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Prepare to Reach New Heights with The Flash Speed Force coming to Warner Bros. Movie World Warner Bros. Movie World is excited to announce a new 30-metre-high attraction, The Flash Speed Force coming in 2024. Click here to continue reading

A sneak peak at Gumbuya World's 2 new coasters. Gumbuya World, located 66km southeast of Melbourne set itself the ambitious goal of opening two new roller coasters in 2022. With the grand opening planned just prior to Christmas, we give you a sneak peak of the rides as they undergo their finishing touches. Click here to continue reading

Great ride, great theming, confusing operations: Leviathan wooden roller coaster opens at Sea World After delays of biblical proportions, Leviathan, the centrepiece of the $50-million New Atlantis themed area at Sea World, has finally opened to the public. Does the ride live up to years of hype? Click here to continue reading

Evil Returns to Warner Bros. Movie World this Saturday with Fright Nights Warner Bros. Movie World has conducted final rehearsals ahead of the return of the park’s iconic after-dark event, Fright Nights which commences this Saturday and runs on selected nights throughout October. Click here to continue reading

Ardent secures Major Amusement Park Licences Ardent Leisure Group Limited announces that the Queensland workplace health and safety regulator, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ), has today issued the Company with Major Amusement Park Licences (MAP Licences) under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) for both ofits Dreamworld and Whitewater World amusement parks on the Gold Coast. Click here to continue reading

Evil Returns to Warner Bros. Movie World with Fright Nights Warner Bros. Movie World is excited to announce that after a two-year hiatus due to COVID restrictions, the iconic after-dark event, Fright Nights is returning to the park on selected nights this October. Click here to continue reading

Journey Over the Rainbow with an all-new The Wizard of Oz Precinct Coming to Warner Bros. Movie World Guests to Warner Bros. Movie World will soon be able to travel the iconic Yellow Brick Road with an all-new The Wizard Of Oz themed precinct featuring two new family-friendly rides opening in 2024. Click here to continue reading

Strap in for the Sunshine Coast’s first rollercoaster launch The Sunshine Coast’s first rollercoaster has taken off at Aussie World today with some lucky thrill-seeking park guests getting a chance to experience the ride before it officially opens next week. Click here to continue reading

The sale of Main Event signals a logical end to Ardent Leisure's Dreamworld saga Ardent Leisure's sale of Main Event leaves them debt free, with a war chest of $150 million cash and nothing to spend it on but Dreamworld. But the shareholder windfall suggests the sale of Dreamworld – sooner rather than later. Click here to continue reading

Stay, Play and Cruise in Queensland: Royal Caribbean and Village Roadshow Theme Parks' New Partnership Two of the biggest icons in family adventure have come together to create the ultimate end-to-end Queensland getaway. Royal Caribbean International has teamed up with Village Roadshow Theme Parks to offer guests sailing from Brisbane on Quantum of the Seas access to exclusive accommodation and attraction packages, combining two amazing family experiences into one holiday with plenty of added perks. Click here to continue reading

Aussie World Events Set to Celebrate Return of Interstate Tourism Aussie World will be the epicentre of family, fun and laughter this summer hosting two of the Sunshine Coast’s biggest celebrations over the holidays. Click here to continue reading

Dreamworld’s Steel Taipan roller coaster Prepares to Launch The wait is almost over for Dreamworld’s triple launching, four time inverting roller coaster. Click here to continue reading

Buzz off - Dreamworld commences dismantling of Buzzsaw roller coaster Buzzsaw operated for almost 10 years, finally closing to the public in August 2021. Now Dreamworld has begun dismantling the ride, and with the opening of Steel Taipan just weeks away it represents a dramatic change to the face of Dreamworld. Click here to continue reading

Sea World Celebrates 50th Birthday Sea World is proud to be celebrating the major milestone of 50 years of operation on the Gold Coast with the marine park officially opening on 30 October 1971. Click here to continue reading

Sea World's dormant beast: up close with the Leviathan wooden roller coaster Sea World's Leviathan is looking more and more like a fully realised roller coaster as it inches closer and closer to its delayed 2022 opening date. Click here to continue reading

Construction flies ahead on Wet'n'Wild's newest water slides Wet'n'Wild are moving forward with construction of their latest collection of water slides ahead of their expected opening in December. Click here to continue reading

Sea World's wooden coaster delays changes the theme park landscape this summer – potentially for the better With Sea World's Leviathan delayed until 2022, Village Roadshow prepare to lean on a lineup of new attractions at Movie World, Wet'n'Wild and Paradise Country for the forthcoming summer. Dreamworld are set to benefit by not sharing the limelight when they launch the Steel Taipan roller coaster later this year. Click here to continue reading

Sea World goes Spooky this October The most Spooktacular event of the year is returning to Sea World this October with Sea World Spooky Nights transforming the iconic Gold Coast park on selected Friday and Saturday nights. Click here to continue reading

Get in with a too-good-to-be-true $50 annual pass to Dreamworld before Steel Taipan opens With the hotly anticipated Steel Taipan just months away, Dreamworld and Destination Gold Coast have unveiled a new deal for local residents that will give twelve months entry to Dreamworld for an amazing $50 to Gold Coast residents. Click here to continue reading

Dreamworld's Winterfest and a farewell to Buzzsaw. We check in on this year's incarnation of Winterfest at Dreamworld, while also looking at some of the latest improvements as Steel Taipan nears completion and further attraction removal projects continue around the park. Click here to continue reading

An Afternoon at Warner Bros. Movie World's Hooray for Hollywood parade. Warner Bros. Movie World has debuted its latest event, 'Hooray for Hollywood' in celebration of the theme park's 30th birthday. We headed along before the current Gold Coast lockdown to take in some of the old and new characters, props, entertainment and dining options. Click here to continue reading

Around the grounds at Village Theme Parks As we head into winter we check in on the goings on at the three main Village theme parks on the Gold Coast. The new slides at Wet 'n' Wild have been delivered to site. Over at Sea World progress has slowed on Leviathan. Incremental improvements continue at Movie World in time for their 30th anniversary. Click here to continue reading

Warner Bros. Movie World Celebrates 30th Birthday Warner Bros. Movie World is celebrating its 30th Birthday in style with the unveiling of an all new three-metre-tall Bronzed Bugs Bunny statue in the Fountain of Fame this morning. Click here to continue reading

Steel Taipan rises over Log Ride rubble at Dreamworld Dreamworld's recovery continues, with Steel Taipan well on the way to completion, and further disused attractions being removed from the park. Click here to continue reading

An Australian-First Thrill Ride Ready for Launch on the Sunshine Coast Aussie World on the Sunshine Coast has announced that it will open the much-anticipated SX360 thrill ride on Friday 18 June, giving thrill seekers an all-new experience on Australia’s tallest and fastest 360-degree pendulum swing. experience.” Click here to continue reading