It's the main reason why I prefer WhiteWater World over wet n wild. Can't stand to carrying rafts 

34 minutes ago, TomiJ said:

It's the main reason why I prefer WhiteWater World over wet n wild. Can't stand to carrying rafts 

Have to agree. It’s WhiteWater World’s most underrated advantage. 

It's hard enough walking up the damn stairs holding the raft that none of your mates wanna help out with at WnW, but given Kaboom is at the tallest point of the structure, have wind blowing and it's all over.

2 hours ago, GoGoBoy said:

The best additions at WnW in my opinion were Whitewater Mountain and Calypso Beach. It was the first time they brought strong thematic elements and a real sense of international standard excitement to the park. It has been disappointing that since then they went back to generic additions with no theming and a distinct lack of imagination 

At this point im just excited they are finally getting new slides.

Those two-person rafts are no heavier than the ones you'd find at Calypso Beach. I don't see the massive issue here personally. 

Keeps the cost down for the park, no need to worry about those conveyors jamming up or breaking down. 

10 hours ago, TomiJ said:

It's the main reason why I prefer WhiteWater World over wet n wild. Can't stand to carrying rafts 

But WhiteWater World doesn't have lifts for 2 person raft slides?

13 hours ago, themagician said:

Hold my beer and watch this....

 

looks like something out of Action Park. lol

29 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Hold my beer and watch this....

 

looks like something out of Action Park. lol

Australian water parks are always nasty to look at.

54 minutes ago, New display name said:

Australian water parks are always nasty to look at.

Skeeta Pls

@Gazza If they are the best examples you can find, I rest my case.😂

5 minutes ago, New display name said:

@Gazza If they are the best examples you can find, I rest my case.😂

ok...

 

11 minutes ago, New display name said:

@Gazza If they are the best examples you can find, I rest my case.😂

IDK, I mean Jamberoo is not Disney Typhoon Lagoon, but it's nice and lush and no slide towers that look like oil refineries.

Also @DaptoFunlandGuy are those South Park characters in the school bus 😂😂???

Edited September 7, 20214 yr by Gazza

Jamberoo really just add a bit of tinsel to their attractions.  

Edited September 7, 20214 yr by New display name

And according to you, Tinsel is nasty to look at, given the alternative?

You put some tinsel on a frog, it's still a frog but now it's a frog wearing tinsel.

If the frog was to wear a cow costume, then we would be getting somewhere.👍

Im not too fussed, I mean realistically the model of water parks and what people will pay doesn't permit heavy themes in the same manner you can for a theme park except in certain markets

(You can make people pay $100 for a highly themed theme park, but you cant for a highly themed water park in most other markets)

So usually some nice landscaping and a couple of token bits of theming is what you get.

I guess for guests, thats their main expectation, and nobody is asking for elaborate storylines.

IMO if its lots of palm trees and shade, happy days.

In terms of heavy theming, Disney do it fully

Volcano bay sorta does, it:

 

Atlantis did it, but then didnt on the newest stage

26 minutes ago, Gazza said:

I mean realistically the model of water parks and what people will pay doesn't permit heavy themes in the same manner you can for a theme park except in certain markets(You can make people pay $100 for a highly themed theme park, but you cant for a highly themed water park in most other markets)

 

I do agree there is a juggling act, so I know it's not realistic to ask for a heavily themed attraction but a bit more than what Jamberoo do wouldn’t break the bank.

Blue Lagoon only worked because it was themed.  The slides were garbage.

1 hour ago, New display name said:

You put some tinsel on a frog, it's still a frog but now it's a frog wearing tinsel.

If the frog was to wear a cow costume, then we would be getting somewhere.👍

Yep......I think we are getting somewhere!!

 

@JobeThanks for finding my frog.

Love the description of the oil refinery towers! That's exactly what it looks like. As I mentioned previously, Wet'n'Wild was doing some cool stuff in terms of theming and presentation with White Water Mountain and Calypso Beach, but that period unfortunately came to an end, I'm guessing with new management. 

I like the transparent slide pieces on Kaboom!, but I notice the colour doesn't match the logo or concept(?) at all.

WWW also had a token dabble at the start but I think it got to hard for them.

Curious if you have any examples of water parks that you do like the theming of? @New display name? 

Other than building a big ass building, it's pretty hard to avoid the oil refinery look of slide towers