2025-2026 Christmas trading hours for the Gold Coast

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Listed trading hours

Movie World:  

20 Dec - 23 Dec            9:30am-6.00pm   

24 Dec                            9:30am-5.00pm                                                                           

26 Dec - 18 Jan             9:30am-6.00pm                                                     

Sea World:

20 Dec - 23 Dec            9:30am-5.00pm                                                                    

26 Dec - 18 Jan             9:30am-5.00pm                                                                  

Wet'N'Wild

20 Dec - 23 Dec            9:30am-7:30pm                                                                    

26 Dec - 18 Jan             9:30am-7:30pm     

Dreamworld:  

26 Dec                           10:00am-5.00pm                                                                           

27 Dec - 31 Jan            10:00am-6.00pm       

1 Jan                              10:00am-5.00pm   

2 Jan - 11 Jan               10:00am-6.00pm           

Whitewater World:  

26 Dec                           10:00am-5.00pm                                                                           

27 Dec - 31 Jan            10:00am-6.00pm       

1 Jan                              10:00am-5.00pm   

2 Jan - 11 Jan               10:00am-6.00pm 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

The Wet N Wild hours are a good extension this time of year. It's a shame they haven't gotten around to building out the precinct to attract people after hours.

I would have liked to have seen Dreamworld and WWW do longer hours over the period - seeing the park after dark is a completely different experience. You can still get a lot done in one day.

Ironically though - even with MWs hours (and I double checked, park gates and rides are open for the same time - none of this gates open 30 minutes before business, which is a good thing) I've zero doubt during these peak dates it will still be impossible to ride everything. I'm betting DCR, SDSC, WWF and WOZ will run 90-120 minute queue minimums all summer, which even at 90 minutes equals 7.5 hours of back-to-back rides in a park only open for 8.5 hours.

I'm unsure if they'll manage to get Superman open. Right now the maintenance schedule says Superman will be open over Christmas - with the 'unplanned closure' only marked on the schedule until the end of November. The park will be missing the capacity for sure - but either way you'd have no chance of getting through all the majors in one day, let alone GL, JL, FSF, Roxy or the new Stunt Show - and that's without breaking for lunch. 

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WWW is never ending missed opportunities.  😢

But SW hours are even more cuckoo. 😱

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Sea World skews younger. while the park is busy, the younger families tend to drop off earlier in the afternoon and the park is a lot quieter close to closing. Without a night event to anchor later attendance, I don't see much merit in SW operating later, and there isn't much point opening earlier if maintenance and animal services aren't ready.