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GOLD Coast theme parks smashed by the coronavirus pandemic are now experiencing a boom in visitation as Queensland’s tough restrictions and border closures are wound back.
Theme park car parks, deserted several months ago, have been all but full at Dreamworld, Movie World and Sea World in recent days, as families make the most of school holidays.
Village Roadshow Theme Parks chief operating officer Bikash Randhawa said Sea World’s Spooky Nights – created to fill the gap left by Movie World’s Fright Nights after it was cancelled – had almost completely sold out throughout October. “People are really embracing our theme parks. We’ve seen a lot of locals coming in, which is really good,” he said.
“Spooky Nights is a brand new event, because we weren’t able to do...