2024-2025 Christmas trading hours for the Gold Coast

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The listed trading hours I've found for this year, so far.

 

Movie World:  

26 Dec - 19 Jan            9:30am-6.00pm                                                                             (could do better)

20 Jan - 28 Jan            9:30am-5:30pm

Sea World:

26 Dec - 28 Jan            9:30am-5:00pm                                                                             (shit)

Wet'N'Wild

26 Dec                           9:30am-6:00pm

27 Dec - 19 Jan            9:30am-7:30pm                                                                              (now we're talking)

20 Jan - 28 Jan            9:30am-5:30pm

Dreamworld:  

26 Dec - 28 Jan            10:00am-5.00pm                                                                            (shit)

Whitewater World:  

26 Dec - 28 Jan            10:00am-5.00pm                                                                             (shit)

 

 

 

 

 

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[DaptoFunlandGuy]

yeah, especially with new attractions slated to open in both the big dry parks, offering an extended trading hours over the summer holidays just makes sense.

I see that Movie World has actually confirmed that attractions will operate for the times listed above. The park has previously 'opened' at 9:30 but attractions did not operate until 10, so this change is a step in the right direction for sure and kudos to MW for offering the extended hours.

The park does list that "queue lines may close earlier to allow attractions to finish in line with park closing times" and this always catches people out who don't realise many of the more popular rides will be off the table much earlier than the advertised close time. (I would love to see all our parks roster 'closing' staff an extra hour or so, so that they don't have to close the queues early, but this would be a massive extra daily cost to the park and i'm just an enthusiast who wants too much.)

As for Dreamworld, they do have night markets on as usual 27th and 28th December from 5-9pm, and their operating hours list 'After Dark' on January 18th from 6pm to 10pm

After Dark | Dreamworld though there is no information on ticket pricing, i'm assuming it is an additional cost given the opening is an hour later than regular park close. 

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I can't find the After Dark event on the new DW web site, without clicking on your link.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

31 minutes ago, New display name said:

I can't find the After Dark event on the new DW web site, without clicking on your link.

So - I went to: Park Info > Opening Hours > Set calendar to any date in January > "January Highlights" 

I've just gone back to the site to screenshot and it's already removed, so that was probably something they weren't ready to release yet! haha.

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DW trying to cut SW's grass with Carnival and want to keep it on down low.  Oops.  😂