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That's surprising because these new boats were supposed to have an updated backstop system which removed the noise. They made some changes a little while back that meant the old boats sounded like they were being hammered from underneath as you were going up the lift hill due to the backstops. It had so much impact it felt like the boat floor was flexing under your feet

I agree, the website refresh is looking terrific. Some really nice marketing coming out of Dreamworld at the moment. The maps definitely need a fix up though. While I prefer the illustrated map, the Steel Taipan addition looks ROUGH

Wet'n'Wild have just added a bunch of photos and videos to their FB and Insta channels of people testing the new slides (with the exception of Kaboom)

I was hoping the white shade sails were just going to be used for the rendering, not actually what we ended up with. Not very exciting. Just a further extension of the whole Westfield/Vortex/Sky Voyager/Steel Taipan queue vibes

No loading for weekends or public holidays as I understand it, which is pretty poor

They need to pay better. They pay appallingly (no offence to you though - for a younger person it's ok if you want to be in the industry)

The slides they're building aren't even long. That's one of my biggest disappointments with them

Attn Dreamworld Marketing Manager: Please, replace the hideous '3D' online map with the perfectly good in-park illustrated map. Thanks!

That maintenance/support tower for Buzzsaw is so dramatic. Surprised to see it coming down so effortlessly

I get the reasons for the removal, which we've debated in detail, but can I just say the aim of any theme park should never be 'decluttering the skyline'.

My biggest concern was that Kaboom was going to be too short. I would have preferred them to save some money by ditching some of the other basic slides on the tower and reinvesting that into Kaboom by giving it at least one more uphill section each. But looking at these pics it looks like there might be enough twists and turns to give the ride a bit more length and interest than I was expecting. Should be fun. Just think they need to reassess the name and logo now that the master blaster slides are a different colour from the original proposal. PS Love the transparent slide sections!

I thought the new-ish VRTP maps were bad, but this is next level hideous. Outrageous if they spent that much money on it, Slick. Why have Aussie parks gone down this path? Seems like, just as we've seen with some attraction theming and design choices in recent times, it's another attempt to be 'modern', forgetting they are theme parks

And that is just wrong because considering how much money they spent on Luna Land, and the extent of the upgrade, it shouldn't look cheap or sad. But it does. And are they really going to fix it in the coming months? They didn't fix Maloney's Corner for 17 years

Good ride selection. Shame it's just all so ugly

Thanks for the pics themagician. The sad face emoji was because of how terrible and non-sensical that whole pathway and area is

I was talking more about their $99/$119 offering. But yes, those offers would definitely contribute too

Brilliant update 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

There seems to be a correlation between rising complaints and DW's flogging off of cheap annual passes. They're getting the customers they're asking for. But I guess DW's current ride line-up can't really justify a high price

I take back my ideas - I prefer Joz's! Overseas parks are doing amazing things with their queues and station buildings (and as Joz suggested, sometimes carrying over to the very start of the ride) to really build up the atmosphere. These days the best we seem to get at the major parks are basically jazzed up open-air tents

Which seems strange because they are a hugely popular ride model and I haven't heard of any other parks having trouble with them. Happy to be corrected on that

What about a small and cheap-ish dark ride section at the start, similar to Blue Fire? That's what I'd really like to see. And way more rock work and near misses. Honestly though, I'm not too bothered. I'd like DW to direct their focus and put as much effort and money as possible into desperately needed new rides to beef up the line up, particularly a new water ride.

Interested to hear what makes it better than Spooky Nights. I thought the two events would be similar?

Thanks for the great article - an excellent summary of this multi year saga. I do think April will be a challenge for them. But perhaps an even bigger challenge will be convincing the Australian public that wooden coasters can be just as worthy as steel coasters

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