Article: Macquarie Leisure duo to launch new annual passes

[Richard]

Article: Macquarie Leisure duo to launch new annual passes Wednesday 23 May 2007 - Dreamworld Dreamworld and WhiteWater World will revolutionise the Gold Coast theme park industry by offering the first multi-park annual pass, with a range of different annual passes catering to a variety of different markets. Read On...

[Gazza]

Student Pass! :D :D Hopefully they will offer a WWW only version of that one, definitely on my shopping list for next year.

[Dylaan]

That's awesome! Student Pass and the Local Pass or whatever it was called will be great! Is there a reason why it's only valid on Tuesdays? Do you reckon people in Far Northern NSW will qualify for a Local Pass? *Crosses Fingers and Toes*

[T-bone]

2 Things from my POV, I hope I am proved wrong with at least 1 of my points, but anyway. 1, Don't expect the passes until around November. 2, don't expect them to be cheap.

[Richard]

The Play Pass will be launching June 1. I've not yet seen or heard any specific dates for the other options. As for cost, I think it's possible to consider this as a response to WVTP's continued slashing of annual pass prices. I would expect prices more consistent with WVTP's standard prices at the very least. I do agree however that they won't be what I'd consider cheap by international theme park standards. For some reason despite our parks being smaller and, in overall terms, of lesser quality than many parks abroad, the public here is still willing to pay a premium for the privilege of a day at a theme park.

[dreamworld_rulz]

the public here is still willing to pay a premium for the privilege of a day at a theme park.

I agree with that comment however we have no choice. It's either pay up or don't come up.

[Gazza]

That's awesome! Student Pass and the Local Pass or whatever it was called will be great! Is there a reason why it's only valid on Tuesdays? Do you reckon people in Far Northern NSW will qualify for a Local Pass? *Crosses Fingers and Toes*

It only the play pass that is valid on tuesdays, I think the reason is because children in kindy and prep have tuesdays off. Edited May 23, 2007 by Gazza

[myk]

Where is this information from?

[dreamworld_rulz]

It only the play pass that is valid on tuesdays, I think the reason is because children in kindy and prep have tuesdays off.

Never heard that before.

[Gazza]

Well, I'm not 100% on whether I am right or not, I do remember back at primary school there was a particular day of the week preps didn't come, so I sort of put two and two together in terms of the reasoning for the play pass only being valid one day of the week. Im probably wrong but I thought something along those lines could have been the reason.

[dreamworld_rulz]

I know when i was in prep the first 2 weeks were half days.

[smash210]

My daughter started school this year and she had wednesdays off and in preshool she had wednesdays and fridays off so that doesn't fit.