Gumbya World Special announcement

[Themepark Enthusist]

It looks like Gumbya World is about to announce something, maybe a new ride

[Naazon]

Convenient their announcement is coming just before the Dreamworld announcement.

[Brad2912]

26 minutes ago, Naazon said:

Convenient their announcement is coming just before the Dreamworld announcement.

Maybe, though I don’t see them really as competing parks tbh. Gumbuya are no doubt growing substantially and trying to position themselves in a the realm of big parks, they have a ways to go and their location and trying to get the jump on an announcement of a new attraction is likely to have zero impact on DW 

[TBoy]

Interesting. I can see it being waterslides given they did rides in 2022 and haven't added any in 5 years, I know the water area is very popular so they would want more to space out the crowds.

Going to be an exciting day for Gumbuya's new attraction and King Claw tomorrow.

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

Maybe, though I don’t see them really as competing parks tbh. Gumbuya are no doubt growing substantially and trying to position themselves in a the realm of big parks, they have a ways to go and their location and trying to get the jump on an announcement of a new attraction is likely to have zero impact on DW 

I have to agree, they are in two different locations with very minimal overlap in attendance. Most of Australia knows what Dreamworld is and they get visitors from different state, while mostly Victorians would visit Gumbuya.

[Themepark Enthusist]

1 hour ago, TBoy said:

Going to be an exciting day for Gumbuya's new attraction and King Claw tomorrow.

Do we know what time it is exactly tomorrow, I'm very keen on finding out ASAP tomorrow 

[Brad2912]

The Intamin announcement is at 12:20pm local time, so that’s 8:20pm AEST

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I mean it's not like it's the first time Gumbuya and Dreamworld have made a deal. 

If Dreamworld are building 'King Claw' maybe they've bought the original claw?

(Maybe they can call it Project 1?)

[Michelangelo]

1 hour ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I mean it's not like it's the first time Gumbuya and Dreamworld have made a deal. 

If Dreamworld are building 'King Claw' maybe they've bought the original claw?

(Maybe they can call it Project 1?)

I think you might be on to something here…

[Themepark Enthusist]

Their announcement will account at 8:21 right as Intamin announces the new ride...

[Cactus_Matt]

Unless it's an RMC or B&M I don't care.

[themagician]

3 hours ago, Cactus_Matt said:

Unless it's an RMC or B&M I don't care.

I think you need to adjust your expectations for the Australian industry. While not impossible, it is very unlikely we’ll ever see either of those in the country. Therefore, ‘you won’t care’ about anything ever announced and it’s going to get very tiring very quickly if you share that opinion every single time. Don’t get me wrong, you’re more than welcome to share your opinion and I’m not saying it’s the wrong opinion, but just be mindful of if it’s necessary to publicly share it every time.

[Levi]

allegedly, Gumbuya’s “special announcement” was just that they were opening more pools.

[Brad2912]

Seems like a real missed opportunity to not open the biggest pool in the country…. 

[Michelangelo]

4 hours ago, Levi said:

allegedly, Gumbuya’s “special announcement” was just that they were opening more pools.

The southern hemisphere’s biggest announcement tease flop (this year)

[Noll_57]

With Funfields opening their new Mystique Lazy River expansion this season, I’d say Gumbuya is desperately trying to drum up as much attention as it can get to take the focus off their competitors. If they were seriously getting any major additions this year, I’m sure we would have heard about them by now. Though I do think there’s a pretty good chance we’ll see some new investment next year in response to Funfields.