^ I'm guilty of calling it profit. Not paying enough attention :/

decided to head down to dreamworld today. Not going to go on too long about it but the hot wheels sidewinder had a couple of men up, working on the track. In particular grinding the steel back in some spots. Very noticble while riding tailspin at about 5:30pm with obvious sparks fying down. Tower of Terror was being tested also today.

As everyone has stated above the staff of dreamworld and white water world have been very happy and they looked like they truly wanted to be there. Great vibes going around both parks. The fire machine is a great show that dreamworld should be proud of. And for also extending park hours for free to all guests. 

oh and the family food deal they have on atm is great! $45 for 2 burgers, 4 reg soft drink, large fries and 2 nuggets and fries. All of it was very nice.

Great to see people get behind the park and support it by attending and spending inside the two parks.

From the Fire Machine show last night.

practically a ghost town

and I know it's not focused 

Edited January 7, 20178 yr by Gold Coast Amusement Force

Extensive testing of the Wipeout has been taking place today. I expect it to reopen next, and very soon!

2 hours ago, Gold Coast Amusement Force said:

From the Fire Machine show last night.

practically a ghost town

and I know it's not focused 

From that photo it doesn't look like a ghost town. Seems there a few there.

Giant Drop is being tested right now 

Any chance we could focus on the issue at hand?

Seems a lot of people got these for Xmas...

Digital zoom's a bitch.

It's not a completely terrible photo from a phone. If it was taken on a more substantial camera, yes I'd agree. But it is what it is for a phone. 

Awesome, hopefully we can see the rest of the rides open before the end of the extended opening time.

I also saw testing of the giant drop yesterday but unfortunately, none on the tot.

I still find it weird that Shockwave isn't open, given how relatively new it is. Albeit so is Tailspin and it only just reopened.

Edited January 7, 20178 yr by westical

2 hours ago, Brad2912 said:

Seems a lot of people got these for Xmas...

When you have a Samsung7 or equivalent phone, like most people, I fail to see a need to carry a proper camera. Unless I was a Photographer, albeit clearly not the case. 

Still it's better than nothing.. right?

2 hours ago, Theme Park Ninja said:

Giant Drop is being tested right now 

Was the ride being tested in 'automatic' (ie fast mode?)

I have seen the west facing Gondolas being raised and lowered at a glacial speed a lot, but that's it..

2 minutes ago, MickeyD said:

When you have a Samsung7 or equivalent phone, like most people, I fail to see a need to carry a proper camera. 

But a proper camera is much less likely to internally combust in your pocket... 

8 minutes ago, MickeyD said:

When you have a Samsung7 or equivalent phone, like most people, I fail to see a need to carry a proper camera. Unless I was a Photographer, albeit clearly not the case. 

Still it's better than nothing.. right?

Was the ride being tested in 'automatic' (ie fast mode?)

I have seen the west facing Gondolas being raised and lowered at a glacial speed a lot, but that's it..

when I took the photo, it was slowly going up to the tower, I don't think they would be sending it in 'fast mode' if there's a worker at the top gondola. It did do a normal test when I was watching the Dreamtones earlier today. TOT2 was also being tested as well when I was there.

Exciting news!! I'm guessing HWSW and Shockwave will be among the last to reopen given recent testing. I haven't seen any work around Shockwave at all

anyone know what changes they made to TOT2 and GD?

Edited January 7, 20178 yr by bladex

2 minutes ago, bladex said:

anyone know what changes they made to TOT2 and GD?

I believe a bit of Welding on the TOT tracks, just to make it a bit smoother, I saw some people working on it a few days ago. But most of the work is being done on the HWSW.

15 minutes ago, ClassifiedLlama said:

I believe a bit of Welding on the TOT tracks, just to make it a bit smoother, I saw some people working on it a few days ago. But most of the work is being done on the HWSW.

I Hope HWSW Is Smooth When It Opens

Just now, Rollercoaster_Lover❤️ said:

I Hope HWSW Is Smooth When It Opens

Id say it wont be as smooth as say, Superman Escape... but it will be much better than what it was before.

Does anyone else get shaken around a lot while going through the station on the buzzsaw.

i got more than shaken last time i was on it...

Just now, bladex said:

i got more than shaken last time i was on it...

I agree, I don't know if it's the track, the train or something else

2 minutes ago, Gold Coast Amusement Force said:

I agree, I don't know if it's the track, the train or something else

Id Say its probably The Track and the train. But also the restrainsts can do it to you aswell. 

4 hours ago, MickeyD said:

Extensive testing of the Wipeout has been taking place today. I expect it to reopen next, and very soon!

Was Wipeout testing in actual cycles or just slowly moving the arms, gondola etc? I'm hoping that they change it back to the original cycle as i find the one they changed it too after the revamp too short and stops and starts too many times, that's just my opinion