themagician

The store does look very empty, but this large open space in the centre looks like the perfect spot a large model for an upcoming land could go 👀

Just looking at the concept artwork again, based off this surely the main entrance is going to be coming from Main Street. Why would they want guests to get that big first impression of the large facades when you enter from behind it. Walking down the alleyway and getting that grand entrance once you’re within the land I see as the best way to enter the land. The fact that they’ve the former AA buildings makes me think that it will still be the entrance for one of the coasters, if not both. Considering that’s they’re the main attraction for the land, surely you don’t want any you main entrance to be right next to the entry to the coasters. Otherwise they will have the same issue AA had, a massive courtyard that they’ve put money into to theme it, but no one actually uses it. Granted, AA was a high thrill coaster compared to what these coasters will be, so it will be a more popular area, but I don’t think it makes sense for them to keep that Superman connection open. Yes it’s another dead end of the park, but if they use both alleys (Main Street & Scooby) it will make for a much more immersive experience.

Probably because they’ve actually got Leviathan consistently operating this summer, even if it is just one train!

Topgolf will be closed until early February at the earliest

I would’ve much preferred that they went back to using this entrance and closing off the access from Superman entirely, just to spread the crowds out a little more rather than bottling them all up at the front. This entrance was so good and really built you up to the ride because you couldn’t see any of it. This as a grand entrance to Oz down the yellow brick road would be so good, rather than walking through the DC Universe to get there.

Even re-opening the former Arkham alleyway that connects to Scooby will help significantly

And for comparison, even Sea World’s reviews overall are better than Movie World’s And here are Dreamworld for comparison

That’s about average, this is what it was last year

The first attraction maintenance schedules have been published on the Dreamworld website. So far, nothing out of the ordinary.

Busy day at MW for its first day of operation in 2024. Superman and Rivals a 2.5-3 hour wait, WWF at 2 hours and everything else up to an hour.

All parks excluding SW are closed again today

Sea World was the only park that has remained open today, but Leviathan and Storm Coaster. And with Vortex still closed, that only left Trident and Jet Rescue as the main attractions. Trident has been over an hour and Jet Rescue ranging from 30-60 minutes.

Due to todays severe weather, so far Movie World, Wet n Wild, Dreamworld and WEW have confirmed they won’t be opening today.

Surfrider did have 140cm height requirement and a max of 200cm I believe. You are right about Vortex, however I also think it comes down to it doesn’t look like an enjoyable ride and it just isn’t. It’s uncomfortable, jolly and lacklustre.

Tiger Island has reopened at Dreamworld, leaving the Vintage Cars the only area that hasn’t reopened

It definitely does, and I’m glad they haven’t just left it to continue rotting away (even if it did take them 7 years). Areas like this were much needed at SW, hopefully they add some seating and umbrellas because it’s a very exposed area in the summer. But you know what would’ve been even better there, an Intamin Half-Pipe Shuttle Rollercoaster

The more permanent looking construction walls have been removed and the construction fencing has returned to make more room in this area of the park because of the crowd levels (Photo: TPSN)

That’s a shame to here because management seem to be really pushing operations and making DW the best possible park, while WWW might be getting forgotten (that’s being a bit extreme because they spent a lot of time and money repainting all their slides, etc). However, when the park used to have very good operations and queues were generally very quick, it’s disappointing to hear.

Curious to know why? Not saying you’re wrong, just want to hear your explanation for why you think it’s better.

They did have some when it opened and according to their online store, some of it is still available: https://shop.themeparks.com.au/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage%2Ccollection&options[prefix]=last&q=Rivals* Maybes it’s still sold in park but only in one store and it’s limited stock

I remember it getting 2 hour waits, which was usually to the entry of the indoor queue, but 3 hours… damn I know a lot of people thought this was one of the park best rides, so maybe it’s removal really did have a large impact on guest numbers. But realistically, the ride didn’t have much life left in it anyways and I imagine the cost to bring it back to its day one standards would not have been worth it

It’s been a few years since I visited WWW to ride any of the attractions, but that definitely sounds painfully slow. It definitely never used to be like that. Were they short staffed because they got confirmation that morning that they could reopen? Or is that just how that park operates now?

It has indeed @rappa but for as long as I’ve been going to the parks, I don’t ever remember getting queue wait times like this, even in the peak of summer. Or is my memory deceiving me? DC Rivals had a 4.5 hour queue during the Easter holidays last year. It did only have one train operating, but can you remember in any GC parks history, where a ride has got that sort of wait?

It will be interesting to see what the wait times are like once both Flash and Wizard of Oz open because they should take quite a bit of the crowd, but unfortunately Flash will likely have slow operations due to its low capacity. But it is a fair comment about the lack of Scooby, when that ride is operating at full capacity it can churn through people very well. And considering the indoor queue can hold up to a two hour wait, without it, the park definitely feels it. But also, WWF used to be the highest capacity ride in the park because of how quick they could load/unload, but now it’s probably one of the worst. And on the day that video was posted, WWF wasn’t operating

@Brad2912 how were the crowds/wait times for WWW, considering it was only announced a couple hours before it opened?