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From my calculations this is a 30.9% decrease operating time for these rides per day. 30.9% decrease = a minus of 26 hours of operation per day.

This is what happens when a bank own a themepark. Don't forget to add to this - The following rides and attractions will be closed for scheduled maintenance: Dreamworld [*]Vintage Cars is closed until further notice [*]Reef Diver is closed until further notice [*]The Ogre Go Round is closed until further notice [*]Super Tubes Hydro Coaster is closed until further notice

This was from an interview with gold coast news yesterday.

Good news for guest if Village keep spending 15 million a year on new attractions. (Would be nice to see dreamworld put this kind of investment back into it each year) "Village Roadshow theme parks chief executive Tim Fisher said the group's continued reinvestment in its theme parks was a major reason for the standout performance. "For the past five years we have ensured that, in terms of capital investment, at least one park every year will have a significant new product to talk about," he said. He said Village would continue to spend between $10 and $15 million every year on a new attraction"

Plans for $2.5bn motorsport precinct Shannon Willoughby, chief reporter | January 11th, 2013 Silvina Frank and Ron Brown, of i-mett, plan to build a motorsports precinct near Norwell. Inset, a similar attraction, Ferrari World, in Abu Dhabi. Pic: Supplied BOLD plans to build a $2.5 billion super motorsports precinct, including a car-themed amusement park and a race track on sugarcane land at Norwell, are to be lodged with the State Government later this year. Gold Coast developer IMETT is pressing ahead with a proposal to buy up farms at Norwell in the city's north to make way for an "international attraction" tipped to create 2000 jobs through the construction phase. But the plans have come under fire from both councillors Donna Gates and Cameron Caldwell, who feel the project is a "land grab" for a residential development. The area, zoned as agricultural land and outside the urban footprint, has often been touted as a future development site and it is understood IMETT is only one party looking at the area. IMETT managing director Ron Brown said the company was not interested in building homes, but rather an "international attraction" also featuring a hospitality educational precinct, a boutique hotel, botanic gardens, bars and restaurants. Have your say on the feedback form below Mr Brown said the proposal was 10 years in the making, with IMETT scouring the Queensland coast for a site in 2003, before seeing it knocked back by the then-co-ordinator-general in 2010. He said the site was between 500 to 600ha, with many of the farmers awaiting approval before they considered selling up. He said he had since met with the State Government and would lodge the relevant application in April under the significant project scheme. A spokesman for the department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning last night confirmed the company had met its executives and had been advised to provide more information to the Co-ordinator-General. Mr Brown said he had engaged international companies Forrec, a Canadian theme park developer, and Tilke, a German racetrack designer, to develop a masterplan to present to the decision-makers. The former airline industry executive said the site would also include a light rail link from a proposed heavy rail station at Yatala and he had begun discussions with European tram developer Bombardier to provide the linkage. Despite the bold vision, Cr Caldwell said he felt the developers were using "bingo words" to try and assume a prime site without the proper development of a masterplan. "It is fair to recognise in years to come there may be a move away from canefarming industry. Rather than an ad hoc approach with bingo words like hotels, race tracks and theme parks, we need a transitional masterplan to map out the area in the event that the sugar industry was to not continue," he said. Cr Gates said the canegrowers were divided. Mr Brown said he had secured funding from UK and US investors.

Yea what he said.

That must be it. "It's on par with what Dreamworld has been adding. Which is below par to Dreamworld standards of old? It’s not that I don’t mind Dreamworld added some of these rides. It just gets my goat they try and pass them of as Colby cheese instead of Homebrand cheese block.

Gosh Zamperla rides look cheap. Don't mind the carriages thou.

Melbourne weather sucks. Last time I went to Melbourne in summer it was 49deg then 12deg the next day.

Would you not class the hydrocoster a 3 person raft.

THEME-park buffs are giddy with excitement as Wet'n'Wild prepares to unveil the country's first corkscrew waterslide in a matter of months.The Constrictor, a spiralling red and yellow tube resembling a snake, will send riders on a 166m ride at 30km/ph.Park management says the slide features the highest and tightest banks in the world, where the rider goes up the side of the slide on tubes.There has been plenty of buzz surrounding the new attraction over the past month with construction of the large structure at the Helensvale park visible from the M1. The 18m-tall slide is being built at the back of the park next to Whitewater Mountain.Online forums had suggested the snake-like slide may be named after a native Australian reptile, but a Village Roadshow Theme Parks spokeswoman confirmed it would be called The Constrictor.She said it was the first of three new attractions to open at the group's theme parks this year."We will also this Spring be opening a Justice League 3D laser ride at Movie World and a new ride at Sea World, which is still under wraps," she said."The Constrictor is the first of its kind in Australia and is almost identical to the same slide in an American Wet'n'Wild park."The ride can seat up to three people in one tube and is a semi-dark slide."We are excited to be bringing the three new rides on line -- it's going to be a big year."A new mystery ride planned for Sea World will replace its Bermuda Triangle attraction, which has been out of action for the past two years.The defunct ride is bing demolished and talk on social media suggests it will be replaced by a storm-themed water coaster.The new ride will be open to the public in the summer holidays. You can see concept photo at http://www.goldcoast...heme-parks.html

Hey Gazza what do you think the height of this new ride will be? With no MCU submissions to G.C.C.C. I would think this ride will be under the 3 storey limit.

Same cut & paste seen weeks ago in the forums. People could no longer say that weeks ago.

Why is a Demolition approval exciting.

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This is the news I have been waiting for. I'm going to pre-purchase my tickets today "THE Federal Government has given Dreamworld $1.1 million to boost indigenous tourism through an Aboriginal culture and Australian wildlife showcase. The Coomera theme park is one of four Australian tourist attractions to receive the Strategic Tourism Investment Grant. The grant was matched by parent company Ardent Leisure and the $2.2 million will be used to convert the park's wildlife experience into an Australian Aboriginal wildlife experience. The transformation has been planned for more than two years and the first stage should be complete late next year. Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson expects the drawcard to lure more tourists to the city and Dreamworld hopes its visitors will enjoy the Coast's indigenous community. Mr Ferguson said the Gold Coast's indigenous attractions already brought in more than $1 billion every year -- a figure he hoped would grow with the installation of Dreamworld's new project. "It is clear from our work internationally and domestically that people want to be exposed to and experience indigenous tourism," he said. "More Australians want to see indigenous experience and see the indigenous employed." Dreamworld owners have worked closely with the Yugambeh people and inbound tourism operators, particularly from Asia, to ensure the new attraction meets visitor expectations. The transformation comes after two years of Dreamworld senior staff working with local indigenous people to forge a strong relationship. In 2011 Dreamworld became the first leisure-based tourist attraction to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan." (gold coast news)

Its was opened a lot longer then that if you consider expo 88 ran for 6 months and the expo fun park stayed open after Expo 88 as a stand alone park. If you turned up at 5pm on a Saturday it cost you $5.00 to ride all the rides to 10pm that night. I liked the ad when it moved http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqiS2eaGgwE Thinking it would be great when I went to Knotts last year, I rode the Boomerang. (f#*king rough)

I think they need votes for that to happen but they might do it themselves.

Funny how MW build a new ride in a drain. I wonder what they thought would happen. DOH

A SPIN on the Gold Coast's newest rollercoaster was even more exciting than expected for several thrillseekers on Tuesday. The multimillion-dollar Movie World attraction, which reaches speeds up to 66km/h and pulls 3.5Gs, has experienced a series of "small technical issues" since it opened last Friday. Adrenalin junkies were stopped in their tracks on Tuesday when a carriage of eight people stalled one-third through the 488m-long ride. A rollercoaster enthusiast, who witnessed the glitch, said it happened about 12.30pm and patrons were stuck for more than 30 minutes before being winched to the ground. "They must have come to one hell of a stop, because it does about 25km/h on that stretch," he said. "You could see it, the whole mechanism just popped completely out. One engineer there told me it was just a teething problem, but I think I'll wait a while before I try it." The Bulletin first reported problems with the ride when a reporter experienced a "rare technical glitch" during a promotional ride last week. That time the coaster, which reportedly has the steepest drop in the southern hemisphere, came to an abrupt stop and remained stationary for about five minutes. Movie World marketing and activation manager Selena Lawson admitted to minor glitches during the opening days but said the ride complied with strict safety regulations and posed no threat. "Yes, it's had an issue. It was minor," she said. "The patrons were covered to be protected from the sun within minutes and they were spoken to the whole "It's certainly nothing to be overly concerned about." Ms Lawson said the ride was tested rigorously before becoming operational, performing 500 circuits at night to ensure its stability and consistency. She said all rides experienced problems when they first opened and the Green Lantern's problems were no worse than usual. "I've been working here for 20 years and the changes in safety regulations and how the rides are built are phenomenal," she said. "There's certainly nothing untoward and we certainly wouldn't put anyone in danger." A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland spokesman said construction and commissioning of the ride was closely monitored. "While recognising the inconvenience caused by the ride's teething problems, WHSQ inspectors believe the ride's significant safety features have not been compromised," he said. Luke Royes Gold Coast News I think you call this news

I was thinking at one point in time the ride entrance would go in the old batman building. The stairs to the mud is a good idea.

Only took me 1/2 a day to do universal. I also loved the all you can eat breakfast at knotts.

I did Disney, Universal, SFMM and knotts in 5 days. I got off the plane at 7:15.am and headed straight to Disney. I also got to see the U2 concert within the 5 days. I didn’t go to bed before 12 each night and was up at 6.am each to do it all again.

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ I would say Disney ended scaling down the idea.

From Dreamworld GM today. "NEW ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCT AT DREAMWORLD IN THE SECOND HALF. " Got the connection