What a great day!

The positives:

DW passed the vibe check. Good solid crowds but not insane. When it's difficult to find seating at lunch with all the additional seating atm for the food festival that's gotts be a good sign.

Park very clean and DW should be proud as punch. So much easier not to have to check in anymore and perhaps why the park was busier today then I've seen it the last few times I've been (about weekly for a while now)

Crocodile feed was awesome. Didn't realise DW did like a proper educational talk and stuff prior and during so that was cool. 

Noticed the speakers have been turned off at the memorial... Broken or actually taking on board suggestion I made a couple weeks ago. Either way, much better. 

Saw some roaming entertainment into the street stall section... But it was a bit random... Like an escaped old school prisoner like you use to see on the Paddle steamer .. it was a choice but good to see some roaming street performers out and about. 

Needs improvement:

Slow ops on most rides... Really just no urgency at all in pushing people through.

Old passage between WWW and DW should reopen for guests to pass between the both freely. (Yes I smoke) and the few times I was there today I saw quite a few people walk towards the old entrance thinking it would be open and turning around upon seeing the locked gate. Having to leave the park and reenter at front gate for WWW is a bit silly. 

The rides

Giant Drop needs some music in the queue line. Kinda awkward not having some background stuff going on in that indoor queue. 

Sky Voyager still my number one ride on the GC. next time you're on take a quick glimpse at the faces around you. Kids beaming... Parents loving it... It truly is the best family attraction if not the best attraction full stop anywhere on the GC. 

Steel Taipan. Rode spinning seat for the first time with a friend and nope nope nope. Ride it solo... You get a much better spin. Saw most trains going with people using spinning seat so price point must be pretty enticing. Two trains operations all day. 

Panda ... While waiting in the longgggest queue of the day.. saw quite a few full figured guests be turned away from riding. I'm not sure if that ride has a test seat but if it dosnt it desperately needs one. 

Verdict

Go. Yes a lot has changed and been removed. Some rides are sorely missed but with a visit from 10am-4 today we still felt like we hadn't done everything we wanted to do. A mixture of wait times contributed to that but honestly...  enjoying the atmosphere and the really solid vibes going on there ATM is well worth it.. so if you havnt been in a while - give it a shot. 

 

40 minutes ago, aussienetman said:

Old passage between WWW and DW should reopen for guests to pass between the both freely. (Yes I smoke) and the few times I was there today I saw quite a few people walk towards the old entrance thinking it would be open and turning around upon seeing the locked gate. Having to leave the park and reenter at front gate for WWW is a bit silly. 

i remember the original reason for it not being open was so they could track the numbers within the parks easier with the covid restrictions, however with this week being the end of the restrictions (at least the ones that affect the parks.) they definitely need to open this again. 

 

also how was taipans operations? are they still fast or are they a bit slower now

Considering WWW closes for the winter next week, I don’t think we will see that gate open until the next season 

57 minutes ago, Rivals said:

 

also how was taipans operations? are they still fast or are they a bit slower now

Have seen quicker... But still a very short (less than a minute wait) in final break run before moving forward to unload. 

45 minutes ago, themagician said:

Considering WWW closes for the winter next week, I don’t think we will see that gate open until the next season 

Considering this is currently the only smoking section in the park. I do agree that opening it now is a bit more difficult than just unlocking the padlock. 

DW is pretty busy today too, carpark is about 80% full. ST has both trains running with fast operations and has a 30 minute wait.