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

[Reanimated35]

Try sharing the pics on DW's facebook page and maybe they'll do something about it

[Gary86]

I did. I wonder if that Thins packet is the same one from before...

(Photo from November 2014)

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

MW's Pizzas aka (Rick's Cafe and Buffet) are much better than Dough Bros, just being honest

[Brad2912]

Disagree Ninja, Dough Bros better in my experience.

And Gary - nice way to bag out pricing without telling the truth.

$20 for a slice of pizza? Maybe include the cup of fries and the drink in your photo as well given that's included in the price as well.

[T-bone]

On Dough Bros, we had some a month or so ago. Decent amount of toppings, but I found because of the amount of toppings, it was cooked too long, and the base itself was dry, and rather disgusting. Anyone else have the same thoughts, or am I alone?

On the river, well, with no boat running to churn and keep movement, it makes keeping the river visually clean more difficult. Rivers and ponds out in the wild without water movement do look like this, and yes, there are turtles and other animals in there, but that is their habbitat. Honestly the river is clean compared to what they are able to survive in. On the other hand, fish need food, and the plant growth acts as a food source for the fish (ever been to an aquarium and seen people buying plants to put in their fish tanks?). If the fish have no food, the fish die, if the fish die, the turtles don't have a food source, so the turtles die. The growth isn't the prettiest thing, but it isn't the worst thing. The bad thing is the rubbish the human life have thrown in there.

Edited January 30, 2015 by T-bone

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I'd suggest most rubbish in the river hasn't been deliberately thrown - most likely blown rolled in from various vantage points. it doesn't make it better, but ol' Walt's concept of a trash can within reach at all times certainly rings true.

[themagician]

I think it would be alright if DW just once evey week or two went around the edge of the lake and tries to get some rubbish out. Regarding the algae, all DW would have to do is install a paddle wheel in a couple of places around the lake and that would keep it cleaner looking.

[Brad2912]

Once again, how many people really does the lake water quality bother?

Would most people say that its a priority over say, clean toilets? Or a fresh paint job on a ride?

[Reanimated35]

It should bother the park that it looks overgrown and unkempt. Not to mention it should bother them that there's rubbish floating in the water.

No one ever said it was more important that a toilet. I would say that basic cleaning so the river doesn't look like a dump would be more important than a new paint job for anything though.

[Brad2912]

I guess to each their own. Agree rubbish should be removed, but it's not strewn across the place. It could be one or two days build up, who's to say it's not actively removed?

[Theme Park Girl]

The park's new opening hours appear to be 9am according to the Dreamworld website. With rides opening at 9:30am outside of holidays / weekends and 9am on weekends. Great to see even just an extra hour of trading

Huh? We went to DW today and the entry gates didn't open until 9.55am. And this was on a Saturday. So yeah, it's still 10am opening time.

On the other hand, the River Rapids WERE open earlier, around 11am, whereas yesterday when my husband and I went (Friday + school day, so therefore a quiet park day) it didn't open until 12pm.

We also had issues with the Cyclone. Did the lengthy walk all the way around the outside of the turbine tower (ugh) only to find out that it was closed, as some kid had puked on it and it had to be cleaned. Then he said apon re-opening it needed a minimum 10 people to operate. So we decided to go back later!

I agree it does need a bit of TLC, it's still a great coaster but getting a tad turbulent these days. Reminds me of what the Lethal Weapon was like prior to it being refurbished and reopened as the Arkham.

On a side note, just bought annual passes, so looking forward to spending a LOT more time at DW & WWW over the months to come! Especially given we've previously been VIP pass holders and a little over the VRTP these days. So very excited to be visiting Dreamworld again for the first time in years

[bladex]

wish they would make up their minds as to when the rapids start operating. i don't know why they can't just run it as soon as the park opens why do they have to stuff around waiting?

Edited January 31, 2015 by bladex

[Gary86]

We also had issues with the Cyclone. Did the lengthy walk all the way around the outside of the turbine tower (ugh) only to find out that it was closed, as some kid had puked on it and it had to be cleaned. Then he said apon re-opening it needed a minimum 10 people to operate. So we decided to go back later!

I always use the emergency steps on the Cyclone, much quicker, I also go back down that way.

[Jakev8]

This is probley ment for a different form but thes anyone have any info on the old pirate ship show at Dreamworld that used to be where tiger Island is today.

All I remember was going past on the old steam train and looking to your right and seeing this massive pirate show with blokes dress up and jumping from the top of the boast and doing stunts and Swinging on ropes and yeh thats all I remember.

I found some old photos of the show a few years ago at my Nan's place witch I'll try and find again next time I'm going throw all the old stuff in the shed so I can upload them but there just seems to be no info of the show at all On the Internet?

[Gary86]

I don't remember any pirate shows at Dreamworld. I'm sure before Tiger Island it was just bush. There was a pirate show at Sea World called "Pirates of Paradise"... Dreamworld did have a bush ranger show on the paddle boat ride. The show was performed near where the sheep shearing show now is but was only watchable on the boat.

[Jakev8]

Yeh it was there for onley few mouths I believe,

but it did have a full pirate ship set up and stuff

Closer thing I could find on the web was this:

"1992 Dreamworld Duelling pirate stunt show set for the Christmas promotion from Las Vegas."

Edited February 11, 2015 by Jakev8

[Theme Park Girl]

The Pirates Of Paradise at Seaworld was the first thing that came to my mind, too. Pretty sure there has never been a pirate show or theme of any kind in Dreamworld's history, at least not from what I remember from my visits dating back to mid 80's.

Could it have been this instead, Jake?

Oh wait nm, just saw your last post, we posted at same time hahaha.

Well there ya go, I never knew about that

[Brad2912]

Yeah no Pirates at Dreamworld ever to my knowledge. Where was this pirate ship supposedly located? Tiger Island wasn't developed prior to it's current use.

Think you may be confusing the bush ranger show and the sea world offering?

[Jakev8]

I'v seen pics of it way back in the day, even seen pics of some of my family members standing with the cast holding the swords and stuff.

My Nan's got like one of them pics with the dreamworld frame around it and stuff so it was there but dunno how long it was for?

[Slick]

Definitely was a Pirates show back in the early 90's for a season. I have a photo on one of my old archive drives. Not enough detail to tell where it was though. At a guess I think it was out just next to Avalanche?

[Jakev8]

This is all i'v found so far about the show

[JeffreyMoore]

yes it was next to the avalanche where tiger island now stands it had tamp seating stands like tho's used at the v8 super cars at surfer's and i think a in ground pool not sure as it was so long ago now

[Jakev8]

^^^thanks for backing us up mate with the info??

[T-bone]

So according to the Ardent Half Yearly Results presentation, we can expect a new V8 Supercars attraction at Dreamworld by end of the year.. http://www.ardentleisure.com.au/Resources/Documents/AAD-HY14-Results-Presentation---Final.pdf

Lets hope its something better than that Redline attraction...

[themagician]

Depending on what it is, it could be built near MDMC. I know a few times the idea of building a Motorsport attraction near MDMC would be good, as it allows for a new area to be made. But in saying all of that, it could just be an upgrade to Redline (hopefully it's something a bit bigger than that).