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omg I'm so excited! Hopefully they will unpack the containers today so we can see.

Thanks for doing the digging!

it clearly says "While the Gold Coast remains a favourite tourism destination, attracting 12 million visitors each year, the city's economy is diversifying." What are you talking about?

Well, I'm sure dreamworlds average of 1.5 could be higher also. Also, I'm sure those numbers were alot lower before they started to build good rides, the visitors each year would have spiked dramatically per new ride they built. If our parks built something worth travelling for, I'm sure our average for dreamworld could be 2.5 a year within 10 years. They need to take risk & spend money to make money, I'm sick of our rides, they have been the same my entire life almost.

You see, you're also wrong here. Locals don't tend to spend every single weekend @ dreamworld/movie world. Its not about the locals, its about bringing in the tourist, I'm pretty sure the gold coast brings in 12 million visits per year, which I'm sure alot of those numbers would visit our parks: http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/default.html Edit: I checked the exact numbers of Dreamworlds intake & they pull in around 1.5 million per year: http://www.dreamworld.com.au/schools/pdf/dw-schools-faqs.pdf ALL six flags theme parks bring in a combined 25 million per year: https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/partners (there are 13 six flag them parks over the US) which means.. 1.9 million visitors each year visit EACH ONE of six flags theme parks ( I divided the 25 million by 13 to get that number) So.. that means that on average a theme park in the US will have almost the same amount of visitors that dreamworld would per year, yet there parks can manage up to 10 multimillion dollar rides in each park whilst being able to gain enough profit to build more and more and improve over the years. Dreamworld can afford it, but they're too money hungry. We remain the losers of the theme park industry. I guess we will never know.

I just got back from visiting the US for the second time this year, went to Knotts berry farm, Six flags magic mountain, six flags great adventure & cedar point. Knotts berry farm is pretty much located in the ghetto of LA. Great adventure is all the way in in the middle of nowhere, in the woods. Cedar point is on some random island in the middle of nowhere. Magic mountain.. pretty much close to the city, but still.. It got me thinking, how can such expensive theme parks be located in such crappy areas? you'd think the areas these parks are located would indicate crappy, dreamworld like rides. But no, the rides at the theme parks i went to were beyond amazing. Will Australian theme parks ever pick up there game? I mean, what is this new "Tail Spin" crap ride? its just sad. Gold coast theme parks would make 100x more than a random six flag them parks could (which are located in the middle of nowhere).. why cant they just build something good on the gold coast with millions of tourist!? If you have any questions about the roller coasters at the above parks I'm happy to answer them by the way

Sorry for posting this in the wrong section, but it seems this is the only active part of the forum at the moment. Anyway, i have always been able to ride roller coasters when i was younger, without a problem at all. but since visiting the gold coast 2 years ago and being older ( 20 years old ) something strange happens when going through loops/sharp turns.. I noticed it first when riding Superman for the first time, after the launch and the first bend, i got a strange pressure in my forehead and it felt like i was about to get a blood nose, i ignored it and thought Whatever, anyway.. I went on lethal weapon.. same thing happened when passing through the loops! It almost felt like my head was going to explode.. this never happened to me in my younger years? (12 years old) Then a few months ago, i went to dreamworld and the SAME thing happend to me when going through the second inversion of cyclone. Head pressure between eyes, blood nose type feeling. This is SO scary because im planning on visiting Cedar Point in a few years and im scared it will be MUCH worse when riding more intense roller coasters. What im trying to say is, has this happend to anyone else before? or does anyone know what this might be? Im completely healthy and fit (Although i DO smoke and drink alcohol) Thanks guys and sorry to be posting in the wrong part! Hope yall can help. Jak,