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Oh, sorry - i'll speak slower for you. Too many people in the park, not enough rides operating, not enough rides operating at full capacity, not enough staff to operate the rides effectively, poor operations practices that negatively impact throughput, lack of care and attention to non critical maintenance such as theming, continued removal of guest accessible areas and attractions only to take that space over by more and more back of house areas. And all this despite jacking up their prices and removing perks from loyal long-time premium passholders. The company has shown utter contempt for guests. At one point their online reviews tanked so hard they disabled the ones they had control over. They responded to guest complaints about their poor experience by telling them they should have checked the website before visiting on a day where the park was offering half their usual experience while still charging full price. They have ridden for a long time on the coat tails of their former reputation - and despite tanking it, people are still clamouring to hand over their money. I've been saying this for literally years - if people want them to change, they need to vote with their wallets. My point is - the Malibu Stacey effect is too strong. I am interested to see the reviews of the new Scoob - but I won't be rushing out to buy a pass or visit. As Skeet mentioned, if the stunt show proves to be more akin to the MW of old, it might tip the scales to encourage me to return and see what else they've improved. I think the park can be worth the price they're asking (and probably more) but they have to run it putting the guest experience first.

Flying Dinosaur This coaster is the best coaster I’ve ridden, probably doesn’t mean much as this is my first international park. It’s a B&M Flying Coaster built in 2016 and a great addition to the park. Queues were short as we had fast passes. Very intense especially the pretzel loop section but I loved it. Whips you around and is very fast. Very efficient operations with four trains, same with Hollywood Dream. Only bad part is it can be a bit jolty at times but it’s a small negative, I can see why as 9 years of constantly running faster than most coasters would put a bit of age on it. The main problem is with the locker system: what happens is you get a slip with a QR code from the ride assistants to scan onto a locker: this opens a locker where you put your stuff in. You take the slip on the ride with you, but what if it falls out? Would just like better communication, otherwise the ride is amazing. Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem Since it was only 10:40 after doing those five and we had time to kill, we decided to do Minion Mayhem. It was listed as 40 minutes: it was a walk-on as we used single rider. This was the only ride in Minion Land we did: skipped Villain Con and Freeze Ray Sliders as the waits were too long. Unlike the other clones of it around the world, this works more like BTTF/Simpsons, given it was converted from the former in 2017. You enter small pods of 8 rather than sitting in a room together, in which the pods are lifted up into one large room once the ride begins. It’s fine for what it is. Nothing too special but not the worst ride in the world. Audio was in Japanese but only the pre shows had English subtitles. Jurassic World The Ride After having a lunch break and a reride of Flying Dinosaur thanks to one of my family members who was too scared to go on (but had the pass with it), we decided to go on this. Similar to Jurassic Park it’s animatronic heavy which I love. Theming is great and the drop/splashdown portion is the highlight of the ride. It gets you drenched: fountains burst alongside the splashdown. Harry Potter Nearly missed this as I went for a reride on Hollywood Dream (forwards this time) and my phone was missing. I found it luckily and off I went. Theming is great throughout the land: no Hagrids and it’s a clone but it’s one of the most beautiful areas in the park. Forbidden Journey A simulator/dark ride hybrid, it’s wonderfully themed with large portions of attention and detail given. It’s very intense: more than I was expecting. Only 10-15 minutes wait due to our express passes. The interesting part is that near the end of the ride it broke down in front of a screen. No evacuations: the ride restarted a few minutes later. We got to ride it again which we took advantage of. Not a good idea though: the other two I went with were sick. Flight of the Hippogriff A nice ride for the kiddies, it’s a clone of Road Runner at Movie World. Unlike that, the theming is a lot better, Hagrids Hut and other things located as scenery in the queue. Very nice theming for a kids coaster. Super Nintendo World It’s a miracle we even got here: a family member got sick from Forbidden Journey and we had to take care of them. They got better and off we went to SNW. I loved the interactivity through the land, only got 1 of three keys as we had to go to our timed entries so couldn’t finish the Bowser Jr Minigams. Koopa’s Challenge The headline attraction of the park. Even with express tickets it was still a 30+ minute wait due to how popular it is. I loved it although I wished the glasses were bigger. It didn’t fill my vision and at times it would feel like some characters would just disappear or have only one half of their body visible. Yoshi’s Adventure A simple and slow yet fun ride which gives amazing views, especially as the sun sets. One of the things you was hit the eggs located on your vehicle the same time you saw it: I found all three yet no prize. The wait was 65 minutes yet we only waited 15. Gives great views but best skipping if 65 is stated. Mine Cart Madness Added to the park last year, this is the newest addition to SNW along with the Donkey Kong Country mini area. The wait was 120 minutes: although we only waited 15 with our express passes. It isn’t very long or fast but it’s a fun overall ride for what it’s worth. We had dinner after this and I went on a night ride of Flying Dinosaur: took around 45 minutes although the queue seemed to be getting longer and longer as I waited. Didn’t have time for the mazes: we left after I finished Flying Dinosaur although we did see some performers wondering around the park from around 7 onwards. Universal Wonderland and Minion Land weren’t “haunt zones”: you could spot the performers around the rest of the park, especially in the main circle around the lake. Overall I had a great day. Good planning meant I got on everything I wanted with time for rerides. There are some flaws with the language difference between the workers (Japanese) and my group (English) but everything else was great. Very efficient operations as well (except for Space Fantasy which only had one half of the trains operating for some reason).

Movie World have confirmed the ride is reopening this December. My bet is on Dec 12 or 13 to align with the school holidays

Maybe night market should be pared back to once a month, and run in such a way that dreamworld doesn't have to cancel it every other month for special event nights. So - make it the first friday and saturday of every month, so they've got the remaining weekends for their own events. This also frees up those friday \ saturdays outside of halloween, winter, christmas, country fair etc to run special one-off events for passholders, or special ticketed events for private hire, fundraisers and the like. This would concentrate those that want to visit the night markets into one night a month too, so potentially attendance at a monthly night market would increase. just spitballing, i'm sure there's other problems with that too.

Taken today 😊

No you're not the socials guy? No you yet again have no comeback for the detailed response i've given in response to calling me out? No you're not responding to being called out for your own biases? A riveting contribution to the discussion as always Skeet.

On my visit yesterday I noticed test dummies have now been added. Things are progressing very quickly. The queue now has railings, along with further electrical work being installed (lights, fans, speakers etc). Can’t wait to see this beast finished!

One thing we can all agree on, the diesel train is shit.

A few photos from this morning including what appears to be a section of the old Dreamworld hot dog stand. Apparently the alpine coaster opening in November.

I don't care about overlays, or law changes - I care about the fact that people will scream about the loss of koala habitat while living in a home that only exists because their builder demolished koala habitat. A development proposal like this preserves a lot more trees than Metricon, or Westfield.

The park teases a ride opening people have waited three years for and suddenly everyone forgets the sorry state of the park overall and is all shut up and take my money again. This is why Village has so much contempt for guests and has zero care for the guest experience.

King Claw started preliminary testing last night. Don’t think it reached full height or speed, but testing is underway. The figures eyes were lit up and there is also lighting on each seat.

Amusingly, it seems they had fixed it after I pointed it out on Parkz. Yes there was a typo Yes there was a typo Yes there was a typo ...Hey guys I think I figured out who the MW socials guy is. Let's be honest, You recently challenged me on my comments and I gave you a very thorough written response which despite numerous others in the community positively reacting to, you had absolutely no comeback for. One doesn't have to scroll far back on your profile to see you've got a very negative slant towards Dreamworld and a very positive one towards Village roadshow, so if you're not employed by village then you're at the very least drinking the kool-aid. I will admit that my commentary of late has been very negative towards Village Roadshow, but I do not think that my comments are undeserved. They are of course only an opinion, but I like to think that I go into sufficient detail to support my positions. When either park fucks something up I will call them on it. And when they do great things, I will also support them. There are times when both parks do the same thing, and I will flame Village, but give Dreamworld a pass - but that, in my opinion, is less about which park I favour, and more about which company seems to be trying to be better. Dreamworld is coming from the underdog position, but their efforts in park presentation, staff attitude and similar 'experiential' metrics show me that they're working on being better, so yes - on some issues, they get a pass while village doesn't - and thats because village have shown they don't care about those things and aren't working on being better in those experiential situations. I'll own my comments, and i'll admit if I've gotten something wrong - but don't come on here accusing me of nitpicking and dragging the parks down when your own profile shows just how biased you are - and that says more about you... Why don't you tell us? Or would that breach your NDA... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! That is GLORIOUSLY delicious. Nevermind - you already did. Strange the timing of that, huh?

Agree Brad - after all the care taken to craft 'bamboo' poles this just feels out of place. Perhaps they could wrap the corners in a hemp rope to soften the look, or paint the poles a mottled pattern to blend into the temple more?

I got to see this beast in action tonight. The gondola is now spinning and they were testing a spotlight to light the face up more which looked great. I just wish the face was a lot bigger. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSDknAFA2/

This certainly sounds like a step up from "burnouts: the show"

I think having a single attraction down on opening day, due to open just a few weeks later, is a significant improvement on last season's opening. By the sounds of things its a maintenance issue, potentially beyond their control, so hardly something to come on here and shit on them about.

Just thought I would make a thread for my trip to Japan, all my park visits will be listed here. Universal Studios Japan - September 26, 2025 We went here the day after we landed. We got up around 6am, leaving at 6:45 and getting there at 7:05. There were a bit of crowds on the train but many were already there once we got to security: We eventually got to the gates at 7:30, in which the park opened at 8. There were a decent amount of crowds here and we were a good way back from the front. Anyways, we got in soon after. My first stop was to turn right, in which rode: Hollywood Dream A B&M Hypercoaster (not really a hypercoaster as the height is less than 200ft) As this was my first stop, crowds weren’t too bad. I went in standby in which the queue was listed as 15 minutes: it took around that long for me to get on. My first ride was the “Backdrop” where the train is facing backwards. I loved it: thrilling but not too intense to start my day. Space Fantasy The Ride/SpyxFamily XR Ride A Mack Indoor Spinning Coaster, the ride usually switches between Space Fantasy and an anime-themed overlay, right now it’s SpyxFamily but has been other animes like Demon Slayer and Doremon. The rides listed wait time was 60 minutes , though I used single rider and the wait was only 20-25 including the short preshow. You’re supposed to put on VR headsets on this ride, in which it displays an animation themed to SpyxFamily in accordance with the track: mine wasn’t working so I lifted it up, allowing me to see what the ride looked like without they overlay. All the lights were on as if the ride was running normally. An alright ride but I wouldn’t wait an hour for it. Snoopy’s Flying Ace Adventure This is the park’s new coaster, a Vekoma Family Coaster similar to Road Runner but shorter. This replaced another Snoopy themes coaster built by Senyo, and is the parks newest coaster, only opening a few months prior to my visit. It’s alright for a kids coaster. The theming is good for something that small, simple but it fits in with the area. The coaster was also pretty good for something with young children as it’s target audience. Only a 10 minute wait so might as well get the credit. JAWS Originally built with the park in 2001, this is the last remaining version in the world after it’s clones in Florida and Hollywood closed years prior. Not very intense but the wait was only 5 minutes so we decided to hop on. It’s a fun ride: love the audience interaction and the animatronics. The only bad thing is with SNW and Harry Potter it kind of ruins the sight lines, it’s obvious it wasn’t built with them in mind. Still better having that than no SNW/Potter though.

Nagashima Spa Land - October 3, 2025 Like I said in the thread, we planned to get at the park at 10:30, which we successfully did. Our bus stopped at the east end of the park near the waterpark, which meant that Steel Dragon 2000 was on the other end of the park. I originally planned to hit it first, but O did three coasters, all of which were walkons. Shuttle Loop This was my first ride, a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop that does exactly what it says. It’s one of the simplest rides in the park but a goody, the restraints weren’t too bad and it’s a nice simple ride to start off my day. Dispatches took a bit but it didn’t matter as it was a walk-on for me. The annoying park however is unlike most parks where you grab your stuff and go, you have to wait for everyone to grab their stuff and then they let everyone out at once. Looping Star (no pics of this or Corkscrew sorry) Another Schwarzkopf model with the same trains and restraints, this was another walk-on on the way to Steel Dragon, so I took the chance to ride it. Despite this being longer than Shuttle Loop I have to say that is better, as the turns on this was a bit jolty. The good thing is they actually warned us about it (holding signs saying “this ride violently shakes”) rather than saying nothing. Corkscrew Unlike the other two rides, I had to wait a cycle to ride this, where I discovered another bad part about the operations. Along with the “no exiting until everyone has their things” rule, guests for the next train cannot line up at their rows until everyone has left the station. This slows operations significantly, and the staff do take their time with boarding. Meaning I probably had to wait around 15 minutes before the ride actually started. Onto the ride, it was fine. Nothing special, just your average Arrow Corkscrew, although the OTSR restraints hurt a bit during the corkscrew portion unlike the Schwarzkopf restraints which were relatively pain free. Steel Dragon 2000 It was 11am and I had just done those three rides I had wondered why the park so far was quiet: it was because everyone was here! I waited 80 minutes - luckily the ops were better than the other 3 (you could wait in the station while the train was going rather than waiting on the stairs) and 2 train ops. Dispatches still weren’t Universal or even Gumbaya levels but it was fine. Eventually I got a seat in row 1, and I was off. I love the airtime which works great with the B&M trains - no stapling. Very long and fast layout which I liked. Probably my 3rd best after Hakugei and Flying Dinosaur. As I left - I saw that Ultra Twister was unfortunately closed - the trains covered and it didn’t look like any work was taking place on it today. Acrobat My second B&M Flying Coaster this trip after Flying Dinosaur. The complaints I had before about the boarding process and operations are nothing compared to this. Steel Dragon 2000 and Hakugei were designed for 2 trains and ran with 2 trains. This? It was designed for four trains but ran with one, meaning operations were cut by 75%. The boarding process is also terrible for this. You cannot enter the boarding rows or even the lockers until everyone from the previous ride has left. This slows down boarding significantly. Boarding also took a long time too as they had to try as many seats as possible, asking how many was in each group and assigning rows according to that, moving groups ahead so as much seats are filled. This was fine, but they could’ve done this while the ride was running like at Universal instead of doing nothing while the ride was running. I did love the ride but I preferred Flying Dinosaur a lot more. Hakugei My first RMC and my favourite coaster I’ve ridden. The line was only 20-25 minutes - probably helped by the boarding process and 2 train operations. The boarding process is similar to Flying Dinosaur but a lot better: instead of using paper slips with QR codes (which could fall out during the ride) you lock your stuff up with a key and take it with you, which has a wristband attached. The ride was almost perfect - loved the drop right from the station before the lift hill and it had lots of airtime and speed whilst also being very smooth. Very long as well with a variety of elements. Only thing I didn’t like are the restraints - I felt a bit stapled which hurt a little during the airtime sections. Only a small complaint though. Free Fall The three rides and a lunch break took me to around 2:30 or something. As I walked past, I saw this was a walk-on - I gave it a go as I’ve heard it’s supposed to be really good. Also a very rare ride as well, I believe most of it’s clones have closed. I liked it - it’s like a drop tower and a coaster mixed together. Not a fan of those OTSR restraints though. Ouch. Arashi My first S&S FreeSpin. It was a walk on so I decided to take it to my advantage. Probably shouldn’t have gone on it like that like that - I was the only one on the vehicle. My vehicle wasn’t balanced, and also very light with only me - I was spun around a lot. Not good slamming back and fourth between the hard restraints and the seat. Wild Mouse Just your average wild mouse, I believe it used to be a travelling coaster from Germany moving between fairs before Nagashima bought it. There’s two of the back to back - it’s a less busy day, so only the left side was operating. As said, it’s just an average wild mouse - but a bit painful for my long legs (I’m tall - the short trains aren’t great for tall people). Probably not worth the 15 minute wait I had. Jet Coaster A more family friendly coaster by a Japanese manufacturer Meiwa Komuten, this has a few drops and a lot of spirals in between. I love well this mixes with the forest surrounding this - the brown track and supports really blends into it. Spectacular views both in and out of the coaster, this is what makes the ride great. Children’s Coaster As the name suggests, this is literally just a “Children’s Coaster” geared towards younger kids. I only did this just for the credit. There aren’t many drops or anything - I can’t really complain as I’m far from the target audience. 2 cycles on this - a bit more speed on the second. After this I did another run on Hakugei (only running one train this time) before the park closed. I managed to do everything I wanted (12 rides in 6 hours is decent) - although I would’ve liked a bit more time for rerides on Steel Dragon/Acrobat.

Yeah look I had nothing but praise for the whole of Rivertown, first class all the way. But this weird addition of random rails is just not good.

I'm quite sure if Vekoma still made the Waikiki Wave, Wipeout would still be there - either the original with new parts or a new one of the same type. And i'm not sure there's anything else out there that could beat it!

It’s a good model, why not just replace the old with the new if it’s popular. I’d love to see Sea World get one again!

I don’t see this as anything to worry about because a lot of coasters that are closed for extended periods of time get listed as SBNO. Scooby has also been listed as SBNO the whole times it’s been closed.

I can be naturally skeptical of any statement that comes out of the parks, but I do believe this that they are getting replacement parts (for the existing ride experience) manufactured. Will they need to look at large expenses/closure/something in the not too distant future, yes. But I think it will still reopen as is.

please tell me this was deliberate?

I'm honestly not sure if they still have a development/test website with the amount of errors/issues I have seen go live on ThemeParks.com.au. Attention to detail with their marketing (including socials) has never been their strong suit.

Village Roadshow has commented on Theme Park Ogre’s newest video on the SDSC refurb confirming that two of the screens are staying but most likely with new content added to them.

See I disagree here - Journey's queue rails fit precisely into the theme. the whole queue area is a mass of pipes and fittings. And the queue rails you show here match that aesthetic perfectly - the joints in the pipe are also treated so they present in a different colour, akin to how copper piping used to be brazed with zinc for plumbing. Disney customises their queue rails for each and every attraction. It's not about it being metal, it's about how it suits the location. Here's a few other examples from DisneySea Toy story with it's bright primary colours Indiana Jones queue with bamboo scaffolding poles Tower of Terror with it's regal chains to suit the air of a premium Hotel Hightower Tinkerbell's buggies with their giant sewing needles, clothes pegs and safety pins, and "cotton thread" The suggestion for rope was derived from the queueline further down that already utilises this technique, thereby tying the two (no pun intended) together. Don't get me wrong I would have preferred they got PICO back in to add further 'bamboo look' rails like the ones they already have, but if this is what they're going with - the rope would tie it all together.

Just came across this, meaning the new dining outlet is more than likely going to be called 'Stars Terrace'

Sounds like a storm in a teacup. Koala habitats are developed all the time. I've no doubt half the land making up Coomera today including both the westfield \ costco \ hospital development as well as the myriad of housing estates had koala risk also. By the sounds of the article they have considered the habitat risk and provided remediation \ controls for it. Whether that's enough is up to the powers that be to decide. It sounds to me like some councillors \ NIMBYs didn't like that the application was taken out of council hands and into state gov hands, and someone has pointed out to GCB the size of the koala habitat being taken by the development. I'm confident that the NIMBYs opposed to the application probably live in a local area that was itself a koala habitat until they built their home on it. #hypocrite

WWW had the same excuse last year for The Bro. "The Bro is having problems with the main circulating pumps with the required pressure not high enough to run the slides" @HarryHeHe8it doesn't matter how many coats of paint they add. WWW is old & tired. WWW hasn't opened a new slide for 6 years and 71% of WWW attraction are over 19 years old.

Hence why they use the tag line 'biggest'... though 'best' is more subjective. I personally prefer WWW - it is more relaxed, things are closer together so less walking involved.

I hope your wrong and MW do a soft opening first.

I don't know if the Night Market is in DW's future plans.

I did always think it was going to cause potential issues and would potentially become a deterrent to food truck owners long term if they felt that Jane’s was taking away their customers. I think it was great to have Jane’s open at night for those first few months because it was new and exciting and was a way to show off the new venue and land. And maybe during school holidays/night events hosted by the park it would be great to have open, but on a weekly basis with the night markets probably isn’t necessary.

This isn't the same show as 20 years ago. Back then they were still recording to tape. Now everything is just data that gets uploaded to post houses almost immediately. The show is much easier to produce now. It's mostly PTZ (security style) cameras, and one person can operate 10+ cameras from a single desk, depending on how spread out everyone is. It's not the big infrastructure-heavy show it used to be, which is why the 'house' is just a Set in a shed. It's designed to be temporary, and it's unlikely that the show will ever have a permanent structure again because it's expensive, unnecessary for production, and no broadcaster will be willing to pay for it given the relatively low viewership the show now has. The final series on 7 was only pulling an average 140,000 viewers per night and was cancelled as a result. The previous series only pulled 340,000. Compare that to the 1M-1.7M that ten was pulling in across its first seven series - cancelling it in Series 8 when they only pulled 860,000. They're hoping that the DW nostalgia and live eviction shows will spur some renewed interest in the show, and it might for one series, but that is not sustainable and people will lose interest pretty quickly. The show is only ever going to be as interesting as the cast, and unfortunately, genuinely interesting people (compared to charismatic people) are not usually the extroverted narcissists that are willing to sacrifice their privacy to go on a reality TV show where they're filmed showering naked and taking a crap. But if you're thinking that the scale of the production will be the same as it used to be, you're in for disappointment. It doesn't need to be, and the live shows and the production will be much smaller overall to align with the revenue that the much smaller audience generates. But the show will bring some national exposure for Dreamworld, which it still really needs.

Great we are finally getting a new ride but kind of disappointed if it's just the Bountys Revenge again. They already have Goliath which is a swinging type of ride. Wondering if Black Widow will go soon as well

Yeah sure - and let Kristoff direct from the guest bedroom of Truman's house too, right? Production needs a separate space. End of.

This evening. Sadly got switched off right as it got dark...

That’s some nice looking themed fencing!

I agree, i don't know why they didn't just carry over the same queue rails they are installing at King Claw but with a brown powder coated finish. Bit of a miss here..

The local Council has approved the application for the new gondola system. The full application can be found here: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/taronga-zoo-sky-safari

Are you sure it wasn't due to guest feedback?

which just takes you into a cost vs. benefit analysis - and for something which you yourself admit would only be 'marginally better' it sounds like it wasn't worth it, and here we are.

It shouldn't happen. They pay people good money to manage their social media. They are a professional multi-million dollar business who are the "leaders" in their category. Posts shouldn't have typos or grammatical errors. It's not Bob from around the corner looking for lawns to mow on a community page.

"Hey guys! Come over here! I found the Wedgie!"

Looks like full swings now. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19m4GNsWFn/

I'm sure most of us don't. great observation.

Most of the production will be done from purpose built OB trucks, which do not fit within the building anyway. Sure you will have spaces for the production team on the ground, most likely your camera department, and possibly some producers, but everything else will be from trucks.