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to be fair, GL is planned maintenance and the off season is when you'd expect it. Superman and Flash are unplanned, and unfortunately due to the placement of flash, problems with superman can potentially shut down flash too. You've only posted three attractions, so I'm assuming DCR, JL, Batwing, Roxy, KT, WW & West were all operating?

What about the ones in the tunnel that have "been there for months" ?

I've visited a couple times in the past few weeks - I have a few thoughts.. The staff are absolutely the park's best asset. everyone we encountered had a really great attitude and were all trying to go the extra mile wherever they could. Giant Drop is screaming for something else in that area to draw people down. it's a long slog to visit one singular ride. I'd like to see a pathway from Taipan to GD - either through the envelope, or around the back way where the train line used to be. I'm sure this will come when they develop Rocky Hollow, but that can't come soon enough. I did notice those bins on our most recent visit and they are a great improvement to the older style with the added recycling benefits. I wonder if the park could partner with a local charity or fundraising effort to donate containers for change? Maybe even do something like grill'd where they have 2 or 3 local groups looking to fundraise and you can 'vote' where you want your portion to go to? The park is such a hodge podge and patchwork of areas - looking tired in a spot they haven't gotten to yet, but everywhere they have gotten to looks amazing. It's clear they're continuing with this park-wide spruce up and I can't wait until they're finished I know it is the off season - so the expected maintenance was understandable on two of the park's four 'adult' coasters - however the breakdowns on attractions that were open were disappointing. In a half day visit, we experienced breakdowns \ faults \ ride stoppages on 4 of the 5 rides we lined up for. While it was almost certainly just bad luck or bad timing, it wasn't something we've had happen on previous visits and it gave the impression that maintenance wasn't up to standards. While the staff were great - the communication during break downs needed to be improved. Additionally to the breakdowns, reduced capacity was an issue too - with multiple attractions closed for maintenance, one would think some ops crew would be available to bulk up other attractions. GD only running one side made that queue far longer than it needed to be given the crowds in the park. On one of our visits, Sky Voyager had multiple seats locked out - and the need to balance the gondola meant the same number of seats on the opposite side also had to be taken out of service. The new exit shop\photo centre is great. looks clean and fresh and is a great way for folk to finish their day. It was a little disappointing that the range of 'generic' product with absolutely no ties to Dreamworld took up the bulk of the space. I'd love to see the park invest in some more 'something I can only get here'. In particular, (and this is me sounding like a broken record) - a nice quality polo in a dri-fit style fabric. King Claw progress looking good - I saw the test seat still out in the carpark ready for install. With the focus shifting back to Ocean Parade I do hope they have plans to freshen that area - especially the old trolls village \ kevil hill. While they do use it for activations from time to time, seeing it sit in prime space the rest of the year is just sad. The carpark construction fencing is a major problem. Blocking that bottom end forces the upper areas of each of those lanes to merge into a single laneway prior to reaching the bottom exit row. I realise there is a need to have heavy equipment and machinery close by the construction zone, but perhaps (and especially since WWW is closed) they could have put it near HydroCoaster, minimising the dry park disruption while still being close to the construction zone. Further to that - getting out of the park at the end of the day is a shambles. The roundabout frequently backs up with people trying to enter the M1 southbound and people queue across the roundabout preventing people who are trying to get northbound from exiting the parkway. given the road feeds the M1 i'm assuming the roundabout is probably not a local issue but a state\federal one but it's a really sour ending to a fun day and I hope Dreamworld are talking to relevant authorities about options to rectify this.

A couple of photos from today (I didn’t get too close, as there were a lot of workers on site).

Thats the plan!

They’re making a lot of progress on the track, there were a bunch of people working on it today. If they can keep up this pace, I think they could potentially be on track (no pun intended) to open it for the September school holidays. I noticed they’ve resurfaced the crossing near Main Street station too.

Noticed a couple things at the park today. First of all, the roof looks so much better now that the painting is complete. I also happened to notice that the park have finally replaced a lot of the old standard rubbish bins with these new proper theme park style ones, similar in design to what you see in many big parks around the world. They look great and are even colour matched to fit the theming in certain areas too. Some of the bins have been placed in front of the Remota Boats and the pool has been drained. I hope this is just a temporary thing during maintenance and they’re not retiring them. They’ve also changed the background music in Kenny and Belinda’s Dreamland. Instead of playing generic pop music, they’re now playing whimsical/old timey music which is a really big improvement and fits the atmosphere a lot better IMHO.

The lights are gone now.

It's only bad if you go.

they have also posted a teaser on instagram, it looks like one of the maze may be space related and it sounds like zombies in the background, interested to see what’s coming.

This park is so bad right now half the park is closed.

Website has now been updated, the current ticket prices are "early bird $10 off" advertised as ending August 21.

DCeased is the worst maze I have ever walked through, and I'm not just counting MW mazes. I would rather Dapto kick me in the jiggly gems, then experience that maze again.

the tickets are cheaper this year but it’s a shame DCeased is still around… i am very curious to see what the new mazes will be, and if the WB Showcase stage will be used at all.

https://vr-tpgoldcoast.secure-cdn.oc.accessoticketing.com/subKeyword/MW - Fright Nights,MW - Fright Nights Passes Direct link to the ticketing site, admission tickets are actually starting cheaper this year (my ticket for the first night last year was $89 vs $79 this year). First Bite has gone from $59 > $69 and no longer lists a viewing area for the opening as a perk, last bite is now a slice of pizza rather than a meal too. Just those that purchase the One Pass + FN Ticket Bundle 2 new mazes to be announced soon, plus Circurse Maze, Hellship Maze and DCeased Maze. There's also to be (mentioned in the inclusions for the event specific photo pass) Maze Photography from inside 2 new mazes to be announced soon, plus DCeased Maze.

The Fright Nights website doesn't show tickets are available yet, but if you go through the ‘theme park tickets’ link at the bottom of the fight nights page. Tickets are from $79 to $99. A season pass is $499 I didn't realise some people could still redeem a ticket? Fast Pass pricing Panic rooms are returning. It seems like there are quite a few this year, but most have been used for several years It seems this years tagline might be 'Terror Runs Deep'. And there will be five mazes again, with two of them new. And the hours are the same as previous years (I believe)

VRTP have teased their afterpay day sale commencing on Thursday. Fright Night tickets are mentioned.

Video of the actual incident has surfaced. ebf2de6279be4dba8b68afb9394e0c0f.mp4

I liked it! people here can be brutal sometimes lol

1. No it's not im being 100% serious. 2. Why is everyone being all like mad (well not necessarily mad) at me just because I wanted to show off some logos I made? Can someone explain it to me?

Please tell me this is satire....

I had a similar experience recently... yours actually sounds worse, which is surprising! It's such a shame seeing the ride in that state. I don't think so, as the geyser is still on which is probably the wettest effect on the ride

It's been like that since the teaser was released It's still open now... those lucky security people

Maybe, but I’m sure I’ve seen it operate during winter before. It also doesn’t actually get riders wet, so it shouldn’t make much of a difference.

Track work around Rivertown is now fully underway @gcthemeparkgirl