Dreamworld to get $200m, 250-room four-star hotel by 2032
A $200 million, 250-room four-star branded hotel will be built at Dreamworld.
Coast Entertainment expects construction to start by 2028 and the first guests to arrive before South East Queensland hosts the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Gold Coast theme park owner revealed the first plans for the expansion at its recently held annual general meeting. The hotel and a new street will be developed on the existing carpark, at the north of the site next to a new entrance boulevard featuring fountains, entertainment, dining and retail tenancies. The boulevard will lead to the park’s existing entrance, which will be retained.
The “leisure-based” precinct carries a $60m indicative investment, with “specialist third-party operators” and a “flexible, phased delivery”. A development application is expected to be lodged with Gold Coast City Council in 2027.
Dreamworld CEO Greg Yong said the hotel precinct would be benchmarked against global destination resorts such as Shanghai Disney and Universal Orlando.
“With the land rezoning options now available to us, we believe the most compelling way to grow value is to transform Dreamworld into an integrated entertainment destination,” Yong said. “Compared with other paths to growth, it is also a lower-risk one: we already own the land, the demand is already on site and the model is proven elsewhere
“At its simplest, we want to move from a one-day destination to a place where guests can play, stay, eat and shop.
“Importantly, Dreamworld remains the anchor.”
Tourism to get a major boost
The hotel is expected to help boost longer-stay tourism and fill the critical shortage of accommodation across the city.
“The hotel creates an opportunity to turn a day trip into a short holiday, while the entertainment, dining and retail precinct gives visitors more reasons to stay into the evening and attracts local residents who may not otherwise visit the theme park,” Yong said.
“This creates a flywheel effect to propel value creation.
“A broader offering can attract guests from further away, encourage longer stays and generate additional, more diverse and higher yielding revenue streams.
“We believe that a hotel, a leisure precinct, and a theme park can collectively create a stronger pull as a destination, attract more visitors, increase dwell time and spending, and reinforce growth.”
The state government approved the master planned expansion in July, which will grow the Dreamworld precinct from 55.3ha to 85ha. The land will be split into four zones, with the rides and existing facilities remaining in a “major tourism core”, alongside nature-based tourism and high-density residential housing.
Jonathan Jackson, 9th November 2026
