DaptoFunlandGuy

I see both sides. Part of me thinks one of the best things Dreamworld has is their Disney-esque architecture. It's certainly not a decades old Waikiki super flip or ToT. I'd like them to try and hold onto something connecting them to their heritage, but at the same time, not at the expense of progress. For example - on the ground that now sits Space Mountain in Disneyland, there was once a hover-bumper car attraction. This attraction was revived for Cars land circa 2013, but has already been removed due to capacity, reliability and experience. If we held onto that Tomorrowland attraction simply because it was the first in that space (Disney historians, I know it wasn't THE first attraction on that spot, but prior to that was the circus I think, and that isn't really tomorrowlandish - if I'm wrong, meh, I'm going from memory). The point is that not everything does need to be held on to just for history's sake. Wherever possible the park should be sensitive to its history, and honour that where they can (so, for example, the new exit doors through the Emporium are just ridiculous), but in terms of the I-ride, whilst it suited the 'cinema' style of attraction very well, and fitted on the previous 'main street' - that 'main street' is slowly disappearing, so to keep just that one building in original condition would then look very out of place. Further - we have no idea what the ride theme is yet. Although unlikely it could take on the 'Soarin' look of an airport \ runway \ hangar façade - for which of course an old school southern colonial style building would look completely out of place. Likewise - would we have cried foul if they'd left Wayne Manor when they installed JL3D ? Ok - it has a tenuous connection, but then they'd need the story to get you from the manor, through the batcave and into the JL part of the attraction, and the Hall of Justice (if not somewhat skewed) is much more suited to the attraction. If it were presented as a 'theatre' or 'cinema' and then once you got in it was transformed into flight, sure, but I find that a hard theme to flesh out in my head. Although it's a shame to see it go, especially with the Disney versions above so clearly resembling it, at the end of the day, history shouldn't stand in the way of progress (which is why ToT should be unceremoniously ripped out too)

Spot on Brad - especially since the COO's posts haven't just been DCR. There have been several other nighttime \ twilight shots of other rides as well.

It's Dreamworld. It's Dreamworld. It's Dreamworld. Still Dreamworld. C'mon man, are you serious? It's DREAMWORLD!

There's a way to make money. Host a big boxing match. call it Movie World Fight Nights. Sell broadcast rights, sell tickets, sell extremely overpriced softdrink you have to refill at the other end of the park. Any excuse to see Mundine get the snot beaten out of him.

Oh come on don't be stupid! They'll strip it because they have to... that doesn't mean they'll repaint it when they're finished... that costs money!

For someone who tries so hard to show everyone how correct he is, you really relish in being utterly wrong, don't you? Although Dreamworld lists the area on the map as one precinct, the park map shows BOTH ABC Kids World AND Wiggles World - including both logos in the directory and superimposed on the park map itself. I do hope one of these days you actually fact check your mouth occasionally before opening it... but you probably won't.

You never know with him less than 6 months - as the refill station is open during peak times...

TOTTING HELL YOU'RE FRUSTRATING. YOU CAN'T DRIVE ON THE BRIDGE FOR CONSTRUCTION AS 90% OF VEHICLES ACCESSING THE SITE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CROSS IT DUE TO WEIGHT. Since the flume channel will likely not be used for a flume again, they could probably fill it in, but until such time as the rest of the channel is dealt with, that isn't easy - because any rainfall captured into the top of the channel will flow down hill, and filling in the bridge prevents it from draining to the reservoir.

When the park is under as much scrutiny as it is, any issue identified is enough to close it until properly investigated. When you only have a certain number of maintenance personnel, I think you'll find some of the rides closed (especially the ones that close without warning) are a matter of 'closed until we can get to it'.

Ummm... EDIT:

I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean, but: One slide closed = less wages to pay. Even if the pump has to run for the other slide it's attached to, its still a reduced wages cost. Perhaps the pump can be run at lower power? They would still be running the filtration systems which would circulate the water regularly, regardless of whether it is open or closed When a slide is turned off, all the water pools at the bottom thanks to a little thing called gravity. If black hole was shut, and appeared to have very full water levels, what you saw is probably totally normal.

Although its been a while, I don't think the bridge over rapids is rated to more than 2t - I remember walking past there thinking that some of the maintenance vehicles we had at Wonderland wouldn't have made it over there. I still don't buy that as the reason for the current closure, but even if it were - you can't just redirect traffic over that bridge when most construction vehicles would be too heavy.

Probably as good a topic as any - but I wonder what they did with the Dreamworld Cinema seats - most likely demolished \ crushed, and I just wonder whether they realised how much history sat there, and how willing they probably would have found many people if they'd only offered to sell them. I know I'd have liked a set of 'dreamworld cinema' seats to put beside my bar.

Really? because Disney went through a lot of cost cutting from the 80's to the early 00's. Little things like changing the merchandise in every shop from themed merch suited to each land to the same standard branded crap in every shop (which still persists today to an extent), right up to doing away with in-house technicians and engineers for rides and outsourcing to the lowest bidder. As a matter of fact I believe that's how they killed someone on Big Thunder. Well, if the closure of the stands is a cost cutting measure, I can understand why. If someone has bought a refillable drink, they might decide not to refill it whilst hanging around the area of the park with the most rides if it means a big old walk back towards the top end of main street. Opening it at the end of the day allows them to close and start cleaning down the ones towards the back of the park, whilst pushing guests towards the gates... "it's 4:15pm and this drink stand is closed. Please make your way to literally the second closest shop to the exit to refill your drink (and whilst you're there, please think about leaving the park early so we can close on time)"

>Dinosaurs eat man.... Woman inherits the earth. I won't presume to claim expertise in the future of Dreamworld or the land that it occupies. What I will do however is point out a few things to keep in mind: Those saying "wonderland" comparisons - the Wonderland grounds were in one corner of a very big interchange now named the Lighthorse interchange. It was a huge intersection connecting north, south, east and west. It could very quickly manage traffic from any direction to any part of the greater Sydney basin with relative ease. Once the Badgery's Creek airport is constructed (which won't be very long) it will only serve the needs of Sydney to an even greater extent. (And Badgery's was talked about even back then). It was the perfect place for an industrial logistics centre - freight, cargo and manufacturing. It was a huge tract of land ripe for industry, and far enough away from everything that few NIMBY people would complain about it. The best point about turning it into an industrial complex, is a very large parcel of land can be sold to one large corporation. The corporations aren't too worried about 'the view' or 'local amenities' 'how close the school is' or is it 'a good neighbourhood'. The dreamworld flip would be harder. You're not building an industrial logistics and freight centre halfway between two major cities. There's little logic in locating places there as Coomera is a fair distance from major airports, sea ports, and (major) rail networks. So - as has been suggested given the growth corridor in that area, it is almost certain that the property would become residential, if anything. Now - a few issues there - which I've already alluded to... but in short, its not as quick and easy to flip when you're selling in small house sized blocks. Sure, a large developer like Lend Lease might snap it up, and then flog it piecemeal in stages... but its still a long and slow process (as evidenced by North Lakes) - so its a long game for whomever decides to buy... and not everyone is in a long-game mood in this current climate (until the right price is achieved of course). Point is - a 'wonderland' style deal isn't likely here, and even if similar, it will be a much harder sell.

Anything 'hip' shouldn't be aimed a children born after 1972. #groovy

Indeed mate! As was my response! Cheers!

It's not on RCDB, so whatever it is, isn't.

You're a bunch of dicks. I didn't even notice until you pointed it out Mickey.

i'd liked to have seen them do something with the red terracotta coloured roof. I'm sure they could have painted it or something - perhaps replaced it with blue colourbond, just something to hide those dog testicles.

^Thanks Roachie - if people focused on good content instead of a desire to boost their YT views, we'd have been able to see that the first time!

Look, I actually support the fact that they need to undergo a DA process. Given the debacle that was hair-raiser, and the risk it could have been pulled down if the approvals didn't come through, not because of the complaints but simply because it didn't follow the process. Going through the DA \ BA (as appropriate) process is the same for anyone building \ developing something new - as we've seen with such mundane constructions as 'new food outlet' and 'new multipurpose shed' on the gold coast parks. Clearly, given the previous court rulings on noise, residents can't object to noise (they can, but they won't get very far). However the park has the protection it has because of the historic and heritage nature of the park. If they were to suddenly install something unsuited to the amenity of the park and the area, and unsuited to the heritage nature of the park - what or who would stop them? What's to stop Brookfield slowly replacing each attraction with something modern, completely different and worth a fortune in revenue? They built hair raiser without going through any process - what could they have done instead, and then had to pull it all down later? the developer is having a cry because they thought they had carte blanche, and they don't. they thought they'd been given the golden key to the city to bypass all those balances, and now they're finding out that they don't. I don't know about you, but I'm quite happy that such an icon will continue to have a few checks in place when it is completely controlled by a developer (who, I'm quite certain, once built some of the high rises that house their loudest opponents).

Telstra actually stopped retailing dial-up services on and from 23 February 2015. Also - He's dead Jim... (And if you're still in denial, here's one more - https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Telstra-Product-Exits/BigPond-Dial-Up-Exit/ba-p/485985 ) Oh, that was a really nice attempt at an analysis. The only issue is you didn't do your research. Dreamworld haven't offered pay by the month memberships for a while now. Anyone with a 12 month contract was well and truly past that minimum period, so everyone still holding a membership is a month-to-month casual user. They did leave people on their current 'plan' for some time, and introduced new options. They also offered really good prices, incentives and renewal discounts to convert people. They haven't "just axed" the old plan - it's run for quite some time. But - like dialup, the new technology (or service provider) makes it just not cost effective to continue to run the old system any longer, and it's time to retire it. Would it really hurt them? Yes it would - the external service provider fees may it uneconomical without an economy of scale - as more members resign or upgrade to alternative tickets, the few remaining memberships aren't worthwhile... so your assumption of costs, and losses doesn't make out. Nobody lost out of this deal. All good things come to an end.

Our troupe took a sabbatical this year - too many of our riders are international champions, and there were just too many international championships being held this year for them to say no. One of them has been in Europe for a solid 3 months, just travelling from tournament to tournament. I think after these travels, many of them will have some new ideas to bring back for next year though... and in the meantime, it's been good having a year off for some quiet time...

Its a business decision. They've offered alternatives. You don't see Telstra Bigpond continuing to provide Dial Up service just because of Jim down the road who has had his 36.6k modem connected continuously since the 1996 olympics. You offer him an upgrade on a similar service. It might cost a little more, but you do what you can. And then when Jim stomps his foot and says 'well, i'm leaving because you won't give me what i've had for years' - as a business, you go "all the best" and move on.