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JR is Jet Rescue

I went to the night markets yesterday, which hadn’t been to in a couple of months. Since when did they become so popular? I went within the first few weeks of them launching, then a month or so after that and both those times they weren’t super busy. But last night, there must’ve been a couple thousand people there. It was so insanely busy and I haven’t been in DW when it’s that busy in years. In the lead up to Christmas and they had a jetpack show on, which would’ve drawn more people in, but for those who have been recently, has it been that crazy busy?

Took this during the night markets yesterday, over half the tower has now been painted

It’s an all new system and infrastructure. They were operating at the markets too

Pandamonium has also been added and will be closed for a month

I think it’s mostly come down to trades availability and delays due to winds/rain. Trades are booked in for x amount of time, whether or shipping causes delays, trades have to move onto other work, and so on. Hence why the tower has probably taken so long to paint and why there has been times where nothing has happened for several weeks

Steel Taipan has closed for a few days/week a couple times in the last year and maintenance was performed. But it is yet to close for a significant period for maintenance. Is it possible that they’ve got a maintenance plan with Mack in a way that means the ride doesn’t have to close for lengthy periods, since this is there only major headline thrill attraction?

That was my thought also. Remove all signage, statues and anything else related as a temporary solution and then one by one refurb the rides to be the parks IP or they’ll close everything at a later date and do it all at once. The later is a better option in terms of impact, but with the parks ride listing I can’t see it happening (depending on how extensive the works will be to construct the new rides)

Wizard of Oz - Flying Monkey Suspended Family Coaster: The Ride

Despite the current high winds, Trident is currently testing

The first dates have been added to the Dreamworld website for the maintenance schedule for 2023. No major closures next year, except for attractions in Dreamworks due to the refurbishment. Interestingly, most of them are only listed as closing for a couple days in January. I’m thinking that maybe the area will close from this date and they aren’t yet sure on length of time. However Mad Jungle Jam isn’t expected to close until July. So maybe the refurbishment will be in phases throughout 2023 to ensure the entire area doesn’t need to close and massively reduce the attraction count for guests

I’m hoping number 1 happens one day. The ride has undergone recent refurbs, so investing into it to change a theme won’t be financially smart, but it will definitely clean up the mess of theme clashes

Probably got it from this

I have a lot of nostalgia for them as it’s something I always loved as a kid. I think providing it’s only a couple dollar and they’re not difficult to control I’m sure they will be popular, especially in this location

It seems the current DW management realised that the park was actually great pre 2000s and all the classic nostalgia that everyone loved was taken away. We’ve already seen over the last couple years small things/changes me made to fix this and this will only continue and get better

I always remember these as a kid were an iconic part of Dreamworld. They had some in the fountain in the front of the park and in this fountain where these new ones are going, but that’s all I remember. Were they anywhere else in the park? What were they called? Did you have to pay? Did they open with the park originally and when did they close/remove them?

The resurfacing of the floor continues and they’re repainting the columns and ceiling too

Preparations have already begun for the event

I believe ticket prices have gone up to, with them being $69 for adults and $49 for kids

Carnivale is back at Sea World on select nights in January and February. The event appears to be much the same as this years and might even be a simpler version as there doesn’t seem to be many extras available this year. The big marketing aspect for this event is the opening of the New Atlantis.

@TBoy unfortunately I don’t know the answers to any of that Part of me thinks they might do it stages so they don’t have all their kids offerings closed at once. Since they’re already doing works on the parents centre, I can’t imagine it will open and then in a couple months it closes for most of the year to complete the works in the area.

They are doing the works on the parents centre now to try and get it ready for peak summer. But all the major works for the area won’t happen until next year

The current wave of COVID means Aussie World is temporarily closed due to lack of staff

It will be. The colour scheme will be rainforest inspired.

Dreamworld Flyer is expected to open mid 2023 and the kids area works will all be done by the end of 2023. The parents room (that we’re seeing work on now) is pushing to open for the busy summer period.