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Spotted this today. Dreamworld are advertising that they’re “Australia’s best rated theme park”. Not sure if this claim is entirely accurate though, as they appear to be neck and neck with Adventure World in Perth who have the exact same rating of 4.4 on Google and a slightly higher rating on TripAdvisor (though they don’t have as many reviews overall, so I guess that’s where DW might technically have an edge). It’s by far the highest rated park on the Gold Coast though. Ironically, I saw this at Movie World, which is currently the lowest rated park by quite a margin (with a rating of 4.0 on Google and only 3.5 on TripAdvisor).

Spy Chase has a bigger cast, more vehicles and special effects than Police Academy. If it's not as good as Police Academy, that's a creative problem not a budgetary one.

It seems Movie World are having more problems with Flash as it’s down on maintenance yet again and the train has been removed from the track. Ropes have also been attached to both sides of the track. I do need to give MW some props though. Since my last visit, a lot of noticeable improvements have been made throughout the park. First of all, a lot more seating has been added in various areas including around Superman and the Wild West section which is great to see. Additional chairs and tables have also been added in the bank, which now features a screen that shows classic movie clips. A lot of the movie related cars that were in storage for a long time have been put back on display in the park, including the Batmobiles and the Loony Tunes vehicles. They’ve also (finally) sorted out a lot of the audio issues that have been plaguing the park for years at this point. New speakers have been installed around the Wild West Village area and the original area music loop has returned. It sounded terrific and added so much to the atmosphere. The majority of the other areas around the park also had their music back on and playing at a decent volume level which was fantastic to hear. The only quiet zone without music was the Looney Tunes area (around Tweety cages and Yosemite Sam Railroad), but hopefully that’ll be addressed in the future. Also, a few buildings around Main Street appear to have been repainted recently and are looking nice and fresh and the staff seemed a lot friendlier and happier than usual. Unfortunately, operations were still absolutely awful, but at least it’s starting to look like progress is being made. I’m wondering if something has changed in upper management that’s caused all these positive additions to occur all at once? Either way, I really hope this trend continues as it’s really what the park needs right now. Also, for those wondering what the old WB showcase/show stage looks like now… Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like a new show or attraction will be opening up here anytime soon.

Those are bigger effects, not more numerous. So it is close. The point still remains that the quality of the show is not because of the ticket price. The park got rid of pre-shows and police academy long before the price dropped. They lowered the quality of experience at MW and SW and then had to lower the ticket price to match. This includes operations, food quality, shows, pre-shows, theming (look at GL and Batwing, it barely exists). You've consistently made the point that parks are 'giving away the gate', except that is what people are willing to pay for the experience on offer and even at these prices, they're still having to offer discounts and incentives because the parks don't offer enough value for that price. Currently I'm willing to pay exactly $0 for a VRTP experience. I let my pass expire and didn't bother to renew it because I got tired of rude staff, tired looking parks, constant ride closures, overpriced and poor quality food, and extremely long lines because of slow operations (FOTWW had 7-11 minute turnarounds from a train arriving at the station to departing the station). At MW, a full day experience required 4-5 visits to the park just to do everything, not because there is so much to do but because you had to play the lottery as to whether or not things were actually going to be open and not close part way through the day. When people complained, the park blamed them for 'not checking the website'. The de-valuing of the experience at VRTP parks started long before BGH and long before the price drops. MW could easily bring back a show at the level of Police Academy. The current show has similar elements already, it's just a weaker script that relies a lot more on vehicles than stunts. I think the main reason the quality started to drop was because Warner Bros exited the parks business and shifted to just licensing IP to operators instead. They were likely the ones pushing for story-based experiences linked closely to specific movies, and once it became a licensing business they just didn't care what parks did as long as they paid. That's when VRTP started building rides (without shows) based on comic book versions of characters, rather than movies. That's when it stopped being 'Movie World', and that is when the concept of the park shifted to a Six Flags model rather than a movie-themed, story-driven park.

MW giving away the gate is why you’ll probably never see another show on the same level as Police Academy, or another proper preshow at MW. That was the kind of stuff that made MW great.

@noll_57 You’d expect the bigger crowds Dreamworld has been seeing to hurt the ratings, but over the last 12 months the score has actually strengthened.

Yep I got the same email - and the in park discounts and other perks they were offering still apply. Something is clearly very wrong with their pass sales and they're trying whatever they can to improve sales - first by adding the limited time discounts, then extending them, and now discounting bulk purchases. Finally they've realised they can't keep jacking up the price without increasing their offering.

VRTP have introduced a discount on the Premium Pass of $30 per pass when you buy 4 or more. Village Roadshow Premium Annual Pass Family Bundle Offer: Save $120 or more when you buy 4+ PassesBuy four or more Village Roadshow Premium Annual Passes in a single transaction and save at least $120 or more per purchase ($30 off each additional Pass for 5 plus). Discount applies automatically at checkout. Offer available from 10 February 2026 and is not available in conjunction with any other promotions or discounts. Premium Annual Pass is valid for 12 months and is subject to the same entitlements, terms and conditions as noted above for the Village Roadshow Premium Annual Pass.

Disagree, I think everything from the past 5 years show they know what they are doing. The silence doesn't feeling telling whatsoever imho.