterday for the first visit of the summer season Park was heaving with a lot of school excursions (overlooked that thinking i'd get in before the rush of school holidays) Zoom Zone looks like an upgraded version of Fully 6 (or 4). Queue line is split into 3 at ground level - "Twisters" and "Loopers" and fast track. Twisters is the lower thrill option (lacks the first up drop of Loopers). People in the Loopers line are given plastic cards to give to the sorter at the top of the tower - this is how they differentiate who is going to what slides at the top and to ensure no one changes their mind basically. At the top 4 coloured lines representing the 4 slides lead you to the relevant slide. It's a bit chaotic given the limited space, but they make it work. Constant audio synced to screens both on ground level and at the top of the tower run through height, weight and health requirements (102cm for Twister, 120cm for looper, max 135kg) You must lie flat the entirety of the slide, ankles crossed and arms crossed over chest. I only tried the Twister option, which was about as slow as a waterslide could be. I was wearing a rashie and maybe its a water pressure thing but on 2 occasions i almost came to a complete stop and had to propel myself - in hindsight i think this was a somewhat common occurrence and explained the wide gaps in dispatch times between sliders. The lack of an initial drop on Twisters doesnt give you much momentum to carry you, so i think the water flow is something they'll need to deal with (for context whilst not light, i'm a LONG way off the max weight capacity - and based on what i experienced yesterday i'd hate to think how a 120-130kg person would go. In other park news, a new donut van looks like a permanent edition "'Daniels Donuts" apparently one has opened at Movie World too and they are similar to Krispy Kremes And what seems new since last season (or my memory has just failed) is that Calypso Beach is now sponsored by Royal Carribean and the signage has been updated, as have the tubes. Some construction/demolition is occurring at the foot of Zoom Zone and River Rapids as well which has changed the entry point to the ramp up the hill to access the rapids

@Gobbledok yes What is your point?

But when its packed doesnt this same forum say that its oversold too crowded and in contempt of guests

They also really pushed the cheaper passes that didn't include White Christmas

For me, not selling out indicates village annual pass numbers are down.

The video in the reply above yours shows fast track, and what appears to be general standby. There's no way you'd fit single rider up that corridor - and they're certainly not going to prioritise capacity over making money off queue jump passes. It's been said it's just the beginning of the video, and if that's the case i'm not against it - you can't skip credits on stuff like that - but even if it isn't, i'd be totally ok if they'd worked out a sponsorship deal for it. In my view, watching what I assume is a 'making of' \ 'behind the scenes' video while standing in a queueline, even without HBO branding - isn't quite the embodiment of 'immersion'. If you want immersion in a queue line, check out WOZ or Jungle Rush, because it isn't projector screens playing movie clips.

Like last time i'm sure they'll mysteriously sell out on the day of, while still having plenty of tickets available to sell at the gate.

It would probably sell out if they announced Scooby was open during the event

The event starts tonight and so far only 2 nights have sold out, I wonder if this will change today. Flash isn't listed on the open rides so will be interesting to see if that's open tonight and Superman Escape is still out of action. Another year, another underperforming VRTP event.

You’d most likely only see the ad every time the movie ends and resets back to the beginning so you’d see it a max of 3-4 times in line accounting for school holiday crowds. I don’t think it’s fair to call it a bombardment of ads for HBO Max, at least compared to whats seen on the screens in the station of DCR where it’s ads are present 95% of the time.

ScreenRecording_12-10-2025 21-08-10_1.mov