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I've just seen a couple of test runs happening right now. I think it's safe to say that unless there is some sort of problem it will reopen very soon!

What would that mean (besides that there are two people working on the track)?

I'm not going to take the bait Zanstabar.

Great review thanks. Much appreciated by me. Take no notice of anyone on here who is rude. Some people seem to have nothing better to do than insult strangers on the internet. I sometimes wonder if they're the sort of people who'd do the same face to face, or if they have a sort of duel-personality thing where they're pleasant in real life, but horrible on the net. Not sure! Anyway, as I said, a great review.

I just saw that interview. What a bitch!

I personally couldn't care less about thrills, or whether there's big 9, big 10, big 11, or big 20 million! All I want to see is more fun, entertainment, and adventure!

and I guess that's why I'm not normally sarcastic!

And in other news, all the rubbish bins were emptied at the end of the day! Sorry. I'm not normally sarcastic, but when I see stuff like this it makes me laugh!

I just wish they still had the pre-show video, and didn't they used to have several smaller TVs around the pre-show room too, which each played a part in the pre-show. In my opinon that was a major part of the whole experience which is now completely missing.

Seems a lot of money to spend on a drink fill station!

That TMNT bicycle plane thing looks fun. The more you pedal, the more you go up! I Will have a go on it when I have my nephew and nieces with me!

The Irish version of Piss Weak World, from one of my all time favourite TV comedies (Father Ted)

"Eureka Mountain Reawakened" might be a good name for it, depending on how they decide to play the themeing.

People will always find something to complain about. When the complaints are about petty technicalities, it means that things are pretty good overall!

I wondered what that was. I hope this will become a nice place to enjoy a decent meal.

If it is to reopen, I just hope that they get the themeing right. It needs to have a story to it, which is well explained. Otherwise it would basically just be a somewhat rough indoor wild mouse. I think it would be silly not to capitalise on the idea that it's been closed and abandoned for many years. Make it haunted! The ghosts could either be the miners from the abandoned mine, or put a completely different angle on it, and have it haunted by Dreamworld guests who rode it many years ago!

I've only been once so far, and only because I won a free annual pass during the ridiculous VIP pass scratch ticket promotion. It's fairly low key compared to all the other Village attractions in the Gold Coast. I'd even say it's almost like an Adelaide type tourist attraction! The main difference being that there are actually tourists at Paradise Country, and mainly Asian ones. It's a good place to spend an enjoyable couple of hours now and then. Peaceful and relaxed, yet there is a pretty good show to watch as well as a bit of other fun and entertainment. The main show is about sheep shearing, and I won't spoil it as it's worth seeing. It's packed with comedy, some impressively well trained sheep, and it's also quite educational. Every line of the show is followed by an interpretation which I assume is Chinese, at least when I saw it. It was very well done though, and this didn't spoil it at all. And yes, the barbecue buffet seemed popular with a lot of people.

That's the true date of Halloween. It's just that Movie World stretches it out with Fright Nights throughput the month.

Paradise Country is always full of Asian tourists, and does have a heavy focus on "Uniquely Australian". Their ONLY food offering is a traditional aussie barbie! Similar can be said for Australian Outback Spectacular, although the audience is a broad mix of nationalities.

Not renowned for their high intellectual capacity, those yanks! They did give us McDonald's though (which we now do far better than they do)!

That's exactly what I did!

Lol. I did think at first that you were saying Sea World Australia had problems. I have worked it out now though!

They could also call it - Ocean Island (Sea World is almost an island) Or - Ocean Gardens I think I still like the name Marineland best though. I have done that, and as far as I can tell all the results refer to Sea World USA. Nothing to do with our Sea World.! I still think a name change to distance themselves from that controversy is worth considering.

Whenever I look at the Sea World Facebook page, it is filled with nasty comments accusing Sea World of animal cruelty (when in fact what they do is save animals that are in danger and provide outstanding care for all their animals). Obviously the people making such comments are assuming that our Sea World is connected to Sea World in America, where there apparently have been allegations of animals being poorly treated. Probably most of the people who post such comments mean well and just genuinely care about animal welfare. It's also apparent that some of them are just trolls who've found an easy target at which to aim their hate. I had no idea their numbers had dropped so much. Where did that information come from? I'll regard it as just a rumour for now until I see confirmation. Nevertheless, in view of all the negative comments on social media, I was actually thinking only a few days ago that a partial solution would be for SW to change its name (what a coincidence)! Let's see if we can suggest some alternative names: - One that springs to mind for me is the name of a small indoor dolphinarium that used to be in Adelaide where I lived until recently. It closed in 1991 if I recall correctly, and strangely enough I do know that the dolphins from Adelaide were sent to Sea World! Anyway the place in SA was called MARINELAND. How about that as a new name for SW? I agree with that. Aside from the animal welfare Facebook trolls (which I am sure have a negligible impact) Sea World has removed their most exciting attraction (Bermuda Triangle) and replaced it with something pretty bland by comparison (Storm Coaster). On top of that, they've also removed their most impressive thrill ride (Sea Viper) and replaced it with nothing whatsoever! Yes, they have recently opened Creatures of the deep, and they are investing in a new kids area, but despite these I have to say there's not much to keep me personally going back as often as I visit the other Gold Coast parks, and even my nephews and nieces say it's a bit boring compared to the other parks. Clearly more investment in fun and entertaining things to do is still needed.

I was there yesterday, and I was surprised to see the fountain is back to normal (the last time I was there it had an upside down car on it, which I had thought was going to be part of Fright Nights). Anyway. Car gone. Fountain back. Anyone know what the car was for?