Gumbaya World, the New Kid on the block!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

all the coaster parks... in a week?

That's like 9 parks!

[Noxegon]

25 minutes ago, AlexB said:

all the coaster parks... in a week?

That's like 9 parks!

Eh have you seen the type of travel I do?

In all seriousness, my plan is:

- Fri: Arrive (late)
- Sat: Luna Park Sydney, Husky Carnival
- Sun: Relocate to Longreach
- Mon: Qantas Museum, Outback Dinner & Live Show
- Tue: Stockman Museum, relocate to Surfers
- Wed: Warner Bros (all day)
- Thu: Aussie World, Dreamworld
- Fri: Sea World, Wet'n'Wild, relocate to Melbourne.
- Sat: Adventure Park Geelong, (optional) Luna Park Melbourne, Lakes Entrance Carnival
- Sun: Gumbuya World, evening flight to Singapore.

This is actually quite relaxed by my standards...

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Yeah this is true. Looks like a good plan. Hope there are no hiccups like last time!

[pushbutton]

How are you going to do Aussie World and Dreamworld in the same day? 

[themagician]

Everything else I’d say is achievable, but I’m not sure about the DW and Aussie World. It’s about an 90 - 120 minute drive between them (providing traffic is good). And DW is a massive park that you could spend all day at. Obviously dependant in queues and maintenance, but id say you’d only get until lunch time there before you’d have to leave.

SW and WNW is also ambitious, unless you aren’t bothered about the shows at SW and just want to go on the rides and walk around the park, then you’d be able to.

[webslave]

I was thinking the Geelong -> Melbourne -> Lakes Entrance day was... aspirational

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

SW and WnW are both achievable in a day, and I know many who have done this. Richard and Megan do seem to take a 'no nonsence, get in get done and get out' approach. those two together will be easy.

I did think about AW and DW on the same day, but it is still definitely achievable. It is a 90 minute drive, but on a quiet day, AW would only take an hour or so to get through everything. This would give for example - 10am to 2:30pm at Dreamworld, 90 minute travel, followed by an hour at AW. 4.5 hours is a quick visit to DW, but still one with the ability to tick off all the majors you want to do if you're smart about it, plus if it is a super busy day, there's always Q4U...

[joz]

44 minutes ago, AlexB said:

if it is a super busy day, there's always Q4U...

See normally I'd be waiting for AlexB to respond with a sarcastic post about him not knowing what you're talking about given its actually called Ride Express now, but since he got it wrong I don't know what to expect.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Shows just how much Dreamworld commands my attention these days.

With the exception of a private event, the last general admission day I went to the park was after Pandamonium opened (but before it was finished). I haven't done Panda, but have done tailspin due to the private event. go figure.

I did however score a great deal from Dreamworld last week, so i'll be visiting again soon, and i'll be sure and update my park knowledge while i'm there.

[Gazza]

So with DW and AuW in a day, considering the last time Noxegon was at DW was when Tailspin was new, what has been added that warrants a full day?

The park is quiet and has a lot of closed stuff too.

[yaark]

Also Geelong to Lakes Entrance is the best part of 5.5 hours drive.. fair hike and really ambitious to squeeze 2 events in on that day with a 3 hour trip back to Gumbuya World the next day.. 

Think you will sleep well on the plane after that whirlwind trip.

You could knock nearly an hour off the trip by going to Fun Fields instead of Adventure Park but still a pretty crazy day

Edited December 13, 2017 by yaark

[aaronm]

44 minutes ago, yaark said:

You could knock nearly an hour off the trip by going to Fun Fields instead of Adventure Park but still a pretty crazy day

Yes but Funfields doesn't have the SBF Spinner!

[Paula]

7 hours ago, Noxegon said:

Eh have you seen the type of travel I do?

In all seriousness, my plan is:

- Fri: Arrive (late)
- Sat: Luna Park Sydney, Husky Carnival
- Sun: Relocate to Longreach
- Mon: Qantas Museum, Outback Dinner & Live Show
- Tue: Stockman Museum, relocate to Surfers
- Wed: Warner Bros (all day)
- Thu: Aussie World, Dreamworld
- Fri: Sea World, Wet'n'Wild, relocate to Melbourne.
- Sat: Adventure Park Geelong, (optional) Luna Park Melbourne, Lakes Entrance Carnival
- Sun: Gumbuya World, evening flight to Singapore.

This is actually quite relaxed by my standards...

You're not going to Funfields!!! *shakes head*

[Gazza]

1 hour ago, Paula said:

You're not going to Funfields!!! *shakes head*

The key to attracting the wild coaster enthusiast is to have a roller coaster they can add to their tally.

[Tim Dasco]

Geez that's a big ass talley!

[Noxegon]

Lakes Entrance is an evening event.

Funfields doesn’t have a coaster (I’ve been there before anyway). 

I’m content with half a day at Dreamworld; Buzzsaw is the only new ride for me, and aside from the Giant Drop and Tower of Terror there’s precious little there considering that spin rides are really not my thing. 

As for a five hour drive, I’d just like to say that I’ve been to Merimbula twice

[pin142]

8 hours ago, pushbutton said:

How are you going to do Aussie World and Dreamworld in the same day

I'd wager some sort of automobile to get between the two parks. It really isn't that long between the two, only around 1h 40 minutes from Dreamworld to Aussie World.

[pushbutton]

46 minutes ago, pin142 said:

I'd wager some sort of automobile to get between the two parks. It really isn't that long between the two, only around 1h 40 minutes from Dreamworld to Aussie World.

Or you could always ride your bike I suppose. 7 hours, 29 minutes according to google maps.

[Mark Shaw]

On 12/13/2017 at 4:47 PM, Paula said:

You're not going to Funfields!!! *shakes head*

Good call out Paula, certainly Vics best park atm.  I'm going tomorrow hopefully. 

[Paula]

13 hours ago, Mark Shaw said:

Good call out Paula, certainly Vics best park atm.  I'm going tomorrow hopefully. 

Thanks Mark. Hope you've been well.

[themagician]

 A look at the parks map

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Hey look! A Whimsical caricature of the actual park, with easy to follow pathways that show you exactly where everything is - and not one glimpse of realistic 3d rendering - yet I still understand exactly how to follow it!

Movie world - are you paying attention here?

[GoGoBoy]

5 hours ago, AlexB said:

Hey look! A Whimsical caricature of the actual park, with easy to follow pathways that show you exactly where everything is - and not one glimpse of realistic 3d rendering - yet I still understand exactly how to follow it!

Movie world - are you paying attention here?

Exactly what I thought when I first saw it. I was going to mention it, but figured I should stop relating everything back to Movie World’s poor marketing 😉

Edited December 19, 2017 by GoGoBoy

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

One should stop relating everything back to Movie World's poor marketing when Movie World stops marketing poorly.

[elemist]

9 hours ago, AlexB said:

Hey look! A Whimsical caricature of the actual park, with easy to follow pathways that show you exactly where everything is - and not one glimpse of realistic 3d rendering - yet I still understand exactly how to follow it!

Movie world - are you paying attention here?

It's very Adventure World ish TBH.. i would guess maybe Mark's influence there.