DreamWorks Experience

The area which DreamWorks Experience occupied was originally known as Village Green when it opened in 1983.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld 1983 Map|url=http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map2.JPG|publisher=Scottware|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204195750/http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map2.JPG|url-status=dead}} In 1998, the area was renamed to Village Oval.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld 1998 Map|url=http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map8.JPG|publisher=Scottware|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204195718/http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map8.JPG|url-status=dead}} In 1999, the northern end of Village Oval was redesigned to become Kennyland.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld 2000 Map|url=http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map9.JPG|publisher=Scottware|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204195917/http://www.scottware.com.au/theme/dream/logos_maps_etc/map9.JPG|url-status=dead}}

In early 2002, Kennyland was removed and most of Village Oval was fenced off. Some of the children's rides were moved to Rivertown to allow for the construction of Nickelodeon Central.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld|archive-date=25 October 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021025082412/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/dw/dreamweb.nsf/web+pages/7F8577EC35A5F2C94A256A630005E5AA?OpenDocument|url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/dw/dreamweb.nsf/web+pages/7F8577EC35A5F2C94A256A630005E5AA?OpenDocument|publisher=Dreamworld|access-date=19 July 2010}} During that year the leftover rides were rethemed and relocated to their current positions as part of Nickelodeon Central.{{cite web|title=Nickelodeon Central (Dreamworld)|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/parks/AU/Gold_Coast/Dreamworld/rides/21-Nickelodeon-Central.html|publisher=Parkz|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-date=27 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227113449/http://www.parkz.com.au/parks/AU/Gold_Coast/Dreamworld/rides/21-Nickelodeon-Central.html|url-status=live}} Nickelodeon Central opened on 26 December 2002 as the largest children's area in an Australian theme park.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld History |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Schools/pdf/DW-Schools-History.pdf |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=15 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230185146/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Schools/pdf/DW-Schools-History.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2010}} In 2008, SpongeBob FlyPants (now Gingy's Glider) opened to expand Nickelodeon Central's offerings.{{cite web|title=SpongeBob FlyPants (Dreamworld)|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/parks/AU/Gold_Coast/Dreamworld/rides/510-SpongeBob-FlyPants.html|work=Database Entry|publisher=Parkz|access-date=20 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725095637/http://www.parkz.com.au/parks/AU/Gold_Coast/Dreamworld/rides/510-SpongeBob-FlyPants.html|archive-date=25 July 2008 }}

On 27 April 2010, the Dora the Explorer Seaplanes closed for maintenance and has not operated since.{{cite web|title=Maintenance |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Maintenance/ |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229130755/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Maintenance |archive-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} The ride was removed in late 2010 from its position in the park in addition to it being removed from the attraction listing and park map.{{cite web|last=Sinkowski|first=Luke|title=Dora the Explorer Seaplanes|url=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150116432620844&set=a.284148590843.179484.245592075843|publisher=Facebook|access-date=3 January 2011}}{{cite web|title=Kids Rides |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Kids-Rides/ |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054640/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Kids-Rides/ |archive-date=16 June 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Park Map |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Resources/Documents/Park-Map.pdf |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402045340/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Resources/Documents/Park-Map.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2011 }}

Towards the middle of 2011, elements of Nickelodeon theming started to be removed leading to speculation that the contract with the television network was being terminated.{{cite web|title=No more Nickelodeon at Dreamworld|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/topic/5713-no-more-nickelodeon-at-dreamworld/|publisher=Parkz|access-date=24 June 2011|date=7 June 2011|archive-date=24 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924204217/http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/topic/5713-no-more-nickelodeon-at-dreamworld/|url-status=live}} By the start of the winter holidays on 25 June 2011, all of the rides were renamed to a generic interim kids theme: Kid's World.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} In October 2011, the former Nick Pics building and the Remota Boats area were demolished with work beginning on a replacement building on the Nick Pics site.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Richard|title=Dreamworld, October 22, 2011|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/update/2011/11/02/289-Dreamworld_October_22_2011.html|work=The Parkz Update|publisher=Parkz|access-date=4 November 2011|date=22 October 2011}}

Earlier in 2011, the outgoing CEO of Dreamworld, Noel Dempsey,{{cite news|last=Ardern|first=Lucy|title=Dreamworld CEO calls it quits|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/07/07/330581_gold-coast-business.html|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|date=7 July 2011|archive-date=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810093720/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/07/07/330581_gold-coast-business.html|url-status=dead}} leaked Dreamworld's plans to team up with DreamWorks Animation on his LinkedIn profile page.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Richard|title=Buzzsaw ride, Dreamworks coming to Dreamworld as CEO departs|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/article/2011/07/07/273-Buzzsaw_ride_Dreamworks_coming_to_Dreamworld_as_CEO_departs.html|publisher=Parkz|access-date=4 November 2011|date=7 July 2011|archive-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817084917/http://www.parkz.com.au/article/2011/07/07/273-Buzzsaw_ride_Dreamworks_coming_to_Dreamworld_as_CEO_departs.html|url-status=live}} On 10 November 2011, Dreamworld officially announced a three-stage plan to incorporate DreamWorks Animation films and characters into its theme park. The first phase, set to open 19 December 2011, was the DreamWorks Holiday Shrektacular Show which featured 8 DreamWorks Animation characters live on stage. The second phase will include the retheming of Dreamworld's kids area, Kid's World, into a {{Convert|8400|sqm|adj=on}} DreamWorks Experience precinct. This phase is set to open in Easter 2012. The final phase will be the development of an eating and meet-and-greet area called Kung Fu garden.{{cite news|last=Meers|first=Daniel|title=$10m deal brings Shrek to Dreamworld|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/11/11/365111_tourism-news.html|access-date=14 July 2012|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|date=11 November 2011|archive-date=14 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214060851/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/11/11/365111_tourism-news.html|url-status=dead}} The three phases are expected to cost $10 million to complete.{{citation |last=Scott|first=Tessa|title=DreamWorks at Dreamworld|publisher=Nine Gold Coast News|date=10 November 2011}}

In late 2011, construction of the DreamWorks Experience precinct began with the removal of the photo shop and the adjacent Remota Boats in Main Street.{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Richard|title=Dreamworld, October 22, 2011|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/update/2011/11/02/289-Dreamworld_October_22_2011.html|work=The Parkz Update|publisher=Parkz|access-date=12 February 2012|date=2 November 2011|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719163822/http://www.parkz.com.au/update/2011/11/02/289-Dreamworld_October_22_2011.html|url-status=live}} On 1 February 2012, following the peak season, Dreamworld closed most of the rides in Kid's World.{{cite web |title=Maintenance |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Maintenance/ |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=12 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229130755/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Maintenance |archive-date=29 February 2012 |date=1 February 2012 |url-status=dead}} Swinger Zinger, Mighty-Go-Round, Sky Rocket, Rainforest Rampage and Kite Flyer were all closed pending their retheme into DreamWorks Animation. During this time, two temporary rides named Mini-Swingers (SBF Visa Group Circus Swing) and Choppers (SBF Visa Group Chopper Train) operated in Ocean Parade near The Claw and AVPX, respectively.{{cite web |title=Kids Rides |url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Kids-Rides |publisher=Dreamworld |access-date=20 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220060416/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Kids-Rides |archive-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Chopper Train|url=http://www.sbfrides.com/production.asp?famID=3&catID=26&prodID=332&prodname=CHOPPER_TRAIN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910201700/http://www.sbfrides.com/production.asp?famID=3&catID=26&prodID=332&prodname=CHOPPER_TRAIN|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|publisher=SBF Visa Group|access-date=12 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=Circus Swing|url=http://www.sbfrides.com/production.asp?famID=3&catID=19&prodID=102&prodname=CIRCUS_SWING|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910174109/http://www.sbfrides.com/production.asp?famID=3&catID=19&prodID=102&prodname=CIRCUS_SWING|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|publisher=SBF Visa Group|access-date=12 February 2012}}{{cite web|last=Smulders|first=Russell|title=Dreamworks at Dreamworks|url=http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/topic/5955-dreamworks-at-dreamworks/|work=Photos|publisher=Parkz|access-date=12 February 2012|date=6 February 2012}} In February 2012, Dreamworld announced that the DreamWorks Experience precinct would originally consist of two areas (Madagascar Madness and Shrek’s Faire Faire Away) with a third area (Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness{{cite web|title=Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness|url=http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Kung-Fu-Panda-Land-Of-Awesomeness/|publisher=Dreamworld|access-date=10 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102054950/http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Attractions/Kung-Fu-Panda-Land-Of-Awesomeness/|archive-date=2 November 2012|url-status=dead}}) to be added later. Names for the rethemed rides were also announced.{{cite news|last=Ardern|first=Lucy|title=Superhero 'hub' coming to Coast|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/03/11/398565_tourism-news.html|access-date=18 March 2012|newspaper=Gold Coast Bulletin|date=11 March 2012|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313233617/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/03/11/398565_tourism-news.html|url-status=dead}} On 31 March 2012, the DreamWorks Experience officially opened to the public.{{cite web|title=Dreamworld launches the DreamWorks Experience|url=http://about.dreamworld.com.au/Media-Centre/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Pages/DREAMWORLD-LAUNCHES-THE-DREAMWORKS-EXPERIENCE-NEW-FAMILY-FUN-LANDS-OPEN-AT-DREAMWORLD.aspx|work=Press Release|publisher=Dreamworld|access-date=14 July 2012|date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412021337/http://about.dreamworld.com.au/Media-Centre/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Pages/DREAMWORLD-LAUNCHES-THE-DREAMWORKS-EXPERIENCE-NEW-FAMILY-FUN-LANDS-OPEN-AT-DREAMWORLD.aspx|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead}}

On 15 July 2012, the Avalanche was closed to make way for a new attraction at the end of the year.In-park signage The replacement attraction was part of Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness and its opening marked the final stage of the DreamWorks Experience.

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In November 2022, Dreamworld announced that as part of their new multi-million dollar expansion, the DreamWorks Experience would be replaced with Kenny and Belinda's Dreamland, bringing back the initial Kenny Koala theme that the area once had.{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Bea |title=Australia's Dreamworld theme park to open new land and coaster |url=https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/dreamworld-new-land-roller-coaster/ |publisher=blooloop |access-date=1 April 2023 |date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401012637/https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/dreamworld-new-land-roller-coaster/ |url-status=live }} Most of the attractions will make it over, however the attractions in the "Kung Fu Panda - Land of Awesomeness" area will instead be moved to the Ocean Parade section.

The area has seen many different name changes and re-themes over the years to fit in with the licenses and brands.

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| colspan="3" | Zumer || colspan="5" | Swinger Zinger || Puss in Boots Sword Swing

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| {{N/A|}} || colspan="2" | Avalanche || colspan="4" | Angry Beavers Spooty Spin || Avalanche || {{N/A|}}

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| {{N/A|}} || colspan="2" | Bumper Bowl || colspan="4" | Rocket Power Bumper Beach || Bumper Beach || Skadoosh

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| {{N/A|}} || colspan="2" | Carousel || colspan="2" | Nick-O-Round || colspan="2" | Backyardigans Mighty-Go-Round || Mighty-Go-Round || Shrek's Ogre-Go-Round

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| colspan="2" {{N/A|}} || colspan="2" | Dream Copters || colspan="4" | Blue's Skidoo || Dronkey Flyers

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| colspan="3" {{N/A|}} || colspan="4" | Rugrats Runaway Reptar || Sky Rocket || Escape from Madagascar

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| colspan="3" {{N/A|}} || colspan="4" | Slime Bowl || Dreambowl || King Julien's Theatre in the Wild

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| colspan="3" {{N/A|}} || colspan="4" | Wild Thornberry's Rainforest Rampage || Rainforest Rampage || MAD Jungle Jam

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| colspan="5" {{N/A|}} || colspan="2" | SpongeBob FlyPants || Kite Flyer || Gingy's Glider

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| colspan="8" {{N/A|}} || Pandamonium

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Madagascar Cargo Hold is a merchandise shop which sells Madagascar merchandise. It backs onto the Forever After's and was on the site of the former Nick Pics/Fun Snapz photo shop.

Forever After's is a merchandise shop which sells Shrek merchandise. It backs onto the Madagascar Cargo Hold and was on the site of the former Nick Pics/Fun Snapz photo shop.

Shrek's Treats is a small food outlet located in the centre of the DreamWorks Experience precinct.

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