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Worth noting the full Locals Annual Pass price has been $149 since November 2022. Of course there has been various promotions for it between $99-$129. Currently it’s pay full price but receive a $50 F/B voucher: From memory the Saver/Value pass increased $10 prior to the 23/24 summer holiday period. The park is well worth $149 for a year at present even without Rivertown imho. The operations and standard of the park is massively above VRTP.

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This! I'm glad others are noticing. I think we forget how important staff interactions, behaviours, work ethic and operations are to the overall themepark experience. Whilst impressive rides and attractions are essential, the quality of staff can profoundly alter your overall perception of a themepark. It's the main reason why I leave Dreamworld/WWW feeling happier and more fulfilled than after a day at any VRTP property these days.

I think that is fair. I visited the park for the first time since 2015 a few weeks ago. It's definitely improved, but there is still a long way to go. The park feels a lot smaller without Gold Rush. I would like to see something substantial take the Thunderbolt plot and have that area integrated back into the park before they cross the $150 mark. It'd be nice to have an 'out of control' feeling coaster like a wild mouse or Raptor, which is definitely missing from the line up, and Kevil Hill needs to come back as the laser tag - even just for peak periods or for Night Markets. Also, as controversial as it might be, in my opinion, Forest Flyer and Gold Coaster need to go. They're really rough and painful rides. The vest restraints on GC felt like they were going to decapitate me, and KFF just hurt. Ideally they could be replaced with other similar rides - potentially Vekoma could do a custom SFC to fit the KFF space, and Gold Coaster could be replaced with something like a Chance Hyper GTX. Committing to killing GC would open up many more possibilities for that end of the park, since the big thrill coaster could go on the Thunderbolt plot and a smaller one - like a Wild Mouse or Raptor in the GC spot. They also need to get rid of GC's queue building. For me, that would essentially make the park feel 'complete'. It would still be missing a solid water ride, but I think we're still a decade away from DW going down that route again. I will say though, despite Tailspin and SS and DF being down for maintenance, I had a really nice day. The park does still feel a bit like a construction zone, and the 'flow' of the park layout is a bit messed up, but BY FAR, the biggest difference to any Village park was the staff. They were genuinely kind and friendly, even at the food outlets they just great to have around. The food offerings are also good. The Fried Chicken was actually a decent sized meal with actual flavour and wasn't too dissimilar to what I would find in any RSL or surf club in both price and quality. If they can maintain that, I think $149 for a year is fair, and hopefully brings in enough money for them to replace some of the older rides.

Things really aren’t looking good at MW right now. Apart from all the previously mentioned issues (such as constant ride closures, poor operations, temporary fences at every turn, lack of music and atmosphere in most areas, a large amount of dead/disused spaces, rude/disinterested staff and terrible communication with guests), general presentation and upkeep around the park is severely lacking. There’s so much exposed wiring and conduit all over the place (some in very noticeable locations like the Scooby Doo facade and Wild West Falls), lots of broken equipment, numerous severely faded and worn out signs and gardens full of weeds. The whole place just feels very neglected at the moment. Here are a few “highlights”. I could go on, as issues like these are literally at every corner of the park and are so consistent that you can’t help but notice. It’s so disappointing considering how well kept the place used to be.

I agree. The sad part is, it never used to be this way. In the 90’s and 2000’s all our parks really were world class. It’s just that current management have run them into the ground and taken away a lot of the magic they once had. With that being said though, I do think Dreamworld (under Greg’s management) is making some pretty meaningful progress and I’m really excited for Rivertown. I’m hoping OZ will be decent too (though I’m not sure how much I trust MW’s current management), both can potentially help turn things around in a pretty big way. There are simple things the park can do to liven up these areas again, but they seemingly just can’t be bothered. I know I’ve brought this up a few times before, but simply just turning the background music back on around WWF and other areas of the park (like the Loony Tunes kids zone) would instantly make a huge improvement to the atmosphere and it boggles my mind that this still hasn’t been sorted out after years of neglect. If a low-budget, regional park like Funfields can have consistent, themed audio throughout the entire property, what’s MW’s excuse? There’s just no spectacle in the park anymore and it’s no longer a nice place to be in. Movie World has always been my favourite theme park in Australia, but these days I always come out disappointed. I never feel that way with Dreamworld.

2 hours here and i’m calling it - movieworld is now the worst theme park in the country, by a decent margin hopefully Oz and and a reopening Scooby make a difference but there is no magic left here

Not a single thing working in Villains area except the killer croc water feature which is on constant run. whats more disappointing for me as a Batman fan is seeing the lack of care and upkeep on the Batman legacy walk thru. genuine movie props scratched up by idiots, but I get you can’t fully control that, but you can use a duster once in a while on the cowls… horrendous