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The harder you pedal the higher you go.
The meet-n-greet area for the Ninja Turtles has moved into Nickelodeon Land, which is home to Donatello's Ninja Flyers.
The ride basically meets the minimum requirements to be called themed. Inoffensive landscaping surrounds it and the trains are reminiscent of the SpongeBob world, the ride is anything but immersive.
SpongeBob's Boating School Blast is the Gold Coast's first true children's coaster.
With three SpongeBob rides, Nickelodeon Land could nearly have been just all-out SpongeBob themed.
Patrick's Jellyfish Frenzy is a Zamperla Demolition Derby. Teacup style pods with rider-controlled spin spin in a figure-of-eight pattern with no shortage of near-misses.
The "bus" gently rotates as it rocks back and forth on the curved track.
The ride's motion is basically a very toned down version of the family-oriented Disk'O, such as Dreamworld's Shockwave.
The ride is one of three in Nickelodeon Land themed to SpongeBob, which makes sense given the popularity of the show and its nautical theme at a park like Sea World.
Bikini Bottom Crosstown Express is a Zamperla Rockin' Tug.
The Dreamworld Express chugs its way around the park with all the charm of a diesel tractor.
The river has returned to its normal state. Let's hope they've found a way to keep it in this condition.
Six month old cub Kai biting off more than he can chew with the older tigers.
While they're this young, it's often hard to distinguish them from the stuffed tiger toys that surround them.
Dreamworld has two newly born cubs on display in Tiger Island.
The outlet for Ride Express allows guests to upgrade to a newly redesigned virtual queuing system that includes three levels of not-having-to-queue. As of January 2016, $25pp avoids the queue but not the wait, $40pp will cut your wait time by 50%, and $65pp will allow instant access to a dozen of Dreamworld's rides.
The new globe at the front of the park will surely be a staple of Instagram selfies for years to come. The feature is "inspired" by similar globes at Universal Studios parks, albeit with a somewhat crude support structure. We'll also forgive the lack of tilt on the rotation.
The barn has been given a very welcome coat of paint that makes it fit in nicely with the main entrance building.
The BeatBox show is a summer production that combines lighting, lasers and Top-40 hits into a solid show to cap off a day at a park. Though there's little to it -- just a sequenced mix of songs and some pretty impressive lighting and a dancing "DJ" -- the show works largely because of this simplicity.
