Shaun the Sheep Coming to Paradise Country

[themagician]

https://themeparks.com.au/new-attractions.aspx

[-nick.white.1543]

https://paradisecountry.com.au/animals-and-shows/shaun-the-sheep

[themagician]

Construction has begun

[themagician]

Just got an email and attraction is opening December 12

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I try. I try & I try but I can't get my head around Paradise Country.  PC have no coaster!  I've been told.  What's the point of that?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

they do have a toboggan coaster - that's where you take your skateboard out of the carpark and use it to speed up your creek crossing.

best of all - you don't need park admission to ride!

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6 minutes ago, AlexB said:

best of all - you don't need park admission to ride!

Do people really pay to get in?   Whoever has paid to get into PC can you please raise your hand.

Edited November 30, 2018 by Skeeta

[MickeyD]

4 minutes ago, Skeeta said:

Do people really pay to get in?

Nah that's just silly talk Skeet, of course they don't!

It's actually a nice place to visit and get up close to the Animals - they even give you free food for them, unlike a certain Fish Park down the road.. Just don't go in the warmer months, you'll melt. Or any day much over 25° for that matter. Or a rainy day because there is very little shelter. Or when there is a high fire danger because, well you could die.

Other than that, it's a nice little place! Go with no expectations and they will be exceeded, for sure.

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15 minutes ago, MickeyD said:

Just don't go in the warmer months, you'll melt.

A bit late for that.

[-nick.white.1543]

1 hour ago, Skeeta said:

Do people really pay to get in?   Whoever has paid to get into PC can you please raise your hand.

I've been before but only because it was included in my pass. I can see the appeal of it to international tourists (mainly asians), but no one else.

I couldn't really see myself going back again, and I wouldn't recommend anyone going who's not from overseas.

[pushbutton]

Unlimited entry to Paradise Country is included with the OnePass.

[MickeyD]

29 minutes ago, pushbutton said:

Unlimited entry to Paradise Country is included with the OnePass.

That's correct Push,  well done🙂

[Brad2912]

Don’t mind it at all, apart from the stupid walk just to get to the entry. I do agree shelter/Shade can be hard to come by, but the shows are decent, there are some added extras like damper and billy tea tasting etc. 

I get access with my pass and take my son probably 2-3 times a year, I probably wouldn’t pay to just visit there if I didn’t have a pass - though the Shaun the Sheep attraction and waterplay is obviously aimed at increasing their local attendance and probably will be successful in doing so 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Agreed Brad. It's easy to see those who don't visit the parks with kids. The place is perfectly suited to families.

The walk to the entrance is a shit however, it'd be great if they could rethink that part of the park. Parking is obviously difficult without using the parking on the other side of the creek, and clearly this was recognised a while back when they used the studio tour trams to transport groups over there, but they really need to do something with that long walk.

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On 30/11/2018 at 3:55 PM, -nick.white.1543 said:

I've been before but only because it was included in my pass.

 

On 30/11/2018 at 3:55 PM, -nick.white.1543 said:

I couldn't really see myself going back again.

 

On 30/11/2018 at 3:55 PM, -nick.white.1543 said:

I wouldn't recommend anyone going who's not from overseas.

 

On 30/11/2018 at 4:54 PM, Brad2912 said:

I probably wouldn’t pay to just visit there if I didn’t have a pass

 

1 hour ago, AlexB said:

The walk to the entrance is a shit

So, we all in agree.  Paradise Country isn’t worth the entry price. 

[Brad2912]

Tbh.. I don’t even know what the entry price is. 

If it was about $20-$25 I’d probably say it would be worth if for a visit a year type of thing 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

2 hours ago, Skeeta said:

So, we all in agree.  Paradise Country isn’t worth the entry price.

 

3 hours ago, AlexB said:

The place is perfectly suited to families.

If you're going to selectively quote, at least be unbiased.

2 hours ago, Skeeta said:

I'm a shit.

 

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How many times have you paid for your family to go @AlexB ?

I took my family and thought, I'm glad I didn't pay for this.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Twice actually, although not straightforward -

the first trip we were staying at SWR, and the PC ticket was an upgrade at the tour desk for an additional (but not full price) charge.

the second trip we were passholders with PC included, and went along with family and friends who were not passholders, for them to visit for the first time.

Does it have repeatability? Not really - but for a first time visitor, and the cost at the time, yes, it was worth it.

I've just logged on to have a look at current pricing, and it seems they don't do straight up admission on their site anymore - its entry and lunch, or entry and mining or entry, lunch & mining. I don't really care much for the mining, but i've lunched there before, and had the buffet, and I quite enjoyed it and would happily have paid $20-$25 for the offering - which drops the price of the admission considerably, and the all inclusive ticket is a great package for a day trip.

Is it everyone's cup of (billy) tea? no.

Am i shouting people down that it's shit and they should all love it? no.

Am i saying it has it's target market, and that their offering is of quite some appeal to that particular market segment? yes.

Edited December 3, 2018 by AlexB

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1 hour ago, AlexB said:

Am i shouting people down that it's shit and they should all love it? no.

 

Who's shouting people down?

I asked,

On 30/11/2018 at 2:31 PM, Skeeta said:

Do people really pay to get in?   Whoever has paid to get into PC can you please raise your hand.

I wanted to know if people paid to enter. 

4 hours ago, Skeeta said:

So, we all in agree.  Paradise Country isn’t worth the entry price.

I also stand by this because you have never personally paid the full price to enter yourself.

 A-to the-Lex-to the-B (thank you @MickeyD) you have never woken up and gone F me, today I'm going to open up my wallet and pay full price to go to Paradise Country.

I don't give a flying fadoodle if people go to Paradise Country or not.  I didn't think many locals would pay to get in and this is what I wanted confirmed.

 

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I didn't say anyone was shouting someone down, I was noting that my statement wasn't intended to suggest anyone else's view was wrong, just that it wasn't correct to apply that logic to others.

People do pay to enter. I'd pay $20 to take a kid into a petting zoo, feed the animals, watch a sheep dog \ boomerang demo, some (terrible) horsemanship, sheep shearing, etc etc. I don't have to pay, because it is included in my pass - but that doesn't mean I wouldn't if it weren't... my visits might be less frequent, but i'd go.

As for your statements, saying 'so we all agree PC isnt worth the entry price' and then saying 'i didn't think locals would pay to get it and this is what i wanted confirmed' don't really gel - so you accept that non locals \ first timers would pay the admission? So it is worth the entry price. Its just not worth re-entry.

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23 minutes ago, AlexB said:

so you accept that non locals \ first timers would pay the admission? So it is worth the entry price. Its just not worth re-entry.

Locals have a better grip on what's hot and what's not.  

 

Not to dissimilar to the NZ migration plan timeline.

NZ family holiday on GC and fall in love with it.

NZ family move to Monterey Keys GC.

NZ family move to Upper Coomera.

NZ family Logan City.

NZ family move back to NZ.

 

Many locals pay much more to go Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary but are unwilling to pay much less for Paradise Country.

[pushbutton]

I wouldn't pay to enter Paradise Country for two main reasons.

1. Most of the animals at PC are also at Dreamworld, and

2. Whilst I do like to see these animals occasionally, I'm not fanatical about it. I'll see them sometimes while I'm at Dreamworld, and a few times a year I'll stop by PC because it's included in my Village membership. But I wouldn't pay separately just to enter PC.

 

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Poor Paradise Country, even Justice For Captives couldn't be bothered with the walk. 😳

 

[Brad2912]

Whilst probably not of too much interest to most of you, thought i'd upload some photos and a bit of a trip report from a visit just prior to Christmas that i've only just got to.

All in all i think the Shaun the Sheep integration in the park is fantastic.

Multiple photo opps with some quality statues all over the park starting from the carpark walkway. 

The show is entertaining for the kids, and a fresh concept for the park, definitely done "in house" as opposed to a port from somewhere else - my only complaint would be the need for air con or more fans in the area

The tractor ride is simple, but i had hoped it would have been more elaborate. It is literally a 4-5 minute ride from in front of the current Stockman show paddock, up the path between the main building and the kangaroo walk through/photo shop, past the bird feeding area (which has a "stop" for departing passengers only, no one can get on at this point, though its only 1 minute from the main stop anyway). It would be have been nice for it to take in the surrounds of the park or the extremities at least and turn it into a 10-15 min ride. The tractor/train itself is well theme.

The kids playground is just that... the waterplay area i missed as we were heading to Wet N Wild afterwards.

The new building up towards to the top of the park ("Adventure Camp") is quite good - it has air con (yay) and bean bags/seats to sit down and relax with STS playing on the screen. There is free colouring/arts stations for the kids. There is also an upcharge activity which i have to say is actually well worth it and not just a money making gimmick. For $10 you get a set of clay and instructions on how to build a clay shaun the sheep and his dog friend (NFI what his name is). Once complete, you take it over to a little station that is set up as a farm with toy animals etc, and using an ipad you make your own little claymation clip (basically making small movements between each photo, which are then all put together into a clip - roughtly 50-60 shots making a 5 or so second clip - exactly the same process claymation animation uses, which is then emailed to you. 

The additions have probably padded the park out to a 3/4 day experience if you wanted to see all the shows - but given we had seen them all and really just went to see the new additions, it was about 2 hours before we were burning up and headed to WnW.