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You guys seen the cycle Toxicator runs? Does 5 flips at one point of the cycle

Dreamworld has sent out a survey to all passholders. Whilst this is not surprising or anything new, it does give an insight into some of the new things DW Management have been discussing behind closed doors… I get not all of it will come to light, but they’re floating some pretty neat ideas! E.g… Collectable Pin program Earning points/credit program Bringing back Bring-a-friend discounts Big Birthday gifts or several smaller prizes Freebies for passholders Bringing back plastic cards / exclusive lanyards

I think he’s the one that steered into the ice berg…

I have certainly had issues with Bikash and vice versa but as much as I hate to agree with @DaptoFunlandGuy I have to agree with his statement.

Good parks have a spare train - so in rivals case - 3 trains.

There was a time when I would have said that Bikash's departure from Village would be an opportunity to celebrate. I don't know his reasons or his terms, so unsure how Clark and the rest of the leadership team feel about this - but I don't think Bikash is the only person for whom responsibility for the current state of Village should rest. However he departed, the fact that we find out from his personal statement, and a media article, rather than a statement by the company \ park outlining his legacy and also his replacement only goes further to make me feel all is not well at Village Roadshow.

One of the Gold Coast’s best-known tourism figures - who went from bartender to boss - has quit the city’s biggest theme park operator after more than three decades. Bikash Randhawa has resigned after a 30-year career at Village Roadshow where he rose to the high-ranking post of chief operating officer. However Mr Randhawa - who oversaw its theme parks including Movie World, Wet’n’Wild and Sea World – isn’t going anywhere, vowing to stay on the Gold Coast and be involved in the tourism sector. Mr Randhawa said it was time for a change – and a break “In (30-plus) years I never had more than two weeks off, so I’m going to take three months off,” he said “In future I want to influence tourism, I’ll have no shackles. I love the city, I support the city and I know just about every small business owners, media person and politician.” In a lengthy post to his social media on Thursday morning, Mr Randhawa said: “After three decades with Village Roadshow Theme Parks, I am departing the business with some sadness and at the same time a lot of joy and pride. “Clark Kirby my CEO, VRTP Board and the exceptional team at BGH (Capital), it’s been a terrific journey, challenging, rewarding and crazy at times with what we have gone through over the years, you all have been incredible since we started together, thank you for allowing me to do what I did best over the years. “Special thank you to Robert Kirby our Chairman and (former Village CEO) Graham Burke who mentored me and taught me on how to aim for the moon and land on a star, and to never give up. My GMs and the team at VRTP you all are amazing and I look forward to watching you achieve more.” In a typically frank admission, Mr Randhawa, a popular if outspoken figure, added: “As an operator, I was passionate, fair, demanding, compassionate when required, over the top crazy and sometimes unreasonable, but my team got me and backed me every single day. “If I was overly focused towards anyone or a situation, it was because I recognised their talent and wanted to help them reach their full potential in that given situation. I’m proud to have promoted so many who have surpassed every expectations and have taken on roles that I had held and have done a better job than I did when I was there, that’s how one needs to recruit, look for someone better than you, it always works, looking at the team now they are bloody amazing. “I fought for Village behind the scenes and sometimes publicly with anyone and everyone if it called for it, I spoke my mind, said things that people were scared to say or think about. I never held back but I did it for the team. “Now, it’s time for me to finally put my feet up after a long hard commitment and relentless effort for three decades to relax and enjoy some well-deserved downtime with my wife and children. They, unintentionally became my second priority, and my work (my passion blinded me) my first. It’s time to change that.” Village Roadshow CEO Clark Kirby said Mr Randhawa had been “a driving force ensuring the ongoing success of Village Roadshow Theme Parks”. “His leadership, passion and advocacy for our people and properties has been felt by all who interacted with him, and he will be missed,” he said. “Bikash leaves an incredible legacy through the numerous high-profile projects he has been integral to, including many amazing new attractions and precinct openings. “In his position as COO, Bikash has helped navigate our business through some of our toughest periods and throughout his focus remained on delivering superior outcomes and ensuring the wellbeing of our team. “We thank him for his unwavering commitment to ensuring our business not only survived but continues to thrive.    “Outside of our theme parks, Bikash is one of the city’s most passionate tourism ambassadors and at every opportunity he has advocated for the City of Gold Coast.   “We know Bikash will succeed in whatever the future brings, and he leaves knowing he will always be a member of our extended Village Roadshow family.”

He has shared a lengthy farewell message on his socials. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16DKaHKmNZ/ The end of an era.

Let's speculate before we find out the truth.🤣 My speculation.

Village Roadshow’s COO Bikash Randhawa has resigned after 30 years with the company. There’s a paywall, so if anyone can access and share the full article please and thanks! https://www.themercury.com.au/news/gold-coast/village-roadshow-theme-parks-chief-operating-officer-bikash-randhawa-departs/news-story/deff894777c9475689674d50b0835dbe

The benefit of having 2 trains, is the ability maintain the train, not in use during the parks quiet periods, reducing downtime of the ride. This is what the good parks do.

Even if MW was the first (which they weren't) Village in the past have been know to put terms in their contracts, to protect their investment.

It doesn't require admission, has its own, separate website, and is outside the park fence. I'm drawing attention to the wishy washy rules. I still stand by my previous statement

The track didn’t arrive until around Easter 2023, almost two years after the track arrived at Gumbuya for TNT

TNT was getting built while MW were telling staff. It's a total MW cockup. Obviously GW had already purchased the ride before MW.

No just has to be part of a theme park. Read the thread title. Picking some random pub several km is clearly not a theme park pub. It would be like picking a random McDonalds and calling it a theme park burger joint. AOS doesn't count because its a scheduled performance, has like 2 options on the menu. Nobody looks at AOS thinks its a pub you just go to. Skypoint doesn't count because the attraction itself is not a theme park / amusement park, which is why Scenic World was knocked out. This is just arguing in bad faith.

To be fair village bought these rides a very long time ago well before gumbuya world built theirs Deets of the rides got announced to staff like when? early 2022? All the pieces were shipped around the same time and sitting out the back for years too. Was just really shit timing No excuses for not running both sides of kansas twister other than cost saving because movie world cbf rostering more staff. Just part and parcel of modern village roadshow i'm afraid.

I rode it today, it seems like the film is way brighter, I’m not sure if they reversed the screen but it’s crystal clear and way more immersive! I unfortunately didn’t get to experience the Australia film as I ran out of time but from Africa people were screaming of joy in the more exciting parts with is something I did not experience in the America film

Has anyone had a chance to ride yet? I’ve heard very good things between Facebook comments and a few YouTube videos (one I read said it was the single best flying theatre experience ever (hard to believe)but all the same I’m very curious. There’s lots of good feedback, but no real details about the experience or why it’s apparently so great! Would love some details? 😁

i wouldn’t be suprised if they’ve already taken apart the second Rivals train to give them a head start on its upcoming maintenance period which is a bit of a shame.

The rides maintenance had been extended and scheduled to reopen on the monday, same with batwing. Batwing opened at 12:30.

SE staff aren't necessarily trained on rivals. if they'd staffed and rostered rivals for a weekday 1 train op, they can't just decide to put on the second train without the trained staff to match. We also don't know the state of the second rivals train in order to put it on track (though it's incredibly poor form for them not to have both trains available during school holidays. Winter school holidays would be the only time i'd consider giving them a pass on it)

No changes, just didn't open at all on Monday and I heard that it was a bit on off on Tuesday. Park new this and still ran rivals with one train. Full queue, 70 min + wait, single ride queue full, awful dispatches. Good stuff Movie World!

maybe busy weekends. if the train is in one piece. and they have the extra staff. and they rostered it correctly. and they dont need the extra staff deployed to other rides because others called out. there's a lot of ifs - they aren't new... nor are they nice TBF they never sold it as a duelling coaster. and in many circles, twister was marketed as "one ride" - so having half shut down doesn't change either of those experiences. KT is still operating. it's building redundant coasters to report higher uptime, right?

It was always going to be that way because MW always operates like this. The purchase of a dueling cost is mind boggling, if you're mostly not running it to duel. Copying Gumbuya World suspended coaster was also mind boggling. After selling DW's and MW's car park over the weekend. It's easy to know which theme park is stumbling.