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I think you misheard when she wished you had a bigger...... 😁

What does SW need? 1. A kick ass ride like Rivals. 2. A few smaller rides to the standard of JR & SC.

Take with a Grain of Salt/second hand info hence putting it in this thread, but apparently Clark Kirby had a “state of play” meeting with staff yesterday at SW and something very big is coming late 2020 on the ride front that will change the landscape of SW quite dramatically

Found another good article, which also linked to a detailed video rendering of the proposed park: https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/pellicano-zagame-announce-plans-for-100m-water-park It looks like White Water West will be the sole supplier of all slides and attractions. I'd always prefer to see a mix of suppliers, but I'm sure White Water quoted an enticing price for the whole package. The place looks like a gigantic local sports and aquatic centre. Very light on themeing, compared to other indoor/partially outdoor waterparks around the world (e.g. Kingdom Of Poseidon)

Wyndham Cruises rebrands to Sea World Cruises and launch new ferry service to Sea World Gold Coast sightseeing cruise operator Wyndham Cruises have announced the company will rebrand to Sea World Cruises and launch a new ferry service transporting passengers from Surfers Paradise to Sea World. Click here to continue reading

If it's not themed like this, it's shit.

SEA WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The solution has been in front of you all along and you don't need to pay a 3rd party for a ferry service. If I learnt anything from slick’s video, it's dolphins are underworked and could easily fit in a couple of ferry shifts between shows. I for one would pay 10 bucks for a ride a dolphin to my hotel and for the heavy-set people you could strap 2 together and charge 20 bucks. In all seriousness, If I hadn’t been to SW before I would be reluctant to purchase a return pass that required me to leave SW early. But, but, but being a person who been before and knowing what we know, I couldn’t spend 6.5 hours in SW so for me the times are too far apart.

Zagames/Pellicano are developing an indoor water park in the SE of Melbourne, it will be indoor/outdoor, and feature a semicircular waveoz flow rider, a slide boarding slide where you earn points guitar hero style, and a master blaster, to name a few. Itll also have an outdoor section, with a retractable facade connecting it to the Indoor part. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thehotelconversation.com.au/news/2019/03/05/pellicano-and-zagame-release-plans-100m-water-park-dingley-village-melbourne&ved=0ahUKEwj9ntnF9engAhWXTX0KHa7BA3kQqQIIKSgBMAE&usg=AOvVaw1xy-OBUIbIRb7xK14jPYGq http://www.kiis1011.com.au/newsroom/melbourne-getting-southern-hemispheres-biggest-water-park https://www.3aw.com.au/cool-reaction-to-melbournes-proposed-new-100-million-water-park/

This was just announced. I imagine details will be coming very soon

Well, the only thrill ride there is the ride at LPM, so I don't think that's going to happen because it's basically the ranger but with tighter restraints.

I’d tell you Skeeta but I’m worried you’d get a massive woodie..

In the 90's, there was a game show produced by channel 9 called Cash Bonanza. THis page has a few stills from the show, which shows the audience layout and stage sets - https://australiangameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Cash_Bonanza This page also has some of the same photos, but i think some others. i didn't check too pedantically, but either way it has pics of the showstage too - http://members.iinet.net.au/~powney/gameshow/cashbonanza2001.htm

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT? SW needs to extend its operating times on the weekends. Carnival, every weekend night. By day we play with fish and by night we party.

It was the ThrillSeaCorkViperScrewSeeker

The gatekeeper has spoken. 😘

Don't you think (despite my better judgment) that this would be better suited to the more general maintenance threads, rather than an update about february - when your post isn't?

Well, Merlin is finally recovering from the Smilier incident, maybe they'll try their luck with another park that's had a ride tragedy

Oh well at least they're doing a thing.

Well if a glowstick party doesn't turn park performance around I don't know what will.

Honestly, Merlin buying DW would be many an enthusiast's dream come true, and it does make a lick of sense as they are making investment into Australia. But I don't see it happening. Merlin already has their hands full with opening Legoland Discovery Centres in this country and building new Legoland parks every other year. Dreamworld would be far too big of an investment to take on for a company so new to Australia even though they have bought parks in the past with their acquisition of Gardaland and Cypress Gardens in the past. Alternatively, and this might be a far-fetched theory to some, but this is the most likely way Merlin will invest into DW - Merlin could buy the park as it is like Cypress Gardens and DW will become the next Legoland. Still not a great park but its better than housing , and the Gold Coast definitely has the tourism base to build a Legoland if Legolands are being built in Korea and have been completed in Malaysia. Who knows, Merlin may want to take the next step with bringing the Lego brand into Australia and build a theme park. DW is the prime position for a Legoland. Even if it is a strictly family only park due to its IP and attractions, if that is what keeps Dreamworld alive, I'm all for this transformation. At the end of the day, Dreamworld being protected by legislation a la LPS will be the only way to ensure Ardent won't be the park's final owner. The park is iconic to millions in spite of its weak reputation in the community following the TRRR disaster. If the park did actually end up closing it would be a national tragedy, on the scale of when Toys R Us collapsed around the world in 2018. Every single member of this board would be sad to see DW close whether or not you saw it coming. Not to mention from an analytical point of view, it would damage our industry massively - VRTP would essentially have a monopoly over theme parks in Australia as they have no competition in the region and very little investment would be made in their parks in the future compared to today. The competition between DW and VRTP has brought us rides like DC Rivals, Superman Escape and Tower of Terror, among others. Big rides were built to draw the crowds away from the competitor and towards the park building it. We wouldn't be getting rides on the scale of those if VRTP didn't have any competition. Whether you like the park or you don't, it needs to be recognised that Dreamworld needs to remain in operation to ensure our parks' profile on the world stage continues to expand.

The Wipeout will be permanently removed before the end of this year and Dreamworld have already planned to fill in the area, that doesn’t include a ride.

I think you may be reading to much into this. I am pretty sure its not meant to represent any of the new rides that are planned for LPS

It's probably just a permanent star flyer

Dreamworld is not ‘dead’ but has been in a ‘critical condition’ for the last 2 years and since December is on life support. When the inquest findings are handed down ( possibly as early as just before Easter ) then it will go into cardiac arrest.