Dreamworld Express - will the full circuit come back?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

We visited on the weekend and sat down the back of Jane's for lunch, and I noticed that the old Rivertown train platform had been paved over \ levelled. 

Now I know asphalt isn't super difficult to remove, but the works just made it feel like it was much more permanent - they've not only pulled out the tracks, but also paved it to make it level with the station platform...?

Main St station is still fenced off with temp fencing, so they at least haven't made that permanent I suppose - it just shocked me that the whole thing was paved over. I really hope they don't just keep the shuttle between main street and wildlife. I'd love to see Jungle Rush from the vantage point of the train!

[Levi]

it was paved over because it was used as a guest pathway to connect Tiger Island to the Corroboree area during Rivertowns construction. my guess is they’re going to start working on restoring the full circuit of the train once the school holidays have ended, which probably explains KFF 2 day maintenance period. they’re probably also waiting until school holidays are over as i’m assuming they’re reopening the third train station for Rivertown, so the area surrounding it will need to be blocked off so they can upgrade the station to fit the new trains. 

[Park Addict 93]

What Levi said in regards to it being a temporary walking path and works to commence after school holidays.

I honestly don’t want them to reopen the station there though, I don’t feel it’s necessary. Would prefer if it remained Main St and Corroboree as it was before the temporary closure.

[Michelangelo]

100% it’ll return to full circuit.

2 hours ago, Park Addict 93 said:

I honestly don’t want them to reopen the station there though, I don’t feel it’s necessary.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it reopens as a stop for Jane’s restaurant to drive footfall into there. The only issue is that it’ll require significant investment to raise the height of the platform for accessibility like they did at Central and Wildlife, and they don’t have a lot of space to work with to do so…

Which might make it expand into an even larger project to re-do the entire path from RT through to Wildlife(Or, Corroboree) to allow for this.

4 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I'd love to see Jungle Rush from the vantage point of the train!

Would be a great distraction from the eyesore that is old TOT building on the left heading back to Central…

[dbo121]

5 hours ago, Park Addict 93 said:

What Levi said in regards to it being a temporary walking path and works to commence after school holidays.

I honestly don’t want them to reopen the station there though, I don’t feel it’s necessary. Would prefer if it remained Main St and Corroboree as it was before the temporary closure.

I think will be there due to restaurant

[Themepark Enthusist]

I do not think thye should repopen Rivertown's station unless they can increase the capacity. On some weekends I have visited the park, the train can be quite a nightmare to get on, and on several occasions i have been shut out from getting on because it is too full.

[Michelangelo]

55 minutes ago, Themepark Enthusist said:

I do not think thye should repopen Rivertown's station unless they can increase the capacity. On some weekends I have visited the park, the train can be quite a nightmare to get on, and on several occasions i have been shut out from getting on because it is too full.

Wouldn’t another station potentially help ease that capacity issue? People at stations wanting to jump on are dispersed across 3 stations rather than 2

[Brad2912]

7 hours ago, Themepark Enthusist said:

I do not think thye should repopen Rivertown's station unless they can increase the capacity. On some weekends I have visited the park, the train can be quite a nightmare to get on, and on several occasions i have been shut out from getting on because it is too full.

So you wait for the next trip? Like a ride? 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

6 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

So you wait for the next trip? Like a ride? 

A ride would empty the entire ride vehicle each trip to allow a new load to board. 

It's unfortunate as Dreamworld used to have two trains, and on busy days they could easily fill both of them through peak periods. The new style of loading takes much longer so the circuit takes much longer, and some people enjoy just sitting on the train and enjoying going around. There's no limit to how long you can stay on, so you could potentially end up with a train going around, stopping at every station but nobody being allowed to get on because it continues to be full. 

People need a reason to get off the train. Stopping for lunch at Rivertown is a good reason.

[franky]

If one station is always filling the train leaving no space for the others, perhaps a solution is to leave one cart empty at the busy station.

Disney do something similar with the Skyliners - they leave a few cabins empty to leave capacity for stations down the line.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

double edged sword - you leave seats available for other stations to fill which may or may not happen, but in doing so, you piss off the people standing in front of you who are queueing and waiting for a ride.

It's easy to do it with Skyliner when it has over 250 gondolas, and the next arriving cabin will be there in 15 seconds. It's a lot harder to do when it's the same carriage they're waiting on, and it'll be more than 15 minutes before it arrives again.

[themagician]

I don’t think we’ll see the train complete the full circuit again until the finishes touches are made to Rivertown. There is a BOH gate behind Jane’s that was used for machinery to access the land during construction. That gate is alongside where the train track goes and because it’s been filled in, it makes access easier. I’d say we’ll see the train completing the loop by Easter.