2015 in Dreamworld - ABC Kids World, V8 Supercars and more

[themagician]

Just been to a private event with a few thousand people at Dreamworld with many of the rides opens. And since I haven't been to the park in about year, here's my little review and update on things I noticed.

The new range of food options was really good, and the styling they've gone for is pretty cool. I got one slice of pizza from Dough's Bros. and despite it being $9.90 it was really filling and that's all I had to eat all night (and I'm usually someone who eats a lot). I was happy to see that they've removed the cramped themed queue line space in Buzz Saw, all they need to do is add more railings in, but it definetly makes the temperature in the space a lot more comfortable. The upgrade to the fencing along side river rapids is a lot better as well. Some of the paint work in the queue space of wipeout has worn off a bit and you can start to see the older colour underneath. The broken plane on Tail Spin was still off. The cyclone was as rough as ever, and can't wait for them to upgrade the train and lift hill. The new V8 Supercars area has all of its groundwork done. Now the fencing was down around the old eureka enter mace I had a quick look at the space, and really it just appears that they've just stripped it back. The DW globe was impressive and bigger than I was expecting, a lot of people were getting their photo taken in front of it, including myself. I'm surprised they haven't included a properly railing yet for safety reasons. And finally, the new tvs included playing music videos for the songs playing, and advertising some things in the park I didn't think was too bad; not something major, but could work well for marketing specials, events, etc.

Edited October 1, 2015 by themagician

[bladex]

ahahhaahah that guy did what i've been trying to achieve for ages on TP. the best i've got it to stay upside down is for a few secs.  spinning is sooooo 2014

Edited October 1, 2015 by bladex

[Theme Park Girl]

I dare say the reason they have left the broken TS carriage on there is because last time round it took weeks for them to get replacement parts in from O/S, and they had it closed for that entire duration. And this was following 2 previous closures as well in which the ride had been malfunctioning.

At least if they just strip the broken plane back, they can keep the ride running in the meanwhile (especially during the school holidays, when all Big9 are expected to be fully functional and operating) whilst they wait for the replacement parts to arrive.

As tacky as it looks, I totally understand their reasoning!

[Cooper Olsen]

I just found this:

Could this be what dreamworld gets for Cyclone? It sorta looks like a V8 car, what do you think?

[totta3]

I just found this:

Could this be what dreamworld gets for Cyclone? It sorta looks like a V8 car, what do you think?

That Would Be Great For Them

[XxMrYoshixX]

As much as I like the new trains, I doubt DW would do lap bars. It's quite obvious that they would do OTSRs.

[Reanimated35]

It's quite obvious that they would do OTSRs.

Why?

[Tim Dasco]

But I thought Buzzsaw had Lap Bars?

[Brad2912]

Why?

because he said so, ok!

[Slick]

I checked out their site - not sure i'm too keen on having a steel-only lap bar slammed into my family jewels repeatedly over a 60 second plus period of time.

[Santa07]

It looks half-decent, except for what Slick brought up - a steel lap-bar like that does not look comfortable.

[Ashley]

At least it will be better then current train.

[Wil_i_am_not]

Is it just a prototype, or is it on some coaster's already?

[Cooper Olsen]

Is it just a prototype, or is it on some coaster's already?

Well if you look in the back of the photo the train is on a boomerang already

[Slick]

The website's pretty bad but they look to have atleast one or two installs of this train overseas thus far. Still have no idea how they get away with just a steel frame with no padding.

[Wil_i_am_not]

I see. It would definitely hold you in but geez it looks uncomfortable!  

[Ashley]

I see. It would definitely hold you in but geez it looks uncomfortable! 

looks can be deceiving.

[Santa07]

Actually, looking at their website it looks like it's not made to jam into your thighs, it looks more like something that presses against your lower abdomen, so it might not be as bad as I thought it would be.

[Cooper Olsen]

Does anyone know when Cyclone closes to get redone?

[Ashley]

Does anyone know when Cyclone closes to get redone?

Well it was suppose to be from the 12/10 but it closed last month for 2 days with Dreamworld posting it in red under the opening hours of park like ocean girl pointed out. But then it also closed for the same on 30/9 to the 1/10 and that's as much as Dreamworlds  informed us about as of yet.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

looking at that steel bar, i'm not sure it would be a problem for male riders... the arm is mounted at the top, so unlikely to sit between the legs, and the frame has 'cutouts' for each leg. I'm sure the jewels would have plenty of space around them... i'd give it a go.

[Ashley]

Does anyone know if anything has been done on cyclone cause currently it's not getting any maintenance for the rest of the year. 

Cyclone	MAINTENANCE: 30/09/2015 - 01/10/2015

[themagician]

It will probably closed then for construction of the v8 supercars attraction. It was originally scheduled for 12/10/15 - 15/11/15 (If I recall correctly), so I would say that is still planned, but it may be extended, depending on how much work they are doing to the ride.

[Reanimated35]

Where's push when you need him? 

Anyway, back on topic - I haven't been to DW in ages, but obviously they're working on Cyclone and the Supercars area, but what about the rest of the park? Has there been much more of a tidy up or anything?

Las time I went, the area under shockwave was a dumpster.

Has there been anything happen over the other side of the park? Around the animals/vintage cars area?

 

[Theme Park Girl]

Where's push when you need him? 

Anyway, back on topic - I haven't been to DW in ages, but obviously they're working on Cyclone and the Supercars area, but what about the rest of the park? Has there been much more of a tidy up or anything?

Las time I went, the area under shockwave was a dumpster.

Has there been anything happen over the other side of the park? Around the animals/vintage cars area?

 

Nah, no differences over that side, at least not when I visited last. Most of the work seems to be going on under the Cyclone, behind Shark Bites. That and the cosmetic work around the park in general.

Last time I went into Redline a few weeks back, the girl behind the counter told me it (Redline) was supposed to be closing this month - October - sometime for the expected renos and upgrades. Athough she didn't mention a specific date. Alas, the month is still young. I would suspect the Cyclone will probably close simultaneously when Redline does, along with Shark Bites, since they are all getting the same treatment.

My guess would be that it will happen sometime between now and the December school holidays