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Exactly! The next attraction to open will be a walk-thru immersive experience where guests can view over 20 actual real-life turbines in their natural habitats. There will be an information session hourly about how turbines benefit not only theme parks, but also mankind as a whole. There will be a new mascot too, Terry the Turbine who the kids will love, and for a $39 up charge you can actual feed a turbine some power (aka, click the 'on' switch) and see how one really works! Opening Sept 2014

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Exactly! The next attraction to open will be a walk-thru immersive experience where guests can view over 20 actual real-life turbines in their natural habitats. There will be an information session hourly about how turbines benefit not only theme parks, but also mankind as a whole. There will be a new mascot too, Terry the Turbine who the kids will love, and for a $39 up charge you can actual feed a turbine some power (aka, click the 'on' switch) and see how one really works! Opening Sept 2014

You heard it here first! Corroboree is just a temporary attraction. Rumor has it Captain Sturt will come back to take Terry the Turbine around the lake.

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You heard it here first! Corroboree is just a temporary attraction. Rumor has it Captain Sturt will come back to take Terry the Turbine around the lake.

Given the fact the base and the paddlewheel are all still intact I would like to think that at least part of this post is correct... And no not the part about Terry the Turbine.

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Could you explain what you mean by this please reanimated, for those of us not great with the terminology?

(Serious question by the way!)

I think his meaning is simply that, to be a 'theme' park, rather than an 'amusement' park, you need to have cohesive themes for each area -

eg: not have

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high speed motorcycle roller coaster

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next to an area themed to be a riverside backwater. V8 race cars on 'ocean parade' along with an alien>zombie skirmish

The park once had cohesive themes with each ride in each area suited to that area. As things have progressed, new rides have been chosen, and then placed based on 'where they fit physically' rather than 'where they fit the theme'.

For example - Tower of Terror doesn't really fit the theme of any part of the park it runs through, but it had to be placed there as it was really the only place in the park where a ride-track that length, along with all the associated infrastructure, and not be in a position that would upset animals...

Many people are of the opinion that Dreamworld can no longer call themselves a theme park.

That, is what he meant.

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I think his meaning is simply that, to be a 'theme' park, rather than an 'amusement' park, you need to have cohesive themes for each area -

eg: not have

Start of sarcasm

high speed motorcycle roller coaster

End of sarcasm

next to an area themed to be a riverside backwater. V8 race cars on 'ocean parade' along with an alien>zombie skirmish

The park once had cohesive themes with each ride in each area suited to that area. As things have progressed, new rides have been chosen, and then placed based on 'where they fit physically' rather than 'where they fit the theme'.

For example - Tower of Terror doesn't really fit the theme of any part of the park it runs through, but it had to be placed there as it was really the only place in the park where a ride-track that length, along with all the associated infrastructure, and not be in a position that would upset animals...

Many people are of the opinion that Dreamworld can no longer call themselves a theme park.

That, is what he meant.

I do agree that some rides aren't themed very well to the areas they are in, but they could fix these few things. In Ocean Parade, Zombie Evilution could have a few elements added to make it fit in the area. From the outside the ride almost looks like an old fishing building. The building could just have a few fishing nets added and that may add some sense of it fitting with the ocean theme.

I don't really think the cyclone fits the area either, but they could just rename, upgrade the station, get a new train and get rid of the turbines.

They should either move or get rid of Red Line. As far as I am aware it isn't that popular of attraction, but that could do with it being hidden away. As I've said before they could move it so it was next to MDMC.

As people have said TOT2 doesn't fit into any theme of the park (except the turbines), but it is a very popular ride and it wouldn't fit in any other park of the ride. Especially since it uses the GD tower.

Even though the park doesn't have the best theming, they can do it well as we have seen what they did with the Dreamworks area. There are just those few minor changes in Ocean Parade they could be changed and that would fix it. The thing is though most guests of the park don't take notice of any of this. They just want plenty of rides and things to do that the whole family can enjoy and they have that at Dreamworld.

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Even though Dreamworld has a lot of rides that you would find at a carnival, them rides are mainly only in the dreamworks area. The park might not have world class attractions, the park still has some themed areas. Therefore it's a theme park. Luna park is an amusement park. If you compare them they are different.

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