19 hours ago, Noll_57 said:

Popped into the park today and noticed that the train has now been taken off the track. No other noticeable changes though.

It’s coaster common sense 101. You don’t park a train in the station long term. A station is for loading and unloading humans, not for train storage. That’s what the maintenance bay is for. It keeps the running wheels happy instead of slowly squashing them into sad little pancakes.

If you are looking at selling the ride and if the maintenance bay only fits one train, the other doesn’t just sit in the station. It goes into storage.

On 27/02/2026 at 7:37 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

and I cant see the switch track.

Between unload and load

On 25/02/2026 at 11:08 AM, New display name said:

The motor coaster didn’t detract from the area any more than the TOT track did. There’s nothing unusual about a park relocating a ride to make space for a new one, and they could just as easily have removed the Vintage Cars entirely from the park. The real problem was what they considered acceptable for the Vintage Cars compared to what the attraction used to be.

What are you talking about...a steam train, vintage cars and a paddle wheeler are THEMED to fit perfectly into an old river town style area...an ugly steel rollercoaster struggles! 🫣 as for TOT, it destroyed the entire park's THEMING. Nothing wrong with building motoreyesore or TOT as attractions themselves, DW can build what they like....but don't destory the park to achieve it...and YES, "they" did send DW, on a spiralling downward "run it cheap as chips" journey and we all tragically know where that ended!

@RobMac Did you read my comment, or just freestyle off the vibe?

DW just posted a video advertising $99 annual passes, but interestingly there is this on the computer screen

Refurb of Motocoaster confirmed or are DW just trolling

Just seen this on Facebook, surely they aren’t to a Reno of this terrible ride. It looks like they are….

Has Title of 'The Hero Discovery'. Integration with Rivertown would me my guess - hopefully they're replacing the ride and re-using the station.

“Transverse scaffold to upper level”

“The Load Station - The Hero Discovery”

Was what I could make out

They've blurred out everything on the wall behind Greg, and they've specifically chosen this one frame to put on the screen while filming.

Some deliberate hints/easter eggs, whatever is coming will be themed to fit into Rivertown area and perhaps be the "hero" of the area.

Looks imore than a station retheme, I'd still bet a new Vekoma of some description and reuse of existing station.

Looks like a bit of trolling.

Re using the motocoaster station and queue for whatever they build next makes perfect sense to me - where it is, it is just about the perfect set up for a brake run, turn, and a station on that bit of land.

Edited March 18Mar 18 by Baconjack

14 hours ago, themagician said:

DW just posted a video advertising $99 annual passes, but interestingly there is this on the computer screen

Refurb of Motocoaster confirmed or are DW just trolling

Yep absolutely looks like a re-theme of the station building to suit rivertown.

Given nobody has picked up any hint of either demolition or sale of the ride, I think it's safe to say they're considering a retheme for MC (which, to be fair, was something Greg had indicated previously). Hopefully they ditch the current prototype harness system for something more like Jet Rescue otherwise the same ride inefficiencies will remain.

I think it's pretty smart: they've spent a lot on K&BD, Rivertown and King Claw over the past few years, your able to cheaply add "something new" for the year without investing a significant amount in a new ride.

It also seemed popular with the GP (I remember hearing it's one of the most popular rides in the park, can't remember where), so makes sense to keep it whilst retheming it so it A. doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in Rivertown against everything else and B. can be advertised as their "newest thing" for 2026.

I believe it's mostly been the same since 2007 apart from the Mick Doohan name being dropped a few years ago, which ages it significantly compared to the rest of the park. Retheming it lets it appear fresh and new whilst keeping a popular ride.

2 hours ago, TBoy said:

and B. can be advertised as their "newest thing" for 2026.

Now hold on there.... Last year Dreamworld made a big thing of being the only theme park on the coast opening a new ride with King Claw - implying that the return of Scooby Doo after a refurb didn't count. I don't disagree with that assessment \ marketing angle - but what's good for the goose - the park doesn't get to advertise it as a 'newest thing' if its just a refurb or retheme.

This was a comment photo on Adventures of theme park girls FB park from Greg’s computer, looks like it says announcement 2026?

If this is an indication of when they announce what they are doing, wouldn’t that then suggest a retheme for 2026 would be out of the question, considering works would need to start happening soon for a reopen date for 2026

Public announcement - Aug 2026

Construction start 2027

Grok is our friend

I suggested months ago, as long as the track could handle it (non engineer) Intamin have been talking about been able to change trains to spinning trains. Was Greg being extra cheeky with with the play on spin?

Intamin can replace standard coaster trains with spinning trains, notably through their specialized Multi Dimension Coaster technology, which allows cars to rotate 360 degrees and utilize turntables for a dynamic, controlled spin experience. These trains can offer varied experiences, from free-spinning to controlled, and can be integrated into new or existing coaster layouts.

We don’t know why MC suddenly closed, but these are my two leading Intamin based theories, assuming the track is still operational and they’re just swapping the trains.

First: a spinning coaster conversion.
Second: (dark ride) with a multi-directional coaster train, although that started to feel redundant once I remembered JR already fills that niche.

Spinning coaster

Multi-directional

At the end of the day, DW could scrap the MC entirely and retain the station. They could even repurpose the station into a walkthrough attraction.

Edited March 19Mar 19 by New display name

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

Public announcement - Aug 2026

Construction start 2027

Grok is our friend

The construction section, if you look in the video, is over a year long - this is not 'just a retheme'. Makes complete sense to re-use the queue infrastructure. Been in design since Q1 2025. Makes sense to shut MDMC after holiday period, gives 6 months to shop around for a Trans Studio type buyer and then adequate time to clear the site. My dream outcome is a widening of the river and using this as access to a jungle cruise style ride - however improbable that may be.

Edited March 19Mar 19 by Aw hype

4 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

the park doesn't get to advertise it as a 'newest thing' if its just a refurb or retheme.

Which will be annoying if that’s the case because they made a big deal about Motocoaster ‘permanently’ closing

4 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Public announcement - Aug 2026

Construction start 2027

Grok is our friend

Theres no way it takes that long for the park to start getting to work on putting lipstick on the motocoaster pig. Assuming construction goes on for 7-10 months aiming at a September holidays/Boxing Day opening

Would be at least a year and a half time gap from motocoaster closing and 2 and a bit years for the full project. Surely its more than just a refurb that seems like a very long time for such a project

5 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Public announcement - Aug 2026

If this is the case, I’d imagine it will be announced during their end of financial presentation, which is on 23 August 2026

1 hour ago, Baconjack said:

Theres no way it takes that long for the park to start getting to work on putting lipstick on the motocoaster pig. Assuming construction goes on for 7-10 months aiming at a September holidays/Boxing Day opening

Would be at least a year and a half time gap from motocoaster closing and 2 and a bit years for the full project. Surely its more than just a refurb that seems like a very long time for such a project

Maybe this chart is not relative to the MC replacement - could be another attraction entirely

14 hours ago, Baconjack said:

Theres no way it takes that long for the park to start getting to work on putting lipstick on the motocoaster pig. Assuming construction goes on for 7-10 months aiming at a September holidays/Boxing Day opening

Would be at least a year and a half time gap from motocoaster closing and 2 and a bit years for the full project. Surely its more than just a refurb that seems like a very long time for such a project

How long was Scooby closed for? If MC is getting a major upgrade/refurb, this isn’t exactly a quick run to the Kwik-E-Mart for spare parts.

Scooby is not the yardstick for this sort of work. it closed earlier than planned, and it sat for long periods awaiting the buildslot. We have no idea whether the project experienced any other delays but those alone aren't normal for this type of work.

We have no idea as to the scope of work either - if it's just new trains, then there's very little to do to the ride and much of the work is theming.

Can someone help me measure some string?

12 minutes ago, themagician said:

Which will be annoying if that’s the case because they made a big deal about Motocoaster ‘permanently’ closing

I thought they were relatively careful with the wording of its closure never explicitly saying it was permanently closing. Off the top of my head they said the end of this chapter (or similar).

1 hour ago, New display name said:

How long was Scooby closed for? If MC is getting a major upgrade/refurb, this isn’t exactly a quick run to the Kwik-E-Mart for spare parts.

Scooby closed earlier than expected. I've heard it was always meant to close around 24 into late 25 but closed earlier and most of the time was the ride SBNO waiting for parts from Mack. When they began to slowly arrive late 24 with most of it arriving early/mid 25, it was the long and tedious process of installing them then getting the ride recertified. Dapto beat me to it with this section :(

It's quite poor from the park to close the ride without concrete plans (up the road is worse a la Doomsday). If this is a refurb we can expect a control system upgrade, new trains (similar to Juvelen) and portions of the ride retracted and ride components upgraded/replaced to low maintenance components (fixed eddy current brakes). They they could also upgrade the launch system to be LSM's for a 'speed boost' as the ride does meander quite a bit. Given how popular Intamin is at the moment I expect that we'd be looking at a similar time frame as scooby.

Where would this ride fit in Dreamworld's ride lineup? It currently has the speed to be a thrill coaster but meanders so much, and is mostly forceless that on a good day it's family thrill at most. New open trains will increase your sense of speed.

Jungle Rush is far more thrilling than this ride and this 'tease' is probably just to get people talking about it again. Unless the park is planning on just keeping the load and unload station then idk. I think it's just engagement bait and that the park is still in the early stages of figuring out what to do with it.

Edited March 20Mar 20 by TV15