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Hi all! So, I wasn't around during the openings of allot of the classic rides at Dreamworld such as Rocky Hollow, and Eureka Moutain (in which I've never see active), however I still have quite a spark of interest around the original themeing and function of rides and such. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what Rocky Hollow was actually like when it was fully functioning? Were the dinosaurs that still reside in the ride today actually apart if it when it first opened? And finally, why is Rocky hollow so separate from the Town of Gold rush? I would have imagined it be better suited to that area. Thanks all!

CYCLONE Roller Coaster at Dreamworld is going backwards in 2016

Dreamworld’s big thrill ride the BuzzSaw has been closed due to safety concernsDREAMWORLD'S BuzzSaw ride is closed because of a safety issue. The thrill ride was shut down on February 9 and remains closed as engineers investigate the problem. A Dreamworld spokeswoman said there was a problem with the safety system that the team was looking into. “The harness has several layers of safety and one of those layers has been compromised,” she said. “They’ve got to keep it closed until they’ve done a full assessment. “No one will ever be in danger because of those safety layers.” The spokeswoman said there was no incident with riders that sparked the closure. It is unclear when the ride will reopen. Property Of Gold Coast Bulletin

A word of warning for anyone planning a trip to Dreamworld on weekdays. Certain rides no longer operate all day. Entry price remains the same. After 4pm it's vomet time when Dreamworld decide to close the Thunder River Rapids and Log Ride only leaving the thrill rides open. By the way the water in Thunder River Rapids looked quite filthy when the rapids are turned off. http://www.dreamworl...ation-Hours.pdf I persume this is only during off peak times and not during school holidays. There was not many people there so queue times were short. There was only 2 people in line for Cyclone and other rides I went straight on! It did get quite boring after 4pm when the rapid ride closed Movie World and Sea World operate there rides all day. Another thing that puts Dreamworld behind the competition...

Hey guys, in this thread I will post previews of my RCT3 creations which hopefully will one day be completed. I begin with my recreation of Buzzsaw at Dreamworld. Hope you like it! Comments are welcome, good and bad.

Well, looks like we have our next development plot at Dreamworld. I stumbled upon this ad on AusLeisure advertising that the Reef Diver at Dreamworld is up for sale, and will be closing by the end of April. http://www.ausleisure.com.au/images/Ads/2014%20Ads/Dreamworld%20Ride%20Ad%20QP%20102%20Final%20bulletin.pdf So with the Reef Diver gone, and Stingray having departed a while ago now, that does leave a sizable plot of land for a new flat, if they decide to go that direction, but for all we know it may become a glorified seating and garden area like the Stingray area... Dreamworld Ride Ad QP 102 Final bulletin.pdf

Check out this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtbwvSCrx38

Hi everyone the other night i was doing some looking around on Facebook and came across this picture ride could this be one of the many rides being planned for near future? Could it be MovieWorld Or Dreamworld

Consider yourselves teased.

I found this old ad for Dreamwold from 1992. Back then they had clean water for all of there water attractions.

Check out this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbglBUlA2 Dreamworld - "as it should be"

I was wondering if anyone had any track lists for the music they play at WBMW & DW. I know the obvious songs (Wiggles in Wiggles World, Wild Wild West in Wild West Falls etc) but I was meaning the general music played throughout main street of both parks.

What do you personally consider to be the most intense ride on the Gold Coast? I expect to see a lot of people saying either Giant Drop or Superman Escape but I actually consider the AquaLoop water slide to more intense, standing on that trap door and awaiting the drop is terrifying (but the anticipation is half the fun), and then there is the actual drop and the loop.

"Belinda" made this comment on Facebook regarding the old Mine Ride. the Mine ride retired a long time ago. It will not be back but one day it will become something else. The project would be huge so no telling when this will happen,, but it will. It was a great ride in its day. :-) So when will this project happen? Next year, 5 years, 10 years? And what will it be? I bet it would be a great new attraction but until I know what it is and when its going to happen I still will not renew may pass which expires next week.

I'm heading up to the Gold Coast in November, and I want to visit some theme parks while i'm there. The only parks I have been too before are Dreamworld (I was only tall enough for the small rides back then), Movie World (back when the Superman Escape was only new) and Wet n Wild (before the AquaLoops, and I dind't go on the Jetsteams as the lines was too long). Now I'm going when it won't be holidays so there are no long lines. What is the best choice for a thrill seeker, Dreamworld and White Water World or Movie World, Wet n Wild and Seaworld. Note that the Cyclone will be closed a Dreamworld when I'm at the gold coast

Dreamworld & Whitewater World Early Nov 2013 Trip Report: We returned here for 2 days during our time in QLD again this year, the same as this time last year, noticed some improvement, some disappointing aspects, but overall had a good time. My first positive impression related to the easier walking routes & access between some areas – last year/years past I recall it being quite confusing or offering little obvious easy access between certain areas, this year it seemed better, including signage – e.g. from Wiggles World to the Tower Of Terror II / Tigers / Madagascar area, also from the Wildlife area to Wiggles World. I also noticed seemingly less unattractive closed/blocked off/maintenance works/untidy areas than last year, and less areas appeared very dated/aged, which is good. The access to/from Whitewater World through the Flowrider shop is a bit of a pain, the old nearby gate area was far better, worse however was it closing at 4pm since things apparently close in Whitewater World then – that’s too early not only for things to close (except in Winter), but for the access to close as in my case I merely wished to get a good view of my family on the Cyclone Coaster. Speaking of opening and closing times, every day they are open regardless of school holidays or not: - The gates and some various attractions should open at 0930, - ALL attractions should open at 1000: I see they list various later opening times for various attractions on their website (e.g. Log & Rapids Rides 11am (Ridiculously late!), Motorcoaster 1030 etc.), but honestly that’s very poor, - More attractions should remain open right up to 5pm, including various aspects of Whitewater World (except, perhaps during winter), - The main Dreamworld gates, on the weekdays we visited, had plenty of Ticketing windows open, the staff opened them several minutes prior to the advertised opening time of 10am and seemed very friendly, and other staff actually opened the access entry gates a few mins prior to 10am as well – all of which was good to see (Last year we used the Whitewater World entry which, by comparison, had only 1 or 2 ticket windows open with few staff, which didn’t open until very close to 10am and the entry gates in didn’t open until a few min after 10am, which was disappointing at the time). All ticket windows that are scheduled to open on any given day should open 10 mins prior to opening to start processing customers, and all entry gates should open a few mins prior as well. The food choices overall weren’t too bad, though some was over-priced. The Humdifier/Mist spray devices around the place were a welcome addition (can’t recall them / as many last time), though I noticed some of the garden hose-driven ones seemed to have the water turned off whilst the fan remained on later in the (warm) day which was strange. With water saving/restrictions this is understandable I guess, though I would hope such a facility would use lots of water recycling/environmentally friendly systems. Sun shade seemed pretty good too, a fair effort was obvious to add certain shaded areas either via trees or man-made shades – during past visits I recall thinking some areas could do with more shade, but didn’t seem a problem this year which is good. Most toilet facilities seemed OK, though some of them could have more than 1 cubicle toilet. We still struck some hefty attraction queues, due in part to many school kids there 1 day who seemed to be permitted to just wander in front of some queues. I guess not much can be done about queues in general, other than open more attractions earlier and close more later to stretch the day for customers, I shudder to think what it would be like during school holidays / long weekends. I really like how closed-in shoes are not required AT ALL for anything, so we could just wear thongs – (seems popular in QLD?), good stuff. Smoking didn’t seem too much of a problem this time, and whilst it’s good to see much “No Smoking except in designated areas” signage I still copped wiffs of filthy smoke in certain areas – it’s time these kind of theme parks banned smoking completely within all of their grounds, providing areas only well outside the boundaries away from entry gates / bus stops etc. Most of the staff seemed quite friendly, helpful and seemed to at least look like they were enjoying being there including funny banter between other staff – good stuff. Onto the various attractions & rides: - Zombie Evilution was pretty much as expected – similar laser tag to Alien Vs Predator Vs You which we did last year - The same guy was hosting as last year for AVPX and he’s great – stern & somewhat serious, which is good! I honestly found the internal area a bit underwhelming and drab inside – but still fun. - Rode the Tower Of Terror II for the first time ever and, even after watching it many times, knowing exactly what was going to happen, how it flew out backwards etc., both my sister & myself once strapped in, in our excitement were both convinced we were about to jet forwards – resulting in an even more terrifying experience! It was pretty intense, and we agreed a bit too much for my 7yo kid (who’s not so keen on some scary activities) – next time he’ll have a go. We found it pretty awesome. And it’s shop was good too. - Rode the Cyclone coaster for the 1st time in ages (since it was the Thunderbolt?) – was pretty cool. - Mick Doohan Motorcoaster: A favourite of my son’s and a well-designed ride, sometimes a fair queue but nothing can be done about that, and at least one of the attendants was really cool & funny. - Wipeout: Looked insane, I’m not going on that thing. - Pandemonium: Looked pretty wild, again not for me these days. - Madagascar World & Shrek Areas: Very good, the younger kids loved much of these areas, it all seemed pretty tidy, complete and well-designed – vastly improved from last year. - Buzzsaw: Rode it 3 times, was excellent, if even more unnerving the 2nd time! - Giant Drop: The most intense ride my son (6yo at the time!) has ever done, it was 4 second of terror, shook him up a bit and one which he definitely didn’t want to do again too soon. Good stuff. - HydroCoaster: One of the best rides in the entire facility, sadly the queues for this seemed almost constantly huge – I’m glad I got my son onto it for a ride, and wish we could have done more, they should examine the staffing & equipment for that to try and increase the boats per minute safely deployed, or build an additional even bigger one! - Green Room: Did it for 1st time, was pretty cool. - Wedgie: Also did it a couple of times, was pretty cool. - Blue Ringed Octopus: Good idea, a bit more rougher a ride than I expected adding to the excitement for me, but I feared my son may get knocked around on it a bit if he went on it (yet), good fun. Many of the “cons” listed would be fairly trivial if the entry prices were more reasonable – sure it seems kinda consistent with other theme parks and not over the top, but it’s still hefty. With planning, prior research and visiting multiple days however, I’m still really glad to have taken the family there 2 years straight now.

Just out of curiosity, what would be the 10 steps that you guys would take to impove Dreamworld from it's dwindling current state.

I visited Dreamworld yesterday and there were a few things which I believe are worth pointing out. Firstly, the speakers up the lifthill weren't working all day. They were only on once when I rode and in the afternoon, all the sound effects were off in the station and queue as well. Also, the 1st row of the 2nd car are still not being used. Does anyone know the reason for this? I also went for a walk around the Australian Wildlife Experience for the first time and there was an empty lot of land next to the rainforest section. Obviously it won't become a new ride but the area is fenced up so there might be some new animals on their way? While around the back of the lake I saw the old paddle boat left to rot away. Even though I never rode it (and probably wouldn't if it was still operating) it is sad to see a part of the park's history rotting away. I also got this photo of the Giant Drop from the base of the tower. (All the photos were taken on my iPhone so the quality isn't great)

So, I saw on the news this morning that the Wiggles did their final performance together on friday or saturday night. And apparently there will be some new wiggles soon. So what does this mean for Wiggles World?

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/06/21/426411_gold-coast-news.html