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Hi there ― Sorry for jumping in here, I just came across this discussion. I’ve never been to Australia, but I know the history of the Sea World Monorail very well, because it’s the “sibling” of the EP Express Monorail over here in Germany. The World Expo 88 in Brisbane had a monorail with 4 trains, it was the same make and model as the one in Sea World (“Von Roll Mk-II”). So, when the World Expo was over, one of the trains went to Sea World, not far away (so its fleet grew from two to three trains). The other 3 trains from World Expo 88 went on a much longer journey ― they were bought by “Europa-Park”, one of the largest theme parks in Europe. This monorail is now called EP Express, and it’s still in operation today. In fact it’s one of the main attractions, and the Europa-Park engineers are keeping the trains in excellent shape. I’m very sad to hear that the sibling in Sea World Australia has been taken out of service (apparently forever). It would be nice if Europa-Park bought these three trains, too, and expanded the track of the EP Express. That would make sense because Europa-Park has grown considerably in the past 30 years and covers a much larger area now. However, I’m afraid that is just wishful thinking. So … Farewell, Sea World Monorail. I’ll be thinking of you next time I ride EP Express. Best regards ― Oliver from Germany

Youd think that a competent design team would have thought about the need to close this area off for maintenance and provide for an attractive way to so photo credit to some facebook post by someone

Never thought I'd live to see the day when people defend a theme park charging full price on admission with less than a third of its attraction lineup in operation, let alone having not a single thrill coaster available to ride. Seeing as you like rounding numbers up, the simple maths is that the likelihood of having all but one coaster down decreases as your sample size increases. That's not a solution but it certainly puts the park in a better position to drive gate in the off-season, and manage capacity issues as attendance burgeons during the peak. As for the "cascading issues", is there some new managerial strategy I'm not aware of where you spend north of $50 million in new investments but don't hire staff to run them? They must already be stretched thin, human resources-wise, hiring contractors to clear the shit out of Chinatown alley. 😏 Serious question: what's the benefit to these parks in operating year-round? Why not run your season from September to May and get the bulk of your maintenance done over the winter? So many larger, more popular parks around the world adopt this model and it works. Are the operational and staffing costs over the quiet months really worth it when the few guests (locals) who do visit are given such a subpar experience?

More work has been done (thanks to @Ogre)

Concrete has been placed in the Gamesite area. Disappointing that it won’t match the rest of Ocean Parade. (thanks to @Ogre)

Groundwork has started on the new kiddy coaster (thanks to @Ogre) Dreamworld, please tell me you will replace the pathway in this area. It looks disgusting and lazy reusing the same ones from Dreamworks.

Your application for MW Public Relations Officer has been accepted, should a position become available, you will be contacted. /s.

Love the idea but hate the execution. The shade sail poles should be on the other side of the fence or from the grassed area reaching right over the path.

DC Rivals was closed today - unplanned closure. Superman Escape is out for maintenance until the weekend Roxy is under maintenance until 4/8 Green Lantern is out until 15/9 Scooby is down for more than a year Today, based on that list, Road Runner is the park's headlining rollercoaster. Justice League and Batwing are the only attractions operating outside of WB Kids with the exception of Wild West Falls (in Winter) and some neutered version of Doomsday... and just so we're completely honest - Carousel and Yosemite Sam Train are also out. So today's lineup at MW: Justice League Batwing Doomsday Wild West Tweety Cages Speedy Taxis Junior Driving School Road Runner And at least two of those are unavailable to almost 100% of the guests in park due to height requirements or restrictions. Speedy and Tweety for the adults, and Doomsday and Batwing for the kids. I know its the off season. This is when you expect your majors to be down to be the least inconvenience to guests - but fuck me that lineup is embarassing.