Dreamworld Express - will the full circuit come back?

[themagician]

1 hour ago, dbo121 said:

Well this is odd

It was always going to continue the route in this clockwise direction and approach it that way. It’s a lot easier on the diesel train to head down hill. But it would definitely be nice to see them dress the back of the building up so it isn’t a funnel of colorbond

[dbo121]

16 minutes ago, themagician said:

It was always going to continue the route in this clockwise direction and approach it that way. It’s a lot easier on the diesel train to head down hill. But it would definitely be nice to see them dress the back of the building up so it isn’t a funnel of colorbond

Maybe blues cope can sponsor it .. 

 

ita a shame . Engines can be changed too 

[red dragin]

3 hours ago, dbo121 said:

Well this is odd . Let’s approach jungle rush from the back of the shed ? 

Can the train climb the hill in the other direction? I thought it has always run this direction since Steel Taipan shortened the circuit. 

[themagician]

7 hours ago, red dragin said:

Can the train climb the hill in the other direction?

It can because we’ve just seen the train climb the hill backwards the past 2 years

[red dragin]

Of course 🤦

[dbo121]

Maybe in a few years we will see it reverse and advertise as a new ride . Who knows . That’s never happened before right  

[Michelangelo]

On 20/9/2025 at 8:43 PM, themagician said:

But it would definitely be nice to see them dress the back of the building up so it isn’t a funnel of colorbond

Agreed. Regardless of the direction of travel, it will have a shitty section between JR and TI where it is colorbond overload. They desperately need any kind of theming there.
It’s actually not too bad around the back of Jane’s where they’ve kept all that fake rock work.

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 20/09/2025 at 6:49 PM, dbo121 said:

Well this is odd . Let’s approach jungle rush from the back of the shed ? 

Before Jungle rush, and in both directions, the train used to drive down a cavern of Madagascar walls, tower of terror machinery buildings, Tiger Island walls, Big Red Car shack. It's not like Jungle Rush is all of a sudden an eyesore compared to what was there previously. 

And it was running in that direction in a full circuit well before Jungle Rush was announced.

10 hours ago, Michelangelo said:

Agreed. Regardless of the direction of travel, it will have a shitty section between JR and TI where it is colorbond overload. They desperately need any kind of theming there.
It’s actually not too bad around the back of Jane’s where they’ve kept all that fake rock work.

 

There are large sections at Disney where the train goes behind buildings and facades. Some sections have things to look at (dioramas, tiana) and other sections dont (pirates)

It would be nice if they dressed this area up, but let's remember a few things:

1. the BOH area of JR is a maintenance area and anything put here needs to be easily moved in case of maintenance access
2. This area isn't really much different to what was there before they built Jungle Rush - except the JR building doesn't look rusted out and derelict like much of the former rivertown construction.

[dbo121]

1 minute ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Before Jungle rush, and in both directions, the train used to drive down a cavern of Madagascar walls, tower of terror machinery buildings, Tiger Island walls, Big Red Car shack. It's not like Jungle Rush is all of a sudden an eyesore compared to what was there previously. 

And it was running in that direction in a full circuit well before Jungle Rush was announced.

There are large sections at Disney where the train goes behind buildings and facades. Some sections have things to look at (dioramas, tiana) and other sections dont (pirates)

It would be nice if they dressed this area up, but let's remember a few things:

1. the BOH area of JR is a maintenance area and anything put here needs to be easily moved in case of maintenance access
2. This area isn't really much different to what was there before they built Jungle Rush - except the JR building doesn't look rusted out and derelict like much of the former rivertown construction.

To miss the front forward direction as pass jr is a massive miss . Colourbond will always be there in sections but jr could have been a better feature in the other direction. 
 

 

[themagician]

4 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Before Jungle rush, and in both directions, the train used to drive down a cavern of Madagascar walls, tower of terror machinery buildings, Tiger Island walls, Big Red Car shack. It's not like Jungle Rush is all of a sudden an eyesore compared to what was there previously

Agreed! It may be an eye sore, but at least it’s a nice eyesore and not the rundown tired eye sore it used to be 

[New display name]

One thing we can all agree on, the diesel train is shit.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

2 hours ago, dbo121 said:

To miss the front forward direction as pass jr is a massive miss . Colourbond will always be there in sections but jr could have been a better feature in the other direction. 

The train direction wasn't changed to suit JR. it was changed for other operational reasons relating to the shortening of the circuit. My understanding is the grade was the issue but I could be wrong about that.

The point is they aren't going to reverse a change that was operationally necessary to fix an aesthetics problem - so it's not a miss - because it wasn't an option to miss in the first place.

2 hours ago, New display name said:

One thing we can all agree on, the diesel train is shit.

For numerous reasons which i've gone into ad nauseum and therefore won't repeat here - it's the best option for the park. I would definitely prefer a more traditional steam driven loco, but I understand all the reasons why it simply isn't possible for them to keep running long term - and i'm happy to have something to take me from A to B regardless of what makes it move. 

In the future with EVs and such i'd love to see what these manufacturers could do with battery electrification over diesel power - especially since DW produces so much of their own electricity.

[New display name]

34 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

In the future with EVs and such i'd love to see what these manufacturers could do with battery electrification over diesel power - especially since DW produces so much of their own electricity.

Hard pass.

[dbo121]

1 hour ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

The train direction wasn't changed to suit JR. it was changed for other operational reasons relating to the shortening of the circuit. My understanding is the grade was the issue but I could be wrong about that.

The point is they aren't going to reverse a change that was operationally necessary to fix an aesthetics problem - so it's not a miss - because it wasn't an option to miss in the first place.

For numerous reasons which i've gone into ad nauseum and therefore won't repeat here - it's the best option for the park. I would definitely prefer a more traditional steam driven loco, but I understand all the reasons why it simply isn't possible for them to keep running long term - and i'm happy to have something to take me from A to B regardless of what makes it move. 

In the future with EVs and such i'd love to see what these manufacturers could do with battery electrification over diesel power - especially since DW produces so much of their own electricity.

Always was an option . They just went for a cheaper solution by not changing anything v delivering what was possibly going to be a marginally better experience

Edited September 22 by dbo121

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

which just takes you into a cost vs. benefit analysis - and for something which you yourself admit would only be 'marginally better' it sounds like it wasn't worth it, and here we are.