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There is a hell of a lot of corner cutting on interiors and furnishings, menu offerings, service standards, etc masquerading as ‘modern, chic and cool’ these days and I’m not about it at all.

That sounds like a BORING idea

Oh thats some a grade typo I did there!

Please actually give credit where it’s due and sight the actual instagram account. Whoops CITE, rather 🤦‍♂️

I can safely say that the last thing I look for when staying at a theme park ‘resort’ is close proximity to a suburban mall...

Thing is I’ve always had a belief that the idea of a theme park is to escape everyday life. By that reasoning I don’t want to see shows I can see at any random event, regional show, etc etc. And the FMX offerings of “give it up for”, loud revs, all motor based stunts/tricks really are the same thing you see everywhere. No matter what the wrapping. Great shows written by talented people are definitely what’s called for as mentioned above. But they also have to be curated by seasoned park management to ensure what is delivered is sustainable long term. As someone said this has been proven possible time and time again at their Outback and Paradise Country shows so roll this out further.

Very happy to see that.

Hex fullstop is the poster child on how you turn a basic simple ride into a blockbuster attraction! Movie World needs to buy one for Show Stage already!

Yeah this doesn’t belong in theme park discussion.

I would say 15-30mins (max) waits on quiet days are acceptable and expected. And 60-90min waits on the busy days are also acceptable. I base that upon the ‘payoff’ that Australian rides offer (this is not Radiator Springs Racers or Pirates after all), comparable wait times of similar (say Magic Mountain or Knott’s) parks overseas, and historic wait times for Gold Coast parks up until several years ago. Now I think 40min waits are fairly common on quiet days and obviously 3 times that or more on busy days. I don’t think that is the mark that should be being aimed for. As Dapto Guy says above ‘he hasn’t felt that product (guest satisfaction) in a long time’. And this is my point and why change is needed. You need to he planning for worst case, not apologizing when it happens.

It really depends what price you put on guest satisfaction (which is really the only product a theme park sells). For me, I’d certainly value that at 1 million for an extra train. And I really think its a long perpetrated myth that ‘locals spend nothing’ in the parks. The majority of guests are ‘locals’ these days.

Another big mistake for an Australian park only getting 2 trains. So reduced capacity in peak times, and 1 train ops most of the rest of the time due to maintenance. You’d think people would learn from the 3 hour waits of a few weeks ago.

I think Batman certainly is the best, and probably Gremlins and Tunes after that. Burmuda also get's a nod in that it was done very well, but probably not as elaborate as the others above. Shrek was great, but the fact it was just a clone from Universal kinda doesn't count for me. Tower of Terror (original) get's my vote as the worst haha.

Having visited with a little one I can certainly say the Sea World splash pad was the highlight of their trip. So could certainly see them adding one. Especially if you have parents who are minding multiple age groups and the older kids want to ride the H2O stuff

I think you HAVE to be looking at a water ride for the park. It’s in desperate need now and it has to he as far away in public opinion from the two home made rides they had, so go super modern. The two other things the park needs is weenies and restoration of theming to OCEAN parade. So I really feel they need a nice big splash boat ride, obviously with the theming tweaked for the Ocean Parade theme but Intamin makes an off the shelf model that not only fits but ticks the boxes. Plus the vertical lift is a nice gimmick.

Lol it it used to be you had to train your kids to lie that they were younger at the front gate (“No Mummy I’m 6 remember!” Anyone?). Now you’ve to teach them the opposite.

Im sure it annoys the park also

It's not the fact there is tourists... its the type of tourists that I'm happy to see go elsewhere 😛

Its not just the parks. The whole Gold Coast is just nuts right now. God I miss cheap family holidays to Bali being a thing.

Stuck in a canal

Do you climb hypercoaster now instead?

Yes and it still has plenty of quiet spots you can still sit for a drink, get away from crazy crowds and has a bit of a rural feel. Its homely I guess. I’d hate to see it go the way of Sydney’s showground.

After attending the Sydney Easter Show yesterday in the ‘new’ Showground. Please never move the Ekka. God what a soulless crap hole of no shade and no atmosphere the Sydney event is. I had forgotten.

So Dreamworlds is $99 and MW $199... is one cheap or the other too expensive?

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