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Dreamworld proceeds to remove the Mine Ride's mountain

Richard Wilson 14 Sep 2017

Dreamworld today announced the removal of the mountain that surrounds the long-defunct Eureka Mountain Mine Ride. This move spells the end of the decaying foam mountain, but not the ride.

Sea World Celebrates 50th Birthday

Press Release 29 Oct 2021

Sea World is proud to be celebrating the major milestone of 50 years of operation on the Gold Coast with the marine park officially opening on 30 October 1971.

DC Rivals HyperCoaster tops out at Movie World

Richard Wilson 4 Aug 2017

It's now officially Australia's tallest roller coaster* as the final piece of track was lifted into position earlier today.

Clark Kirby appointed Village Roadshow Theme Parks CEO, Tim Fisher to head VRTP International

Richard Wilson 4 Apr 2017

Outgoing CEO Tim Fisher will head up VRTP International with a focus on expansion into the Asian market while Clark Kirby – son of Village Roadshow co-CEO Robert Kirby – will oversee the company's theme park operations that includes Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and a number of Wet'n'Wild water parks around the world.

The Parkz Update: Sea World, January 2016

Richard Wilson 15 Jan 2016

We head along to Sea World for a long overdue look at the recently launched Nickelodeon Land, the renovated Dockside Tavern plus a host of other changes and improvements around the park.

New thrill rides: six ways Dreamworld can win back fans

Ben Roache 14 May 2019

Dreamworld have said there will be two major ride announcements this year. Ben Roache from OurWorlds gives his ideas for how the theme park can win back fans with world-class thrill rides. The six ideas Ben suggests combine both short term and long term solutions all centre around Dreamworld becoming competitive once again.

The Parkz Update: Dreamworld sits in a state of limbo following its toughest year ever

Parkz 3 Nov 2017

Dreamworld's ongoing state of disarray continues as the park pushes forward with a number of ongoing projects and initiatives while attendance continues to noticeably struggle.

The Parkz Update: Dreamworld, October 22 2011

Parkz 2 Nov 2011

In this edition of the Parkz Update we take a detailed look at Buzzsaws theming for everyone interested, and check out the work going on over in Kids World.

More thrills: a non-inverting loop on Movie World's hypercoaster

Richard Wilson 22 May 2017

Construction continues on Movie World's new roller coaster and this week the first pieces have gone into place for another roller coaster element never seen in Australia: a non-inverting loop.

From Big Dipper to Cyclone to Hot Wheels SideWinder

Richard Wilson 26 Dec 2015

Formerly the Cyclone – and the Big Dipper at Sydney's Luna Park before that – Dreamworld today relaunched the 1995 steel roller coaster as Hot Wheels SideWinder, sporting a replacement train and children's toy theme.

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