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Perhaps to go along with the common uninforms, and the Village Bean coffee shops, they could have "Village Gifts" for every shop now 🤪

Controversial opinion, Buzzsaw was a decent ride. You will be missed.

Buzz off - Dreamworld commences dismantling of Buzzsaw roller coaster Buzzsaw operated for almost 10 years, finally closing to the public in August 2021. Now Dreamworld has begun dismantling the ride, and with the opening of Steel Taipan just weeks away it represents a dramatic change to the face of Dreamworld. Click here to continue reading

A friend of mine sent this to me. 🍻

Superman's was fine, but a bit pointless when you don't have your wallet with you.

There are a couple of cranes at Buzzsaw today...

Sorry folks - No announcement to get excited about but I thought it's been a while since we've had a good hypothetical! Let's say tomorrow Australia and Disney announce that they're opening up an Australian Pavilion at Epcot; what would be your blue sky scenario? A couple of things to start: The 'Weenie' for the land can remain like the original concept with the Opera House. It's an icon that many people recognize as distinctly Australian and would serve as a nice waterfront restaurant around World Showcase Lagoon. This way we can draw people to the Pavilion. In my eyes the land would be split in two by a river. - One side would be dedicated to the bush and Indigenous culture with the other one reflecting rural Australian towns. For the bush side you could have it as a combination between the nature trails at Animal Kingdom and Corroboree at Dreamworld. Wandering through 'the bush' you can learn about and see native wildlife, Indigenous culture and the natural disasters like bush fires, drought, etc. Disney could organize the animal care in collaboration with an organization like Australia Zoo to ensure that the native animals are adequately cared for but it also provides a cross-promotional opportunity. In terms of Indigenous representation as a young white dude I'm probably not the best person to touch on this but I'd imagine they'd assemble a 'council' of sorts to ensure that Indigenous culture as a whole is fairly represented. - I feel across the river it'd be great to have a rural Australian town. It is essential that it has a pub. This is my mood board for the area: The lands ride - A slow moving boat ride. The idea I have for this attraction is that you enter a cave at the back of the land. It's dark and quiet but in the distance through the cue you can hear sounds reflecting native Australian wildlife and the sounds of traditional Indigenous instruments. Then you board a boat which takes you through a dark cave. A voice over guides you towards the roof where it's illuminated showing cave paintings. The voice over continues telling the story of early Australia until it the cave paintings come alive and begin to move. You then exit the cave into a dark show building simulating night time. The river is surrounded by bush and through the trees you can see a Corroboree happening which is where the sounds from the cave where coming from. As you continue down the river you can see animatronics of Australia's diverse night wild life until you hear a crack of lightning and using projections and effects the forest begins to burst into flame showing the devasting effects of bushfires. The light ramps up until you are now outside and the river separating the two parts of the land is actually the track which the boat ride follows. You get a unique view of the land before you re-enter the cave and more things happen before departing back into the land. These are just my rough ideas to get the discussion going. What would you like to see in a land representing Australia overseas?

Oh for sure AA should be gone by now.

And what's so good about the WWF shop? Uniqueness. That store (apart from the same old crap you see in many of the gift shops) has a few very unique items you can only get in that store, and its well worth the visit just for those alone. It's something I remember well from my trip to Disneyland in the 90's to when I visited in 2013 - the difference between unique items you couldn't find anywhere else, compared to the same spirit jersey, shirt, keyring and drink bottle you see on main street. I remember buying shirts in Movie World a while back and they had a 3 for $xx. I found a shirt i liked in one store, and another in another store, and i asked the cashier if they were part of the same deal. They asked which ones I liked, then sent me to the department store which had all 3. Merch shops should offer something different, but relevant. Parks used to sell merch unique to each land (which I guess is what Wild West is, even if its only 1 ride) - now its all the same stuff, in bulk, and just spread out to fill gaps (with some minor changes in each).

I get the reasons for the removal, which we've debated in detail, but can I just say the aim of any theme park should never be 'decluttering the skyline'.

Track looks like it isn't welded off so it was bought

I feel like one of my favorite parts of ride is them being taken down. the interest in seeing how they take it down and what they do with the pieces intrigues me.

Fully expect 12th, 19th, 23rd, 24th to open up on later dates too, as they start to sell out.

Something to note is that the park are going to see how guests utilise areas and whether or not they need to add additional amenities. To my understanding, once BuzzSaw is removed, that area will remain closed off and the park are going to evaluate whether they need to construct a viewing area of the coaster. Which makes sense because why spend extra money on an area that people might not even use. If additional shading and seating is required over time it will be added. Same with the connection path under the track to the Giant drop. If they find a lot of guests stop to watch the coaster, then they’ll make better use of that space

Wearing a singlet - not allowed to ride

Whilst I agree that increased ticket prices are the way to go to secure a more quality experience, this is some strange strategic timing especially considering the New Atlantis delay and the Steel Taipan opening right around the corner. For a family of four locals to visit the Village parks with annual passes it'll cost them $756 for entry with no discounts, and for non locals its $996. For a family of four to visit the Dreamworld + White Water World with annual passes it'll cost them $476 for entry with no discounts. I guess it really depends on what you're after, but at Dreamworld you can get animals, a water park, decent rides and Steel Taipan with an additional $250-500 to play with. A family could easily eat like a king, grab souvenirs or add some extra nights to their accommodation with that money. I know that some will argue that the value proposition is still in Village's hand, but it's going to be really hard to drag people away from the theme park with a brand new launched roller coaster which is cheaper, has animals, and a water park connected to it. I'm interested to see how this holiday season pans out!

Rip Buzzsaw.