Jungle Rush Coaster

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2 minutes ago, themagician said:

They’re all no good either. Everything being stored in that area won’t be used and will end up in landfill, or be repurposed in some other way. I’d say that Rivertown is pretty much complete, but it’s a forever evolving land and I don’t think the park will ever just be done.

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.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Motocoaster was a prototype and is approaching 20 years old. it's copped a lot of hate it's whole life. I'd love to see them consider other options for the site than simply retheming the ride - though if they can improve on the restraint design as part of the retheme that could revitalise it.

[Naazon]

Should have 'accidentally' gotten rid of it when removing Rocky Holly or ToT

[Ash]

I think Greg young and the team are not silly to simply retheme Motorcoaster, they know the operations and in general the ride is average. Once funds permit them to do so, a new attraction will replace it. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Greg Yong*

 

The ride consistently gets a queue, though how much of that is attributed to slow operations due to an incredibly clunky harness system, i'm not sure. The park is still on a razor thin line, so I can't see them binning a perfectly operational attraction, no matter how average it is, until it reaches end of life or becomes uneconomical to operate. 

[Naazon]

16 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

The park is still on a razor thin line, so I can't see them binning a perfectly operational attraction, no matter how average it is, until it reaches end of life or becomes uneconomical to operate. 

So hope for a few trees to fall on it and create an insurance payout. Gotcha.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Theres always hope...

[jhunt2]

Just thought I would suggest a listen to Dane's Theme Park Life's podcast interview with Greg on the Motocoaster topic. He directly asked Greg about the future of Motocoaster, and while obviously Greg confirmed nothing specific, he did clearly state that plans for Motocoaster are front-of-mind for Dreamworld, and that they eventually want to incorporate either the ride itself or the land into Rivertown.

Greg discussed wanting to set the park up well for the future, and considering the approach that was taken with King Claw, which he directly refers to when answering the Motocoaster question, I doubt that involves keeping the ride around in its current state. A 20-year-old Intamin prototype with a laundry list of operational issues is not exactly something I'd say is a good asset for the future of the park. So I think judging by his answer to that question, the very least we can expect is a substantial overhaul of the ride when the time comes.

And considering that The Claw was considered end-of-life at 20 years old, when it's an Intamin product that isn't a prototype and doesn't have a totally one-of-a-kind restraint system, I think we should keep an eye on that part of the park in the next couple of years or so. 

Moto conversation occurs at about 31:30 in the episode if you want to skip to that specific section. Dane has actually had Greg on his podcast twice and both episodes are thoroughly worth a listen.

[RobMac]

Whoever located that monstrosity where they did, should never have been running a theme-park!  😠

[Brad2912]

Safe to do say Dreamworld & Pico Play won’t be collaborating on anything in the future…

Court rules against Dreamworld in Gold Coast theme park payment battle

Dreamworld has lost a Supreme Court battle after refusing to pay $555,000 to the design company behind its new $35m Rivertown precinct.

Dreamworld has lost a Supreme Court battle in which it was accused of trying to short-change a leading theme park attractions company involved in a new multimillion-dollar precinct at the Gold Coast fun park.

The stoush over the $35m Rivertown project, which opened late last year, erupted between Dreamworld owners Coast Entertainment and attraction design company Pico Play Pty Ltd, which has worked on projects worldwide including Bluey’s World in Brisbane and Movie World’s Wizard of Oz precinct.

Pico Play launched legal action earlier this year after Coast Entertainment declined to pay a $555,000-plus on a $4.1m contract for the Jungle Rush and Murrissipi Motors (vintage car) themed areas of Rivertown.

The payment claim went to a building industry adjudicator who rejected the application on the basis that he lacked jurisdiction, after determining that the claim did not have a valid reference date and that Pico Play had undertaken to perform unlicensed building work.

The company took both Coast Entertainment and adjudicator Christopher Taylor to court alleging that the claim was valid and that Mr Taylor had erred in relation to the unlicensed work finding.

Court documents reveal Coast Entertainment rejected the payment claim after themed components for the project were either missing, delivered late or defective.

The company denied performing unlicensed building work, as its role was limited to designing, fabricating and delivering certain themed components to the site.

Pico project manager Marnus Hendrikse, in an affidavit, said the company had experienced various delays during the project which were not within its control, including design delays and a typhoon which disrupted the transport of goods from its factory in Vietnam.

Mr Hendrikse said the contract did not require Pico to seek an extension of time but he had worked collaboratively with the theme park operator to provide updates.

He said Pico Play had accepted some payment deductions by Coast Entertainment but others were in dispute.

Lawyers for Pico Play contended that Mr Taylor had made a “jurisdictional error” in rejecting the company’s adjudication application because the claim did have a valid reference date and no unlicensed building work was carried out.

The lawyers said Pico Play had delivered goods to the Rivertown site in December last year, establishing the reference date.

The company denied performing unlicensed building work, as its role was limited to designing, fabricating and delivering certain themed components to the site.
 

Coast Entertainment’s lawyers argued that Mr Taylor was correct in his ruling, saying Pico Play tried to re-characterise its final claim as a progress claim “when faced with evidence of later deliveries and missing items”.

They said Pico Play did not hold an open builders licence between October 20023 and July 2024 and its restricted structural landscaping licence did not cover the full scope of works under the contract.

The Coast Entertainment lawyers said Mr Taylor was therefore correct in finding that Pico Play had undertaken to carry out building work, in breach of the construction act.

They said Pico Play’s contractual obligations went “beyond mere off-site” fabrication and it had wrongly sought to characterise its work as “ornamental or ancillary”.

In a judgment handed down last month, Justice Declan Kelly found in Pico Play’s favour and declared Mr Taylor’s adjudication decision to be void.

The dispute marked a souring of relations between Pico Play and Dreamworld, which have collaborated on multiple projects over the years.

After visiting Pico Play’s Vietnamese facility early last year, Dreamworld CEO Greg Yong said the company had a “super talented” team and he felt “100 per cent confident” in their handling of the Rivertown project.

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/queensland/court-rules-against-dreamworld-in-gold-coast-theme-park-payment-battle/news-story/f31577a5d73e483815295a4e25be9119?fbclid=IwZnRzaANlGOFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpkhxSyrpUeqLKFfHVpw56c-8fGyVPRYblH8GdoVsXEHcS8WZk1agilY8UKN_aem_1nl8qN6VJS7I0nmognlixQ

Edited 14 hours ago by Brad2912

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19 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

Safe to do say Dreamworld & Pico Play won’t be collaborating on anything in the future…

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.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

It certainly explains why there's a bunch of rivertown themed stuff still sat out the back of rocky hollow and no progress on JR has been made in a while - I guess we all assumed they were finished, but there's still a bunch of stuff out there so... who knows.

I hope Pico does continue to work with them - they've produced the best looking stuff on the coast in a long time. but I wouldn't blame them if they didn't.

I guess it also explains why they put in such horrible queue rails in the JR queue

[Naazon]

I would say this is a lesson to both Coast Entertainment and Pico to narrow down their contract terms and wordings.

[Original]

Might explain why the temple room hasn't been touched since Greg's interview with Dane about some big pieces were still to go in... But have yet to go in, and you can get an idea on what those pieces might be based on some of the concept art was released. 

Hopefully we can see some nice extra pieces added in the future soon. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

The supreme court judgment has some interesting details...

Pico Play Pty Ltd v Coast Entertainment Operations Limited [2025] QSC 227 (9 September 2025)

• Pico Play's total budget for the theming works of Rivertown was $5,000,000
• The contract stipulated a total fee of $4,148,550 (ex GST)
• The GRC panels (i assume the themed cladding for the inside, outside and queue areas of the 'temple') were $1,561,794 (package 1a)
• The show elements for jungle rush - external, queue scenes and ride scenes - were $1,008,091 (package 1b)
• Murrissippi Motors was $1,002,339 (package 2)
• 'Area Development' was $576,326 (package 3)

As an aside - it seems they had no involvement in Jane's restaurant which explains why the internal theme wasn't perhaps to the same standards as the rest of the land

 

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I'm trying to figure out, did DW do a licence check on Pica Play before signing a contract with them?

[themagician]

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I hope Pico does continue to work with them

Ain't going to happen! To my knowledge they are also part of the reason why Wizard of Oz turned out the way it did. The difference is, DW had an internal team with the knowledge and skills to essentially take over the project to get it across the line. For example, Jane's was completely done in-house (Pico weren't involved in that part of the project in any way).

Nearly all of King Claw has been done in-house

 

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

there's still a bunch of stuff out there so

All of that stuff is non-compliant theming and won't ever be used. All of the black mesh fencing in Rivertown was never meant to be there... it was all meant to be themed fencing.

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25 minutes ago, themagician said:

Ain't going to happen! To my knowledge they are also part of the reason why Wizard of Oz turned out the way it did. The difference is, DW had an internal team with the knowledge and skills to essentially take over the project to get it across the line. For example, Jane's was completely done in-house (Pico weren't involved in that part of the project in any way).

You know the judgment was in favor of Pico?

[ShakeShack]

1 hour ago, themagician said:

Ain't going to happen! To my knowledge they are also part of the reason why Wizard of Oz turned out the way it did.

Yeah, this isn't true in the slightest.