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Not sure why anyone would be surprised RE a projected Boxing Day opening of Big Dipper. The coaster was always slated to open in December and all press material relating to the Dipper has pointed to this date. Its an easy extrapolation to surmise that 26th December Boxing Day would be the likely opening date. Even if they are well ahead of the construction curve, I cannot see them opening any earlier as we have a little thing called COVID to contend with. The park will want to make sure that it can open in confidence and they will want to maximise the publicity of opening such a ride in order to put more people through the turnstiles. Fingers crossed that by the time December rolls around, the park will be in a position to make a positive call on opening Big Dipper by the current time line. If not, and COVID is still a maor issue in the Greater Sydney area , then there is a real possibility that Luna Park will be faced with a Iron Gwazi/Icebreaker situation where we have the new ride complete but not the optimum conditions to open.

There's preservation societies out there who are passionate enough about steam trains that they'd maintain and run both the former and present steam trains on-site with very little to no hard labor costs. I'm not a train buff by any stretch, but steam trains and seeing that kind of old school technology in action is badass, and just like Dollywood's steam trains (or Disneyland's) there's a ton of education and community engagement opportunities to be had by having the steam trains run as often as humanly possible at Dreamworld. I'd say the best-case scenario is for the diesel train to relieve the steam trains during say Monday-Wednesday and for the rest of the week the steam trains are running with regular school programs, select tours and other programs that would help to further augment the opex of the steam trains. It's also worth nothing that it's good for the brand. Just like what Al Mucci did with DWF globally or Marty Ermer did with Dreamworld Corroboree, Dreamworld as a brand has so much soft power to be gained by participating with local and international communities. At the minute I think revenue wins out over brand or culture, hence why these people are gone, their programs are gone (or minimised) and just like the steam trains, the horse-drawn carriage, the glass-blowing, the bakery etc. etc. etc. all of these influencing have been killed over time because with Ardent, sadly, money above all has ruled the roost for a number of decades now.

So it seems you can polish a turd. Neat!

You also don’t want to pay $100 to get into some attraction that resembles your local westfield and has the ‘train’ to match. Theme parks are meant to provide unique experiences. And yes they are expensive to provide, which is why they are unique, which is why people want to go. Or you know, do the bare minimum, slap a sign out front that says Dreamworld and call it a day.

I hope there is an extreme train reveal video like they did for ST

Wow, they're keen. they haven't even begun laying the track for the new layout yet. This means they've only got until the end of January to make it work!

I do like they are brining Kenny and Belinda back into the park through this like this

So your position is based on assumption of some ambiguous T&C wording. Even for F&B and Merch discounts there have always been exceptions - in-park carts without cash registers never offered or honoured pass discounts. I also can't imagine they'd discount animal experiences given their contributions of profits to the DWF either. So the fact that: Passholders get certain discounts in-park, and; "Tickets" for the spinning car will be sold in-park; =\= Passholders get a discount to ride. It'll be nice if they offer it, and of course it never hurts to ask, but I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is no.

Does that mean you get discounts on animal interactions with tigers, dingoes and koalas? What about ride\slide express? do you get discounts on that?

Anyone who knows the answer.... or @Naazon- you know, whoever is available. *shrug*

I'm not sure? I don't think we really talked about it. Did we? At first i was expecting it to open in time for the start of the summer school holidays but it was only until i was told by the park that it's going to take 16 weeks of testing before it's open is when i changed my mind on that but yeah it might have. Not too sure?

LOCALS ANNUAL PASS PURCHASED AFTER 31 OCTOBER 2020 Discounts are only valid on full price sales and exclude already discounted entry, merchandise or food and beverages items. Retail discount excludes LEGO Store. I assume since Steel Taipan's spinning seat will be a full-priced upcharge, an in-park discount will apply to those with the applicable annual pass.

Theme Parks a Go-Go is for sale. Has been since the start.