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3 rocky debuts, Ray Reef opened mid January.

Perhaps a bit late to give this piece of info, but if you can get down to WnW tomorrow instead of Monday I'd strongly suggest doing so. The crowd will be bigger on Sunday, but there is no dive in movie on Monday, and dive in movies give you the best chance to heaps of rides, as h20 zone and mammoth falls are open during the movie, and normally very quiet.

Plus SW has Dockside tavern. That alone makes the park better then DW. The rest of the park is just showing off.

It should be pointed out that the boards are often updated wrong on purpose, and always display the queue to be slightly longer then it really is so no one complains if it takes longer. Its a pretty common practice, Disney do it with their queue boards as well. It shouldn't be out by twenty mins though.

People move the magnets and steal them. Thats why those specific signs are stupid. They also take a dedicated staff member to update then all day, and don't provide any other useful information (show times, ride closures etc.) The queue wait signs are a great idea, but the way its pulled off is a bit tacky.

The cycle is pretty quick, I doubt the queue will be all that long most of the year even with one train. Remember that Corkscrew is walk on for about eleven months of the year.

^ Exactly, photos of the finishing touches from a distance don't make for compelling update. There will be a major update the day the ride opens.

I might be reading this wrong, but the two main thoughts coming from this thread are: the park is a tacky assortment of flats and the park needs more flat rides. A flume ride IMHO is a great ride for Luna Park, face the drop towards the harbour and you'd be laughing. Having said that, a big permanent one out the back would much better

Lo-q is bad for guest experience, however, it is a new way to make extra money. Thats it, don't try to sell it as a way to improve the park because it isn't. Lo-q is bad for guest experience, however, it is a new way to make extra money. Thats it, don't try to sell it as a way to improve the park because it isn't.

^ Looking forward to seeing footage online since I sadly have none. Suffice to see that the ride is still going pretty quick by the end; the second launch looks to kick up quite a bit of speed. From the looks of things, the missteps of MDMC have yeilded a few good lessions, and they've been applied here. Apart from the 2 rides being a similar concept, there isn't much comparison between the them. Pretty much everything, from the landscaping to the restraints to the speed of the ride has been improved this time around. Anyway, as promised, a new update! Click the link below then "Previous" to see all 9 photos in the update. http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coas...Jet_Rescue.html - Enjoy!

Love the Golf Cart Hummer, I want one! Really starting to look forward to this, the more and more I'm seeing the better its looking, bring on Boxing Day!

Expect an update in the next couple of days. Without having any photos for now, I can tell you that the trains have been launched around the track, and everything is progressing well despite the rain.

I think they're going to have to be expensive. If they sell them too cheap so that everyone has them then they won't be all that effective and just piss everyone off. DW doesn't have the capacity for many people to use the system the without it having a major negative affect on other guest, so IMHO they should go nuts making it as expensive as they can get away with while keeping the numbers very low. That way it impacts less on people who don't buy it, and is a better perk to those that do. I think they're going to have to be expensive. If they sell them too cheap so that everyone has them then they won't be all that effective and just piss everyone off. DW doesn't have the capacity for many people to use the system the without it having a major negative affect on other guest, so IMHO they should go nuts making it as expensive as they can get away with while keeping the numbers very low. That way it impacts less on people who don't buy it, and is a better perk to those that do.

New up charge attraction that if you don't go on doesn't effect your day in the slightest: Bad! Step in the wrong direction! Boycott Dreamworld! Offering an upcharge service that screws anyone not using it: Step in the right direction! It's official, I no longer understand the way people on this site think. This will make most people in the park wait longer to get on rides, or be forced to spend money to avoid the increased wait, and its being welcomed? If this line jumping service applies to GD or Cyclone then I pity the poor people stuck in the regular line.

You're the thread starter, you do it.

'That was another time yes, I did that in the future' - Dr. Who.

http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=4257

What, you were expecting a V8 supercar to be able to pull off those stunts? I think they look great, thanks for the photos!

Thanks for everyone whose trying to be a moderator. Feel free to stop at anytime. Really looking forward to the footage, the more details that are released the more interesting the show is becoming.

I don't think MW needs a new coaster anytime soon. They already have the best coaster line up in Australia, so I don't think another one is in order for now. IMHO a really good family dark ride (without a height requirement) that everyone can go on is more of what MW should be looking for.

Couldn't see any obvious progress on anything for the second launch, although didn't spend much time looking because of the weather.

New photos (Bottom 5 photos) I say new photos, actually they were taken on Sunday, I had to give up on taken photos when the weather turned for the worst and didn't improve for the rest of the day. Was originally planning on heading back and doing a more meaty update but that didn't happen, so enjoy these new(ish) photos!

You kidding me, BB makes the park? Doesn't that say allot about the rest of the park then if some pop culture reality TV fad makes the place worth visiting? Great marketing coup Big Brother, doesn't mean that it makes the park.

... Yes, because a billion people living under an oppressive government with no human rights is just like a public company censoring the publicity website!!1!

Merge posts? Nah can't be bothered. Next time for sure though. As for having free reign, well given the general response if I were from DW then I probably wouldn't want us having free range on the official site either. Just a thought. Given how clear it is just how little interest in this attraction there is from the theme park dorks, is there any chance the blog can focus on the rest of the park to keep us up to date with all the good behind the scenes stuff that does happen at the park on a daily basis? Check out what Holiday World and many of the Cedar Fair parks do with their blogs, as an example of how to do it really well. I'm pretty sure that the only 'Brand' that we care about at Dreamworld, is the 'Dreamworld' brand, so if you post purely about that, I reckon people would be much more receptive. As gazza said, don't be discouraged, the blog was a good idea, its just the attraction itself that is totally unappealing from a theme park fan perspective, and I doubt that the uninspired attraction was your idea. Take some comfort in knowing that regardless of how we found out about it, if members here would still have responded the same. Just on that though, to avoid a backlash you may want to avoid the following topics: Big Brother, how the food at DW is both tastey and good value, how efficient the rides are, why the mine ride closed (we'd love to know, but you might melt the sever with all the angry comments from our members), flowrider, why blue lagoon was replaced with a tent, how carni games have improved gold rush country, Big Brother, 'brand tie-ins' any article that describes MDMC as being in the 'Big 6', any article with the words 'innovative', 'Australian first', 'world class' 'experience' and 'extra charge' in any order, why the wiggles pictures are on farmyard friends, why Dreamworld shouldn't have many coasters and of course Big Brother. Apart from that and maybe one or two exceptions you should be fine.