Monday 22 June 2020

Dreamworld

I first visited Dreamworld, and the other Gold Coast theme parks, around 1994 - I would have been 4 years old! The earlist map I have for Dreamworld is 2002, but the park's history goes back to 1981, when it was founded by John Longhurst.

Here are some links where you can find out more Dreamworld history and old maps of the park:



The maps that I have, starting with 2002- click the pictures to see the maps at a larger size:


2002: The area marked as being underdevelopment is the Village Green, which became Nickelodeon Central shortly after this, and is now the Dreamworks experience.


2007: The Claw, Wiggles World, and the Motocoaster have been added. The Thunderbolt and chairlift have been removed and The Mine Ride is closed. Whitewater World was built next door replacing Blue Lagoon, but had a separate map at this point...


...which is this one.



2013: Whitewater World now shares the same map as Dreamworld, and the Spongebob Flyer (now Gingy's Glider), AVPX laser tag, Shockwave and Buzzsaw have been added, while Stingray and Vortex (Gravitron) have been removed. Oh, and Nickelodeon central has become Dreamworks Experience with the addition of the Pandamonium. So a lot of changes on this one!


2016: Tail Spin replaces Enterprise/Reef Diver, Wiggles world is expanded to become ABC Kids world, and Tiger Island is closed for re-development.


2018: Conspicuous absence of Gold Rush Country, following the unfortunate incident on Thunder River Rapids...


2020: This year's map, with Sky Voyager replacing the Cinema on main st. Rocky Hollow Log Ride has closed, though it's still on the map. Wipeout and Tower of Terror are also gone.

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