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Thanks Gazza, I just called them - Nope! As long as it's in the ticket validity period (1 December 2010 until 30 June 2011) then it's all hunky dory looks like a score to me!

Hi All, I am just planning stuff for our seemingly recurring trip to the gold coast next year Regarding Dreamworld/WWW (have decided to give them another shot), I was just pricing some tickets (trying to work out a budget) and it's $85 pp for entry into both worlds, OR $69 unlimited https://shop.dreamworld.com.au/AnnualPassIt...p;It=561_A_69SW Can someone please tell me - am I missing something??? I get that it's valid until June 2011 (my trip is in April) and I get that you have to be an Au/NZ resident (which I am), but is there a catch?? It just seems too good to be true if you know what I mean?? Also, is Q4U worth the extra $$?? Thanks!!

Sweet, thanks guys. Might try it in the warmer weather (what the hell is with this weather!)

Having never been to Jamberoo, I have little clue of what to expect. To be honest, it looks kind of lame. Is it worth driving from the near the grave of Wonderland to Jamberoo for a day? Thoughts? Thanks.

kieron5379, obviously I know that it has alot to do with the pipe being black and under sunlight. It doesn't make it any less suspect-feeling though

actually I kind of agree with you about WNW. there were parts of the park that did have an ammonium smell, particularly in the old area. The newer area was fine, though I must say it was unnervingly warm in the black hole.

@reanimated35, Movieworld didn't smell at all like wee - I guess you were unlucky or perpetually near someone who has a weak bladder/poor hygeine. I guess everything was working in BT, I have only been on it once before, and it was quite a few years ago. I enjoyed movie world. @AlexB, he might have just clicked the wrong button, have a cuppa my friend @Gazza, re surfrider, thanks for the tip, I will think of that next time - we were all about the same size (10-15kg varience, all about the same height) so it may not have made a huge diff for us anyway, was just happy to get on it

I’ve just returned from beautiful sunny QLD (well, actually returned on Wednesday night). While up there, my husband and I went to Wet n Wild, Seaworld and Movie World. Wet n Wild is still our fave – we had a blast, and this time, the surfrider was open. Unfortunately the jets weren’t on, and the “pods” didn’t spin most of the time but it was still a lot of fun – I have never screamed so loudly or for so long in my life! Awesome fun to ride though. Went on everything except for a few in the old section of the park, and couldn’t justify lining up for Kamikaze for over an hour. Was a little crowded, but it thinned out in the afternoon. Found the black hole to be darker than it was last time. Also, nearly go squashed by a cloverleaf raft being carried by two very petite teenage girls. As much as I don’t have a prob with climbing stairs with a raft, someone is possibly going to get hurt if they don’t consider a conveyerbelt for the bigger rafts like they have at WhiteWaterWorld. Seaworld was great – I hadn’t been there in almost 6 years, so it was almost a new experience to me. The dolphin show was awesome, and I love shark bay, it’s my dream to have a fishtank like that. Bermuda Triangle was good fun, there was a kid in the seat in front of us who was freaking out a little to her mum, so naturally we stirred the pot and told her how scary it is (cough). Good to see that a lot of the animatronics are still working. Went on the Jet rescue – as much as it is the same coaster design as Mick Doohans Motocoaster at DW, this was so much more fun, seemed quicker as well, both in queuing and the ride itself. Finally got to go on the corkscrew – I loved it, it’s just a fun classic ride. Liked it so much I did it twice! And felt rather ill afterwards. Movie World was good, though we only went on two rides. Went on the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster, it was awesome fun – I had never been on it before, as it was closed when we were up there in November last year. And we went on Superman Escape as well, which is by far my favourite rollercoaster EVER. We wanted to go on Lethal Weapon, but the line was way too long and we had a flight to catch.

Further to my post above, I was bored on the weekend (after being cooped up for 3 days with a nasty chest infection) and went for a drive out to Cables. It's still very closed, and it doesn't look like a whole lot has been done yet, though there was a newish looking tractor in there. The place still looks like it belongs in a bad 70's summer camp/horror movie.

Was having a chat to my Hubby on the weekend, and he mentioned that on a forum for the Penrith Panthers (our footy team) the reopening of Cables had been mentioned... Naturally I thought he was full of it, but I was curious and googled it... he wasn't kidding according to this article. http://www.westernweekender.com.au/index.p...view&id=956 Here's hoping it's true - I always wanted to try it when I was a kid.

I love luna park sydney, it's a relatively cheap night out. Now, if only my stomach could handle the UFO and the rotor then I'd be set!! I must say I was quite disappointed with Luna Park Melbourne when I went, but maybe it was just the over crowding of a weekend that got to me. Might try it again next time I go down.

Gazza, I left the queue when someone spewed, because if I smell, or see vomit, then I am extremely likely to vomit myself. I can't help it, it's a reflex I've had my whole life. You're right, I didn't persevere much with Dreamworld, because the atmosphere sucked, there were loads of kids running around, jumping the queue and swearing their heads off, and quite frankly, when I've been told that it's "the best theme park in QLD" I expect a little more than 2 of the bigger rides breaking down at the same time. In all the years I went to wonderland (every year since I was 4 till close), Nothing ever broke down while I was queuing to ride it. As for "wasting time" at other attractions which require no queue, I was also spending sometime with my husband, who had a slightly gammy shoulder on the day thanks to WWW the day before and being a decent human being, I didn't want to make him "hold my bag" while I had fun and he looked on. The plan was to do the big stuff at the end of the day so he could go on it too and not worry about being injured for the rest of our day there. I understand that you have to queue for stuff. We went mid week to try and avoid it a little and it was still crazy busy. Jay, it's not that I didn't want to go on the big rides, I did, I had every intention of doing so. I don't know what the wait time was for the big ones, I saw the queue, full of screaming kids who were jumping around and knocking into people, and I decided, hmm, no freaking way. Had the WipeOut and Cyclone not broken down at the same time, maybe I'd have stayed and tried again later, but that, combined with the spew in the queue for the Claw, was the last straw. Dreamworld is a rip off in my opinion. Wet n Wild rocks.

Lotl_90, I understand that. It's the end of the year and it's party time for the kids. But I wanna party too dagnabbit! As for the Cyclone, I couldn't see anyone stuck on the lift hill, though it wouldn't have suprised me in the slightest. I really wanted to go on the Cyclone though, I never got to ride it at Luna Park Sydney when it was the big dipper. As for Wipeout, it looks kind of lame anyway

As the title suggests, I went to Dreamworld for the first time last week, and for a park that is said to have "the big six thrill rides" I left very disappointed. It didn't help that there were about 6 primary school groups there as well. Started out on Thunder River Rapids, expecting it to be like the Snowy River Rampage, formerly of Wonderland Fame. It was watered down, slow, and a little boring. The only reason I got wet was because I sat on a wet seat. Made our way over to the Mummy show, it was a bit of fun, but only because we were in there with three 11 or 12 year old boys who screamed like little girls every time a scary-thingy popped out... My hubby had a wonderful time tormenting them. Hilarious. Then went up to the Big Brother House, left very quickly because I simply do not care about that show nor have I ever cared. Went to line up for the Rocky Hollow log ride, the queue was massive, so we decided we'd come back to it if we cared enough. Queued for about half an hour for the motocoaster. I want that half hour of my life back. It was the most pansy boring ride ever. Walked through the wildlife bit, the salties were cool, and the tigercubs, though sleeping, were absolutely gorgeous. Went on the Reef Diver, was very dizzy afterwards. Queued up for the Wipe-Out, which broke down while we were queuing. So we went over to the Cyclone. Which broke down while we were queuing. Went over to the Claw, but left the queue quite fast when someone spewed near us, while waiting. Looked at the queue for Giant Drop and the Tower of Terror, but they were massively long since 2 of the other "decent" rides were broken down at the same time. Was so tired, hot and cranky by this point that we decided bugger this, let's get out of this dump. Not going back to Dreamworld, not worth the money. If Dreamworld were aiming to capture the kids market, they did it. But what about the rest of us?

I went to WWW with my hubby for the first time last Tuesday. We were planning to spend most of the day there, however in under 2 hours, we'd been on everything, and it was all quite average. The aquacoaster (hydrocoaster?) was pretty good though, and I have to give them credit for putting in conveyor belts for the big rafts for stuff like the aquacoaster, greenroom and rip. AlexB, the stairs are a killer, both at WWW and WNW. I think it's a subtle ploy by QLD Govt to combat the obesity epidemic sweeping our nation LOL sneaky devils. In short, WWW has nothing on WNW