Brad2912

Courtesy of DW Golden Years Some more queue/station photos from GC Theme Park FB page

VQ is often not available during holidays (as a free service)

if they can find suitable new locations for them where personal interaction is still possible, then yes. Dreamworld isnt a zoo and TI wouldnt have been even considered back in its inception if the concept was just tigers on display with no interaction. absolutely it does, and if TI was being developed to open today, you would start with a non-contact model (though i dont think DW is the right place for that model anyway). However i'd say those best practice rules/recommendations would be based off starting anew, and not changing the way existing facilities are run with animals now accustomed to being handled and interacted/enriched through contact daily. In my opinion, which means little i know, DW continue the operation of TI as is but cease breeding so the cycle does not continue again/restart, and let the existing tigers live out their days.

I don’t think I’m the only one who believes once they move to the announced “non-contact” model with the tigers, in turn taking away the enrichment and engagement the tigers have grown to know and thrive within, that the tigers may be better off elsewhere. The area is stale and largely static without handlers on the island as it limits how many and which tigers can be socialised together without trainers present, in turn meaning more tigers off-show in smaller habitats. the whole appeal of TI since it’s inception was the human interaction. Without it, the area can be better utilised (and this is coming from someone who loves/loved TI)

It’s in improvement. Cleary a second thought, but an improvement none the less

New character announced. Good to see them make some additions. with The Flash hitting cinemas next week and the return of Keaton’s Batman, I’d love to see the original batsuit return for this event

Any graphic artist worth their salt will take into account the medium being used to print to. I could have got a 1st year graphic art student on Fiverr to do a better job and for under $50

You are misreading the situation. There is competition running to win tickets to a re-opening night in a few weeks, on a Friday night. There had been no mention of it being open to the GP on the night - may just be VIP, media and comp winners Turnstile man is spinning around in circles.

Dreamworld was nice enough to post a video of them moving the globe purposefully to its current spot. They had the audio down too low but I think I heard someone say “we wanted to half obscure the globe behind the wall, and also half obscure the Steel Taipan launch, so then it will be a surprise for everyone when they see the whole thing again in a few months”. also the effort to get it there when it could have much more easily been moved BOH. The literally move the thing down ocean parade, out the commercial delivery driveway, through the carpark, to get it to where it is. 🫣🥴

People spoke about how it was a bad idea to open your prime attraction at a markets, but we didn’t say it couldn’t be done

Nothing at all which is why I didn’t bother posting it.

Who said they couldn’t? They’ve run rides at night heaps of times

Greg says “get stuffed, it’s just a wall” as he begins the job of single-handedly building the Flyer to save on construction costs

Also can we get the topic name changed to “Flyer” rather than flier.

Seems a lazy and moronic place to store the globe if that is indeed its storage location and not just a stop over on the way somewhere more “permanent”. it needs to either be presentable and able to be used as a photo-op, or stored somewhere BOH. Plonking it in front of your marquee attraction and blocking sight lines of the ST launch from the carpark is stupid.

At 40 plus years old it would probably cost more than it’s value in freight and installation costs to go interstate

Had NFI what/where Le Mans was until I googled it. Glad to see the props and sets didn’t all end up in the scrap heap.

The $189 offer is accessed by following the link in the original email. i took up the $189 offer today but won’t be “activating it” until later this year when things start reopening. I cancelled the membership debits after my next payment which will be the last at the original pricing meaning I have access thru to 30th June on my current pricing, and then I’ll be taking a holiday from VTP parks until I feel their is enough substance to warrant activating the 12 months - maybe even wait until white Christmas tbh

Of all the rumours this one would have the most logic behind it - but I trust nothing they post

Not even MW is stupid enough to close down another ride long term for an upgrade when SDSC is already going through that process. Especially when the upgrade isn’t out of necessity such as the need to replace the launch system.

A KPI needs to be something in the control of the person it applies to. Given our isolated nature as a country from ride manufacturers and difficulty or delays we’ve seen in getting parts shipped here - you can hardly KPI a workforce around the time it takes to fully maintain a ride or a fleet of rides. also the minute you incentivise (whether that be through financial reward, or simply keeping your job) via a KPI you are opening up to the door for cutting corners, fudging books, half-assing jobs to tick off a KPI, and for something so rooted in safety and compliance - that just can’t happen

I've cancelled our 3 memberships today. I'll purchase 2 of their reduced one-pass offerings for my son and I, but wont be bothering for my partner who only attends 1-2 of the night events each year. The 12 months doesn't start until your first visit - so safe to say i'll be waiting until later in the year to activate given the number of rides down at present.

Same. My partner has had a pass since day one of memberships - so what’s that 7 years now? She’s been to MW twice for day visits. Aside from that she’s been to FNs twice, WC twice and Carnivalle twice - 8 visits in 7 years. I’d have happily continued to pay for her on the off chance she wanted to come one day - theme parks are our son and my thing to do together - but zero chance that happens now they stuffed up royally, and it’s indicative by the fact that every community group on fb has people complaining about this - so the negativity around the park and closures is being exasperated by putting more negativity into the media cycle and public domain.

Anyone else able to point to another entertainment venue that’s increased its pricing by 100% ?? if they’d put the prices up say 25%, I don’t think many people would have worried.

Good pickup - you’d think they’d make an effort to point towards this as a “peace offering” rather than it just sitting there and easy to skip over as it looks like an ad.