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I don't disagree with the quick service suggestions - popcorn and churros are easy and keep costs down. Doing a chicken or turkey leg is hard without sales volume and Dreamworld just can't guarantee that. If you don't hit your sales, you end up bleeding money in wasted product and unnecessary labour. Most of the successful 'cult snacks' in parks today are associated with something bigger. Like Dole Whip, or Butterbeer. The turkey legs only debuted in Disney World in 1989 inside of Frontierland, but the current sales you're seeing in USJ are built on years of corporate american cultism, established trends and refined methods. Dreamworld can't afford that level of investment, and coming up with their own signature food item from scratch without some sort of corporate tie-in isn't likely to take off in a real, profit making way. That sort of thing has to grow organically. 50-80% of Disneyland guests are locals and annual passholders. It would be foolish to ignore things that increase the spend in that demographic. The Coast Entertainment 2025 annual report actually calls out this strategy quite specifically: Put simply - this strategy is a choice.

https://parkz.com.au/forums/topic/32106-coast-entertainment%E2%80%99s-fy24-results-announcements/ We've discussed this ad nauseum, but annual passholders are the least likely to spend in park on every visit. Providing incentives that encourage spending, while maintaining a margin on those purchases, actually increases your revenue. Please don't put MW in the same group as Universal or Disney. As for your claim - I disagree. None of those three companies have what you claim. I can think of multiple places across 6 Disney parks i've visited, and 4 Universal parks that don't have money makers within easy reach \ line of sight. MW has multiple spots like this including Oz courtyard, superman's courtyard, and the entirety of West's precinct, which for the size of the park, is pretty significant. You're not wrong about the lineup, nad they could do with more - but the visitation needs to continue for them to afford more installations - and seeing them market this sort of thing to not only increase the perceived value of an annual pass, but also encourage the lower in-park spenders to spend more money each visit, is a clear pathway towards improving the bottom line to a point where they can afford their next attraction.

...they would be bankrupt.

That’s the problem with using a cheap pass just to get people through the gate. You’re targeting the wrong market if people only come because the ticket is cheap. The people who are attracted by discounted pass are often the same people who are reluctant to spend money once they’re inside. A theme park makes its real money from what visitors spend after they enter. Anyone who goes on holiday know, your wallet tends to loosen when you’re in holiday mode. The key is getting the right customers through the gate, not simply getting as many people through as cheaply as possible. A cheap ticket fills the park, but if those visitors don’t spend once inside, you’ve created crowds without creating revenue.

I agree with both parties. I think the discounting is great to attract more spending from annual pass holders. Stuff like discounting the tailspin definitely makes me want to spend the $17.5 for my partner and I to go on it compared to the $35. It feels like better value for money. I also agree with the more Quick Service establishments. I visited USJ this week and the amount of money consistently being spent on turkey legs (Jurassic world) and Butter Beer (HP) was insane. Multiple kiosks with lines. Dreamworld definitely needs to get on line with this in the ocean parade and Rivertown areas. Ocean Parade could be something simple like a bright blue lagoon frappe. Rivertown can lean into the jungle theme for a food item (like a chicken leg or something else, I’m not creative.) Something quick and easy to snack on that isn’t popcorn or churros is needed.

Allright, so as i thought, everything Sky Safari has been levelled. Both upper platforms and lower ones, and all the poles removed. The upper station has a pit dug and the turn around tubestructure getting ready, the first pole which was just next to the entrance is gone and the Macaque/Tamarin exhibit has been blocked off for some months next to it. The last pole going down to the ferry wharf (other picture) is also gone, but has the most amount of work done and is the most obvious. The immediate path and part of the park surrounding it is also blocked off. The lower station is just a massive pile of dirt now and you can't walk all the way from Little Sirius through to the ferry now. There appeared to be some work also being done around the Rhino exhibit's gardens (Formerly the Elephants) which looks like land clearing for a possible tower.