themagician

Wonder what could be going on here?

It is for the boat show, just had a look on their website and that area is being used for the park and ride.

One thing we've got to remember is MW don't own the carpark or that land, they rent it off the council (unless it has changed). And that grassed area has been used for small events in the past. That grassed area has been used for Sanctuary Cove boat show parking and Christmas Carols. If anything, I'd imagine that it would be an extention of the current carpark.

I doubt that they remove the ride since it is new and I think its a great addition to the park. Once it reopens I'm defiantly going to be going back on. It may take time, but I'm sure it will open again. As for the change of trains, as Zanstabar said, the track and station was designed for the 8 seater trains and if they replaced them with only 4 seaters, then I would say that it would affect the performance of the ride. I think they are going to figure out why things went wrong (obvious they will do that) and then check all trains (maybe buy new ones) do weeks of testing and then reopen it.

Another behind the scenes photo from theme park social network:

I think what they've done here is pretty cool:

More change have been made

The theme park social network have said that there is a chance it could be open in August. I wouldn't say this is the most reliable source, but thought I'd post it. I know the issue was with the car, but do people think there is a chance that track may been to be replaced or modified?

Dreamworld have released the new pass with entry until June 2016. They have brought back the Buy 3 get 1 Free offer. And they have said that the new motor sport attraction will be opening this summer.

^The Big Red Boat is staying the same, it's the Captain Feather swords ship that is changing.

Pathways are starting to be installed. There appears to be a lot of gravel and sand in the background.

^Yes the signage was updated

I doubt that they would be re branding. I would say they are expanding the area and adding a couple more attractions maybe.

My guess is the new attraction will either be something for wiggles world (probably this since the sign is gone) or the new v8 supercar attraction that was announced earlier in the year.

From VRTP perspective they should make the prices more expensive as then their profit would be greater and they may be able to add more attractions, or improve current attractions. But from a general publics perspective, they won't pay higher prices now. VRTP set the bar by making them $99, if they increased the price now, their sales would probably reduce and Dreamworld's would probably increase if they didn't increase their prices. I would say that most people would want value for money. If they increased the prices, people would question and expect a lot more. That's just my opinion.

^Yeah that shop is completely gone now

I agree, but they may still be doing upgrades to the themeing for a couple of months. They aren't rushing into it all, but hopefully once they have finished the update it will all make sense, and the show will have a decent story to it. The new vehicle will help out with the themeing as well I think:

The set of HSD2 has got a few more new additions. Hopefully once the changes are finished the updated show will be a lot better than what they've got going now

I've only been there once when I wa younger and all I remember about it was the monorail/train. I remember it went up a hill past this lake where some mechanical creature came out of the lake and sprayed water. Once it got to the top of the hill it went around a couple of corners and then we got off and walked around the banna trees

^I just had a look on SWs page and people have asked when it would be opening and SW replied saying this September.

^Despite the bad spelling grammar, I don't think it is a teenager. There are photos of a man on a number of photos of him with characters, or him visiting different parks across the world. I have also seen him at MW before taking photos. I would say he must have some connections with VRTP because sometimes he has posted behind the scenes photos. I'd recommend that he changes the name to 'The Movie World, Sea World and Disneyland Social Network'

Gold Coast Theme Parks have posted this on their FB

Thanks for those photos. SW aren't messing around with it.

More construction photos:

This shows how much land was reclaimed: I also hope that they don't use all of that land that I outlined, but I'm thinking that they will. I don't think that the will use SV old site, for me it just seems out of place and too tucked away for flat rides and small coaster. I'm imagining that this upgrade will be like DW's upgrade to their kids area, they will re-arange the rides and install a few more rides. But for an additional 4 rides including a kids coaster, I don't think that the left side of the reclaimed land will be enough. Just my opinion