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Yep changed in the last few days, and a very positive move imho. Gives a lot more value to people buying as Xmas presents and gives them a clear difference to Funfields and Adventure Park

It was still there a couple of years ago when I did a tractor tour of the rear of the property. Very overgrown and Kangaroos grazing around it but still usable land on a hill. I do realise that people are starting to compare Gumbuya to Gold Coast parks and that's great, but Gumbuya is still and will be a regional theme park and being in Victoria the park will always be more seasonal so I very much doubt that they can continue to invest so heavily in big ticket attractions like TNT and Project Zero in the future. The investors have deep pockets but they will need to see a return on investment. Imho they will be a bit more frugal in their future additions, hence why I think a reopening of the Toboggan run in the future is a distinct possibility. Just to give you an idea of ticket price. Entry into Gumbuya after December 23rd will be $78 single day entry, and $199 for a season pass which is only valid September school holidays until Easter school holidays. Also take into account that Waterpark and Rides are only open school holidays, weekends and weekdays in December. So that $199 only gets you access to about 125 days of year compared to 364 days at the Gold Coast parks. Future high investment means prices would need to increase.....do you think people will continue to accept prices higher than Gold Coast parks? There would be a point where people just say no.

It's a very good point. After these coasters have opened it will mean that Oz Adventure will have 3 coasters, tree swing, rush hour and the Rebel but poor old Outback Explorers will still (except for the tea cups) only have recycled flat kids rides from the Gumbuya Park days. I mean when the park reopened in 2017 it was obvious that OE was an afterthought....I mean the Trucks from Gerry's Roadhouse used to be play equipment outside of the Cafe before Gumbuya Park closed up in early 2017 For Outback Explorers to be extended they can only extend backwards by knocking down the fence and redeveloping land that used to be used for Gumbuya Park rides pre 2017.. Which brings me to my next point, if they do that why not refurbish the Toboggan Run? Its all still there and would need a complete overhaul to bring it up to current safety standards (the run currently is concrete and people coming off was a regular occurrence). But its a ride that would be very popular with older guests as they would reconnect with their childhoods in the 70's and 80's, also it would be a cheap ride to refurbish and would be cheap to maintain, it was also the highest capacity ride at Gumbuya Park and also would give people another reason to take the trip to West Gippsland opposed to Funfields. More importantly Gumbuya mentioned on their socials a couple of years ago that they would like to bring it back in some form. So I believe this is a strong possibility.

I think we all need to be very realistic. I really commend Gumbuya and their investors for all of the investment they have put into the park since buying Gumbuya Park 6/7 years ago, but they aren't silly, they know that the Victorian weather is very fickle and even with amazing attractions very few people will go to the park between late April and September. People think Melbourne's weather is cold, take another couple of degrees off in Western Gippsland. So like the other Victorian parks they will rely on mass crowds over summer to keep them afloat If anything I believe the park needs some indoor attractions to deal with the cold Victorian winters.

It will be accessible from the left hand side of the Wavebeach and behind the Cafe. It's the best place to view the construction currently

No it won't happen. They bought Buzzsaw because it was a coaster with less than 10 years of use. They wouldn't be purchasing a 2nd hand coaster with 26 years of use.

I personally think that it looks awesome having it towering over the Wavebeach. It actually makes you feel like you are at a Theme Park and not at a regional backwater.

Unfortunately they won't be able to imho The very deep pockets that bought Gumbuya Park in 2016 knew Gumbuya Park had 2 big things going for it... A Zoo license and most importantly it was situated on the M1. Quite simply its easy to get to. Funfields is difficult to get to unless you live in the outer northern suburbs, Luna Park is locked with city roads and Adventure Park? Well it's on the other side of Sleepy Hollow. Gumbuya was always going to win out based on location and financial backing.

I'm assuming this would be open for the peak season at the end of this year? Good to see Funfields still investing, although I fear they are going to lose a lot of market share this year with the $40m being spent on Roller Coasters at Gumbuya World. But possibly focusing on slides and keeping value to their day ticket and season pass prices (gumbuya world season pass is $199 😲) could really keep them in the game