DaptoFunlandGuy

I think they need something that continues the rivertown theme, interacts in some way with the river, and has a large capacity.

Yeah I think you're right. A friend of mine got it and sent it to me - I never received it despite not having held VRTP for a while (and getting all their 'usual' promos). I see you've already shared the link, sorry for late reply.

The trouble with Sky Voyager is that it loads on two levels, so you have to split the ride group into two in pre-load, and that is the best time to do the safety video. I think Tokyo's version of Soarin does it best - a short pre-show that has nothing to do with safety in one room, then mustering everyone to their boarding groups for the safety briefing in a different room. With each room taking a few minutes, plus the travel time between rooms, it eats the ride time well, so you don't feel like you're queueing for that period. Doing it for Sky Voyager would require additional queue staff to group earlier in the line, and it would see the bulk of waiting guests pushed into the outside overflow queue to utilise the inner rooms as pre-shows. I'd love to see them change it up but ultimately I don't have a problem with the way it is currently set up - It's a nice place to go for some respite from the heat and spend a few minutes in the air conditioning. I have queued in the 'departure board' room a few times (outside the luggage room), but no way i'd wait in the overflow, no matter how much I wanted to ride it. So I guess for most people who aren't dead-set against anything the park does, it's fine how it is.

The fire sale continues. An email has just gone out from Village offering a 72 hour flash sale on Premium annual passes for just $149 - that's another $50 off the multi-buy sale they only dropped at the start of the week - taking the total discount to $80 per pass, still including the normal night events, still including the 'premium perks' until 30 June*, and now also including a free annual photo pass. (*I put an asterisk because the way they're going, they're absolutely going to need to include these perks on an ongoing basis if they want to achieve a renewal conversion)

Nobody remembers Adventure World All you have to do is have stats that your claim was accurate at the time you prepared your campaign. The fine print on the campaign will just be "according to X specific review site, January 12 2026". They only have to be able to demonstrate it as being true at one point in recent time. They've marketed this claim several times previously based on their positive google reviews, it's not like its a new claim out of left field. Bloody cheeky putting it on a double decker bus that primarily services the theme parks, knowing full well it's going to rock up to Entertainment Drive on the daily... ;)

Yep I got the same email - and the in park discounts and other perks they were offering still apply. Something is clearly very wrong with their pass sales and they're trying whatever they can to improve sales - first by adding the limited time discounts, then extending them, and now discounting bulk purchases. Finally they've realised they can't keep jacking up the price without increasing their offering.

Ignore his bait and continued strawman tactics. Nobody is arguing that parks that have steam shouldn't do everything they can do keep them around - but those who don't, shouldn't be expected to establish it at such considerable expense.

That's what the star is supposed to do, but it doesn't...

Folks, before you buy into the fantasy, remember - this guy wants the park to open a waterpark in winter.

I also find that clicking the dot next to the unread content post list, instead of taking me to the oldest reply I haven't read, it takes me to the last reply, so if it's been a hot minute since I visited, I have to scroll back quite a ways to find where I last read. The forums put a nice divider to show me where that is, but if it can do that, why can't it take me to that first post so I can read in order?

Even Aussie World can offer 12 months of F&B and Retail discounts.

For parks that have existing steam trains, the equipment and expertise and importantly staff to run them - sure, as they are a quaint nod to the past and not something one can experience elsewhere. For parks that do not have it, establishing it in this modern time when the equipment, and the knowledge to operate them is slowly dying, it is not nonsense, just reality. If DW were operating a steam engine, and had all associated people and equipment in operation, but that loco was due for retirement, picking this engine up in the firesale would make perfect sense. But re-establishing a new engine after the park has retired it's steam capability in both equipment and staffing is simply ridiculous. And pointing to Vintage Cars as proof they can do it with trains is not comparing apples with apples. lawn mower engines and rolling chassis can be maintained by many mechanically minded blokes in their backyard and is an entirely different kettle of fish to a pressurised boiler. The landscaping is simply not a factor either as they already employ gardeners.

Hopefully they've seen benefits in extending the offer and will make it part of their regular pass offering into the future. When the mob down the road is offering passholder discounts at $99 ($89), surely they can afford to offer their loyal passholders something.

It seems closing a waterpark during quiet periods doesn't really impact your attendance much after all...

Even talking them up you still find opportunity to shit on them.

Rider comfort is a bigger concern than financial commitment though. Don't get me wrong, Cyclone is special for me - but it's too rough, and it's only getting worse. If they don't do something to fix the comfort issue, it won't be worth continuing to operate it regardless of how much they've spent upgrading it... the ridership just won't be there to warrant it.

Yeah, hilarious. Except the same applies to Village down the road too. 20 years ago, annual passes to SW, MW and WnW would set you back $450. Today you get that plus Paradise Country and the 3 night events for half that at $229. It's almost like both parks realised they could make more money selling $7 pizzas than $30 pizzas...

They already are - that $99 is now $124 and $169 (albeit they do go on sale for $99 quite often) :

What he doesn't realise is that I don't respond to him for his benefit - I respond for the benefit of everyone reading his garbage so that they have a counter argument and a balanced perspective from both sides.

Assuming a sustainable profit margin either way, is it better to price a pizza at $7 each, and sell 100 of them, or price them at $30 each and only sell 10? A $7 pizza is seen as good value, and many people will happily pay that price, even if it might be slightly smaller, or have a few less toppings. Buying 4 of these with various toppings is great bang for buck and ensures those partaking leave satiated. On the flip side, a $30 pizza would be seen as a premium product. Some people will keep buying the $30 pizzas because they like the particular toppings, or because they want to splurge, but it's less likely the same buyer would order 4 of these and drop $120 - the value proposition isn't quite there... A lot of parks don't really push their single day tickets and want guests to buy passes as this gives them much more data about buying habits and usage, and increases the per cap spend. Passholders are likely to visit a few times wherein someone with a day ticket is unlikely to repeat visit without substantial reasoning. Village certainly don't emphasise single day tickets. They actively push guests - even those who are only on the coast for a short term - to buy a bigger \ longer pass - be that 7-14 day passes or their annual product. Calling out the lack of traction on single day tickets as being a poor performance indicator of behalf of Coast is also a very unbalanced opinion since the other other provider you can compare to doesn't report on this metric in any meaningful way - for all you know Coast's single day ticket performance could be exceeding Village's... It feels like you were Can you explain to me what a calm turnstile is?

Full disclosure - i'm not a shareholder, and I have more important things to do than read through annual reports and such - so I'll take the article at face value: More people, and more money... doesn't sound like the gate has been given away to me...

Just because they have licenced the character for in-park appearance, doesn't mean that they've got carte blanche to use it however they wish. The licencing agreements are usually very specific on what is and isn't allowed for the price paid - and any change to that would need renegotiation.

I'll start... AFL Hook turns More public holidays than any other state Poor COVID lockdown management resulting in mass-post-covid migration to QLD ...

I love this idea but I feel this is a bigger risk than a big thrill ride simply because the investment doesn't stop at buying the ride infrastructure - you need to hire the right people to host, they need the right personality and drive, and you need enough that sick calls don't shut down the ride because you can't just swap another random ride op in to run them. A script is good but allowing your skipper's the ability to ad-lib within acceptable limits is how the attraction grows and stays fresh... Without fostering this sort of Skipper culture (which is very different to Operations generally) the attraction wouldn't be popular long term and therefore not worth the investment. Dreamworld was planned to be the Disneyland of Australia by John Longhurst - and this step would be absolutely chefs kiss if they do it right - but they have to go all in with an idea like that.

Way too many acronyms in there for me - you lost me.