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Dreamworld once had a great strategic plan, developed by a man named John Longhurst, who actually cared about the total experience people had visiting the park. People here get two topics totally confused 1) Park layout/functionality and 2) Attractions. All parks get some [most] attractions "right" and some "wrong". However, whether an attraction proves popular (getting it right) or unpopular (getting it wrong) should not impact upon, or be impacted upon, regards park layout/functionality. Let me give you one glaring example at DW. Dreamworld once "looked beautiful" and it "flowed naturally" you walked down "Main Street" to the [steam] train station, behind that were the gardens with the Model T's and further down in "Rivertown" was the Paddle-wheeler, it "flowed", it made sense to the senses as it were. Likewise, you could place the TOT/BD, Cyclone, Motorcaster, Buzzsaw and every other attraction with a bit of thought - have all the attractions just think about their location a bit. Now, you walk down a tacky "Main Street" (can't we call it "Federation Street" or "Australia Parade" - something more unique to us as a nation?) you come to a once nice train station, now in need of some more love and behind that, you have a 2nd rate steel mess and a kids type playground, by a muddy river with nothing on it - WHO IS RUNNING DW??? Have the attractions you now like > but plan where you place them. Every time that blasted TOT roars through the heart of DW it's like a Super Hornet on heat! Whoever placed it there knows NOTHING about Theme Parks - mind you, under Macquarie Bank, DW was run by accountants

The printed in park maps are pretty awesome, why they got those crappy maps for the website I don't think I'll ever know. Whenever I look at the online maps I wonder how if fill a whole day at the parks.

Dreamworld looks like they have gone into a lot of effort to make the replies.

So I threw my opinion in again on Dreamworld's page again. Check it out here - http://www.facebook.com/dreamworld/posts/10151339629613613 What do you think? Yay or nay? Or is it just trollworthy?

The obvious solution is a gigantic escalator from WWW. Racist

The only way to do it would to put a lift on the 4th side that isn't used, but then you'd be stuck looking the wrong way, and it would be hard to get from the lift to the actual top deck, unless the lift had an internal staircase or something, which means it starts getting heavy.... Plus where does the lift motor room go?

I disagree, if getting a clone means a kick ass ride can come to Australia for cheaper then I'm all for it. We're isolated enough that it really doesn't matter if we get a cloned ride. Give me a rock n roller coaster any day over an original Invert coaster for example.

Wouldn't mind seeing one, would be AUs first B&M. It is something Dreamworld is used to, cloned rides, but this time no one will know any better and the final product is competitive. But I can just imagine the generals complaining about them copying Arkham though, would be too funny.