Dreamworld - 2017 "exciting" "experiences"

[Brad2912]

57 minutes ago, Gold Coast Amusement Force said:

I think these were at the trr but have been moved out now

 

 

Not part of TRR. 

Theyve been in the area outside the mine ride for years, they were under the awning just behind where they are now 

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

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[MickeyD]

^wtf !!!????

[Brad2912]

So 2 week ago when Craig fronted the media and announced this new Trolls attraction (yes I know he didn’t name the license) would be open for the school holidays - he did so without having a pre-approval for the design concept from Dreamworks? 

Im hoping your info is rubbish - or else you can’t just add that to another stupid decision by DW.

As for the floating cage going down the river - I’m calling complete rubbish on that one. Had a similar so-called redundancy existed on TRR we would have had 6 casualties. Sounds entirely ridiculous 

[Richard]

The following quote from Craig wasn't included in the final published interview.

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That area there is a new Dreamworks mini precinct that we hope to launch early next year. We haven't publicised it yet because we're still finalising the details with DreamWorks. [It'll have] a life span of about twelve months so it carries through Christmas next year.
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We're working with DreamWorks but also Universal Studios as the parent so the requirements they have in terms of how the brands are portrayed are high.

If you're reading between the lines, it sounds like they were originally aiming to launch this Christmas but it was knocked back by Universal/DreamWorks. Certainly they wouldn't be so far advanced with construction if it were always planned as an Easter addition.

[rappa]

Yay so Dreamworld will have yet another unfinished construction project in the middle of the park for Summer now. 

 

How does anyone in that place even have a job?

[Brad2912]

Seems ridiculous to even mention it at all, given the info was vague and it’s not happening for the holiday period. 

Next thing RHLR will get delayed. 

Total cycle of disappointment. 

The least they can do is at least bring back something like the fire show from last summer as some sort of excitement for bring people in 

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

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[Theme Park]

In the event of an emergency stoppage or fire on the log ride what happens when guests need to get off the ride does the cage have a gap in the side you can climb out of or does it open and close from the inside what exactly happens in this scenario. 

[liz.wis]

I made my first trip to Dreamworld in a couple of years over the weekend.  It was a family trip, I didn't have my "enthusiast" goggles on. I went with my 9-year-old daughter, who met the height for everything, and my 6-year-old daughter, with a slightly more limited height, but past ABC Kids stage.  

We hadn't been to any parks in the last 12 months, and prior to that had passes to MW/SW/WW.  

We only wanted to go for a couple of hours, so we mainly just hung out in the Dreamworks area and Ocean Parade.  Construction and closures aside, I think as a whole, the place looks a lot fresher than it used to.  

As criticised as it gets, there is WAY more for my family to do at Dreamworld than Movie World.  In the short time we were there, the kids went on most of the Dreamworks rides, the eldest loved being big enough to ride the motorbike on motor coaster (younger could go sidecar), and eldest was allowed to pick 2 thrill rides and went for Shockwave and Claw.  (The tickets were a gift to my younger daughter, so she was in charge of planning activities for this particular visit).  At MovieWorld, the oldest could only do Wild West and Scooby (didn't like any of the WB Kids rides), and even my youngest wasn't sold on the WB Kids rides.

I know they can't compete with the thrills across the road, so I really think they need to promote the 'family fun' element.  My kids can't wait to go back.

On the safety issue - the extra strap on Shockwave seemed to slow down the loading process, but the line was short enough it wasn't too much of an issue.  The extra chest strap on Puss in Boots Swing seemed overly excessive to me, and I thought it looked more dangerous than it was worth, it was nearly sitting on my younger child's neck, rather than across her chest.

[MickeyD]

Personally I prefer my Logride's "Cage Free"

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Engineers have just arrived on site and are working on the right arm

[pushbutton]

Very sad to see that theyappear not to be running any Beat Box or Fire Machine style events this year. I am sure they had started by this time the last two years, and those really were exciting experiences.

[Minions!]

19 minutes ago, pushbutton said:

Very sad to see that theyappear not to be running any Beat Box or Fire Machine style events this year. I am sure they had started by this time the last two years, and those really were exciting experiences.

Christmas schedule runs until the 25/Boxing Day Period. Once that date the new shows, events, themes etc. Will Be announced and put into the parks daily operations. And Yes that does include Kevil Hill which is opening around that date.

[pushbutton]

1 minute ago, Minions! said:

Christmas schedule runs until the 25/Boxing Day Period. Once that date the new shows, events, themes etc. Will Be announced and put into the parks daily operations. And Yes that does include Kevil Hill which is opening around that date.

But nothing to compare with the two night entertainment experiences I mentioned.

[themagician]

Last year they didn’t announce it until December 16, so there is still a chance they will. It has been very successful the last two years, so I’d be surprised if we didn’t see it return, or the park didn’t extend their hours 

[Evie]

1 hour ago, themagician said:

Last year they didn’t announce it until December 16, so there is still a chance they will. It has been very successful the last two years, so I’d be surprised if we didn’t see it return, or the park didn’t extend their hours 

Fairly sure they're just doing 9-6 this year.

[themagician]

That’s a shame if it’s the case 

[Brad2912]

Terrible decision if that proves true... I hope it’s not 

[pushbutton]

2 hours ago, themagician said:

Last year they didn’t announce it until December 16, so there is still a chance they will. It has been very successful the last two years, so I’d be surprised if we didn’t see it return, or the park didn’t extend their hours 

Oh! I am surprised. I thought they started at least building it by this time in December though.

[themagician]

Last year they didn’t start building it until around the 20th

[pushbutton]

41 minutes ago, themagician said:

Last year they didn’t start building it until around the 20th

Ok. I thought it was built early December and the shows started about mid December. In that case, who knows. Maybe there will still be something awesome!

 

[themagician]

Both shows haven’t begun until Boxing Day and have gone until mid January 

[pushbutton]

4 minutes ago, themagician said:

Both shows haven’t begun until Boxing Day and have gone until mid January 

Wow! Shows how eager I am for something similar this year!

[themagician]

If DW don’t do it this year, you may have to go to SW instead for Carnivale