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That's ok @Roachie. @Skeeta is right in that it opened at DW after the 1989 sale. The Parkz database says it opened around 1990 but according to aerial imagery from the time, it opened sometime between September 1991 & August 1993.

So did the same apply with Gravitron/Vortex?

Another fascinating article @Roachie! It was interesting reading about John Longhurst's post-1989 plans for DW. It's not stated in your article but do you know if Wipeout was one of his ideas too? The only discrepancy being that Wipeout was put in the middle of Country Fair rather than a new area or an existing area that was more related to the ride's theme like Blue Lagoon. It doesn't seem to match John Longhurst's attention to detail. The former Gravitron/Vortex & Skylink Chairlift may have been his ideas too particularly as there are no discrepancies there. Do you know if they were his ideas too? (I know Skylink Chairlift came from the nearby former Magic Mountain theme park but there is a 2 year period between that theme park's closure and Skylink Chairlift's opening at DW (3 months after he sold DW) - maybe during those 2 years he thought that would be a great addition to DW?)

The 11-minute interview can be found here. The interview expires on Saturday the 15th of February 2020 at 8:06pm. The official news article on the interview can be found here. After the interview, 7.30 did a 4-minute story, which @Gold Coast Amusement Force referenced. The story can be found here and will expire on Saturday the 15th of February 2020 at 8:41pm. Using 'Right To Information' documents obtained by 7.30, the story is about the QLD Government's Office Of Industrial Relations (particularly the Workplace Health & Safety Queensland branch of that office) in relation to theme park safety. The official news article on that story can be found here. In the official news article about the interview above, it does say: Dreamworld's acting CEO did release a statement though @Gold Coast Amusement Force (not sure if it's Ardent Leisure's official statement too). Leigh Sales said at the end of the 4-minute story: "The company's full statement" is below: Both the interview and the story can be found as part of the full 7.30 TV episode which can now be found on ABC iView (expiring on Saturday the 15th of September 2018 at 8pm) and features in the first 16 minutes of the 33 minute program. The episode is also repeated tonight at 12:30am on ABC News (The TV channel). Workplace Health & Safety Queensland also released a statement:

From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A 30 second preview of the interview can be found here. The 30 second preview of the interview expires on Friday the 14th of February 2020 at 2:35pm. From 7:30's social media:

It is even more interesting when you notice that the photo also shows people starting to leave the IMAX Theatre. It looks like the IMAX Theatre was pretty full for 2 back to back screenings!

From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

They never have had a proper 'rollercoaster'. It is very likely referring to Bobsled as @strop suggested. Anyway, time to 'kill the speculation'. Jamberoo's 2018/2019 season passes went on sale in the past few hours hence a television commercial campaign has begun: Well it wasn't Emu Mountain Rapids but Jamberoo's other two-slide ride. If you haven't figured it out now, in the 1st social media image, the eye was from a creature known as a taipan hence referring to The Taipan (Thought it looked familar!). The taipan's eye was next to an aerial view of the centre of a tornado hence referring to The Perfect Storm. Essentially, there is no 'development' or 'enhancement' this upcoming season. Jamberoo was just promoting their "trilogy of tube slides": This all formed part of their 2018/2019 season pass marketing campaign. No doubt a lot of people are going to be disappointed at the prospect of no new ride this season (especially the hundreds of people on social media who anticipated such a new ride). Whilst the taipan's eye is very similar to the eyes seen on the actual ride, as far as I know, this version (seen in the social media images) has never been used in Jamberoo's marketing before. If I originally knew The Taipan was the ride originally being promoted, I would have expected the cartoon taipan to be used (similar to the funnel web spider and storm scene used in the 2nd social media image). The taipan's eye next to the tornado could also be mistaken for the eye of a bird (like an eagle) hence hinting a possible new ride. Given they didn't promote their "trilogy of tube slides" last season like they are now, could this marketing campaign be signalling the end of development of new tube slides at Jamberoo? Emu Mountain Rapids could have been the last tube slides to be built at Jamberoo (unless Thunder Downunder counts as a "tube slide"?) but the possibility has now returned that it is being replaced by Jamberoo's 'newly proposed $6.5 million large major custom-designed hybrid world-first ride', which hasn't yet been confirmed as a "tube slide" (though a type of hybrid waterslide is highly expected). In the end, this 6 day social media campaign was a brilliant marketing campaign. Jamberoo never directly said that a new ride was coming soon. They built hype, anticipation and speculation & in the end, it was just season passes. And what was "ready"? Well, the park is. Let's just hope there have been some 'enchancements' for the upcoming season! Update: Jamberoo has just announced the 2018/2019 Dive-In Movies schedule: Saturday the 29th of December 2018 - The Jungle Bunch Saturday the 5th of January 2019 - Monster Family Saturday the 12th of January 2019 - Early Man Saturday the 19th of January 2019 - Sherlock Gnomes Saturday the 26th of January 2019 - Tad The Lost Explorer & The Secret Of King Midas

Jamberoo released another 'teaser' on social media yesterday: The image now shows theming from the already opened Funnel Web and The Perfect Storm. This could be a clear indication that the new addition will be part of the Kangaroo Island precinct, which is where those 2 rides are located. The fact that the new theming eclipses the Funnel Web and The Perfect Storm theming in the above image could indicate that whatever is "ready" may be heaps bigger than those 2 rides (maybe even combined?). If this is correct, it would be astounding given both rides are current world-record holders (Funnel Web shares a world record with Adventure World's Kraken for world's longest/largest Tornado). Emu Mountain Rapids would most likely fit the above possibility given it is proposed as 2 different but separate rides (even if it contains a Tantrum Alley, which The Perfect Storm already has). However, in it's current proposed design, as far as I know, it is not world record-breaking. Both of the theming from Funnel Web and The Perfect Storm are also located inside the eye of the creature in the image. I'm unsure if this has any significance though and if it does, it most likely refers to the location and/or the size of the new addition as I mentioned above. Jamberoo also stated they are "feeling ready" and to "#staytuned just a few more days...". Jamberoo's 2018/2019 season passes are due to go on sale in August so an announcement could be due on Wednesday the 1st of August. Exciting times ahead... ...unless all this 'hype' is just for their season passes.

(Hopefully) 2 months of speculation to begin! This is all Jamberoo has released so far as of yesterday on social media (along with a "#comingsoon"): Here are some points based on currently known information: Since Jamberoo is trying to build hype, I'd say this is a 'development' year. Based on the image's theme, it looks like it is a thrill ride. The 'newly proposed $6.5 million large major custom-designed hybrid world-first ride', as far as I know, has not had a new development application submitted for it yet so for now, it seems unlikely to be that ride. This means it is most likely Thunder Downunder or Emu Mountain Rapids being built next out of the proposed Kangaroo Island attractions as they are the only proposed thrill rides left and they do have approved development applications. But which one would it be? Thunder Downunder or Emu Mountain Rapids? The original Kangaroo Island expansion timetable was this (rides operating are bolded): Funnel Web & Banjo's Billabong (2012) Koala Creek & Platypus River (2014) The Perfect Storm & Thunder Downunder (2016) Emu Mountain Rapids (2018) The actual expansion has occurred as follows though: Funnel Web & Banjo's Billabong (2012) The Perfect Storm (2016) Since Koala Creek is unlikely to be the new addition being promoted as it is not a thrill ride, they could be finishing 'Stage 3' (which currently has become 'Stage 2' due to The Perfect Storm opening), which would mean Thunder Downunder would be built next or they could be going straight to 'Stage 4' which is what they originally planned to have opened in 2018 - that being Emu Mountain Rapids. Due to Emu Mountain Rapids consisting of 2 slides (1 with a Tantrum Alley), I meant in that previous quote "...it is very unlikely that at least half of it (hopefully the Tantrum Alley half) will go ahead now...". But without a DA submitted for the 'newly proposed $6.5 million large major custom-designed hybrid world-first ride', Emu Mountain Rapids is less likely now to have the Tantrum Alley removed. Both Thunder Downunder & Emu Mountain Rapids could be rethemed from it's originally designated themes. Based on the image, the theme seems to be based on a creature. A creature's eye can be seen in the lower left corner of the image above. Jamberoo particularly focuses on Australian fauna for theming so that may give an idea of which creature it could be. Due to how much of the image the eye takes up, I'm not 100% sure what the creature is though. Jamberoo's last major addition, The Perfect Storm, was announced very shortly after the first teaser of that ride was released so speculate while you can! So the main questions for now are: Is this an 'enhancement' or a 'development'? If a 'development', which proposed Kangaroo Island attraction is being built - Thunder Downunder or Emu Mountain Rapids? Are they getting rethemed from their original themes? If so, what is the theme?

The 2nd pre-inquest hearing was held today. Again, here's the most interesting quotes I could find: From The Brisbane Times: From The Courier-Mail:

I thought the same too when the website was updated at the beginning of the month. However, I've long suspected that VRTP's long-term strategy was to return SW's focus as a marine park. Recently, I categorised every attraction that SW has opened & made a graph based on the attraction's operational periods/categories and it told a story: As we all know, it was started under the 'park' name of Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens by Keith Williams, who operated a ski show as the sole attraction until 1972. In 1972, the park was renamed Sea World and the focus shifted to marine animals (from 0% in 1972 to 64% of attractions in 1977). This focus lasted until 1977 however, it was the main attraction category until 1982. The major attraction built in this period (1972 to 1977) was the stadium that currently houses Seal Guardians. In 1977, SW noticed a theme park called Dreamworld being built nearby so they started building thrill/family rides and lots of them (from a 8% focus in 1977 to 42% focus in 1983). Thrill/family rides became the park's main attraction category in 1982, the year after DW opened. The major attraction built in this period was the iconic Corkscrew rollercoaster. In 1983, the park was sold by Keith Williams to Pivot Leisure (who later floated it on the ASX & thus owned 67% of the park) and from 1983 to 1991, the park diversified - it was a mix of every category but thrill/family rides was still the top category (averaging 35% of the park's attractions). The major attraction built in this period was the Water Park. Whilst separate from the park (and hence not added in the statistics I used), the Nara Resort also opened in this period too as another example of diversification (half owned by the Nara Group until 2006 when Village Roadshow became full owner of the Resort). In 1992, Pivot Leisure sold it's 67% interest in SW to Village Roadshow & Warner Bros., who have been the main owners ever since (with 100% ownership since 2002 - Warner Bros. left the joint venture in 2006). At the time, they also owned Wet 'n' Wild & MW but Village Roadshow took full ownership in 2006. In the years prior to 1992, the Research & Rescue Foundation was formed. Since 1992, there is an increasing focus on marine animal attractions (from 29% of attractions in 1991 to 43% of attractions in 2017) and has been the park's main focus & attraction category ever since. This is most likely because the owners wanted each of their parks to have it's own distinct identity. However, SW's late 1980's brand image of 'diversity' was never re-positioned to cater for this. The major attraction built in this period is Polar Bear Shores. We've probably only just realised this was their strategy now as the iconic rides of the park from 1977 to 1992 have all but disappeared. Most of those rides disappearing for reasons other than reaching the end of their life span. All that's left is the Carousel. However, that is now aimed towards Nickelodeon's target market - just like nearly every new ride that's opened since 1992. They are not thrill rides but instead aimed towards families (Castaway Bay, Eye, the 4D Theatre, Bermuda Triangle, Storm Coaster & Jet Rescue). The graph also suggests this is the case and that the trend will not change course however, there is enough to suggest that only 1 new thrill ride can fit in at SW still but until someone changes SW's focus again, thrill rides will never be a major part of the park again. A big test will be Viking's Revenge Flume Ride's replacement. All we know is, according to Clark Kirby, is that they "are planning something big and...impressive". The graph I created suggests another animal exhibit or small family ride. It depends on the size of the attraction's footprint. If the 4D Theatre remains open, the graph is most likely correct (unless there is a thrill ride, not at MW or Wet 'N' Wild Gold Coast, that you can fit in such a minimal amount of space?). If the 4D Theatre closes, the possibilities are endless (even more possibilities if it includes the (reclaimed) land near the site of the former Sea Viper rollercoaster/Pirate Ship). I agree with @jjuttp though as SW has always been a marine park at it's core no matter how many rides it features. I've always treated the park as such. When people think of SeaWorld in the USA, they don't think of any of the rides - they mainly think of the marine animals (particularly the killer whales). However, a solid ride line-up is a bonus and always brings in extra visitation. Since Pivot Leisure sold their 67% interest in SW in 1992, the biggest failure on the part of the owners is not re-positioning SW's brand image from the 'diversity' of the late 1980's to the marine park it has been since then. It's only now, 26 years later in 2018, that it seems they begin that re-positioning. But it's too late and SW's visitors & enthusiasts don't like the park as it is.

Here is something extra with Luna Park's participation in Vivid Sydney that wasn't officially announced. I really don't know if this is a good idea (especially the emoji part) as I don't know if the Luna Park face is well-suited for projection mapping of faces? From the Vivid Sydney website's webpage on THE NIGHT. REIMAGINED.: The competition closes in less than 3 hours. And a clear reminder: This installation is at the Sydney Opera House - not Luna Park. The Luna Park face will be lit up with emoji projections but if you want your personalised emoji on the face, you need to go to the Sydney Opera House.

No whispers yet. However: According to the original Kangaroo Island expansion timetable, this year would have been the year the final part of Kangaroo Island would've opened, Emu Mountain Rapids, but due to the inclusion of a Tantrum Alley in The Perfect Storm & a newly proposed $6.5 million large major custom-designed hybrid world-first ride (which currently has no known proposed opening date), it is very unlikely to go ahead now (but with Jamberoo, who knows?). Due to the delays in the Kangaroo Island expansion, the next part of Kangaroo Island to be built according to the original timetable, Koala Creek, could be built this year. Jamberoo has added something new every 2 years since 2012. Apart from 2016's The Perfect Storm, in 2014, they introduced Dive-In Movies (due to the addition of a big screen in Outback Bay). However, to Jamberoo, that was an 'enhancement year' - not a 'development year'. 'Enhancements' could be expected this year but the current trend for 'development' might also mean a new ride will be built this year (In 2012, there was 2 'developments'. 4 years later in 2016, only 1. The 2nd? Maybe 2018 instead of 2020?). In the end, there is no firm confirmation yet on whether or not Jamberoo is building anything new this year.

From SBS: The World Game: I never post international theme park news however, this is an exemption because Australia is currently 'considered' part of Asia in international football. There is a small but very unlikely chance that one of these FC Barcelona 'theme parks' (which sound more like indoor museums) will open in Australia. Clearly, FC Barcelona is capitalising on the current trend of converting declining shopping centres into 'indoor theme parks'. If the concept of converting shopping centres into 'indoor theme parks' ends up working (which I doubt as it will just mean more family entertainment centres like Timezone), shopping centres will be the most direct competitor to traditional theme parks. FC Barcelona must think it's going to work as they've made this a long-term strategy. We've seen this trend already arrive in Australia - the Legoland Discovery Centre in Melbourne being the most high-profile example. The trend is also arriving in the Illawarra region with one of the region's major shopping centres, Wollongong Central, opening a Holey Moley Golf Club soon. I'm unsure if the trend has arrived at the Gold Coast yet. Nevertheless, the trend is already occurring in Australia so what do you think are the chances of a FC Barcelona 'theme park' opening in a shopping centre or "iconic establishment" of Australia?

From a Vivid Sydney media release (and image): Also, there is the Luna Park precinct page on Vivid Sydney's website & Vivid Sydney's own blog post on their Luna Park precinct.

Yeah, I agree @AlexB but you would just think out of courtesy they would also thank Illawarra residents via their local newspapers too. (I know they did thank them via social media and financially, it does save on marketing costs not doing an extra newspaper advertisement given it's their most loyal audience. However, that could be a sign they are starting to take their local visitors for granted)

@Levithian, no. As for the Deli, what I'm trying to say is that the Main Street plaza area, to most people, would just be a 'place to eat' - not a 'place to eat food from the Deli' and due to it being 'technically 'separate'' from the Deli, visitors would be just as happy to order from other nearby food & beverage outlets that are more of their liking and just bring their meal there to eat. If they haven't already, maybe MW could attach some laminated Main Street Deli menus to the tables? With the tables & chairs behind the Deli, like I said earlier, it's visibility from Main Street is poor. It's just a matter of theme park 'design'. Similar with Arkham Asylum, I wasn't suggesting they put a food outlet there - that was just one of the locations based on the '115 metre rule'. Like you said, there's not enough foot traffic currently. They should only put a food & beverage outlet there once a new attraction is built in the vicinity of the former Lethal Weapon queue area. The former queue area could be flattened so you get a larger courtyard for tables & chairs. Perhaps call the food & beverage outlet & the courtyard Joker's Cafeteria? @AlexB, I didn't ignore that and I did say the 7 Gotham City Cafe-like outlets could open according to attendance. If there is demand for similar food outlets down the road from MW visitors, there has to be a demand for Wild West Roadhouse. MW is likely making a strategic error - whether it's price, quality (or both) or continuing to open/opening new heaps of sub-'lunch meal' outlets in exchange for closing 2 Gotham City Cafe-like outlets for varying time lengths.This makes Gotham City Cafe the only "traditional" choice and thus, forcing prices up due to the demand it receives. However, I don't have any statistics or financial statements from MW to prove that's the case (plus I don't know the pricing of MW's other food & beverage outlets). If I'm wrong, it's most likely that VRTP just simply do not know what to do with theme park food & beverage operations at all. My main suggestion was to change their food & beverage strategy from the sub-'lunch meal' outlets to Gotham City Cafe-like outlets suited to the park's attendance and obviously, with quality food that's value for money. I agree with your ideas by the way. And I never suggested outsourcing in case you thought that. Outsourcing just reduces the quality of the overall park, which is why I dislike how brands like Domino's, Ben & Jerry's & Boost Juice are appearing more frequently in the parks. It makes the parks look more like a shopping centre food court & reduces the overall quality of the park's theming. And if MW does introduce your idea of a french dip roll, I hope they also provide it with fresh bread 🙂 @Roachie, I agree - I was discussing when Gotham City Cafe has heaps of customers not when there is just 1 customer. @Brad2912, your ideas are good too however, complex meals like steak are, for "high-yield customers", more suited to theme parks that are open at night. It allows vastly more time throughout the whole day for "high-yield customers" to order & eat these meals. Otherwise, "low-yield customers" would only purchase them as they have the time to. If MW opened until 10pm, heading to Dirty Harry's Bar & Grill or Rick's Cafe Americain & Bar would be more appealing as there is more time to eat from a buffet/grill or enjoy an alcoholic beverage. Maybe MW could do, for "high-yield customers" only, a Fast Track version that includes reserved tables & price-included meals at these outlets? So all the time you save heading to the front of ride queues is compensated by a lengthy meal? But still, the extra cost you would need to pay for this Fast Track version would need to be reflected in the meal quality. I recall someone saying that Carnivale has become more about the food & beverage nowadays. Maybe that's why the quality there is good because the food & beverage is now the (and a) reason people head there?

Yeah, with the Jamberoo/Wet 'n' Wild Sydney 'thank you' marketing, maybe @AlexB. It just seemed significant to me that Jamberoo would publish a half-page 'thank you' advertisement in Sydney newspapers & not the Illawarra newspapers.

According to Pacific Fair's website, The Patio is a "casual dining precinct" that includes Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, which MW already has. Based on that, it seems MW already has looked that way for inspiration & as a result, got Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream to open in the park. So how much worse can MW do? 😜 Everytime I've been to MW, I've visited Gotham City Cafe for lunch (Like @Brad2912 said it's the only "traditional" food outlet at MW. Also, there is a lot of undercover seating there around Gotham City Hall). Also, with the amount of rides, attractions & shows to visit at MW for, as @Roachie called, 'a high-yield customer', fast food is the best lunch option - it allows them to free up more time to visit more attractions in the limited time they have there. Whilst I agree with what @Roachie said in the quote above, is it possible that food is more expensive at Gotham City Cafe despite it's quality simply due to the laws of supply & demand? That is, because it's the only "traditional" food outlet at MW, there are too many potential customers for the amount of meals they can prepare so they increase the price to encourage the potential customers who don't want to pay that amount to head to the other food & beverage outlets? (Mind you, I don't know what the pricing is like at MW's other food & beverage outlets) This results in Gotham City Cafe's customers paying prices that are higher than the value of the food/beverages the Cafe offers. If that's the case, why not open more Gotham City Cafe-like outlets? As the problem with the tactic mentioned above is that the other food & beverage outlets are either perceived as too time-consuming (bar, grill, buffet) or the food/beverages on offer are too small to be considered a 'lunch meal' (coffee, drinks, desserts, ice-cream, meat, vegetables, dips, breads & fruit) so they head to Gotham City Cafe anyway or less likely, just skip lunch, the latter losing MW valuable revenue in the process if they don't eat until after they've left the park but it's most probably replaced by revenue from regular smaller food & beverage purchases throughout the afternoon from those sub-'lunch meal' outlets. Maybe that's why they are there? Either way, I'd prefer more Gotham City Cafe-like outlets than heaps of sub-'lunch meal' outlets. Wild West Roadhouse & the former Yosemite Sam's Diner area are perfect places to open these types of outlets (Both of those outlets are already similar to Gotham City Cafe). I've noticed these outlets are spaced about 115 metres apart at MW and based on that, other locations for these types of outlets to open include: Eastern end of Main Street DC Rivals HyperCoaster entrance Arkham Asylum area Wild West Falls observation area So you get 7 Gotham City Cafe-like outlets operating year-round (or according to attendance). Gotham City Cafe's seating capacity seems to be no more than 100 people at any one time so you'd get a total capacity of about 700 people at any one time if those 7 Gotham City Cafe-like outlets all opened. If still needed after more Gotham City Cafe-like outlets open, turn the other current outlets into 'seasonal' outlets - this would mean total food & beverage operating costs would only increase during the peak periods, when they are more likely to get the revenue they need in return. If those other current outlets are not needed at all anymore, just give them a new use. Hopefully, that would mean food & beverage prices could be reduced throughout MW so the price meets the value of the food/beverages. In a park like MW, where visitors don't have a central meeting place, finding somewhere to sit & eat is important. The Deli's location doesn't have any large areas full of tables. There are some behind the outlet (but they are 'hidden' in the park & disconnected from the actual outlet) & some inside the outlet (but not many people want to sit & eat next to a queue). MW did add recently a lot of tables & seats in the Main Street plaza area recently but they are technically 'separate' from the Deli so you're just as (or even more) likely to find people eating meals from Gotham City Cafe. Excluding it's obvious appearance in the park map, looking at Google Street View, the Deli doesn't seem to be a highly visible store - faint signs on the windows & 2 really small signs on each shopfront saying Main Street Deli. The Drinks & Churros carts next to the store are way more obvious and the Ben & Jerry's sign further down the street is more noticeable too (The 'Taxidermy' sign above the store is even more noticeable too). Maybe MW should consider putting 2 large bright signs halfway up each shopfront saying 'DELI'? That should tell visitors there is a deli there. I don't think VRTP's healthier options are that neglected. MW's park map mentions out of their 11 food & beverage outlets, 5 have 'healthy food options', 9 have 'vegetarian food' & 6 are 'gluten friendly'. They even let you bring in fruit & bottled water to, at least, MW:

From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

I believe the 'live chat' feature has been removed from Jamberoo's website at least sometime in the last month. The 'live chat' feature wasn't staffed all the time. I can't remember exactly when it wasn't staffed but evenings (which is understandable) & weekends (which is odd as that is Jamberoo's peak operational period during the season) is what comes to mind. I assume it was staffed the rest of the time (during weekday business hours at least). If it's removal wasn't because they couldn't staff it all the time, either not enough website visitors were using it or it was a website feature that was inadvertently added. That or it's temporarily off the website due to the off-season. However, here is some neat marketing from Jamberoo showing how much they value their customers. I believe DW did something similar in the months after the Thunder River Rapids incident but clearly the context is different. As most of you can gather, Jamberoo's season recently finished so they posted this on social media (Here is their Facebook post) : This wasn't just posted on their social media, it was also published on their website's home page as well as in Sydney newspapers with a half-page advertisement. As far as I know, it hasn't appeared (yet) in Illawarra newspapers so it seems Jamberoo has targeted this 'thank you' notice particularly to Sydneysiders. And with a particular competitor located in that market known as Wet 'n' Wild Sydney, whose attendance & revenues are ever decreasing, the last thing that park needs is more people visiting Jamberoo because they appreciate their customers more. Wet 'n' Wild Sydney did do something similar though (Here is their Facebook post) : However, whilst their post does say 'thank you', the image itself doesn't & thus, doesn't look like it was intended to appear in any newspapers. It looks mainly designed for marketing on the Internet. Also, Jamberoo thanked their customers for 'visiting' whilst Wet 'n' Wild Sydney thanked them for 'making this season so awesome'. If according to Wet 'n' Wild Sydney, it's the customers that are making the park 'awesome', maybe they should listen to them more often? It seems their customers know better than they do on how to run the park.

I agree but if there are long lines, wouldn't that point to a need for either: Faster checkout/cooking operations (without decreasing food/service quality)? A redistribution of visitors' purchasing times (so pre-ordering, afternoon take-away sales, discounts/offers in daily off-peak periods etc.) Larger existing food & beverage outlets (so larger kitchen & more staff and checkouts)? More new seasonal or mobile food and beverage outlets? The points above are just for reducing queue lengths. It would only really improve their food & beverage revenues if the extra revenue resulting from the increase in food & beverage demand (due to the shorter queues) boosts the total food & beverage revenue higher than the total food & beverage operation costs (which would be higher than before if some of the points above were implemented). If they make a higher profit than when the queues were long, even better. Assuming any of the points I made above aren't needed, more all-day reasonable prices would increase demand and lead to longer lines (similar to what @djrappa said) which would result in visitors not joining the queues due to their length, thus leading to less sales & possibly the food and beverage outlets losing money? If they don't lose money then it's a great idea.

Back in November 2017, the South Australian Government released a future vision for Cleland Wildlife Park developed in consultation with LKF Attractions: You might notice the above vision plan includes a 'soaring simulator'. It seems they are aiming for the exact same type of flying theatre that DW is currently building. It seems the South Australian Government are currently consulting stakeholders whilst they develop the business case for the vision. If the business case gives it the go-ahead, they will commence a procurement process. Clearly, even if the 'soaring simulator' is one of their first investments, it won't be built until after DW's has opened.That is, if the South Australian Government decides to continue with the vision's implementation when they review the business case. Here is their plan for the cable car:

The land for the Australian Reptile Park & the former Old Sydney Town was on sale in late February/early March this year. The sale has not been finalised as of 23rd April: