https://parkz.com.au/forums/rss/1-theme-park-discussion.xml/Most recently active theme park related topics.enI wonder if this is just end of agreement with billabong and they're clearing out the stock before rebranding with a new supplier...Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:04:04 +0000This offer has just been added tooThu, 05 Mar 2026 20:37:13 +0000I'm quite sure most people don't see this as a race to the bottom. both parks learned that lesson. Dreamworld is actively working on raising their pass pricepoint to $150 too. Village had compounded price rises for multiple years, taking the pricing to a level some considered too high for their offering - especially since their offering has degraded significantly over the same time period. If they were selling enough passes at the $250 headline, they wouldn't have gone on sale. A $180 price point is both competitive, while maintaining the 'premium' pricepoint above Dreamworld which is quickly catching up. As i've said for years, people need to vote with their wallets - and the very fact that the company is reducing their prices and appears to be making those reductions permanent demonstrates that those votes have been counted.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:25:01 +0000Competition between the parks is healthy, but this feels less like competition and more like a group sprint to the bottom. As a guest, I’d rather see them competing over who has the best park, not who can be the cheapest.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:35:17 +0000It's working, I grabbed the $149 deal, haven't been to the VRTP parks for a few years. Found an okay ride availability window (notwithstanding unexpected closures) in the maintenance schedule and booked Carnivale. If BGH is selling it's stake (I say that speculatively), it would be interesting to see who jumps in.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:11:54 +0000Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:36:40 +0000VRTP have updated the renewal offer, $179 down from $189 and including the 12M Photo Pass. I've also noticed they have taken down all the wording mentioning the perks only lasting until June 30 from their advertising, perhaps gearing up for them to be permanent. Note the terms and conditions still list June 30.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:00:45 +0000To clarify I mean making more of a push in the near future to sell the parks, then just being open to offers. Absolutely considered this too, but they are genuinely doing a lot at the moment.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:43:51 +0000@RobMac Did you read my comment, or just freestyle off the vibe?Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:23:22 +0000More likely, several years of cost cutting have caught up with them, Dreamworld is looking its best in two decades, and passholder renewals are down. Passholder perks and a seasonal event are quick, relatively cheap ways to encourage people to return.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:52:04 +0000What are you talking about...a steam train, vintage cars and a paddle wheeler are THEMED to fit perfectly into an old river town style area...an ugly steel rollercoaster struggles! 🫣 as for TOT, it destroyed the entire park's THEMING. Nothing wrong with building motoreyesore or TOT as attractions themselves, DW can build what they like....but don't destory the park to achieve it...and YES, "they" did send DW, on a spiralling downward "run it cheap as chips" journey and we all tragically know where that ended!Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:45:05 +0000It's owned by private equity. It's always on the market.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:01:07 +0000An interesting development for sure, general park improvements, different pass discounts/offers and encouraging visitation with an extra event during the easter holidays. Reckon they are gearing up to put the parks on the market?Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:15:48 +0000It’s been confirmed this expansion will increase the parks area by 26% and will include both Hogwarts and Diagon Alley within the land.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:52:19 +0000The event is returning for an encore this Easter https://movieworld.com.au/seasonal-events/hooray-for-hollywoodTue, 03 Mar 2026 19:09:50 +0000Between unload and loadSat, 28 Feb 2026 00:22:05 +0000Jesus what an outdated view of modern dark ridesFri, 27 Feb 2026 05:46:35 +0000It’s coaster common sense 101. You don’t park a train in the station long term. A station is for loading and unloading humans, not for train storage. That’s what the maintenance bay is for. It keeps the running wheels happy instead of slowly squashing them into sad little pancakes. If you are looking at selling the ride and if the maintenance bay only fits one train, the other doesn’t just sit in the station. It goes into storage.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:26:41 +0000JR keeps proving why this is the direction many parks are heading with dark immersive attractions. It relies on only a handful of moving elements, for maintenance. Now picture fully enclosed dark ride some people are demanding. You would multiply the mechanical complexity, staffing demands, and maintenance load, all for no advantage over JR. Instead of enhancing the experience, you risk creating a maintenance-heavy headache that adds cost and complication. DW shouldn’t go backwards with a dated, traditional dark ride concepts.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:16:51 +0000i mean... I can't say I went on MDMC very often - and i've zoomed in (and also cross-referenced with google overhead imagery too) and I cant see the switch track. I also can't see the windshields. can someone help me out?Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:37:50 +0000It's sitting in the maintenance bay. If you zoom in on the launchtrack/station, you'll see that the switch track is set to the maintenance bay. You can also see the plastic windshields of the bikes in the maintenance bay. Seems like it will be SBNO for a while.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:45:41 +0000Nice pickup. thanks for the photos. It just occurred to me that when they do pull MDMC down and\or start redevelopment, that this zone is inside the railway track, with zero alternate access points, so this will, yet again, shut down the dreamworld express.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:26:43 +0000Went on the ride multiple times today and am pleased to report that a lot of these issues have now been fixed. The audio in the switchback room was nice and loud and was playing in sync with no drop outs on every ride-through. Some of the other sound effects around the ride that hadn’t been working for a while (such as the bats in the tunnel and the eerie soundtrack in the gem room) were all playing again and sounded fantastic! The gems in the switchback room were rising and falling again and there was absolutely no jolt from the turntable. Unfortunately, the water feature in the switchback room still wasn’t working, but I’m confident that’ll be addressed at some point soon. At least it’s clear the park is making an effort to maintain show quality with the fixes they have carried out.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:49:22 +0000Popped into the park today and noticed that the train has now been taken off the track. No other noticeable changes though.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:08:03 +0000The motor coaster didn’t detract from the area any more than the TOT track did. There’s nothing unusual about a park relocating a ride to make space for a new one, and they could just as easily have removed the Vintage Cars entirely from the park. The real problem was what they considered acceptable for the Vintage Cars compared to what the attraction used to be.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:08:20 +0000