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Firstly hello, I've been a long time Visitor first time posting. On my trip to movie world today the old western section was newly fenced in that all too familiar hedge print (the print was still waving in the breeze and wasn't zipped tied at the bottom yet. The old corpse in the coffin from the old western area has now been moved to just outside Wild West falls heavily suggesting the fencing off is a permanent closing of the area. This most likely means the new ride or perhaps new themed area or both will be going in the old western area as we all speculated and suggested. Changes in the area next to ricks cafe are continuing with an arch like wall being built possibly the new cast member entry as has been speculated.

Sounds about normal for this place.

This is the one I got to drive. QR PB15 448 from QPSR. A baby compared to the Steam Train Sunday locos, which are baby's again when compared to the NSW loco's. I added the "L" plate for the photo, to the amusement of the train crew.

I also heard the same on CoasterForce. That was just a rumour however, I haven't heard of any proof.

thanks for the photos Hypermarket Hero it won't be too long until we see work happening! sad to see the Show Stage is going to go, I agree with many people saying that they should be using it for a new show not for a new roller coaster, however that said let us aboard the hype train!

Bored at work and noticed on TPR that someone said that Mack are responsible for this new roller-coaster. Any truth to that rumour?

I got to drive this four-wheel tank locomotive at puffing billy back in 2008, while studying for my certificate 3 in transport and logistics, was hands down one of the coolest things i'll ever do in my life

@pushbutton I'm surprised you like this one pushy. No. 1 No theming. No.2 It’s not in a shed.

Theres a small indoor one at the Game Over place opposite MW too.

People in both parks definitely know what the other is up to.

I'll definitely give Mark that. Engaging with the brand loyalists (us) has earned him and the park a lot of respect in my eyes and would urge the other parks to follow suit in the coming year as they continue to open new attractions. I think this whole idea of needing utmost secrecy is well and truly dead, especially when almost no-one else internationally does it anymore to the level our gold coast parks do and I would even dare say the concept of utter "Apple-esque" hush-hush works to their detriment. Take today's steam train trial at Dreamworld - no-one except for the clued in few and the extraordinarily lucky knew this was going to happen, and given it was a trial today for the park to see if it's worthwhile bringing it back more often, simply engaging their most hardcore fans to drum up hype in advance would've made all the difference. Taking Mark as a case scenario here, he's effectively taken a group of customers who have an uncanny eye for detail and an unparalleled amount of industry knowledge (for the most part, anyway) and has been able to fine-tune common gripes and potential issues far more efficiently and we in turn have felt actually acknowledged and valued which in turn makes us more passionate about spreading the love for the park and more inclined to help in the future. Welcome to marketing 101 in the 21st century, folks. And that's not to say the parks don't read this or our feedback either, most do, but I think it's another to sign up for an account and go "hey, we appreciate our most avid fans, and you guys love picking apart crazy details like how to hide Superman in the station, how do you think we should tackle x?" Or "What do you think of the burgers at the new motorsports experience?" You know what would be even crazier? For them to actually make sneak peaks and content just for the fans, or even create alternate reality games that we can pour hours into figuring out what the next big thing will be. The crazy thing is that it's totally anything but. Everyone else has been doing this for years, with everyone from Alton Towers to Six Flags and even smaller players like Dollywood doing the very thing i'm referring to. TLDR: we don't bite, we just seem to bicker. It's the internet, trolls exist; it's all good.

I need to start a "Stupid GP" topic. Like, seriously.