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Disagree. For years we shot the park to pieces because everything they built was being put into Ocean Parade and the rest of the park was ignored. Buzz and MDMC were the exceptions until SV came along. On busy days, Ocean Parade is always clustered with people, while you can sometimes walk down other pathways around the park and not pass a single person on your way from one place to another. What they need to do is balance the park out - and spread the crowds wider than just Ocean Parade. I do like the idea of joining Dreamworks to ABC Kids, but with the ABC kids building facades, the train line, and the majority of Dreamworks fronting up to the bare ToT wall, I don't see it happening too quickly.

That rocking boat technology would have been perfect for storm coaster

MACK Rides has published today two new Rides (The Rocking Boat & Power Loop) at the FKF Convention 2020 at Europa-Park. Watch here the full introduction

I think that replacing HWSW with something along the lines of a RMC Raptor Clone or another compact, rare and decent-priced attraction would be perfect. The Raptor Clone would be no more than AUD$15m and would have higher capacity than the slow operations that HWSW holds, and would be unique to Australia/Southern Hemisphere. As for RHLR, log flumes are extremely expensive now due to high theming and immersion. I think maybe a refurb or something would be better (taller drop, new theming) rather than a completely new flume.

It is laughable to think that the ToT track in any way provided stability to the tower. The tower, as constructed, was built to support the track, not the other way around. All anyone has to do is take a look at the many intamin second generation drop rides to see that these towers stand on their own.

The tower and TOT existed for close to 2 years before GD opened, so it may not necessarily have been designed with the thought that one day TOT would be removed, I’m sure that was considered in the decision to retire TOT2 and retain GD

This proves people are stupid.

I want to know how you came up with that name. Do you work in the adult entertainment industry?

Think the rocking boat concept has some real merit but would have to be well themed and customised to really suit the surroundings.

What immersive theming is on the log ride at present?

That rocking boat concept looks excellent!! I can see that one being very popular with parks in the future!!

Ah good they're still morons then.

...and don't forget the Australia tax on top of that - everything is more expensive - sending your techs out to oversee provisioning is a higher cost flight from most places around the world. Literally EVERYTHING is more expensive. AND our dollar back in around 2012 was on parity with the USD, and today it's in the .60s.

The WnW maintenance has been updated. Black Hole is closed for an extensive time again this year. The Wave pool is also closed for a long time too

Bear in mind you should be taking into account the fact that steel has gone up in price since 2010 and the cost of shipping the track down here, plus labour costs etc would be far greater than it would be in America, so you'd be looking at a good $45 million at least which i dont see Village, let alone Ardent, being prepared to spend on a single ride.

There's a big difference between $30m and $37m. Besides, if it cost $37m 10 years ago, you're not going to get it for that price in Australia today, given our higher labour/material/shipping costs.

If the log ride is going, then they definitely need to replace it with another water based ride. And I would be more than happy if it was just another (but modern) log ride. It’s a staple for a theme park, especially within the climate. If WWW was still an area of DW then they might be able to get away without having a water ride, but now that it’s seperate it’s an essential. Another ride within Ocean Parade is necessary and I would love to see the park get a dark ride (even if it was a shooting dark ride like JL). When the park had the laser skirmish it was always very popular (especially when it was Alien vs Predator). If they could make it more thrilling than JL but keep it as a family attraction it would be an awesome addition.

I'd like to see a fantastic dark ride go in. Something akin to Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. Trackless, using physical sets, 3D glasses, screens, etc.

I know this may be a generic answer, but I feel the next thrill ride needs to be BIG. The Tower of Terror is IMO the biggest attraction and draw card Australian theme parks have ever had. On this, it’s great to invest in gap fillers and small draw cards but I think to really bounce back, a BIG ride is needed, something that truely is ground breaking. An Intimidator 305 or something similar would be my pick. Big cost associated with it but considering the cost of the blue fire clone, it’s really not too far off that price point. This would really give Dreamworld’s skyline a WOW factor and be an attraction that would genuinely draw locals and tourists back to Dreamworld. It’d also make Dreamworld the thrill capital of Australia again. The big thrills worked well for Dreamworld in the past, so I think that’s what I want to see moving forward.

Losing a family friendly ride suitable for ages 3+ for a high thrill attraction for teens + would be a backwards step imo...

The pathway upto the ride is now all open, the ride itself is ofcosrse hoarded up. In terms of the new rides, when I was there for the Christmas event, they had signage indicating a new coaster was coming soon.