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So at the park today with @ABYSS and noticed a few things: Sprinklers have been added to the Rampage queue which was something they were asked to do last week. Inferno tower is back up and should be opening in the coming days. Goliath merchandise Will be available next season. More crow statues have been added to Goliath area.

The nursery will be located next to The Lair exhibit

Seeing that no one has mentioned it, walls are starting to be put up as you leave the station

Corroboree Stage 2 Update

It's happening!

It was also good to see 4 trains running in off peak on Abyss and all shops open until closing. Along with the minor changes made to develop the customer experience. Also Goliath has on ride photos and all the Dragons Kingdom Characters where out today for photos. It's great to see that you can still buy food after 5pm.

The Dreamworld Cinema has also been removed off the DW website too

Everything remains to be intact still

Good post, sums up my opinion well. It's sort of on the cusp of being a theme park, but the sparseness of some parts stop it from fully getting there. I think its fine to have the big lawns etc for picnics, but they sort of need a bit more to unify it, and the structures can't just be pool fences and council type shade structures. To me, a theme park is something that takes you away from the here and now, and when i was there, there's not quite enough to disguise the "Perth aridness" If you wanted to fix that, the lawn itself needs to become its own semi secluded precinct, with a few structures in there that unify it...Heck you could even theme the area as an "aussie bush retreat" . Then the fringes of the area get landscaped to separate it off. The green area is more tiki themed shelters, and a layer of tropical gardens, fading into wild western at the western end. The purple zones would be more of a classic main entry statement for the park. Do something with the paving here to make a distinc first impression. The red zone would be gardens to segue into the Abyss/Rampage/Goliath area. (And by the way, that area needs to be given a proper name....Eg "The Mythical Way" or "Land of Legends" or whatever)

Their crappy design makes it look like a council ad about not driving over flooded roads.

I feel sorry for your nuts.

I reckon AW either need to do an intermediate family coaster (Eg stuff like a Wild Mouse or Family Boomerang) Either that or a high capacity proslide....Im suprised better provision wasn't made at Kraken to have a 2nd ride making use of the belt, which would have cost a shitload. No flat rides pls, we don't need another Aussie World or Dreamworld.

Perth Local here who has been visiting the park for years. I think i would struggle to call it a theme park myself based on the actual meaning of the name, and for that matter same really for any of the parks in Australia. Movie World is the closest we have i think in that most attractions throughout the park are movie/entertainment themed. Dreamworld got close with its few themed areas - the wild west areas, and then the industrial type areas of ToT and giant drop etc. To me the strict definition of a theme park requires either a single unified theme through out the park, or if more than one theme then dedicated areas and attractions to each theme which are easily and clearly distinguishable as separate areas. So that means it extends far past just the theming of the attraction/ride to things such as pathways, gardens, staff costumes, signage, naming etc. That being said - AW is somewhat unique in that it really doesn't fit any of the suggested categories. It's not an amusement park - to me that's something that's primarily trailer rides/side show stalls/fun fair type stuff. With the amount of water rides/slides you could argue it contains a water park. I wouldn't call it an adventure park either, as to me an adventure park is more about physical activities - flying foxes, rope courses, hiking trails etc. So where does that leave AW? Good question.. i think the only name for it though is still a theme park. Maybe not in the dictionary meaning, but more in the common meaning of a place containing rides and attractions both wet and dry that you go for fun.

It becomes a petrol station for cars. And boats when it rains.

The thing I've often wondered is why all parks aren't like Disney. Why do so many parks stray so far from industry best practice? They do just about everything right, the from rider requirements of the rides, to bag storage, to live shows to 3D movies down to the level of staff required to keep the street clean. There are a few exceptions to be sure, but for the most part just about everything they do, they do faultlessly. So why is it then that every other park in the world doesn't do the same? Obviously, I'm not asking "Why don't our parks have $100million rides?". The answer is pretty obvious; Disney are the most visited parks in the world, and even with that investment level our parks are unlikely to ever get a similar number of guests. But the things Disney do can still be employed on a smaller scale. They improve their rides so people who come back still enjoy the park and get some extra surprises. Our rides and attractions can be improved and plussed too, indeed there's some great new technology that's come along since 1994 and could go into Bermuda and make the ride great. Disney also replace the ride vehicles and don't feel the need to paint the ride red, slap a new name on it and call it a new ride. Disney parks aren't ad-hoc like our parks, and have a coherent design and feel the whole way through. Our parks (particularly in the newly created 'Revenue' department) is competing with itself for our attention till you just wished everyone would piss off. A great example of this; on a recent trip into Seaworld there was an obnoxious guy on a megaphone trying to sell photos or something. Not exactly sure what since at the same time I also had Food and Beverage staff trying to sell me an "all day" meal deal (since when is 11 till 3 all day? And why is the food in the picture not what actually comes with the all day meal deal? And why are drinks extra? What's the bloody point of the all day meal deal?). I don't think it'd be a good idea for our parks to do things on a Disney budget (and indeed if Paris and Hong Kong have taught us anything, it's that Disney shouldn't do a Disney budget in all markets). But I do think that taking the Disney approach of maintaining the parks, making them better and not having utter contempt for you customers not only makes sense, but is the only way you can have a successful park in the long run. It's quite sad that the people in charge of Village think they know better then the people who invented the industry best practice, and our parks are left to rot.

He didn't really stalk the female staff but had a habit of somehow getting their addresses and birthdays and sending cards and letters to them, which he still does. Jaggie I’m not sure which staff member you are referring to but he did it to anyone who would talk to him, well nod and smile while he mumbled. I don't think he would read this site but I won't make public the real reason why he goes to parks just about every day, and besides I don't think everyone really needs to know. He also went to Sega World on his days off from Wonderland. "The Bus is now leaving for Stalker, Victoria"