This is a really interesting discussion. I've been a long time reader of the forum but never posted before, but one thing I have never quite understood is how maligned Dreamworld seems to be. We have been long time travellers to the Gold Coast, before kids and now with 2 who are 9 and 7. We enjoy all the parks but particularly Dreamworld where there seems to be so many options for rides and a lot of variety as well as the animals etc. I recall one occasion where we headed to Movieworld and became so frustrated at the lines that we left at lunch time and headed to Dreamworld and found tiny lines due to there being 3 times more rides. We also enjoy White water world, it is no Wet n Wild but I see it more as an add-on rather than a park in its own right and in that light I think it holds up ok. Due to height restrictions of kids and being a chicken we have never been on the rollercoaster, claw, GD or Buzzsaw but they look pretty cool. I admit to being a theme park nuffie, I have learnt a lot on this forum but have to google plenty to understand the coaster speak so perhaps DW doesn't have the appeal to the real theme park aficionado but to the average punter is a pretty good option?
