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I only disagree with: I firmly believe that if you have young children, Dreamworld is your best choice of a park to visit in terms of ride selection.

Merlin entertainment.

That is a true statement. The problem I have is I'm at MW having a blast and my daughter wants to go home but If I took my daughter to SW besides getting to enjoy a flat beer I wouldn't last that long before I packed up the bags and left. MW & SW using each other to fill the cap for their own short comings is the problem. SW would be a better park if it competed with MW and vice versa. Give me a reason to go to MW and give me a reason to go to SW. Not this nice hogwash of this year you can have carnival. I think it’s idiotic of Village to think for me and my daughter to both have a good time in the same day we must sit half an hour in traffic and travel between parks. No! we should both enjoy ourselves at MW and we should both have a great day at SW. My super problem is Village have 2 theme parks but treat them like one. Back in the days we had 3 parks on the coast. Now we have one theme park plus something that once represented a theme park called DW. I understand Village cross sharing certain resources is a good way to save money but cross sharing attractions is shit.

Wow... her parents clearly hated her....

I wonder what theme park went to SW last year? Let me think.

Looks like this summer we are going to have extended opening hours until at least 9pm at white water world. All new jet pack, lights, music and firework show to be done in the wave pool.

Yep. Another hoarding!

Major changes on the way for amusement ride safety Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has announced the Palaszczuk Government will set world-class safety standards for the theme park and amusement ride industry. “Nothing is more important than the safety of Queensland families and visitors to our great state,” Ms Grace said. “We are absolutely committed to doing all we can to provide the highest safety standards and public confidence when it comes to rides at carnivals, school fairs and our major theme parks. Ms Grace said Queensland’s Amusement Device Working Group, made up of industry stakeholders, will today receive the draft Work Health and Safety (Amusement Devices – Public Safety) Amendment Regulation 2018 as part of ongoing consultation. “This signals the final stages of the development of these important reforms,” she said. “Importantly, the Coroner overseeing the Dreamworld Inquest will also be provided with a copy of the proposed regulation changes and will also be consulted.” Ms Grace said the proposed regulatory changes centre around four key areas: Mandatory requirements for ride operators to be fully-trained and competent Mandatory major inspections of all amusement and theme park rides Major theme parks to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated safety management system Additional record keeping through detailed log books. “Mandatory training and competency requirements will mean every amusement and theme park ride in Queensland will be operated by a person who has been properly trained and assessed as competent,” Ms Grace said. “This means amusement rides at our big theme parks right down to a local show or fairs will be subject to major and comprehensive inspections every ten years, unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer.” Ms Grace said these inspections may involve completely stripping down a ride to ensure its integrity, including the removal of paint and grease. “These mandatory checks will be on top of our existing inspection and testing regime, which includes annual inspections and regular maintenance inspections,” she said. Ms Grace said Queensland’s major theme parks will also be required to develop a comprehensive and integrated plan for managing safety. “These plans will detail every aspect of park safety, from ride inspection details, to training of operators, to detailed risk assessments, to emergency plans and everything in between,” she said. Engineers and specialist WHSQ inspectors will routinely audit the major theme parks against these comprehensive plans, along with other legislative and regulatory requirements. Amusement ride owners travelling around the show circuit and school fairs will also be required to keep detailed individual ride log books, that must include: The name of trained ride operators and training details Major inspections details of the ride, including results of the inspection and what repairs have been made Any statutory notices issued by WHSQ in relation to the ride. These changes will ensure this important information is readily accessible to WHSQ Inspectors, engineers who audit agricultural shows, and organisers of school fairs and local shows. Ms Grace said the Queensland Government would also consider the development of a code of practice, to support the regulations. “The code of practice may include provisions relating to training delivery, identification cards for ride operators and publicly displayed certificates on rides,” she said. “The regulations are expected to be in place by the end of the year, or as soon as practically possible.” Ms Grace said today’s announcement coincides with WHSQ’s annual audit of amusement rides at Queensland’s biggest show – the Ekka. “Before and during the 141st Royal Queensland Show, WHSQ will work closely with the RNA, ride operators and their representatives. This will include a full audit of all 34 rides at the Ekka,” she said. “Shortly after that carnival leaves town, the attention turns to yet another comprehensive audit of the major theme parks – the third in as many years.” Between 20 August and 21 September 2018, the theme parks will be audited by WHSQ and Electrical Safety Office inspectors to enforce compliance with workplace laws in Queensland.

But they haven’t announced this another evening event/thing either, so I can’t imagine it is for that either

But I thought the topic was about DW 'chageing' name - not "DW turned into cheap Housing Suburb"? FWIW, I'm with @Roachie on this. Dreamworld is bigger than Pancakes, twice as big as the Metre Maids and (in ernest) 3 times as big as SeaWorld. It will not disappear into the History books anytime soon and certainly not without a huge Public Fight.

That would be Windaroo. Pimpama is great if you don't mind listening to your neighbors go to the toilet in the morning.

But I would assume based off previous years that an announcement would be mid to late this month

At a random guess it might be where they're plonking parts for the i-ride.

Indeed mate! As was my response! Cheers!

Any form of source or is it based off they were using the giant spot lights last night? EDIT: I found the source

^ Same blue as Pyjama foundation, could be to promote that? VRTP are now selling 12m Fast Photo Passes as an add-on to the One Pass online for only $19.99 online. If you already have a One Pass you can add both a new pass and the add-on to the cart then remove the One Pass to get the $19.99 price 😉.

Whilst Kevill Hill was never of interest to me (I’ve literally never been inside in its current iteration - went in there once when it was AvP), the fact the social media team at DW have basically said “we’ll we've replaced the laser skirmish/zombie walkthrough with a temporary toddler/kids area” is absolutely laughable. It’s like closing TOT and saying “but we do have this great shop that sells Fairy shit”..

I reckon both @wikiverse & @Skeeta are correct in their own way. Simply put - Dreamworld has way more on offer for young families than Village's whole offering and it's why it's been able to hang on for as long as it has. On the other hand, Movie World's teen/adult offering is an order of magnitude better than Dreamworld's. Dreamworld became the country's best tourist attraction because for the first ten years of its life John Longhurst paid extraordinary attention to detail and quality and the place had pride in delivering once in a lifetime memories. The next ten years my generation thought it was the place to be because the thrill rides were actually world class. Skip forward twenty years, John's legacy has been literally bulldozed to bits and the ageing thrill rides that were built in the 90's are still mainly the poster child for competing with things like the Hypercoaster.

How long are they going to blame their failures on TRR, instead of the fact that they are a poorly planned and poorly run park with boring and unreliable rides? There are better parks with better rides, better water slides, better animals, and better experiences. Dreamworld's unwavering commitment to relics TOT, Wipeout, RHLR and HWSW seem more like a desperate attempt to cling to the nostalgia of when the park was in its prime and wasn't a confused mess of cheap, mediocre 'thrill' rides dumped into any available piece of land. People don't hold that nostalgia. Dreamworld is not Disney and anyone under the age of 30 is too young to remember any of those rides being new and exciting at an age when they would have been able to ride them. Young people - the people that you want coming to your park - don't care about how 'classic' RHLR is, they only know that WWF is better. They don't care about how 'iconic' Wipeout is, they care if it is open and can actually make it through a complete cycle instead of just rocking them side to side for a few minutes. They don't care that TOT2 launches you backward, if you can get a faster and better launch on SE. And the sure as hell don't care about a rickety and painful old steel coaster made by a company that went bankrupt in 2001 - when they can ride a brand new Hypercoaster, and a rickety old Inverted coaster at a different park for the same price. The TRR incident is not the reason people aren't returning to Dreamworld. In my opinion, when they closed for several months, people (like me) realised that we didn't really miss it when it was closed, and when it reopened there really wasn't anything interesting or exciting worth going back for. There still isn't. And that's the problem.

Aw diddums. Come on mate- tis only a little joke!! Its no less than what you or anyone else has dished out on occasion!! Just a bit of harmless repartee!! !☺️

There is going to be a new kid on the block, opening around Mid November. Great to be involved.

Here are two satellite images from early October: And did a bit of digging through FB and found all these. Looking forward to seeing some photos of the whole park once’s it’s opened

They dont have to do it now but it would help the park out, i have noticed the claws gondola is starting to get a bit rusty and it would give riders a more freedom like sensation, with the giant drop they dont need to but it could give the same sensation of being more free. If they save up they could also repain the whole hotwheels, the paint is starting to wear off and it is starting to rust a lot