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Some photos from the event

Someone made a Doctor Who ride in RCT3. You should watch it.

Finally had a chance to ride it this morning and wow. I know people have said time and time again that it was dark, but if you really couldn't see a thing, and at times I forgot which way the ride would turn and I'd prepare myself to go the other way, and the drop for the axes I completely forgot about so that was a surprise. What i did like but having the ride like this was it gave a real perspective of its layout and how everything is placed. But will definitely be great to have it back to its former glory. One thing I do want to say is when waiting in the queue a guy got in the car and was asked to take his hat off, he didn't and then as the car moved forward and the girl had to stop the ride and she asked him again to refmoved his hat. He continued to refuse or step out the car, so they had to get security to come and speak to him. Bit rediculous that someone is that set on not removing his hat. But I get he may have some real reason for removing it, but seriously. It's dark in there, no one will see. Just take the hat off

Progress continues with the department store refurb and the GL logo is getting some attention too

Just took some photos of this part of the site, and looks like this diagram is bang on what it will look like

RE: Re-use the Rapids Ride Cave for a relocated Vintage Cars No. Just no. That is a horrible idea. Re using any infrastructure from the Rapids ride is in poor taste, and would serve as a constant reminder about what happened. Also people are suggesting keeping the Gold Rush theme and moving the Vintage cars to the area; the last Goldrush was over way before Model T Fords came along. The only advantage of a rethemed area with Vintage cars is that it would be very cheap; it's just the cost of demolishing what's already there (which they have indicated they're planning to anyway) and pouring a new roadway. The cheapness is literally the only thing the idea has going for it.

I have little knowledge on Doctor Who but I know the Tardis is a telephone box that travels through time - that should be sufficient knowledge for me to go on a Tardis-themed ride, right? Whilst Doctor Who is not exactly mainstream in Australia, at least Australians have heard of it. I had little knowledge on these franchises/people when I first visited their themed rides/attractions on the Gold Coast...: Lethal Weapon The Matrix Police Academy Big Brother A few Nickelodeon franchises Cartoon Network Mick Doohan ...but that did not stop me from going to their themed rides/attractions. At least the narratives of the rides/attractions are comprehensible to the general public who at least can recall the brand names of the franchises featured in the rides/attractions at a minimum (a little bit of knowledge on the franchise would help a bit), it should be fine. Just don't make the ride/attractions' narratives too detailed. To use the Doctor Who-themed restaurant example, if fish fingers & custard were the only menu option, I wouldn't know the significance of it and it would likely make me as well as other non-Whovians to go explore other food outlets but if it was 1 menu item out of many, the general public would be more likely to eat there while Whovians would purchase fish fingers & custard to make the most of the Doctor Who experience. It's simply a balance between not confusing non-fans & keeping the ride/attraction true to the franchise for the fans provided the IP has, at least, significant brand recall and for the theme park, the benefit of increasing visitation due to the new ride/attraction and Doctor Who, I believe, has a strong enough fan base in Australia to provide a modest increase in visitation. If a survey showed most Australians have never heard of Doctor Who then a Doctor Who themed area would definitely be a no.

Refurb is complete

This one did.

Why does everything need to have an IP attached to it? Universal Singapore - although many of it's lands were directly associated to a particular franchise - still ran with 'Sci Fi City' which enabled them to have a diverse attraction theme base fitting the same general idea, which now houses both Battlestar Galactica and Transformers. I really think the park is ok with a generic, unlicensed theme. they have their own mascots. they have several IP franchises in park - dreamworks, ABCkids\Wiggles, now Lego. I think they can do without additional licensing fees to be honest. just go with something straightforward, without an IP that lends itself well to a variety of rides and attractions. The best thing is that, unlike most rides we see lately - where they have to shoehorn the ride into an existing themed area and try and make it fit (or not - see MDMC) - in this case they can masterplan the entire area - they could incorporate GD and BS into the 'zone' and theme appropriately, demolish the rest and start again. They aren't restricted by the fact that the current area is themed to something they need to work around. Clean slate time - wipe the board clean and start with a blank canvas - but most importantly - get some creative thinkers involved. Maybe they should find out who designed the Doomsday \ Villains Unleashed area, and poach them to design it...

I don't think we're going to get anything fancy in terms of inversions (if any). I just think lots of turns, overbank turns etc, and maybe a zero-g roll or loop if it's going to have inversions.

I'd like to see the whole area completely cleared (including Buzz saw, which could be relocated elsewhere in the park where there's space for it) and a completely new themed area created. The theme: Doctor Who (obviously needs applicable licensing from the BBC, but I don't know of anywhere else in Australia Dreamworld would be competing with on that, and Dreanworld already has the BBC tie-in with ABC kids world, so should be possible). There would be several awesome rides, and various other experiences. One or more of them could be accessed via a Tardis, and after walking and / or riding through various rooms you would exit through the Tardis but in a completely different place, out of sight of the one you entered through (giving the illusion the Tardis moved). Upon entering you would go downstairs, and a small part of the attraction would be underground.You could then (if necessary) go back upstairs for the main, central part of the attraction, and then downstairs into another underground section for the last part. In this way, both Tardis would appear not to be attached to anything, hence giving the illusion of "bigger on the inside". This would be something like the Doctor Who experience I've been to in London, and also (much earlier) in Blackpool, England. There are many possibilities for ride, cinematic, educational, live entertainment, and walk-through components both within the Tardis and elsewhere in the new themed Dr Who section of Dreamworld. Of course there would also be a shop selling Dr Who merchandise, some of which would not be available elsewhere in Australia. There could even be a Dr Who themed restaurant maybe (although apart from Fish Fingers and Custard I'm not sure what it could sell)!!! On second thoughts, maybe we'll skip the Fish Fingers and Custard, or at least serve them separately as 2 different menu items, both accompanied by something else!

DC World - Superheroes on the Gold Coast.

There you go @AlexB

Has there beeen any recent satellite images of the Mack factory?