Brad2912

In the unrealistic persons mind who thinks our parks have infinitely deep pockets capable of opening numerous new attractions & rides each year

Chill dude. If 5-10 people jumping the queue on Tower of Terror winds u up that much maybe just avoid public spaces??

Was certainly sarcastic and pointing to the fact the most successful theme park in the world has a fast pass system that doesn't stop countless millions of people having amazing visits each year. I have never purchased a fast pass at an Gold Coast theme park, and even in my 4 park visits this month in peak season, I have never felt I needed the pass to get the most out of the day, or that I missed out by not getting it If people want to pay to avoid queues, good on them. I don't hold a grudge against them, nor the park for allowing them to do so.

You can bring your own food, just not commercial food like McDonalds or KFC. They will never say anything about you bringing in sandwiches or snacks like chips, biscuits etc

Correct - WnW bought a franchise just like anyone else with the right amount of funds can.

Whilst I haven't done it myself, my best mate did the universal VIP. Definitely said it was worth the money & experience, but wouldn't do if again so the day is so structured you don't have any time for re-rides if you want them, and you miss out on some of the general experience of just walking the park yourself. I'd recommend u just go with the front of line pass if they still have it available

Yep - last night Joker talking on the incline, a few things about shock therapy & just as u get to the top 'I can see my house from here' and that's it. Audio is only on the lift hill

Well it was sold out. The park certainly was flat out generally. It took me 45mins to get out of the Carpark and that was leaving 30mins after official closure. Only health & safety issues for me were no air con in the SE queue, it was like a sauna but fortunately only a short wait

Great night & considering the sell out, pleasantly surprised at the wait times Green Lantern - 10mins (though broke down at 8:15 and didnt re-open.) mark me down for now 10 rides with no sign of audio on any Superman - almost died of shock - 10-15mins wait. See how easy it is with 2 trains!! God knows why they were only using 1 last holidays & fright nights! Arkham - 15-20mins - could really use a 2nd train, but certainly have got better at load/unload times. Audio working great Spaceshot - 10mins Considering also had time to watch the pre-lights show, the lighting & the parade, it was a very productive 2.5hrs! Very impressed!

DW said it was opening Saturday so is say its just open but no doubt there'd still be a few kinks to iron out

Copied directly from DW email to Annual pass holders (and others possibly): Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness , opens this weekend with new rides and attractions including our NEW Big 8 Thrill Ride, Pandamonium, the NEW Skadoosh Bumper Cars and the Kung Fu Academy. Click here for your chance to be one of the first to check out Pandamonium.

Opens Saturday according to the email I just got from DW

looks impressive to me! Can't wait to ride it in a couple weeks

I live at Pimpama and have my ears close to the walls with a lot of the developers in the area, and in planning and approvals with GCCC. I've never heard any mention of a water park at all. The only thing I think is you may be confused with the approved in principle application for a Wave Pool to be constructed in the Maddison Estate which is just beginning development on the Western side of the highway. The wave pool will serve as a learn-to-surf destination, as well as being able to provide world class waves for pro surfers. The project is partially backed & funded by Kelly Slaters' development company, which I believe currently has a few wave pools in the USA. Oh, and Robina Town Centre does not have a water play/water park area either. It has a lake with 4 inflatable balls in it that kids can go in and roll around (without getting wet)

Plenty of threads on this previously They will have 1 in 12 mths - Wet N Wild Sydney Would be awesome to see another theme park in Sydney ala Wonderland but in reality is vey unlikely. Maybe if Wet N Wild is a astronomical success...

Fire up!

There's a chance it may be in a soft opening by then... That's the first day of the school holidays in Qld so park will be packed! I've heard they want it fully operational by a week out from Xmas

Audio on buzzsaw?? That's novel and never heard it mentioned before - even by DW Air Race constructed already?? The containers only arrived last week!

Containers arrived in park this week so construction should follow fairly swiftly. Should be up and running prior to Xmas

Would make such more sense for a Sept opening. Opening a water coaster as we go into winter?? Not much sense in that

No, there has been the same poster on the M1 at Oxenford since about 3 days before it opened

It certainly won't be the original cast It will be a new story arc starting from the conclusion of Ep6 using the same characters - no Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill to be seen

Not sure if its been posted previously, but when I rode JL on fright nights on saturday night the ride photos had each players score superimposed over the image

The experience doesn't change as the coaster is indoors. There also isn't anything really spooky about it, despite its name. Much rather wait for SE, GL, AA where you're getting a new experience in the dark

Just back from fright nights. Agree with most, a massive improvement on last year, which was impressive in itself. Solid rain from 5:30-6:30 meant nearly everyone was drenched, so not the best start to the night. Film Vault - was in the First group of the night to go through and thought it was probably lacking a little in scare actors. What the had was great, but there were long periods of nothing. The strobes worked really well with the increased fog. 7/10 Walking Dead - theme wise amazing. Very impressed with the detail and the gore. Scares were few and far between as by the time we got to the cafeteria area we'd caught up to 2 other slow groups and saw there scares before our turn. Theme wise along gets this 8/10 Hillbilly Slasher - and thought it was themed very well, the did a great Job of making you feel 'outside' at the beginning. All in all probably my fav maze 8/10 3 mazes completed by 7pm - we were very happy! Skipped Psycho as we did it last year and the line wasn't worth the wait for a repeat viewing. Rides: Superman Escape was non-operational when we went to ride it at 7:30. The line was out the door still though, and at about 8 it started running again but not worth the wait by then Got of GL after a 1 hour wait. Moron teenagers were climbing the statues & purposely trying to break them, which pissed me to no end. No audio again which makes 0/6 rides. JL - my first ride on it. 15min wait from the internal switchbacks. Themed amazingly. Guns seemed a bit hit and miss and one entire scene no targets were active to shoot. Decent family ride though. All up, barring the rain - a great night out!