There's something I want to highlight here -
You complain the park is price gouging.
You admit every corporation does the same thing.
You agree the competition does it, but is not as blatant.
Everything seems like an upcharge
Prices are up
offerings are down
Every time you go to MW you feel ripped off.
There's a very simple solution - STOP GOING TO MOVIEWORLD.
At this point i've been saying this for years I might as well set up a recording. So long as people keep lining up to give them money, there is no motivation for them to change their practices. They keep monetising things because those things make a profit.
Dreamworld "isn't as blatant" because they're trying to win people back. They need to offer people a reason to visit and see that they've changed and their best option is to be cheaper than the other guy. (but they do still need to make money, it's not a charity).
We all knew, when BGH bought into the business, that things were going to change. They were going to cut costs, and increase profits. They need to turn the balance sheet around to make the business more valuable than what they paid for it, and then they want to sell it to make a profit on their purchase price. They're an investment capital business, not a theme park business, and it was always going to happen this way. They are doing whatever makes money.
But if you stop paying them... if they stop making money... if the value of the brand, or the business goes down, they will need to change how they do business to improve the reputation, or... eat the loss.
The very simple solution to fix all of the bad things happening at the park right now is....
JUST DON'T GO.
STOP GIVING THEM MONEY.
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET.