Themeparkfan

Goodbye old freind

Well the ranger has had a good run from world expo 88 to travelling the show circuit in the early 90s now retiring after decades of service at Luna park a shame it’s being used for spare parts as it’s the only Huss ranger in Aus but at least it will keep the rainbow operating assuming this is where it being sent

I don’t care that it was a rattley old rust bucket by the end of its service life but I do miss the thunderbolt, avalanche and the eureka runaway mine train at Dreamworld and of course in the other parks Bermuda, corkscrew Vikings, gremlins and the loony toons river ride

The creature cruise used the station area and part of the track footprint of the lil puff circus train that used to be there back when the area was village green Tower of terror and part of tiger island took up the rest of the old lil puff track circuit

R.I.P John longhurst’s Dreamworld. I think the only thing left in the park that has any connection to classic Dreamworld now is the model t fords and no doubt they will soon join. The log ride on the chopping block and even that got shifted for the shitty motocoaster well they suceeded on destroying an once amazing immersive themed Disney inspired theme park into a trashy amusement park good on you ardent! You get a gold star

JThat’s so painful to see goodbye wipeout goodbye childhood .... Dreamworld is almost unrecognisable fuck ardent! Just sell to park to people who care about running it you just used it as a cash cow until you neglected it so much the money all dried up so sad I might go for on last visit before they tear down the rest of the original parts of the park

Say ardent decided to sell Dreamworld and you had the money to buy it how would you go about fixing it? Me personally id first to a safety audit of all the rides I’d heavily market the nostalgia of Dreamworld bring back an updated one day holiday jingle repair the steam train and get another on loan from a steam museum chuck out the tractor on wheels invest in a well themed moderate family thrill coaster possibly a wooden or rmc in the old gold rush area bring back the paddle steamer and stunt show bring roaming themed entertainment to the park like they used to, invest in a Kenny koala /Belinda brown /cooee the gumnut fairy cartoon short for television remove and replace poorly themed attractions that are close to the end or their shelf life replace the log ride with a new log flume system from Mack or intamin with all the mordern safety features focus on quality theming throughout the park once you are in profit again reinvest those profits back into the park instead of using it to fund other ventures overseas and the start complaining why their share price is dropping and cutting dreamworlds future investments like ardent has

How much per person?

As far as I can recall the turn table moved rafts continuously during load /unload but if they had to stop a raft I think they had to stop the turn table? I think?

When it first opened with the rest of gold rush country it was a very popular ride in fact one of the most popular rides in the park apart from the thunderbolt and the eureka mine ride, I recall over an hour wait time in the queue some days the turn table was needed at that time to load/unload guests as fast a possible

Yep ardent should just sell the park now I can see this getting very ugly for them it was common knowledge they had cut back on other areas of the park (eg theming and general building upkeep) in the last 5 to 10 years I had no idea they would also compromise on guest safety so sad

So sad to see the mountain like this goodbye childhood memories! Gold rush country was amazing when it first opened it was so immersive you actually felt like you were in a mining town the staff wore themed uniforms the ambient music when you went on Eureka you felt like you were in an abandoned gold mine when you went on the rapids you felt like you were going on a raft expedition on a raft made out of old wooden barrels good times! at least they are keeping the ride itself maybe they will put a new mountain up in a different theme?

Could it be merlin? With their recent expansion and investment into Australia in the last 10 years could we see a Legoland park?

If it continues to be successful as well as the Dreamworld store it could potentially make merlin consider opening a legoland theme park

If it does come back I have no doubt they will replace the seat belts with lap bars or they will just retrack the entire ride with a new ride system which would be complicated but not impossible

I personally think having benches in the middle of the Main Street square looks cheap and tacky they should have put garden fences up on the planters like Disney does to keep people from standing on them and put benches around it that would of fixed the problem in my opinion

Honestly I think Dreamworld can no longer try to complete with movieworld in the thrills market especially after DC rivals has been announced. if they truely are to be competitive with the village parks and to bring people back they now need to go in a difrent direction focus on the family market and go back to their Disney inspired roots that the park was founded upon so many people comment on how good the park was back in the day on social media and they need to listen to this feedback Dreamworld was once a unique immersive experience as no other park had that disney like feel ,immersive theming and entertainment they had the media used to call it "Australias answer to Disneyland"

I think a big part of dreamworlds attendance issue is the fact it's still fresh on people's minds and that they havent removed thunder river yet they need to remove this ASAP to really wipe it from existence and construct something new and exciting somthing that really has wow factor that will draw people back

I feel eureka will probably be a complete rebuild. Possibly using a MACK wild mouse? good to hear if eureka will reopen sounds like they won't completely remove town of goldrush this is all great news I love the direction they are heading with this maybe this is just the first step to eventually seeing a new larger attraction later on after putting these new theme enhancements and new experiences in place exciting times!!

Hopefully in our lifetime

It was the attention to detail the manicured gardens the amazing ride and park theming when you walked through the town hall entrance into mainstreet square you were transported into another world another time when went into village green it felt like you walked into a real Bavarian village with a snow capped mountain with a waterfall down the side (avalanche ) you would walk down to river town see the vintage cars and the captain Sturt paddle wheeler and you felt like you were in an old river town of the early 1900's ect the theming just flowed Dreamworld staff had costumes that fit the different themed lands they were in the entertainers and live music where ever you went in the park the fun of the fair atmosphere it was all done just right and I gues after John longhust sold it they attempted to turn it from its Disney-like origins to more of a six flags park which in my opinion was a big mistake with mismatched theming ect

People are going to disagree with me here but I think Dreamworld needs to demolish or refurb goldrush asap install a few good high capacity family rides like a new paddle wheeler or do some kind of new attraction on the murrisippi river (jungle cruise style?) and a classic Wooden coaster maybe? And a good focus on the detailed theming like they have been doing with the tiger island refurb Dreamworld had a magical atmosphere back in the day and I think bringing some of the old Dreamworld magic back with some familiar but also new family attractions will attract more people back to the park

They are probably switching the pumps on and off ever so often to keep it from falling into direpair just as an option until they can make a decision on the ride

Dreamworld will no doubt respond to this with their next attraction I feel the park has a lot to prove and will respond to competition I predict they will either invest in a big coaster/thrill ride to compete or focus on the family market and open several different attractions perhaps in the gold rush / blue lagoon redevelopment ?

Yeah gen 1 Enterprise had a full compliment of cars attached. The only time they would be removed is for maintenance purposes