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Add me to that one too!

Another one to add... And figured since I'm splashing some cash will finally splurge and pay for my Parkz Crew badge

While everyone is saying that value for money is fantastic, being an ex Night Auditor I work best with facts and figures... Going to borrow from @Theme Park Girl's review and instead of running heaps of quote boxes will put info from her review in italics... You start off your morning at 7.20am, where you drive into your VIP parking spot at the front of the park Unknown dollar value (nothing really) Your tour immediately kicks off with your first of many back of house experiences- a strenuous climb up to the top of Arkham Asylum's lift hill, ... ... before a group photo is taken (no personal cameras allowed to be taken up) ☺️ Unable to price as not otherwise available ... you'll be whisked off to the Village Cafe to recover from your climb with a delicious morning tea, plus a private visit and photo opportunity with the Dark Knight & his Batmobile. We enjoyed fresh fruit & baked pastry/muffin platters with our hot drinks ordered earlier on, which were personally labelled and delivered to us ☺️ Photos shoots with characters are $20 each during the day, drinks from Village Cafe up to $5, most items of food up to $4 as well Next up, the Justice League track walk. Unable to price as not otherwise available Back out into the park again, and it's a short walk over to the rear entrance of the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster building, ... Unable to price as not otherwise available ... we were instead treated to a sit through of the Green Lantern rollercoaster going through its morning safety check procedures. This was followed by a visit down underneath into its maintenance bay to learn more about its trains, and more interesting ride and park facts. You'll also get to enjoy the very first ride of the day, once the safety checks are completed and she's good to go! Unable to price as not otherwise available Your tour group will be taken into the STARS building kitchen to be introduced to some of the busy kitchen staff, and taste test some of the lovely treats being cooked up. Unable to price as not otherwise available Next, you'll be whisked down to the track of Stunt Driver 2, to check out the back of house areas and meet some of the talented drivers of the show. When the first Stunt Driver show of the morning begins shortly afterwards, a roped off VIP section of seating will be waiting for you and your tour buddies in the audience seating area, complete with cushy padded seats and a prompt visit from a mobiles attendant to deliver you a fresh cup of popcorn. Now this is watching the show in style ? After the show and just before heading off to lunch, the tour Director will take you up to the control room to meet the SFX staff and see the technology used during the Stunt Driver show. This is about half of the perks of the Behind the scenes pass for HWSD2 which is value of $179... Lets call it $80 and be generous... Popcorn is approx $5. Now it's time for lunch at the Dirty Harry bar! A formally set table will be awaiting your arrival, and jugs of water and soft drinks delivered whilst your lunch of choice is freshly prepared. Expect a couple more exclusive special character visits in the meanwhile (in our case, it was Superman and Bugs Bunny!) and more photo opportunities. Average meal from Dirty Harry is approx $15, plus drink $4, 2 more photo shoot opportunities $40 (2x $20) memorabilia bags are handed out, and wristbands for both fast track rides and unlimited ride photos individually handed out. After lunch, you'll be briefly escorted to lockers to store your belongings whilst you enjoy these benefits at your own leisure for the rest of the afternoon, along with a VIP section reserved for the tour group at the 3.30pm parade. Fast track rides $60, unlimited photos $40 , locker for day $10 So that pretty much wraps up what to expect with the Star Tour! So... $283 approx of items you can purchase in the park normally... Then add to that the extra behind the scenes stuff that you cannot do... Worth well more than the remaining $16... * I did not calculate park entry as either way you already have a pass and don't have to pay, or you don't have a pass and have to pay for park entry, and this is a requirement for the tour and not a part of it... ** Now just to get my wife to read this so I can do the tour As an aside to this post... And for anyone else wondering... Spoke to Guest Services regarding the ride fast pass... While I am wanting to do this tour my wife does not and I then have no interest in the rides afterwards... I asked if it was possible to (after the tour was completed) give the fast pass to my wife as she will have been looking after our son all morning while I am on the tour, and I would look after him and she can fast pass rides all afternoon... They confirmed that this is able to be done...

LOL. For those outside the circle - @reanimated35 usually hyper-analyses @Slick's articles on OurWorlds for spelling grammar and punctuation, so it had to be done! On topic - given that the tour was designed with Superman Escape in mind, and given the maintenance schedule has it out until almost the end of the current tour schedule, am i the only one thinking it'll be extended?

Even that's too good. This is AFTER! 100% not cgi.

Bakery confirmed as a maze location.

And no one will talk to anyone else

reanimated, TPG, Ash +3, you, Janine and me...

I was in contact with Dreamworld today and one of things I asked them was is anything going to be happening with Mississippi river anytime soon, they said they do have plans for it which will hopefully kick off next year they didn't say anything about what but they said something.

@AlexB you'll be happy to know that Greg mentioned if the Star Tours are popular with guests, they intend to explore more options to add to them and make them even bigger and better, especially as the park expands over future years. There's a lot of potential for something like this. So I wouldn't cross any possibilities off the list ? There was a lot of pun about the Batwing tower being the next climb, hahaha ?

TAB are already promoting a Dreamworld / Jarryd Hayne cross promotion: "Jarryd Hayne signs with the Gold Coast! A place where all his dreams can come true..."

Don't forget that they have to pay wages to the three staff (2x tour hosts, 1x photographer) that look after the group as well... the photographer is there on demand to take the character group photos. In our case, she also came with us through the Justice League track walk too, taking photos - although it's unknown what the purpose of these were for, we haven't seen them since they were taken. However the two hosts/guides are by your side 24/7 for the entire 5 hours of the tour to present it in the best way possible, and cater for your every need. So they definitely come as an expenditure for MW as well. Even more evidence as to why this tour is such great value ☺️?

Very solid review, and great photos reanimated.

Nah he is way too enthusiastic

Great review and really good writing too!

Well it's 100% not a costume, so what you are saying is that it's a statue, with animated facial/eye movement for the TVC. if so, I hope that's the quality we can expect from the 'interactive' elements in the new area, as it looks great.

It's just @JaggedJanine before she puts make up on in the morning.

Jesus, the area DW's fencing off is massive. I'm getting a little worried this is going to be an eyesore when finished.

Interesting. The builder built a temporary fence to build another temporary fence. This might be a slow build if the builder does everything twice.

Yep, great idea. Judge something by its temporary fencing.

Confirmed hwsd arena maze location?? Isnt the reel competition usualy in the arena?