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Even 3 months would be ridiculous. They're not losing money on operations. Unless you're mothballing the entire park you wouldn't even close it for a week. For mine they really just need to take a massive swing with a high quality coaster-dump $30M+ into and swing for the fences on a single great ride. And once you open that coaster then you can sell a vision about the future. The little fixes or maintain what they've got is not cutting it-I wouldn't worry about repainting facades. If that means they have to axe ToT and HWSW to save on operational costs then do it. They don't need to be the greatest park in the world, they just need something that is really good. Their current line-up is all thoroughly average to poor, Giant Drop may be the one exception although it clearly has operational issues as well.

Better or worse than HWSD 2?

It is called Central Park.

Well they have a cost saving target of $5M to reach, which presumably reduces head count by a fairly sizeable number.

Well it is clearly better than $100K worth of flowers as suggested a few weeks ago.

Preferably to vanish Wipeout and ToT.

Cosentino...based of Dreamworld's recent follows on Instragram.

At least they're not just going to drape shade cloth over the ride structure. That would be the real cheapo way to do it. Right decision though-they don't need to replace immediately for mine, close another couple and then build something new.

That one is being refurbished to be a hybrid.

How long until tickets to this are offered for $10?

Previous one left in January, same for the CFO according to LinkedIn. So clearly a few management changes which is generally not a good sign.

Artificial ones don't need sunlight.

It honestly has a low bar to clear to be better than the previous jet ski show and better than the other current performances at Sea World. Although I haven't watched Paw Patrol, maybe that is a high bar? If it is not better than the current seal show, it is a fail.

Revenue for the GC Parks. EBITDA for GC Parks is still down about $1.5M on two years ago. EBITDA for the Theme Parks division is still down about $2M on two years ago.

I prefer the answer of "not this week", still probably correct for a couple of months.

Total Revenue is up by $9M, which is up $4M over two years prior and expenses are up $5.5M on two years prior. So no, they're not terrifically more profitable than two years ago. They've increased revenue 6% which would be impressive if they could do it for years to come. (And pretty conveniently have a park up the road offering less competition than expected which is a short term win and a long term loss.) If ticket revenue is up 27%, the rest of the business has not done much differently. Ticket sales down 5%, admissions down 8%. Admissions down 16% on three year ago. Probably works out to be tickets have gone from $40 to $50M while the rest is flat. That does imply average in-park spend to be up though. Still count me as surprised they didn't get nervous earlier and discount things and on that front I was wrong.

Agreed. I also have no problem with people just reporting it in a thread, so when it gets to be two months later and a ride is still closed daily it is clearly known when it started. If you don't like the thread don't read it and don't comment on every post. Simple.

Having guests might be inconvenient to management.

The EGM Marketing and Communications, who was last quoted about Sky Voyager, is no longer there apparently.

PR is the only reason not to reduce the actual operating hours. They'll cop another hammering in the news if(/when) it happens.

So it is easier to list what is open all day, also the only rides open after 4pm: Pandamonium The Claw Escape from Madagascar Bumper Cars And redline simulators until 4.30.

Fair enough, selling power back into the grid must be rare then (only at peak prices), as it generally wouldn't make sense. Whatever the case AW is no better than Sea World, as they clearly can't power the entire park on their generators alone either. And not sure how traditional power generators are really "future-proofing" either.

It sounds like it is solar without batteries at AW. So probably not remotely a solution for Sea World...

Don't visit but also don't see investment around the park. Article covers off most of what is not being invested in. SkyVoyager is the only major investment. I just don't understand why they haven't made the painful decision to take out a few of their ageing rides. I think it would actually be a signal that they're serious and not just giving lip service to their issues. I'd prefer them to take out three rides, rather than just install a new one.

Well, what are you claiming they made?