Dreamworld General Park Update - April 2021

[Jdude95]

Buzzsaw has been testing most of the day so it’s possible it could reopen tomorrow when it’s maintenance period is over 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Let's be honest, it may be possible, but it's probable the maintenance dates will be extended again.

[Pyro]

Saw some demolition engineers down near the log ride, I believe its about to come down in the next few weeks.

[Smol bean]

Well that will be sad to see an open day attraction demolished. really does leave a hole for a ride the whole family can enjoy only other ride like that is sky voyager.

[StingRay]

59 minutes ago, Smol bean said:

Well that will be sad to see an open day attraction demolished. really does leave a hole for a ride the whole family can enjoy only other ride like that is sky voyager.

Well I mean it's been closed for a while now. No point letting it rot away for longer. It's sitting on prime land that could be utilised so much better than it currently is. 

Sure for nostalgia purposes, it's sad to see it go. But it's got to. Unless you want a permanent memorial like SW has done with Vikings Revenge. 

[westical]

3 hours ago, Smol bean said:

the whole family can enjoy only other ride like that is sky voyager.

Vintage Cars

[Smol bean]

You are right but most families visiting are gp and probably wouldn’t know about the ride unless they went to the very back corner. it shows most of the time I go there the queue is usually only 15mins max.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Smol bean

[gavinfulikes]

BuzzSaw pushed back to the 21st of May

Escape from Madagascar has reopened

Giant Drop is down for tomorrow

[Im Hungry]

So we have yet another article about Thunder River Rapids... A minor one tho.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-14/michelle-hanson-accused-of-stealing-son-dreamworld-payout/100139916

[themagician]

So the aviary is open, but only the lower level. You can’t go up the ramp and into the nocturnal house unfortunately. 

And heard some noise coming from one of the shed in the log ride 

[Smol bean]

sounds like it might be early prep for demolition.

[Brad2912]

*edit*

Edited May 15, 2021 by Brad2912

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 13/05/2021 at 10:22 PM, Smol bean said:

You are right but most families visiting are gp and probably wouldn’t know about the ride unless they went to the very back corner. it shows most of the time I go there the queue is usually only 15mins max.

Everyone visiting (yourself included) are "GP" - but you're right, it is shoved into the back of the park and is easy to miss. It doesn't help that its a low thrill, low excitement, once and done ride that is mainly just an opportunity for the kids to "drive" a car. 

It's the RCT equivalent of a slide. 

[gavinfulikes]

The music in Main Street has change from pop music to ragtime styled music. It definitely changes the atmosphere of Main Street. Small changes like these make huge differences. Hopefully they do the same with the Gold Coaster’s queue as the ride is themed to circa 1970s Gold Coast yet it currently plays modern day pop music.

[Im Hungry]

Gaining nothing for whenever I drop in to the Gold Coaster, I try my best to select, queue and play songs that bring back memories from that time period. Unfortunately, those very songs play throughout the entire area of Ocean Parade via themepark speakers...

Edited May 25, 2021 by Im Hungry

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

[Flynn_Smith]

*disregard*

 

Edited May 25, 2021 by Flynn_Smith

[Thrill Seeker]

It would nearly be impossible for the park to have certain music for each individual ride without a major $$$ overhaul. The parks sound system is split into 4 areas. Ocean Parade, Wiggles World, Main Street, Gold Rush Country. Download CrowdDJ and queue your own music if you wish.

[Slick]

3 minutes ago, Thrill Seeker said:

It would nearly be impossible for the park to have certain music for each individual ride without a major $$$ overhaul. The parks sound system is split into 4 areas. Ocean Parade, Wiggles World, Main Street, Gold Rush Country. Download CrowdDJ and queue your own music if you wish.

There are way, way more zones in the park then that. Rides like Sky Voyager have their own zone.

[Thrill Seeker]

Yes individual rides like sky voyager, pandamonium, skadoosh. technically yes but they have there own sound system with a repeating playlist. it is no connected to the nightlife system

[Slick]

1 hour ago, Thrill Seeker said:

Yes individual rides like sky voyager, pandamonium, skadoosh. technically yes but they have there own sound system with a repeating playlist. it is no connected to the nightlife system

Tower of Terror once had a zone outside. Sky Voyager also had a zone at one point but was phased out when I redid all of the content. From memory Corroboree has three. ICP also has its own AV. Point is, putting in additional zones is pretty cheap compared to most AV costs, the real question is why.

[themagician]

@Slick I now how much passion you’ve had for the park, especially it’s golden year and all the history the park has. During your time there and with the opportunities you had, did you get the chance to discuss the possibilities of reducing the classic Dreamworld? When you were redoing the content, did you explore the older stuff and try bring it back where possible? Or were the park wanting to still move away from that 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

12 hours ago, themagician said:

especially it’s golden year

No Swearing!

[Slick]

14 hours ago, themagician said:

@Slick I now how much passion you’ve had for the park, especially it’s golden year and all the history the park has. During your time there and with the opportunities you had, did you get the chance to discuss the possibilities of reducing the classic Dreamworld? When you were redoing the content, did you explore the older stuff and try bring it back where possible? Or were the park wanting to still move away from that 

I produced this clip back in 2019:

https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=551686829004471&_rdr 

Originally the clip was going to have a lot of cool callbacks to past vision of the park I sourced and link it back to a present day celebration of sorts. What I had learnt in the edit was that it really quickly turned into a just a video showing off how much stuff used to be there at the park and how much wasn't there anymore. Anticipating what the comment section would likely look like (not to mention the posts on here) ultimately meant the edit was abandoned and I ended up going with a purely present-day focussed clip.

I'll say this to the fine folks who want to buy rusted up koalas or want to build shrines in parks about yesteryear - they only work if you're coming from a place of high. That is to say, history is great if the messaging is "look at how much we've grown and how good things are now and look at our humble beginnings you remember" not "remember all the rides we closed that aren't replaced yet? Here, sit in a carriage and pretend you were having that experience instead."

Here's hoping Dreamworld can become the former and not stay stuck in the latter for too much longer.

Edited May 26, 2021 by Slick

[themagician]

Demolition is happening within the Trolls Village

Its good to see the river again

Vintage Cars now takes photos 

They have replaced a fence along the train line, it’s a shame they don’t continue this further instead of using pool fencing