Dreamworld's New Look Train

[Park Addict 93]

Dreamworld Express has soft opened this afternoon.

[Rivals]

The Dreamworld Train has now reopened (don’t know if it’s officially or soft opening) this afternoon:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfdNMSJppPK/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

- if link doesent work, go onto @jaggsjourneysau on instagram

Edited July 1, 2022 by Rivals

[New display name]

@Rivalshope you made sure @Slickhasn't got a personal vendetta against the person/group you are linking to, or your link will be removed.🤣

[themagician]

An email was sent to pass holders confirming it has reopened 

[Slick]

3 hours ago, New display name said:

@Rivalshope you made sure @Slickhasn't got a personal vendetta against the person/group you are linking to, or your link will be removed.🤣

To be frank, if I was anymore transparent about it they’d start calling me Casper instead of Slick. 

[jjuttp]

3 hours ago, Slick said:

To be frank, if I was anymore transparent about it they’d start calling me Casper instead of Slick. 

So do you want to go by Frank, Casper or Slick?

[themagician]

I believe the Billabong station is no more too and it’s just direct to the wildlife station and back to central 

[Rivals]

1 hour ago, themagician said:

I believe the Billabong station is no more too and it’s just direct to the wildlife station and back to central 

the park map still states it’s a station and i believe they were doing renovation works on the station too. maybe the renovations just weren’t finished yet so it’s not opened for now

[red dragin]

8 hours ago, jjuttp said:

So do you want to go by Frank, Casper or Slick?

Just don't call him Shirley

[Bloxay]

8 hours ago, themagician said:

I believe the Billabong station is no more too and it’s just direct to the wildlife station and back to central

Yeah, on the promotional imagery they released it says "Central Park Station to Wildlife Station". I wonder how long the duration is now that they've removed that station?

[themagician]

It would make sense for it not to reopen because there’s nothing at that station anymore 

[joz]

Yeah whole heartedly support nonreopening the station. Totally unneeded and just stops the train.

 

I've been saying for a very long time now that if I ever found myself in charge, day 1 would be closing that station, and dropping the timetable so it can just run constantly.

[Gazza]

Is there a POV yet?

[Jobe]

10 hours ago, red dragin said:

Just don't call him Shirley

Or late for dinner.....

[themagician]

6 hours ago, Gazza said:

Is there a POV yet?

https://youtu.be/JU8Rixfohyk

[Sammus]

Does anyone know of it still whistles as it travels around? I think that classic sound adds so much atmosphere to the park? 

[rappa]

So does a steam train but they had no issue not making the effort to keep that. 
 

Maybe they can add a fake whistle on their tractor in a costume. 

[deano554]

Some of Disneyland trains run on diesel.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 01/07/2022 at 10:22 PM, themagician said:

I believe the Billabong station is no more too and it’s just direct to the wildlife station and back to central 

In the original (reverse) direction of travel, Billabong was a downhill stop. My guess is that with the new direction of travel (to deal with the grade on the shortened track) that stopping on the uphill would have made re-starting difficult. 

On 02/07/2022 at 12:18 AM, Rivals said:

the park map still states it’s a station

Because the parks are very diligent at keeping every part of their maps up to date!

14 hours ago, deano554 said:

Some of Disneyland trains run on diesel.

Actually they all do - but they are still steam powered engines. The two original Retlaw locos were designed to burn diesel oil to heat the boiler, and the baldwins they acquired later had their fireboxes converted to burn diesel oil before entering service.

Between 2007-2009, they converted them all over to B98 biodiesel.

The Baldwin at Dreamworld operated similarly, if i'm not mistaken.

The reason people regard the current loco as a 'tractor' (and with such disdain) is because there is no steam element in the current unit - the diesel internal combustion engine directly drives the loco, and I believe from memory the engine is manufactured by John Deere, although I might have imagined that.

As the Dreamworld Express Wiki mentions, the current locomotive "masquerades" as a steam engine - it was made to resemble one without having a boiler or any other steam elements. 

[red dragin]

18 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

The Baldwin at Dreamworld operated similarly, if i'm not mistaken.

Correct, as did the Perry. The Perry is back to wood/coal burning. 

[aussienetman]

Did you know that Gotham Town Hall at Movieworld isn't the real place? Also, I know it looks super realistic, but dolphin cove at Seaworld is actually man made? Ohhh and don't forget the giant drop at Dreamworld - you are not actually a drop of oil. 

 

Discussions about something 'fake' in a themepark make me yawn. Find something else to whinge about. 

[Tricoart]

6 hours ago, aussienetman said:

Did you know that Gotham Town Hall at Movieworld isn't the real place? Also, I know it looks super realistic, but dolphin cove at Seaworld is actually man made? Ohhh and don't forget the giant drop at Dreamworld - you are not actually a drop of oil. 

 

Discussions about something 'fake' in a themepark make me yawn. Find something else to whinge about. 

So you're telling me that Superman doesn't save me from an earthquake in the subway?

[pin142]

9 hours ago, aussienetman said:

Discussions about something 'fake' in a themepark make me yawn.

Think the issue is the fact it isn't something fake in a theme park, it is something fake that poorly replaced something real. Akin to Movie World replacing Bugs Bunny with this.

[Brad2912]

Wait until we get all the knockoff Mickey Mouse and Co characters at all the cheap theme parks when Disney loses the exclusive rights to the characters in 3 years due to Californian intellectual property law 

In other news, I’m not sure about Dreamworld’s recent EDM that went out today…. 
 

subject line a little strange 

[jjuttp]

On 04/07/2022 at 8:59 AM, aussienetman said:

you are not actually a drop of oil

Is that supposed to be the story line given?