TheThemeParkGuy

Crunch, munch, snuffle! Feeding kangaroos is my overriding memory of this friendly, green, Australian theme park classic close to Brisbane. Dreamworld's ride highlights include a scream-inducing launch roller coaster called 'Tower of Terror', a huge drop tower, a wild-west-themed flume ride and a state-of-the-art motorcycle coaster - it's a solid theme park!
However, given that there are 6 billion people on Earth and only 20 million get to hang out with kangaroos...

I will be dodging cream pies and flying shoes from loyal fans of nearby Dreamworld, but I have to confess that Warner Bros Movie World is my favorite Australian theme park. While I love the kangaroos in homegrown Dreamworld, I would always prefer Warner for its top-notch thrill rides spread across an atmospheric film-studio landscape. The 'Superman Escape' roller coaster is an adrenaline rush, the 'Wild West Falls' flume ride approximates Disney quality (but where did the...

Australia's biggest and best water park has everything one could wish for: state-of-the-art thrill water slides, lots of space and friendly people in a luscious nature setting including horses next door grazing and gazing up to the slides. Highlights are the 'Tornado' funnel slide, a serious scream-inducer even for the eternally cool, the dry U-shaped 'Surfrider' roller coaster and another wet U-shaped slide experience called 'Kamikaze'.
Complemented by dozens of...

Australia's Sea World shouldn't be confused with the American SeaWorld chain and its branches in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego: it's a completely different enterprise! No black-and-white orca killer whales jumping to the music here! Instead: close-up dolphin experiences, underwater shark encounters, the brand-new jetski roller coaster 'Jet Rescue' and a well-done dark flume ride called 'Bermuda Triangle', themed around aliens abducting ships and their unsuspecting...

As recently as 2001, tourists and residents of Sydney had two theme parks to visit:
First there was 'Fox Backlot Studios', 20th Century Fox's only foray into the theme park industry to date, featuring a Simpsons attraction and a Titanic ride (which I heard was more of an exhibition/show), among others. Alternatively, 'Wonderland Sydney' - once the biggest theme park in the Southern Hemisphere - was equipped with a wooden roller coaster, a Flintstones-themed flume...

Dreamworld's water park looks like someone built a few slides over a parking lot (that might even be what actually happened here)! The absence of space, greenery or theming makes for a pretty perfunctory experience but the slides - all brand-new and of good quality - compensate for this. The "hydrocoaster" and the huge funnel slide located after the entry on the right hand side are the park's main highlights.
If you arrive on a Tuesday or Wednesday and it has...