Dreamworld General Improvments 2025

[Levithian]

Anyone thinking foxwell road is anything other than a complete clusterf*ck during peak periods of the day has never tried to travel in any direction to or from it. 

[jjuttup]

On 14/08/2025 at 7:59 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I wonder if the park could partner with a local charity or fundraising effort to donate containers for change?

I've only seen it in NSW, but the Aquarium have their own container thing, and Taronga being the government entity they are, have a dedicated return and earn in the eateries where the money goes straight to the park

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 15/08/2025 at 12:21 PM, New display name said:

Then you issue is with the side roads and the is out of DW's hands.

I never said the onus was on Dreamworld to fix the problem (though their current driveway arrangements do make it worse). 

What I said was, I hope they're discussing with relevant authorities options to rectify it. 

To be honest, I think the roundabout is out-dated, and needs converting to traffic lights, with the main issue being people from the northern end (westfield) queueing across the roundabout preventing DW carpark exit.

 

[ShakeShack]

12 hours ago, jjuttup said:

I've only seen it in NSW, but the Aquarium have their own container thing, and Taronga being the government entity they are, have a dedicated return and earn in the eateries where the money goes straight to the park

All of the VRTP parks also have them.

[New display name]

1 hour ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I never said the onus was on Dreamworld to fix the problem (though their current driveway arrangements do make it worse). 

What I said was, I hope they're discussing with relevant authorities options to rectify it. 

To be honest, I think the roundabout is out-dated, and needs converting to traffic lights, with the main issue being people from the northern end (westfield) queueing across the roundabout preventing DW carpark exit.

 

There already is a plan in place but no government has ever funded the build. 

The traffic around DW has been up the creek without a paddle for years.  If you're unhappy with the exit, use the bottom exit and do a u-turn at the petrol station.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

1 hour ago, ShakeShack said:

All of the VRTP parks also have them.

Who does Village donate their containers to?

[wikiverse]

1 hour ago, New display name said:

There already is a plan in place but no government has ever funded the build. 

The traffic around DW has been up the creek without a paddle for years.  If you're unhappy with the exit, use the bottom exit and do a u-turn at the petrol station.

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.

 

[ShakeShack]

31 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Who does Village donate their containers to?

Containers for Change; I believe they then donate a portion of the funding back to the Sea World Foundation.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

5 minutes ago, ShakeShack said:

Containers for Change; I believe they then donate a portion of the funding back to the Sea World Foundation.

I thought C4C was just the QLD container scheme. Though funding SWF makes sense. DW would likely use DWF if they established similar, I assume.

[New display name]

15 minutes ago, wikiverse said:

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.

 

Yes I mentioned that earlier but the for clarification the Government cheeped out on the Coomera Connector and it will open with four lanes.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

There is some analysis out there that traffic isn't made better by adding more lanes - the more lanes you have the more traffic you get was the outcome if I recall. Offering an alternate route is definitely a must - one thing shuts down the highway and there's very little alternative - but i'll take 4 new lanes in a connector over no new connector at all...

[New display name]

A lot of people also don't seem to be able to handle more than 2 lanes in QLD.  The M1 is a great example where a huge percentage of people believe their car can only operate in the 3rd lane.  

Maybe a bit of driver education might help.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

45 minutes ago, New display name said:

Maybe a bit of driver education might help.

Road design is a factor though - SEQ has a lot of hairpin onramps that can't be taken at speed. Additionally, even with long straight onramps, the speed limit sign is at the end of it, so most drivers don't accelerate to highway speeds to merge easily, and end up either stopping at the end of the ramp, blocking the onramp flow, or merge onto the highway at 60-80, stacking up the left hand lane.

That said I find a lot of drivers can't merge even when the conditions are favourable, and many people can't roundabout either.

They need to teach roundabouts and zipper merging in school.

[red dragin]

5 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

There is some analysis out there that traffic isn't made better by adding more lanes - the more lanes you have the more traffic you get was the outcome if I recall.

Induced demand - plenty of research out there to support it.