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Maybe they'll focus on the hospitality side and building that up. They could maybe jam a small Eurofighter in there or a Maurer SC 2000 (fun, cheap little coaster). They'd love to get that land behind Maloney's corner. Gronalund has a thriving restaurant/hospitality scene as well, which would serve as a good model. Great spot to be out at night.

I've only been on 10 on the list. Iron Gwazi is my #1 (at night, back row, my gosh). Always interesting to see others impressions of rides. I'd love to check out the other 15 I haven't been on.

Lol Gumbuya World seems to be into trying to make studs out of duds. Maybe they saw a free to a good home ad on facebook marketplace for DD.

Can someone hit it with bazooka to make sure it can't some back and drive a stake through it while they're at it. Might be easier to get to scrap metal or wherever in dismantled form, than smashed to pieces. Just a suggestion, I'm in the dark like everyone else.

@New display name I don't know who won personally (just asking people's opinions) as I didn't go to either park in 2024 or so far in 2025 and probably none of us are privy to attendance figures (or could disclose if they did). If I look at it purely from a customer trust perspective (as in me, a prospective customer), Dreamworld did a lot to win me over, and if I had to choose one park, it wouldn't be as simple as it would have been in the past.

As others have observed, I'm puzzled how they spent $100 million on this. Some of it looks great, the rides are good but stock models (correct me if I'm wrong) - attractive for families I guess. I haven't been yet, but from videos it looks like there is space to add attractions - that dark ride we've been dreaming of perhaps - dream on lol. Would it be fair to say Dreamworld won the summer over Movieworld lol?

^It's a fun ride IMO, one of the surprise packets at Knott's. @DaptoFunlandGuy Probably a bit of wishful thinking on my part regarding footprint, Hang Time is a good coaster. I doubt in reality they'd get another coaster for a long time, but it will be interesting to see what they do (or maybe don't do) in the area.

What I'd like to see: Something like Sierra Sidewinder at Knott's maybe with part of the coaster in the building. An Infinity coaster like Hangtime at Knotts, they fit that into a boomerang footprint at Knott's. Bring back Gremlins. Ghost train, more on the haunted mansion level than carnie. Go full carnie, put in a zipper lol. Reality: Nothing. Outdoor tables and seats with no shade. Sea World star flyer Locally sourced pre-loved gyro swing. Absolute certainty: High level of disappointment.

^The old Mitch Hawker coaster poll used to have a weighted score which favoured comparisons.

Marketing - Doomsday Destroyer <the Claw in it's place> resurrected, the dream has become a nightmare, the iconic flight of fear has arrived.

@Baconjack Thanks. Purely an imagining, wouldn't it be tragic if they relocated it to somewhere else in the park - just to piss us off lol. Iconic re-imagined - Doomsday Resurrection.

That was quick, happy days. Hopefully the fences come down soon so people can enjoy the precinct again. Did I miss something or was there never any announcement? (MW: Doomsday Destroyer, never heard of it, what's that?). If so, missed opportunity for marketing to lament how iconic it was.

An official announcement would be nice, so we can feel confident to start celebrating lol. Doomsday Destroyed - that's a nice headline. Such a cool precinct, shame about the ride.

^Good to know, it's a cool place for gigs. My partner and I went to Dream Circus and we absolutely hated it, couldn't wait for it to finish (she's total non-theme park person, so an okay sample space of perspectives). Hopefully most of the money was spent on the tech and not the production. Back to topic lol, anyone seen any movement with the Wild Mouse? Last time I checked, one piece of track was missing and there were no cars on site.

@Baconjack I agree with you big top is a cash cow for concerts / functions, so hopefully after the lull during covid they'd look to exploit that fully. Likewise, Crystal palace. Dream Circus was an admirable pivot, but it was absolutely abysmal IMO. I imagine the technology is there to utilise for other presentations, even integration into a corporate function. Not sure when they last had a concert there, but hopefully there'll be some gigs happening in the future. It will be interesting to see what the hospo people do. A vibrant dining/night-life scene combined with the existing amusement park might be good.

@themagician good points. I've been on Orkanen at Farup Sommerland which is the same model, and I agree - that was also pretty good and re-rideable. I'll be driving by the parks on monday on the way to Bris. So if I go, I'll have to choose between DW and MW (& convince my partner to go, she hates coasters).

But which one is more iconic? Put a second sock in for that. Personally, if I had to choose, I'd take DW's coaster over the pretty standard ones at MW. But that's just my preference.

Good to know it's at least running sometimes. I might swing by on Monday when I'm driving up to Bris if I get good reports about the chances of being open, and if the weather isn't hellacious.

What's the current betting market on a soft open? Before Christmas maybe, though maybe I should specify what year lol.

Lol I have a guy in my team at work who lives in Werribee in Victoria. My joke occasionally is : have they built Disneyland yet? News sites have a certain amount of space to fill with content, so they have their go-to pieces on slow days.

I'm sure a lot of operators would have kicked the tyres to see what's what. Though it's not like when it's a real competitor where they do that to get a look at their books. Lol maybe Village could have relocated The Flash there.

Yeah I saw that in the news. I've been to Gronalund in Sweden which is a really good example of having vibrant hospo scene integrated with an amusement park. Will be interesting to see what happens, LPS appears to have partly given up on functions and events given the re-purposing of the big top and crystal palace. I guess things like Dream Circus (utterly excrebable) are expected to make more money.

I checked out Wild Mouse from Hair Raiser on Saturday. There's a straight piece of track missing on the station side turnaround before last set of drops. No trains out yet. Big difference between the front (much smoother) and back row (shaky) of Big Dipper.

Lol it's the Bog Dipper if you eat at the Hungry Horse on the other side.

Checked it out yesterday. No trains on yet. Saw a piece of the old track in the boneyard to the side of Big Dipper. Red train for Bog Dipper is in a highly dismantled state at the moment.