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Figures of Fun
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per cent – increase in park revenue during the first three quarters of 2011/12 at Compagnie des Alpes. The French group sold several smaller parks and added Futuroscope to its portfolio last season
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anniversary season in 2012 at Efteling in the Netherlands
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1) Water Wars. We were one of the first parks to invest in this pay-as-you-play attraction and it is a great addition on a hot day. We’ve even incorporated it into some corporate team-building events to get some added mileage out of it.
2) Our S&S Frog Hopper ride is great for the younger children and we placed our new SBF drop tower (for older kids and adults) strategically next to it. Both are great rides for a park like Quassy.
3) We purchased this Chance portable Yo-Yo ride in 2004 and it is the first large swing ride to operate in the park. It’s a major attraction for us, considering that our demographic is families with pre-teens.
4) Quassy purchased this drop tower for the 2010 season. We sat down with SBF at the Rides-4-U booth at IAAPA Attractions Expo in Las Vegas and designed the ride to some specifications we wanted, including the colour scheme. It was also the first tower built by SBF with a state-of-the-art LED lighting system on it. Not only is it a fantastic family ride, but a spectacular light show after dark! SBF delivered on time and the product has met our expectations.
5) This used to be our ice cream stand. After constructing a new ice cream parlour four years ago, we moved the “Toy Shack” to this location, which is great at catching the guests as they exit the park. We do exceptionally well at the stand on evenings when we can sell light-up novelties.
6) Blue sky. We had a season which was just incredible – thanks in large to dry, warm weather. We hope everyone in the industry has a great year in 2012, and with a little luck we’ll see more blue than grey skies this summer.
Eric Anderson, Quassy Amusement Park, Connecticut (USA)
metres – height of new Shambhala coaster opening this season at Port Aventura in Spain. The B&M ride will become Europe’s tallest and fastest coaster
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year Jaws attraction opened at Universal Studios Florida. The boat ride closed for good on January 2 this year
2,000,000,000 pounds sterling – tourism market
represented by visitors with disabilities in England
Produced in association with AECOM.
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Ups & Downs
Florida Frenzy - Islands of Adventure, Legoland Florida and three of the four parks at Walt Disney World had to temporarily restrict access over the Christmas holiday period due to large crowds
No Contest - A competition to design a new waterslide for Wild Wadi in Dubai has been revealed as fake by the park’s general manager. The bogus online contest asked for a DHS183 ($50/€38) entry fee
Phantasy Threat - The general manager of Phantasialand has warned the German park may no longer be viable without a 28-hectare expansion. Opposition from environmental groups means approval is still not forthcoming
Great Mall of China - Premier Rides is to supply a signature coaster to the largest mixed use development in the world, the Great Mall of China, opening 2013
Down Under Down Under - Australia’s Warner Bros Movie World has launched the country’s steepest inverted drop coaster, Green Lantern by S&S
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