The Dreamworld Cinema is a

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located inside the Dreamworld

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on the

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, Australia.

History

IMAX Theatre

The ''IMAX Theatre'' was a movie theatre which opened with Dreamworld on 15 December 1981 that showed

IMAX IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating. Graeme F ...

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. The theatre showcased one film, several times throughout a normal operating day. The park rotated the films in which they display. Films included Australia: Land Beyond Time, India: Kingdom of the Tiger,

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Super Speedway ''Super Speedway'' is a 1997 documentary racing film chronicling one man's quest to get his new Champ Car Lola chassis up to speed, and another's goal of rebuilding an old 1964 roadster once driven by the legendary Mario Andretti. The film was ...

and To Fly (the opening day film).

Dreamworld Cinema

In preparation for

Dreamworld's 30th Birthday Dreamworld's 30th Birthday was celebrated throughout 2011 at the Dreamworld (Australia), Dreamworld amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia. Overview In August 2010, the owners of Dreamworld, Ardent Leisure, approve ...

celebrations, the park closed the IMAX Theatre on 22 November 2010. During the short period it was closed, the park renovated the theatre to turn it into the Dreamworld Cinema. Dreamworld replaced all of the 315 seats and invested in a new high-tech digital projection system capable of showing

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films in 3D on the 21x11 metre (69x36 foot) screen. The Dreamworld Cinema was officially opened on 6 January 2011. Less than a year after opening, cinema operations were ceased with the theatre continuing to offer a free movie during normal park operating hours.

Architectural design

In 1974, John Longhurst purchased of land at

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in order to construct the Dreamworld theme park. Although a lot of the initial work was done by himself, Longhurst spared no expense when he employed designers from

Disneyland Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney in ...

(in

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) and

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(in

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) to design Main Street. The IMAX Theatre's building is modelled after the Emporium at Disney parks.

Cinema

The Dreamworld Cinema building is located on ground level in Main Street. Guests enter the top of the cinema via a foyer area. The cinema seating steps down under ground level. This allows the large 21x11 metre (69x36 foot) screen to be concealed in the relatively smaller building. At opening, the theatre showcased three films. The first, The Curse of Skull Rock, was shown several times throughout a normal operating day and was included in the normal admission. Other films included Tron: Legacy and

Megamind ''Megamind'' is a 2010 American computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, the film stars the ...

which were not included in general admission and were shown after Dreamworld closed.

Sky Voyager

On 27 December 2017 Dreamworld announced that it had entered into a partnership with Brogent Technologies Inc to bring the Southern Hemisphere's very first Flying Theatre Experience to the park - replacing the Dreamworld Cinema attraction. The Dreamworld Cinema officially closed to guests in early February 2018 to make way for construction of the new attraction which is believed to be opening for the summer season. It was revealed in December 2018 that it was set to be called

Sky Voyager Sky Voyager is a flying theatre simulator ride located at Dreamworld in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Southern Hemisphere's first and only flying theatre simulator ride that opened in August 2019. It replaced the Dreamworld Ci ...

, a simulator ride centred around soaring over Australia. It opened in August 2019.

Films

As IMAX Theatre (1981–2010)

* Antarctic Adventure * Australia: Land Beyond Time *

Destiny in Space ''Destiny in Space'' is a 70mm Canadian-American IMAX documentary film released in 1994. The film was written by Toni Myers, directed by Academy Award-winner Ben Burtt, and narrated by Leonard Nimoy. The film is a showcase of the daily lives of a ...

* The Dream is Alive – launched by two US astronauts

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and

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* India: Kingdom of the Tiger * Island Adventure * The Magic of Flight * The Grand Canyon * Race the Wind *

Space Station 3D ''Space Station 3D'' (simply known as ''Space Station'' in 2D format) is a 2002 Canadian-American 3D short documentary film about the International Space Station written, produced, edited and directed by Toni Myers. Narrated by Tom Cruise, it ...

To Fly! ''To Fly!'' is a 1976 American Short film, short docudrama film by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman of MacGillivray Freeman Films. It was the premiere film of the National Air and Space Museum's giant-screen IMAX Smithsonian Theaters, theate ...

As DreamWorld Cinema (2011–2018)

* The Curse of Skull Rock (2011) * Robin Hood 3D (2012) *

Kung Fu Panda 2 ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is the sequel to ''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008) and the second installment in the ''Ku ...

(shown during the night, 2012) *

(shown during the night, 2011) *

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(shown during the night, 2012) * Tron: Legacy (shown during the night, 2011) * BOB's Big Break 3D (2013–2016) * Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2015–2018) *

Madly Madagascar ''Madagascar'' is an American computer-animated media franchise owned and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith are featured in the films. It began with the 2005 film ''Ma ...

(2015–2018) * Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2015–2018) * Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2015–2018) *

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (abbreviated ''HTTYD'') is an American media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the eponymous series of children's books by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: '' ...

(2015–2018) *

Secrets of the Furious Five ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' (also known as ''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five'') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation, which serves as a semi-sequel/spin-off to the animated feature film ''Kung Fu Pa ...

(With Mandarin Chinese subtitles) (2016–2018)

References

{{Dreamworld Cinemas in Queensland Amusement rides introduced in 1981 Amusement rides introduced in 2011 Dreamworld (Australia)