liz.wis

First thing I saw when I turned on the TV this morning was the Levithan ad.

I'd consider myself more 'general public' than enthusiast these days. We (myself, husband, 12yo, 9 yo) went from about 2pm til closing yesterday. We had not previously been to any superheroes and super villains events. - Kids liked the Dew fountain ^^ - 9 year old doesn't like thrill rides or dark rides (has some sensory issues), so won't do anything other than Road Runner Coaster - very little to do for that 'older child' age. She thought the parade was underwhelming and wanted to see the heroes fighting the villains. - 12 year old did WWF, Green Lantern (at dusk), and DC Rivals (I think on last ride of the night) - she had done it before in daylight). WWF was a walk on (amazing!), but 75 minute queue for Scooby, so she missed that one. Ran out of time to do Superman Escape. She actually enjoyed the parade and floats, she had some of the 'villains' cast come and interact with her. - Saw stunt driver (lame, but liked the comedic warm up guy and glad they'd changed the 'flag girl' audience role to 'reigning champion), and 4D Yogi (meh, but hadn't seen it before and appreciated the air con for a bit), and costume'/props walk through area interesting enough (12 year old had seen most of the movies). - Liked the amount of characters dressed up around the park - Ate at the shop with jacket potatoes, kind of on the corner of main street, I'm not sure if I remember seeing it before. Wildly overpriced, but edible. - Considering there was no upcharge, all in all impressed, even if just for doing rides at night.

Has anyone here tried Pixar Putt Putt, currently at King George Square? I was thinking about it until I found out it was $120 for 2 adults and 2 kids, which seems exorbitant, particularly when compared to an annual park pass.

For anyone wanting some amazing memorabilia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-05/hollywood-animatronics-up-for-grabs-made-redundant-by-cgi/11080278?smid=Page: ABC News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic&sf212156908=1&fbclid=IwAR1tt4A2N4ZUpK9-uFZVauBuNfr-3qpaTylghJow9aTxHprtb6hLPmlMbLY

I remember filming Serpent Slayer, but have no idea what happened to my parents camcorder.

So disappointed they didn't restore it, my family always stop in for a ride on the carousel whenever we stay in Broadbeach.

Literally, the only thing I'm giving Dreamworld a nod to is actually announcing the ride's closure, rather than going into months/years of maintenance/SBNO. Ironically, the only time I've wanted a shaded structure in that area was to watch people on Wipeout.

That's hardly fair, I don't think I'm the only person that's a bit disillusioned with the direction of Dreamworld in recent years.

Even for $80 I'm not looking at renewing, the family has been bored of DW for the last 6 months.

I'm assuming it's not going to open before this current season passes expire?

I'm far more likely to have a panic attack than her haha. It is what it is, we probably won't be back til after she's 10 anyway, was just pondering on their reasoning, as like the previous poster said, they couldn't rely on public honesty for safety reasons.

We went to Dreamworld on Sunday, and notice they've put an age limit on Giant Drop. Now only for riders over 10. My 9-year-old, who has been riding it since she was 8, was wildly unimpressed. Any ideas as to why they might have done this?

Teen Titans Go?

The only park publicity I can recall seeing in the last week is the Dreamworld tiger cubs, and bus and moving billboard ads built on a campaign that had something to do with emojis.

This is the first year in about 10 years I haven't stayed down the coast for Easter. As we tend to stay in Broadbeach and get around by foot, the crows weren't the concern, it was the prohibitive cost of accommodation. I know plenty of families that got tickets for events, but none actually chose to stay down there because of the cost - the park and ride being the most popular form of travel, followed by various combinations of train/bus/shuttle, of which I've heard mixed reviews. If we're staying down the coast, we typically would go a cheapish takeaway option for lunch, and also buy incidentals like ice-cream, etc for snacks throughout the day. We tend to splash out on nice dinners, think seafood platters and the like. If we're doing a day trip, we'll bring food from home, maybe buy cheap snacks, and head home for dinner. With people choosing not to stay down there, it's a considerable amount of business that both accommodation and restaurants have missed out on.