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Offline Jason

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OoF - What would you do?
« on: Jan 31, 2012, 01:49 »
Let's talk Oceans.

If you were going to add something over there what would it be and where would you put it?

Would you take something out?

Would you make changes to the way the park operates?

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 31, 2012, 04:45 »
Drain the ponds and build a huge expansion there

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 31, 2012, 08:03 »
If I were going to add a new attraction it would be a Mack twist and splash. http://www.mack-rides.com/en/products/spin-rides/twist-n-splash/sr-ts-info/sr-ts-info.html It’s unique to other waterpark attractions and it’s a capacity monster.
As for operational improvements:
FOOD
•   I would attempt lease out the Papaya Pete’s building (west side of wave pool); preferably to Panda Express. 
•   Relocate the pizza ovens to Captain Cook’s (near the kiddie pools). 
•   Increase the availability of food discounts to season pass holders.
•   Install high speed credit card machines at ALL food locations (including mobile carts).
•   Replace the pre-cooked funnel cakes with pre-packed Cinnabon.
RETAIL
•   Raise the price of lockers to $10 but offer a 50% discount for season pass holders.
•   Sell vouchers for inner-tubes at the ticket booths.
•   Have Snoopy (dressed in a tropical shirt) pose for photos in the park.
•   Close George’s Rafts.
•   Relocate the haystack dryer from WOF to central village.
CABANAS
•   Find a way to make reservations available online.
•   Provide free wi-fi to cabana guests.
•   Give free unlimited soft drinks to anyone with a cabana wristband.
ATMOSHPERE
•   Bring back the classic rock/greatest hits music.
•   Build family changing rooms.
•   Build a designated smoking section northwest of Trader Nick’s.  There are currently no smoking areas at the front of the park.  At closing time smokers have to go back into the park to light up while they wait for their party to change.

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 31, 2012, 08:58 »
I'd be happy with some updated changing rooms and pretty much anything from the Proslide catalog.

A multi-lane racer with a couple of speed slides like White Water added a couple of years ago would really help to modernize the line up.  I'm not sure where I'd put it though.  Do the ponds serve any kind of purpose?

I'd also like a set up similar to Schlitterbahn where you can add money to a wrist band.  I hate carrying anything around in a water park.


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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 1, 2012, 09:33 »
Here's my two cents

- Get rid of the two volleyball courts over by the kiddie pool and add dueling ProSlide ProBowls.
- Get rid of the service road that runs in between Diamond Head and Typhoon. It has always stuck out like a sore thumb.
- Plant more trees around Typhoon and Aruba Tuba.

I know I have already said it on here but a life guard told me back in July that the canoes were not returning for the 2012 season. So if that's the case they should drain the pond and expand out there.
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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 1, 2012, 05:18 »
Might sound stupid but
-Replace the pond with a second wavepool
-Snoopy costume
-FastLane wristbands, could call it something like SplashPass
-Add a multi-funnel slide near Typhoon or Hurcane Falls
-Rock music
-Add LED package Aruba Tuba to make it worth riding
- Add sections to Oceans(Pacific, Atlantc, Artic)
- Add a hotel
- Add a water coaster near the pond and Monsoon

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 1, 2012, 06:37 »
I wouldn't mind if Aruba Tuba and Typhoon eventually got replaced.

Adding is more important in the short term though.

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 1, 2012, 06:58 »
Tornado slide over by typhoon, on the hill there

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #8 on: Feb 2, 2012, 08:55 »
I definitely prefer the Tornadoes to the Bowls.  The small body bowls are pretty good but I haven't seen many of those out there.

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #9 on: Apr 18, 2012, 03:54 »
I think at this point, the only thing to do is to combine WOF/OOF admission. They've known about Schlitterbauhn coming for years and haven't done anything, they're lucky the competition has floundered this much so far, but that will be over soon...

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #10 on: Apr 18, 2012, 07:35 »
Two different styles of waterparks.  OoF still makes money, that's what's important.

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Re: OoF - What would you do?
« Reply #11 on: Apr 22, 2012, 02:59 »
Add a Boogie Bahn up near the wavepool