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Then someone who hasn't been around long and no one knows from a bar of soap says "i know, trust me" it comes off wankerish. When a community leader on these forums like @Slick says it, it is because it means "i know, trust me".

It's the main reason why I prefer WhiteWater World over wet n wild. Can't stand to carrying rafts

Asking a follow up is fine. Saying someone is a wanker for not automatically revealing why they know a particular thing seems quite rude.

Transparency kills careers in this industry. I know this all too well - when I was made redundant, I had shared my experience privately with a small group of mates. One of those mates (one that I had known for 15+ years, had photographed his and his family’s weddings) decided to dob my private conversation into my former employer in order to curry favour for their own fan site. I wasn’t proud of what I said while I was hurting (who is?) but I felt the integrity move was the right move and owned what I said immediately. Meanwhile, this friend continued for months to gaslight me and other folks in the community, going as far as to create fake accounts/emails and even blaming his own fan page admins, tearing a group of mates apart in the process. That mate has still yet to own his impact. What a top bloke right? TLDR; I don’t have a relationship with my former employer anymore, purely because a friend capitalised on my heartbreak on a dream job ending prematurely. That’s why I say “trust me” and why I just don’t care anymore if you (or anyone) thinks it’s wankerish.

Haha is there going to be pig racing then?

Keep that snake in your pants, no need to whip it out. 📸

Why do I feel like Paradise Country just exists to spite Dreamworld? 'You got baby tigers? We got baby tigers! You got a spring event? We got a spring event!' Jokes on them though because I've never been there!

Don't worry, that tower will be there eventually

This thread after like two posts: Anyway, welcome to Parkz! I've been during the school holidays and it's not the worst. The parks do a decent job is balancing the crowds by increasing their operations with more staff and trains on most rides. Honestly there have been times where the waits have been longer with less people because on attractions such as Superman they had like two people doing unload and dispatch. They'd walk between each block and no joke it took about 10 minutes to run each cycle. I do think your best bet are those final weeks during school holidays. I find that generally most people have concluded their travels and they're using their last little bit of holidays to make sure they're ready for the year so its your best chance in my opinion. In regards to your question about QLD and NSW, from what I can see they generally go back at the same time: https://www.nsw.gov.au/living-in-nsw/school-holidays https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/calendar/term-dates Considering when you're going I think it's likely to make little difference. Also considering it'll be summer I reckon you're probably going to be fanging for a water park. My suggestion is try and bundle Dreamworld + White Water World together instead of doing Movie World + Wet'n'Wild. Movie World is generally harder to get done in one day and getting over to Wet'n'Wild is a pretty decent walk in the summer sun. White Water World and Dreamworld usually see lesser crowds so you can easily hop between the two. Feel free to ask any questions!

I can see the problems in both aspects. @Slick has outlined well why some things can't be divulged, but I've noticed that some people (not mentioning names) do like to dangle the carrot over others heads because it's a simple way to climb the ranks within enclosed, niche communities like this. However I don't think @TimmyG is necessarily in the wrong for asking for a follow up because it can cause a discussion to falter until it divulges into the community shaking the magic 8-ball to try and get the information they want.

That's the best possible outcome. For sure. But it isn't always possible. In some cases, members are employees or are otherwise bound by employment or contractual obligation and can do more than hint, joke, or sneakily reveal. They can't always flat out offer sources of info just to satisfy your curiosity. As mentioned above - a brand new member with no track record isn't likely to be taken seriously until they've proven reliability. Longer term members are more reliable and can be taken on faith. But that doesn't always work either now... does it @themagician? lol. Put simply though - nobody owes you evidence, even if you would 'prefer' it. Feel free to call bullshit if you feel better about it - just know that if you call bullshit on someone with a reputation for being reasonably on point - you're going to look foolish. And you can always check someone's reputation (and this isn't infallible) by hovering over their avatar.

Sorry guys, should be 2022 not 2021... In my defense, time is a complete blur right now 😄

Half of the Gold Coast has been built on Priority Vegetation. If you want to modify the river you would have to get an approval from the QLD Government, so anything you find on the GCCC websites will not help you. The cost involved to get the QLD Government to approve any major modifications to the river would make any project for DW unviable. So DW saying they can’t change the river is more to do with DW and not to do with what they could possibly do.

Holy shit, some on topic content! Some sexy on topic content too

Well, I never thought I would say this but the WACA in Perth is getting a pool and two waterslide as part of a $100 million dollar make over. While getting a two waterslides a stadium is unique, one of the slides will wrap around a light pole. Imagine watching the footy while going down a waterslide. https://www.austadiums.com/news/936/final-designs-revealed-for-64m-waca-upgrade

To clarify, Taipan was indeed meant to run its first cycle today, but ended up not going ahead. It is expected to run its first ever cycle next week on an undisclosed day. The only testing today was the train reversing from the station slowly, then running in at normal operating speed. Also, the zero car shell is absent from the non-spinner train.

Well to be fair, that's a bit pompous lol

This area will indeed look amazing and have that fresh feel to it. Whitewater West do a great job when it comes to park design. The stuff they have done with parks in recent years shows. The shade will be a welcomed addition for anyone but mainly the families. The soft play floor will be great for littles ones feet, Much like at MW & SW in those splash pad areas. I am really looking forward to these slides. Super Ripper & Kaboom look like amazing raft slides with the later being a great hybrid water slide. I don't think the concept art will differ too much from the final product. As mentioned Whitewater West are really good at planning and delivering a product and project.

It’s a half dangle. No matter what anybody says to contradict him, he will say “your wrong and I’m right” He has no expertise regarding the matter and is only taking the word of another person within DW. It's impossible to have a discussion with Slick about it because you don’t know what his argument is.

Yeah wow.

I didn’t call him a wanker, I said the response was wankerish/ pompous.

Very true. But I’ve learnt to not always trust what people tell you and to look into that information first, rather than taking it as fact and sharing with everyone.

Hence why I went and did the research to back up his comment because I knew what he was saying was true.

Just drove past on the m1 south and no testing currently… though admittedly it could have been in the station having just completed a cycle as I whizzed past

Come on mate, like you've never nitpicked when people have made a mistake before?

Given Wikipedia is user input driven, its hardly reliable. I'd probably get info off the actual parks website, which has stated Summer for quite some time.

So that 18'th of September opening date on Wikipeda is pretty much a pipe dream now, isn't iit

I am the evidence. 😄

Come on mate, like you've never written the wrong date before?

It really is about time they put a younger kid's play area next to the thrills so different age ranges in a group can coexist without one or the other getting bored while the other group has their 'turn' so to speak. the kids areas are always well separated from the bigger attractions, so I like the look of this. also - #safetysurfacing!

There might be something within the councils website, but Slick worked at the park and got insight into a lot of information like this EDIT I couldn’t help myself and I did some research through the councils website The river is classified as general priority vegetation. To my understanding, that means that it can’t be removed and must be sustained, but through council applications, some works can occur providing they don’t have major impact on the area. Because the Ferris wheel didn’t necessarily take away any land from the river, but rather sits over it, that’s why it was approved.

Looks like they heard the complaints, those with a membership that included FN now get 2 free tickets.

Ride count aside, I won't miss it. It's a pity they couldn't stretch it out for another couple years till (hopefully) the next new thing opens. Wouldnt be against adding a Premier sky rocket to that exact site. 😆

Thank you. I don’t care if Slick worked for the park or not, the words “I know, trust me” without providing evidence are a little pompous/ wankerish in my books, so thank you for providing the evidence to show it is protected. So when/ if Dreamworld becomes a housing estate/ shopping centre, it will become the memorial river..