DaptoFunlandGuy

Ok first up - As for Australian based trademarks, Trademark number 1628161, registered for "Adventure World - A lifetime of extraordinary travel" is a trademark owned and protected that does not relate to the theme park - they are a travel agency. There's a company based in victoria called 'adventure world pty ltd' that market "monster cookies". There's another 'adventure world' trademark, registered in Sydney, that provides travel agency services, owned by Adventure World Holdings Limited. The Perth Theme Park trademark is owned by Adventure World (WA) Pty Ltd, and is specifically " Entertainment services being the provision of amusement park theme park and water park rides and attractions (including fixed and mobile) as well as facilities for leisure and recreation" The fact that the cartoon is set on a theme park does mean there are similarities, but I honestly doubt they'd care (which you've said also). I guess it depends on where they plan to take the park and how bad it is to be protrayed... You'd get a cease and desist letter from McDonalds for just about anything. They protect more of their property by scare letters than actual litigation, and people have challenged them and won. In the case of Burger Urge, I think you'll find it was less about the name "the big pac" and more about the marketing of "two alpaca patties, sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun" which is arguably very similar to the McDonald's marketing campaign, which is no doubt trademarked as well. I do think you'd have a run at Brad Family McDonkeys - it would depend on the type of product you sold.

Price gouging? At $49, the park was frequently selling out, which in turn was leading many people to complain on social media about how many fast track guests there were cycling through the big rides, making the queues interminable for everyone. $49 was too cheap for anyone's language. I think $99 is a good ground - for day-park guests, its about the same price as another single day ticket - so the economy is "visit two days, or pay for two days and get it all done in one" which really makes it suited to those who only have 'a day' to spend in the park. The park already caps how many they sell. Are you suggesting they should reduce that cap? As for 'one of each ride' - that's just stupid. Firstly, because it requires staff at LOAD to pause, and mark the wristband in some way to show it has been used. It works for Rivals Backwards, because its only two people per train, and even then, not every train. If it applied to general fast track, you potentially have to write, or hole punch every single person, on every single ride. If you don't get the connection between price and supply, (and apologies that this is somewhat insulting) but perhaps you need to return to grade 9 economics? USS is a completely different market. Although there is a local market for the park, Sentosa is a resort, a destination, much like WDW, so it is primarily targeted at attracting the tourist dollar. Movie World on the other hand has a much bigger domestic market. Each park is completely different for many reasons.. Let's just look at one factor - labour can be had cheaper. As Joz mentioned, you can't just convert to AUD and compare. With current market prices, the SGD is almost on parity with AUD, so a conversion isn't really necessary - however consider that - Singapore has NO MINIMUM WAGE. Although recently (2014-2016), cleaners and security guards had minimum wages set of approximately $1000 per month - $12,000 a year, there is no minimum set for other industries. I found it difficult to locate specific USS salary info, but what I could find suggested F&B attendants at $1-2k per month and Guest services at $2k per month - so ride attendants would be similarly priced to that for a max of about $24,000p.a. Singapore employment policy suggests max 8 hour work day, and assuming a full timer works 5 days a week, at 40 hours, you're looking at about $11.53 an hour. Contrast that to Australia, where the minimum weekly wage of $719.20 - or $37,398.40p.a (about $18.29 an hour). The only park specific pricing I can locate is guest services at the Sea World animal adventures desk, currently part time at $22.25 an hour. Doesn't matter how you slice it, you've got a serious difference in the cost of just the staff member at each ride whose job it is to check that you have the correct pass. That's without looking at any other economic factor. There are going to be various factors at any park. If USS is so comparable as you say, why aren't you decrying the rip off that is USS when compared to the SFMM flash pass or Cedar Point, there is so much more for similar prices?? Because every market is different.

Only thing I can think of is that the little 'self service barcode scannery things are all connected back to one source, and it was all set up by the contractor with the small space in mind (like rivals) - and now its too much effort to get it rewired to spread them out, as that would involve running cables through the walls, or purchasing additional devices to power each screen due to the distance, rather than running several off one. *i have no idea how these are actually set up - just spitballing **as i mentioned before, because SE likely didn't have anything set aside for capex, they're probably working on a shoestring ***pretty much everything else they've done is cosmetic ****i realise there's a number of flaws in my theory, but i'm sure somewhere in there is probably the truth as to why they're all bunched up at one end.

You really can't compare the two. Cedar point works out to be about $110AUD at current exchange rates, for starters. Cedar Point has 17 operating coasters, compared to Movie World's 6. They had 3.6 million visitors in their 6 month season in 2017, an average of 19,000 people per day (based on 183 days). I cbf trying to locate MW's attendance (not on the wiki) but an article about a record attendance post-rivals opening cites 11,500 as a record for september attendance. Even if we assume that's an average for the whole year, it's half the attendance of CP, with less than half the big attractions to spread people around. It comes down to an economy of scale. With so few rides, and such slow operations, selling too many fasttracks would absolutely destroy their capacity. CP can afford to have many more fast passes sold, because they have more rides to spread the load around on. MW's pricepoint isn't just about making money. It used to be cheaper - and so many annual passholes complained when they lifted the price - because they would regularly buy the fasttrack (since admission was "free"), which made it harder for everyone else. Regular visitors aren't the market for fast track - it is targeted at people making a once in a lifetime (or at least a rare) visit to the park, who have limited time to spend in park and want to get everything done. If your price makes it viable for regular guests to buy every time, it's too cheap, which is why it was increased in the first place. I'd suggest the reduction is a recognition that they perhaps went too high, and so they're coming back down to see what impact it has on conversion. If they start selling out again, maybe this is too low. If they still have many available every day, then perhaps they can reduce it further. TL:DR - it's not a joke. its a clear example of responding to various market pressures whilst trying to find the best balance for your customers. Afterthought - @Richard can we add "passhole" to the forum dictionary (like SBNO) to define a passhole as "a self entitled annual passholder that thinks the park owes them some sort of special treatment just because they're an annual pass holder."

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm reminded of the queue relocation for ToT, and am thankful they just decided to TRY linking the theme. Sure, theres plot holes you can shoot an MRT train through... but its a nice try on an attraction that is otherwise not receiving any significant upgrades to draw people back, and therefore probably wasn't on the CAPEX list for this year.

Am I the only one noticing that Village seems to have forgotten they have another park at the Oxenford precinct? Constrictor - installed 2012, and WetNWild Junior - installed 2014 were their last major investments in WNW GC. Meanwhile they continue to silently erase rides from people's memories or keep them closed, without replacement.

to be fair - a lot of the lights shown have been up for years...

Its fine! you were perfectly clear - even using industry specific terms, based on explanations of this stuff that has been said on these boards previously. suffice it to say:

Anything that you project an image onto becomes a screen. To assist your interpretation, In the case of @Mc coaster's comments, what is being said is 'a mixture of physical sets and projections'.

There was a point in time where day visitors were using the resort to park their car and access the park, given the extraordinarily long lines at the front of the park - combined with the disgustingly slow process to get in. Then, the resort prevented day visitors using the gift shop park access gates, requiring you to be a resort guest to use them. I've seen it happen with my own eyes. It may have been short lived, but i never knew it had changed again so i was still of the opinion the policy stood.

Does this mean they've done away with 'resort guests only' through the gift shop at the resort?

You are entitled to your opinion, however wrong it may be. Plenty of reasons why a venue such as the big top is suited to Luna. For starters, the changing attractions inside the venue gives plenty of flow-on patronage to the park. The venue is far cheaper to hire out than a concert hall in the Opera House, and to be honest, its easier to get to, and cheaper to park at too. I don't think anyone is claiming LPS as a theme park. Sure, there's themed elements, but this is far closer to an old school 'seaside pier amusement park' In other news - Dreamworld was right up the road, so why bother building Movie World? They're both just theme parks...

I do wish they'd do a quick re-theme on the "trackside retail outlet 1" to something more fitting now that Brock's is gone.

You really need to get a time machine back to disney prior to the late 90s. In my opinion the technology upgrades on POTC have ruined it at Disneyland. I don't mind the idea, but the fact that you need a perfect score to unlock the special level has several implications - disappointment for riders who can't do it, and variable wear and tear on the tracks where the special tracks have far less usage. As mentioned, HKDL's Mystic Manor, with it's variable ride program does change for every single ride, meaning all variable options are used much the same. By all means the shooter sounds ok, but stopping a ride vehicle on the track for midway style gaming also kills your capacity - meaning you need many more channels to have multiple ride vehicles running at the same time...

The article I read this morning (no idea of source) stated that additional documents were requested at the last hearing block. They may not have been within the original scope but were requested after certain evidence raised additional questions or issues...

err.... you're on a movie set?

Not ironic at all. first, one has nothing to do with the other, and second, i didn't take issue with the name, only how Parkz went about noting it (and also because i couldn't generate the same results - which turned out to be a matter of screen size, which I then conceded). #dogwithabone #letitgoelsa Finally, hardly a 'lad' - you young whippersnapper...

that wall has literally always been there. Why are you crying about it's lack of theme now, just because they removed a tree? if i'm wrong, you'd have been complaining about the bare walls in 2004.

Yes, I see the resemblance: *Conservative estimate. facts are not made up.

In other news, something @pushbutton may consider to relocate to New South Wales... (one can hope) https://sydneysentinel.com/2017/04/11/sydney-light-rail-to-be-demolished-monorail-to-return/ Plans for a 500km monorail...

in a world of movies, where much of the themeing is soundstages, i really don't mind that the castle seems like just a facade, with plain walls beside. you don't theme something if it's not in the shot!

I didn't think you knew what sarcasm was. But now i'm confused, as you ended your post with 'sarcastic joke' does that mean your post about ending your post with sarcastic joke was just a sarcastic joke? You're always so bloody serious and whiny about everything, so please forgive me for not being aware you had a sense of humor.

Or you could keep your mouth shut and increase your profits with the same pricing...

That'd be a 'spire'. It's sad to see that tree go - i'm pretty sure that was an original planting, and was one of the last ones around the park. I hope the only reason for removal was that it was diseased \ dangerous \ causing structural problems. if its been removed for aesthetics, or to throw in a fast pass booth or something i'd be pissed.

Tickets are expensive. Younger kids (given the 8 year timeframe given) probably wouldn't be happy to sit in a seat for the entire performance, and potentially ruin it for other guests as well. I'm sure you'd be the first to complain if some parent brought a kid who was running up and down in front of you while you tried to watch. I personally wouldn't take my kid to something like this until probably close to or once they've reached high school. I'm keen to see this show. Most of the previous incarnations have appeared to be 'not too different' to the last - sure, a different story, an upgrade here and there, but still fairly similar. this show looks very different and i'm very keen to see it. It's interesting they've got a named cast. Mark Mitchell must be about a thousand years old by now but seems like the perfect choice for the character - i wonder if they do have understudies, or if these guys are gonna be doing this every day of the year...