White Christmas 2023

[kujotess]

Some fantastic new additions to the 2023 parade. Even more floats than anticipated, definitely world class. Great to see them drop a bit of money on the event this year seeing as WC was very much lacking for several years prior. Thanks tiaras1215 on YouTube for the footage! 

 

Curious to see the ice-skating rink if anyone has any photos/details ?

[Park Addict 93]

32 minutes ago, kujotess said:

Curious to see the ice-skating rink if anyone has any photos/details ?

Don’t have any photos but similar to how Dreamworld does theirs for Winterfest. Probably the same external company.

It’s located in the Intercity/IT Maze space. Free during day trade, and they have extended it to Jan 29. $15 during White Christmas.

It’s great to see some investment in the event and the new floats are even more impressive in person.

Edited December 3, 2022 by Park Addict 93

[Rivals]

in a way it feels like Village are taking Dreamworld’s investments and ongoing improvements seriously and i’m glad as they’re now stepping up their game.

Fright Nights was slightly improved this year, White Christmas is definitely improved, The New Atlantis Theming is phenomenal, and plus whatever else is coming.

It’s good to feel the competition arising again, instead of just having one superior and one lesser then.

[sammypanda]

those floats are really good, some things I noticed also:

- the soundtrack to the show is no longer as closely related to the floats as they go by, the additions seem to be existing WB properties and reused ones from the old show

- instead of the floats stopping by the roundabout and going back down one by one the mid and smaller size ones go down the sides at the same time

- the employees who walk in front of the floats now have cool little glow sticks to guide the float they're responsible for

- they dropped the dance sections for the parade (fun fact, when I did it they gave us a ticket per night for it) there only seemed to be three or four small groups of outsourced performers, probably from the same studio

[Rivals]

Two extra nights have been added (13th & 14th) while all the original dates besides the 8th have sold out. White Christmas seems to be very successful and selling rapidly this year, i hope everyone attending has a great night :).

[New display name]

Anybody going tonight might want and is heading to MW from the south might want to take the helensvale/pac pines exit from the M1 as a truck has rolled at the MW exit North bound and the exit has been closed.

[rappa]

Southbound isn’t very pretty either

[Vidgamer]

We went last night and I am a little bit tired of the repetitive Village events but I was very pleased with the event last night. It is clear the attendance numbers are now capped at a much more reasonable level, meaning the crowds just aren't as big, making for a much more enjoyable experience. In the past at these events I would struggle to get 2/3 things done because by the time you eat and take a photo, the queues are too big, but we managed to eat, get lots of photos (Movieworld has really stepped up how many characters are out in main street), go on Hypercoaster at night, do some kids activities, see Rudolph in Roxy and enjoy the parade.

The parade floats are brilliant and the parade itself is wonderful, it shows the potential Village has when they really put in the effort. There have been some changes since last year and despite my hesitation I think it was probably the best evening event I have been at for years.

[Michelangelo]

11 hours ago, Vidgamer said:

We went last night and I am a little bit tired of the repetitive Village events but I was very pleased with the event last night. It is clear the attendance numbers are now capped at a much more reasonable level, meaning the crowds just aren't as big, making for a much more enjoyable experience. In the past at these events I would struggle to get 2/3 things done because by the time you eat and take a photo, the queues are too big, but we managed to eat, get lots of photos (Movieworld has really stepped up how many characters are out in main street), go on Hypercoaster at night, do some kids activities, see Rudolph in Roxy and enjoy the parade.

The parade floats are brilliant and the parade itself is wonderful, it shows the potential Village has when they really put in the effort. There have been some changes since last year and despite my hesitation I think it was probably the best evening event I have been at for years.

Agreed with the capped numbers… it’s noticeably less attendance than previous years and absolute BLISS!

Nothing worse than trying to make your way down a stupidly jam packed Main Street, feels like you can actually breathe this year.

[themagician]

@kujotess was very organised and already made an event for this years White Christmas last year!

Jaggs Jounreys shared that as soon as FN decorations were taken down, White Christmas has been put up

Tickets aren’t yet available and no changes have been made on the website for this years event, but I’d say we will see it go online before the end of the week 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

but when do they start selling hot cross buns?

[themagician]

@DaptoFunlandGuy Weren't they selling them at Fright Nights?

[Miloja84]

If you are a Village Key member you can buy tickets now. But I can’t work out how to use my Local Pass so I can get the free tickets 

[kujotess]

14 hours ago, themagician said:

@kujotess was very organised and already made an event for this years White Christmas last year!

what would you do if when you okay so he said yes would go?

 

OT: other than the typo in my one post i’m confused at what you’re implying, i didn’t make this thread 

[themagician]

24 minutes ago, kujotess said:

OT: other than the typo in my one post i’m confused at what you’re implying, i didn’t make this thread 

I’m implying that I skipped straight to page 2, saw your post was at the top of the page and thought you made the topic. When in fact @Rivals is the culprit

[Rivals]

55 minutes ago, themagician said:

When in fact @Rivals is the culprit

correct, you’re welcome y’all💋

[themagician]

Tickets are on sale and these are the dates 

We’re starting with 11 nights this year, but I’m sure more will be added because last year they had 15 total nights.

[themagician]

On 7/11/2022 at 11:26 AM, Rabbit2014 said:

Tickets for white Christmas now on sale, with updated website now live.
Entry tickets $59 for child $79 adult. Extras Santa photos $60, Mrs. Claus feast A$75 child $35, elf club $50

Tickets have gone up $10, with child entry $69 and adults entry $89. 

[Rivals]

it might just be me, but $69-$89 for a 3hr event that’ll most likely be sold out and too busy to do anything is pretty wild. I also noticed Doomsday isn’t included in the ride line up, with it barely / not operating during Fright Night’s maybe they’ve given up trying to run it any longer then it’s current 11am-4pm operating schedule.

[Michelangelo]

On 1/11/2023 at 5:02 PM, themagician said:

Tickets have gone up $10, with child entry $69 and adults entry $89. 

Jeez… I understand inflation and everything, but this is just price gouging for a 3hr event.

Maybe post-Wizard of Oz they can get away with it… but not in their current state

[aaronm]

On 1/11/2023 at 6:11 PM, Rivals said:

 

it might just be me, but $69-$89 for a 3hr event that’ll most likely be sold out and too busy to do anything is pretty wild

 

It’s priced to sell One Passes, not individual tickets. If White Christmas and Carnivale cost >$80 each the One Pass looks like excellent value, especially for locals.

[Naazon]

9 hours ago, aaronm said:

It’s priced to sell One Passes, not individual tickets. If White Christmas and Carnivale cost >$80 each the One Pass looks like excellent value, especially for locals.

Meanwhile all its doing for me is making me not renew.. 

[Gobbledok]

ok what the hell happened to the christmas lights how is this the new standard its been years since the lights had their original glory

 

 

they should be getting better not less they should be investing in this event

[kujotess]

In my opinion the event felt very lacklustre last night, I cannot imagine paying $90 or $300+ for a family for such a short and mediocre experience. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by kujotess

[Rivals]

the quality of the event has definitely decreased significantly, you’d think that with them charging so much more then they use to the offering and overall event quality would be better then what it is. they just see it as another after park event that brings in even more money and they don’t really try to hide it.