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It was part of a Dinosaur promotion the park once had, similar in style to Dinosaur Island at Sea World, and the Dinosaur exhibit that Wonderland had all those years ago. Dare I say they were on loan rather than being purchased by the park.

I think its fantastic the park has given the ride a decent life renewal, especially at a time where a few of us were preparing to say goodbye to the ride. You could almost say it is back to its former glory. But I think the big question on everybodys mind is, will they maintain it, and, where is the swimming shark? Now, if only the Tower of Terror's refurb was as good as this...

Just on the the whale, it used to sit in the tour office, which was above river town fast foods? Or was it somewhere else?

Mark, a few questions for you. 1 - what is happening with the steam locomotives? Can you find out a definite answer, or the current rumors? 2 - Is there much old relics in storage? Are things like the old horse carriage and tower of terror 1 pod hidden away somewhere? 3 - Why was the water fall on the river turned off all those years ago? 4 - Do they still have the old fibreglass whale in the park? It apparently used to sit in one of the tour offices?

Looks like Lee Kernaghan has let slip he is working on new music for a new AOS show.

The tower of terror is a mechanical machine, it's going to break down, regardless of age, or how long since it's last "renovation"..

Currumbin use the steam engines on the weekend, and electric on weekdays. Rumors so far is that they are both going to Woodford Railway, second being that one is going to woodford to be "operational", whilst the other has an operational future on the gold coast. Now there are no other 2ft gauge railways on the gold coast, except for Dreamworld and possibly Sea World (not 100% on the gauge). Whether this rumor is saying that Dreamworld will keep one steamer to run once a year on a "steam week" style event is the question that remains to be seen. The final rumor is that one engine will be put out the front of Main Street station for kids to get photos with (and ultimately let the engine rot away like the Fire Engine, and Little Puff. I have so far not been able to get anything confirmed.

From the Buzzsaw queue, if you look towards the Big Brother Ampitheatre, you can see the Baldwin (red) locomotive. Otherwise, if you can't be bothered waiting for Buzzsaw, you can see it from the Fenceline near the bus parking area.

The baldwin sits at the back of the shed, visible from outside the park, whilst the Perry sits inside the shed, only visible if you catch a glimpse as you go past one of the sheds windows. There's a few rumours circulating about their future, but nothing has been confirmed.

If you are a local and a potter fan, and want to ride the newest big thing on opening day, why not wait the whole day? Gives you a good chance to check out the queue and take it in. If I fit that category I'd consider it.

The "lake" where Dreamworld gets the water for its water rides (ie behind the log ride) is also a flowing Creek (Oakey Creek). It's dammed up where the bridge to vintage cars is, but it has constant water flowing into it upstream from the Creek. As far as I am aware, the Murisippi has no inflow other than rain and probably park drainage, and the river overflows into Oakey Creek. So that's a little insight into the parks waterway systems.

Brief change of topic, but has anyone noticed the influx of Marvel superhero merchandise at Dreamworld in recent times? There is a whole corner of the emporium devoted to Marvel. A sign, or just a cheap deal their merchandising team managed to secure?

Since it is on the events page, I'd say this is one of those corporate Christmas party type of events instead of something like White Christmas.

Reanimated, the stairs are in the unshaded part, in between the Claw and the wipeout shack/ shop directly opposite the ride. I'd say it's very possible the stairs have gone in as an access point during construction. Basically where the Frozen Fanta and hair braiding stands used to sit.

That shelter was one of the old stalls which used to sit across from the Wipeout in the spot which is now a new stairway to the Shockwave.

The decking area remains since that was always "in the water", as the area originally housed the water jets, but yes, the path now goes upto where the water used to start.

Well you must be mistaken. I have seen the modifications in person, and the fence line is more than 2cm closer to the ride, try a meter if not more, The fence line is being installed in the edge of the old pool which was previously the "sandy beach".

Alot of the main work and is mostly being done off site. So just because you only ever see 2 people working on the ride at a time doesn't mean there's a workforce of 2 in total...

Quite possible, but that said, would they have already reworked and rethemed the cave section with the saw equipment if it is still to be announced as a "revamped" attraction? Probably unrelated, but I noticed there are some new mounting frames hanging over and beyond the gondola on the Giant Drop. First thought is that they are new camera mounts, but I guess they could be anything. Could we be seeing a small scale refurb on the Giant Drop?

I will admit, the scale models of main street from what we have seen here are pretty damn impressive, and they look like they will have lights in them. As a modeller, this is really impressive. As a theme park enthusiast though, well...

I doubt it, the track itself whilst looks similar, looks too small in width when compared to Metropolis.

That makes no sense though. Heck you could even say that it is Motocoasters height off the ground which helps ruin it. Height alone has nothing to do with whether a ride is classed as a "thrill ride" or not.

Photo taken on Tuesday, you are welcome.

He's gone walk about, perhaps to take residence on a certain abandoned island...

You must not have read what Alex said above, Disney parks around the world don't close their water rides as soon as 5pm rolls around...