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Seems excessive unless entire sections of track are to be replaced

Phew, that's a relief thanks for clarifying @Brad2912😃

For those of us that still have the Unlimited memberships, can anyone answer if you still get 1 entry to FN included? I just visited the FN website and found a section 'redemptions' which seems to be the right place, until it asks you to enter a redemption code and the member numbers don't work. I have never received correspondence from VTP's that my Unlimited pass no longer includes Fright Nights, frankly this is the main reason why I have not switched over to the new Passes.

Hey @Roachie as a man who knows his DW history, was the Brocks Garage originally the location of the Giltraps Auto Museum? - an upcharge of sorts that existed behind Wipeout from memory and featured all sorts of very early model cars like modelT Ford's etc. Never appealed personally but from memory it was there until late 80's /early 90's..

What on Earth is up with the People running our Theme Parks? Here's a start, they have no clue, that's what. Removing facade architecture that was inspired and modelled on Disney - of all People, the World Leaders and Pioneers in Theme Parks. But hey, what would they know huh?

Walt Disney World. Magic Kingdom to be exact. Same goes for the IMAX "Gazebo" facade which was never a feature of the original Main street USA. The original Disneyland entryway featured more angular, pointey rooftops - similar to the DW actual Train station which it was not surprisingly modeled on😃

These cost cutting measures seem to be spinning out of control at the moment. Changes that will eventually back fire on the Operators but paying Guests also need to be telling them right now they are not happy, and why. They also need to piss off the legions of Accountants that are slowly destroying our Parks.

Yup, if it wasn't Rocky Hollow, the Cannonball Express or Murray River Steamboat, they likely were making a Bee-line for the Gumtree Gully Koala Jamboree Show.. While you are on a roll @Roachie do you have any file footage of this Classic DW Attraction to share?

My first ever visit to DW was probably 5 years after this photo was taken.. thanks @Roachie it proves once and for all a 'SuperTrooper' ride nearby where 'Wipeout' sits today. What I find most interesting is how enormous the Queue for IMAX was, stretching right back to the Front gate. Meanwhile a forgotten Spinner ride didn't get anywhere near the level of attention, yet somehow it became the benchmark of rides for the Park in the Future.

It's free to get in so how is the ride offering 'bad'?

Are they at least painting the track?

But I thought the topic was about DW 'chageing' name - not "DW turned into cheap Housing Suburb"? FWIW, I'm with @Roachie on this. Dreamworld is bigger than Pancakes, twice as big as the Metre Maids and (in ernest) 3 times as big as SeaWorld. It will not disappear into the History books anytime soon and certainly not without a huge Public Fight.

OK so what's the solution?

Sounds like an Insurance job to me! Wouldn't be surprised if it was deliberately lit.

It's all over the News this morning however spurred on by a GC Bulletin article that is opinion loaded as per always. There is actually no new News that has not all ready been reported here. A name change is an obvious Marketing strategy of a re-branding masterplan but like @joz said, a whole lot more is needed than just a new Name. Speaking of chageing the name, Can we please change the title? @AlexB will see this and have a melt down.

Thanks for the update @themagician! We can always count on you for bringing us the latest 😃 What a confused mess the entry area is becoming. Surely no Senior Executive could see this with their own eyes and think this looks good? Even from a revenue raising perspective it stinks. Visitors being corralled and guilted by the Park vicariously through the eyes of their Kids into buying Photos - even after leaving! Hmmm.. The whole execution is cheap and nasty. Inconvenient to Passholders and a pathetic cash grab to practially anyone else. Regardless, this is not the way a visit to a (once?) iconic Gold Coast Destination should be remembered? 😥

I love how the lighting on the ceiling is controlled to create different moods and effects. There are some really great rides and experiences - somethings which are desperately needed to balance out a certain Aussie Park that's currently too thrill heavy.

I miss this and wish SW could fight to bring it back.

Maybe the topic should be renamed: "Village Roadshow has gone to Shit".. ?

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One of the single most uncomfortable, if not down right painful restraints I have ever experienced on a ride. The whole thing is almost as ugly to look at as it is to ride and wonder how it deserves to return.. Pretty sure it will though.

Welcome to Parkz @Candygirl! I really enjoyed your mature and well articulated summary and hope you continue to contribute - and that this isn't a once off😃

By "Giant Hole in the Wall" are we referring to the Maintenance roller doors just rolled up?

Awww. .. @Skeeta you know me better than I could ever have imagined😚 TBT it was merely an ever so slightly (albeit drunkened) post on my part, but if only to try and dissuade all this nasty TRRR chatter going on right now..