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Dreamworld is still lacking a dark ride, a water ride, a second major thrill coaster, a second inverting thrill ride and an adults-only space like a bar. They're also lacking shows - especially shows that aren't for little kids. Most importantly a second themed land. Rivertown is it. Goldrush, Rocky Hollow and Ocean parade used to be themed lands (even if they got a bit crap toward the end), and Ocean Parade is currently a dead end with a Big Brother set. Dreamworld needs to replace Rocky Hollow with a new water ride. They need to fix ocean parade from the Wipeout plot around to Kevil Hill and completely remove Gold Coaster - which is a janky painful experience - and tightly integrate a new internal entrance to WWW - maybe using the land to weave coasters and slides together. DW doesn't need to 'replace what was lost' because they also lost the chair-lift, the paddle steamer, the Tiger Island presentation, Thunderbolt, and ToT. They need to build out new themed lands and have a good balance of attractions for kids, families and thrill seekers. They also need to remove Motocoaster and Gold Coaster - which is honestly more of an opportunity than a loss - They don't need direct replacements, but a second family coaster, and a second thrill coaster are definitely things they'll need.

But both parks also saved millions of dollars by getting massive set pieces built in Vietnam instead of Australia, and without that, we would have Rivertown - at best - looking more like Steel Taipan. So I'd say it's worth it for Dreamworld and Pico to sort their s*** out, because if they do we get more like Rivertown and Universal-level parks, and if they don't we get Six Flags level parks. You get what you pay for, and I think both parks have received a lot of value for what they paid. Even incomplete, Rivertown is great, and the theming that does exist in WoZ is also good, there just needs to be more of it and the coasters needed to be custom designed to fit into that space (and existing queue buildings) better.

I wouldn't say that. Companies that work together often have disputes over contracts and deliveries, and they continue working together. In future they just make sure that the expectations, communications and dispute resolution procedures are more clearly defined in the contract. Given the large amount of future expansion Dreamworld has planned, it would be foolish for Pico Play not to offer to rectify any problems and repair the relationship to get future work.

This conversation has several pages of conversation unrelated to King Claw. Perhaps it should be spun off into a new thread?

The general store and Motocoaster are going to be re-themed at some point, and the fencing in that area could be installed along the train line to help hide the BoH areas. I wouldn't assume it's going to land-fill, I would expect it is being stored for (and was possibly originally intended for) those purposes.

Intamin would have the final say on the size and weight of anything attached to the structure. They would have designed specific mounting points with appropriate specs considering things like forces from wind, clearances around the motor/catwalk for maintenance. Tigeren's is around the same size (possibly a little bit bigger), but it might just be a bit less flat and has matching paint on the structure to make it feel bigger. I think most people are going to be looking at the gondola though, and the lighting on that looks great.

This isn't the same show as 20 years ago. Back then they were still recording to tape. Now everything is just data that gets uploaded to post houses almost immediately. The show is much easier to produce now. It's mostly PTZ (security style) cameras, and one person can operate 10+ cameras from a single desk, depending on how spread out everyone is. It's not the big infrastructure-heavy show it used to be, which is why the 'house' is just a Set in a shed. It's designed to be temporary, and it's unlikely that the show will ever have a permanent structure again because it's expensive, unnecessary for production, and no broadcaster will be willing to pay for it given the relatively low viewership the show now has. The final series on 7 was only pulling an average 140,000 viewers per night and was cancelled as a result. The previous series only pulled 340,000. Compare that to the 1M-1.7M that ten was pulling in across its first seven series - cancelling it in Series 8 when they only pulled 860,000. They're hoping that the DW nostalgia and live eviction shows will spur some renewed interest in the show, and it might for one series, but that is not sustainable and people will lose interest pretty quickly. The show is only ever going to be as interesting as the cast, and unfortunately, genuinely interesting people (compared to charismatic people) are not usually the extroverted narcissists that are willing to sacrifice their privacy to go on a reality TV show where they're filmed showering naked and taking a crap. But if you're thinking that the scale of the production will be the same as it used to be, you're in for disappointment. It doesn't need to be, and the live shows and the production will be much smaller overall to align with the revenue that the much smaller audience generates. But the show will bring some national exposure for Dreamworld, which it still really needs.

Small point, but it's the Australian Geographic Society - publishing Australian Geographic magazine. NatGeo is National Geograpic, magazine and Cable TV channel - now (partially) owned by Disney. Similar organisations, easily confused. But it's a good fit for Dreamworld and will probably make it a lot easier for them to build out educational experiences, since Aus Geo has the magazine/Awards and is associated with Northern Pictures so they effectively have a production arm to lean on.

It's Showtime Entertainment Production group, not Showtime FMX. Completely different companies. MW are changing from this: https://www.showtimefmx.com/ to this: https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

Here is the company doing the new show: https://www.sepproduction.com/projects/

6 have been built (plus Powder Keg), Only Ring Racer in Germany is the only one pulled down, but it only operated for 4 days and was closed because it was not economically viable (built at an F1 race track, not a theme park). Maxx Force is reliable - usually down because of train/sensor/block issues not launch system issues. The 4 in China are currently SNBO because Bullet Coaster had a roll-back on the top hat and collided with another train in the station. All of the air-coasters at Happy Valley parks stopped operating in China the same day. Powder Keg is an air-launch retrofit of a Premier Rides Water Coaster, and it's extremely reliable. I wouldn't buy a coaster from S&S, but the air-launch system is just a horizontal launch tower, which are generally one of the more reliable rides available. If the goal is to keep the existing Intamin ride (and trains) and just change the launch, then S&S would absolutely be an option. Building the compressed air launch systems are the one thing they do really well.

Red Force can accelerate a train from 0-100kph in 2 seconds, which is the same as Superman, so the current track length is enough if MW were to invest in the same super-capacitors. Regardless, modern LSMs can be placed on curved track and vertical track, so the launch could just continue up the top hat. S&S also do compressed air launches which are still being produced. So there are more options than just an LSM conversion.

The sad part is that Showtime have enough talented performers (bikes, cars, etc.) that they could put on a good 'action' show with a proper concept/script/direction, but they just don't. I don't really understand why there is a truck on a lake at Sea World with BMX riders, when those same BMX riders could be contributing to a better action/stunt show at MW. It's one thing to need to cut costs, or reduce risk, but a good concept and script only needs to be written once and then it costs nothing. Same with allocating performers to the right park and the right show. It would probably be more cost effective for Sea world to just invest in a really impressive fountain show, and put all the money for performers into MW, and both shows would be better than they currently are.

One of the greatest things I've ever experienced in my life is the queue for the Flume at Seoul Land. It's about a 90+ minute wait to get on the ride, the queue is just switchbacks under an awning (similar to Murrissippi Motors), but they have slim benches (maybe 8 inches wide) lining one side of the switchback all along the line. So you can actually sit down in the shade, while queuing and just slide along when the line moves. But to get back on topic, new 'Action' could be anything. It could be a street show, stunt show, showcase or just an announcement for a Doomsday replacement.

Universal only license the rights for their specific parks and exclusion zones around their parks. Village could license Harry Potter from WB at any time (and have previously) for an attraction. WB World in Abu Dhabi is currently building a Harry Potter World. There are plenty of other WB/New Line or Village Roadshow IPs to choose from: Dune, Mad Max, Happy Feet, Final Destination, Lord of the Rings, Austin Powers, Mortal Kombat, Ocean's 11, The Matrix, Gremlins, The Exorcist, Wonka. They also distribute the Monsterverse (Kong/Godzilla) for Legendary Pictures, and Mattel movies like Barbie. Mattel previously licensed Hotwheels to Dreamworld. There's also all of the WB/HBO TV series like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, Friends, The last of us, Rick and Morty, etc. Village don't need to look outside the WB catalogue for popular IP that would create amazing theme park experiences. They just need to be willing to spend the money on the license AND creating an amazing experience.

So, this has been memory-holed at this point, but what ever happened to the refurb of the Superman station and the removal of the locker system that MW announced last year?

The government is building the Coomera connector which is an alternative 6 lane highway route south from Coomera and will remove much of the local traffic trying to enter the M1 southbound at the roundabout - which will improve the traffic at the DW entrance.

But the point wasn't about getting onto the M1 quicker. The point was to clear the DW car park quicker. Filtering even 50-60% of the south-bound traffic onto Foxwell road would help clear the round about for north-bound traffic and overall there would be an improvement in traffic flow over the current situation - including on the M1 outside DW. There is no situation where improving signage and funneling south-bound traffic onto that exit would make the current traffic worse as Dapto described it.

It needs to be more prominent, and signed as Exit to M1 south or 'Exit to Gold Coast'. Currently all the exit signage directs people toward the round about. Look at the arrows on the ground. The majority of the car park directs people to the right, away from that exit.

This could be remediated with a one-way exit from the car park on the WWW side, with a slip lane heading south onto Foxwell road. People could then take DW Parkway to Hope Island Road and enter the M1 southbound there. The current DW car park is a cul-de-sac which is never good for traffic.

More info - Slides designed and manufactured by Weigand (Germany). https://www.wiegandwaterrides.de/en/projects/cruise-ships/icon-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean/

Can anyone give a detailed explanation for why it is not reliable, and how it became that way?

This post from July 19, 2004, shows that supports were only being installed on The Claw in mid-July. The ride opened September 18, 2004. Dreamworld is definitely aiming for a September holiday opening.

I get that there are probably few fabricators, but this isn't really a niche theme-park thing. Queensland has nineteen 2ft gauge sugar cane railways covering over 3000kms (a longer distance than Melbourne to Cairns). There is absolutely infrastructure in QLD to build/maintain/service them.

MW also had a Shreck 3D movie at Roxy - which at the time was Dreamworks (now owned by Universal), so there's clearly not an agreement with WB to use exclusively WB properties. Everything is available for licensing for the right amount of money.