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Dreamworld
Score6.8
🇦🇺AustraliaHybrid resortOceania
Coomera, Queensland, Australia
An Australian park mixing big thrill rides with native wildlife.
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Opened
1981
Size
74 acres (30 ha)
Rides
40 attractions
Avg. visit
6 hours
Ticket range
$45–$70 USD
Dreamworld overview
Dreamworld at a glance
An Australian park mixing big thrill rides with native wildlife.
Dreamworld is the Gold Coast's largest park by attraction count and the only one with a full koala and tiger sanctuary inside the gates. The Big 9 Thrill Rides include the Giant Drop, a 119-metre free fall, and Steel Taipan, a triple-launch coaster that runs a section backwards.
Tiger Island stages daily keeper presentations with Sumatran and Bengal tigers, and WhiteWater World next door is included on multi-park tickets.
Our editor's recommendation
Worth a day, but build it into a wider trip rather than flying in for it. It ranks #42 of the 50 parks we score, at 6.8/10 with 40 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 6 hours. Tickets run $45–$70 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its big-ticket thrill rides. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get, and queues can be long. Best time to visit: Spring.
Dreamworld highlights
Rides & attractions at Dreamworld
These are the top attractions at Dreamworld — 10 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 5 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
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Tiger Island
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ABC Kids World
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Tower of Terror II site
EXTREME130 cm min
Plan your visit to Dreamworld
- Operating hours
- Typically 10am-5pm year-round
- Seasonal closures
- Open year-round, closed Christmas Day and Anzac Day morning
- Queue-skip pass
- Express Pass available on busy days, priced by tier. From about $40 USD.
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- Get Up and Gold Coast 2-day ticket (about AU$99) pairing Dreamworld with SkyPoint or WhiteWater World, valid within 7 days.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $100 USD.
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Amusement Park Ranker overall score
6.8
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Dreamworld wait times
Not measured
Dreamworld records & achievements
Largest theme park in Australia
1981Dreamworld covers around 30 hectares on the Gold Coast and is Australia's largest theme park by area.
World's tallest and fastest ride at opening (Tower of Terror)
1997Tower of Terror opened in 1997 reaching 160 km/h and 115 metres, then the fastest and tallest ride in the world; it closed in 2019.
Attractions near Dreamworld
Sea World Gold Coast
Marine park with dolphin, ray and penguin habitats.
Tamborine Mountain Rainforest
Skywalk and waterfall trails in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
National Trust sanctuary for koalas, kangaroos and raptors.
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