Wet 'n' Wild Sydney Construction

[aaronm]

Sweet Jesus that's expensive, and adult prices will kick in between ages 5-6 for boys despite the fact there'll still be many attractions they can't go on, plus the thing about parking not being included. Good luck with that one WnW PR.

Only $10 more than the Gold Coast park, looks like they are pursuing the same strategy of pushing people towards buying the season passes rather than pricey individual tickets.

[GoGoBoy]

The price a product can be set at all comes down to demand. My take on this is that this park is going to be so in demand, so popular, that they can set relatively higher prices. Anything lower and the park would probably struggle with serious capacity issues.

[joz]

$10 more for a one day admission than WnW GC, plus the fact that adult pricing cuts in waaay earlier. I get both the push for season ticket sales, and pricing themselves high enough to prevent the park getting slammed, it's just amazing to me how high that is.

Edited October 16, 2013 by joz

[Gazza]

Doesn't seem to be on the website anymore regardless.

[Alex Berriman]

I find it odd that they've taken the height route for pricing instead of age. I can sort of understand it, but it seems very unusual.

[zacsta_1997]

I find it odd that they've taken the height route for pricing instead of age. I can sort of understand it, but it seems very unusual.

Luna Park sydney does it. I like that system because it gives you an idea on which rides you are able to ride

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Looks like they're implementing the fast pass system as well. Wonder how many rides and which ones they will put it on.

Since they've already trialled the process at WnW GC, and have, to a degree 'ironed out the kinks', i'd suggest they're likely to make it available on a whole array of their bigger attractions, because they have been able to design queues and gates with that in mind, whereas the GC has had to ad-hoc it on rides they could work around in.

Pricing based on height is reasonable, so long as the array of attractions that become available at the 110cm mark is the full adult range... Perhaps they should have a pricing based on height AND weight - because a 7 year old 110cm kid is probably going to be too light to ride aqua loop... and that's why it's fairer to have an age based pricing.

[Mousenator]

It looks like only half the adult range is available at the 110cm mark with the aqua loop, T5, Tantrum, The Curler, Riptide and Double Bowlseye all at 120cm.

[GoGoBoy]

It looks like only half the adult range is available at the 110cm mark with the aqua loop, T5, Tantrum, The Curler, Riptide and Double Bowlseye all at 120cm.

Where did you get all of those names for the attractions from?

[Mousenator]

Where did you get all of those names for the attractions from?

On the website under Plan My Day -> Ride Restrictions.

Edited October 18, 2013 by Mousenator

[themeparkgc]

So the full list is:

• The Beach
• Boomerang Bay
• H2Go Racers
• 360Rush
• T5
• Tantrum
• The Curler
• Riptide
• Double BOWLSeye
• The Breakers
• Tropical Cyclone
• Typhoon
• Half Pipe
• Aqua Tube
• WNW Jr
• The Surf Deck
• Sydney SkyCoaster

[GoGoBoy]

On the website under Plan My Day -> Ride Restrictions.

Thanks for that. So I'm guessing T5 is the Tornado, the Tantrum Alley is the Tantrum (duh!) and the Curler is the Tornado Wave. Anyone know what T5 means? The Aqua Tube is probably the single dark slide on the Whitewater tower (name stolen from the only tube slide at Wonderland!). The Breakers could possibly be the Master Blaster Express slides. We know the Double Bowlseye is the bowling alley. But what about the other 2 raft slides on the same tower? Only name left is Riptide. That could cover one of them, leaving one left over...

[Keegs]

Maybe they're using Riptide for both of those raft slides. If they had been doing those daily attraction reveals, we might've known by now.

[Gazza]

The Aqua Tube is probably the single dark slide on the Whitewater tower (name stolen from the only tube slide at Wonderland!).

Agreed, blatant Wonderland reference anyway...Kinda like how WnW Vegas named their toilet bowl slide called "royal flush", just like the old WnW on the strip.

the Tantrum Alley is the Tantrum (duh!)

I get that this is the ride model name (Well, not anymore actually, Proslide now calls it a "Tornado 24" ) But it's such a negative sounding name...Makes me think of Sydney bus drivers.

Otherwhise, seems like you have the whole list spot on, the Whitewater West 2 man slides all seem to have 110cm limits, and the Proslide cloverleaf slides all seem to be at 120cm Maybe there is one other name yet to be released for the other raft slide on the Bowlseye tower?

Edited October 18, 2013 by Gazza

[dreamworld_rulz]

Can't wait to check it out on the 9th January.

[Julys Aquila]

Where will you find the world's first Aquasphere™ Family Raft Ride - featuring high speed twists and drops, fully-enclosed spheres with light and sound shows and thrilling 90 degree corners?

At Disneyland in California? Wet'n'Wild on the Gold Coast? Tobu Super Pool in Tokyo? The correct answer is actually the Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre in 2014....

But what if Wet'n'Wild Sydney was to have one???

http://www.whitewaterwest.com/_Library/Documents/AquaSphere_SalesSheet_hr.pdf

http://www.frankston.vic.gov.au/Tenders_Public_Notices_News/Media_Releases/2013_Media_Release/June_2013/World-first_family_thrill_ride_to_debut_in_Frankston/indexdl_25308.aspx

i'm just saying..........

Edited October 19, 2013 by Julys Aquila

[Gazza]

But what if Sydney was to have one???

Possibly as a future addition do you mean?

[Julys Aquila]

Possibly a very near future addition.......

Edited October 19, 2013 by Julys Aquila

[Daniel Shorten]

Possibly a very near future addition.......

Some insider knowledge there Julys? Looks like a cool ride.

[Gazza]

Looks cool, but I reckon having Typhoon, and Tantrum well and truly does the park in terms of "slides where you come in sideways and rock back and forth".

[GoGoBoy]

The Aquasphere is a strange choice for a council owned aquatic centre. I remeber seeing this product on the Whitewater website and not being a fan of it. Like a poor man's tantrum. The addition of lighting & music effects makes it sound more appealing, but so far Wet'n'Wild hasn't shown any interest in adding these effects to their waterslides

[GoGoBoy]

Sorry to double post but I've just come across the first newspaper ad for Wet'n'Wild. Looks great. The offer should also please some of those families who have been bitching about prices. But what is even more interesting is the fact that we now know the park will be open until 10pm at night. Going by the artwork, it also looks like the slides might be rigged with some external lighting effects?

[Daniel Shorten]

Nice promo! Also appears they are dodging some more bad press by retro-actively applying the deal to people who have already bought 4 or more passes.

Great news about the night opening hours, although the wording appears to imply it is some sort of "second session".

[GoGoBoy]

Nice promo! Also appears they are dodging some more bad press by retro-actively applying the deal to people who have already bought 4 or more passes. Great news about the night opening hours, although the wording appears to imply it is some sort of "second session".

Yeah you are right - the wording does make it sound like 2 sessions. In regard to the offer - how do you know it will be retrospective? It's rare for any company to do that

[Daniel Shorten]

Yeah you are right - the wording does make it sound like 2 sessions. In regard to the offer - how do you know it will be retrospective? It's rare for any company to do that

Thinking about it a bit more I think they may be wording it that way due to only running a limited season with those hours, but it also could mean separate ticketing - which would hurt.

Re: retrospective, they have added it to the Season Pass FAQ on the website.

Also this line from the Village Roadshow Investor Presentation now makes sense -

GROWTH

WET ‘n’ WILD SYDNEY

 Cutting edge technology and world firsts

 New night time illuminations, on track to open December 2013