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BigQuestion What's at the top of your list of infrastructure requirements?
Vittorio Santelmo, Mirabilandia, Italy: This year our park is celebrating 20 years, but it is not yet complete! This winter we removed a Vekoma family coaster from the centre of the park, so we could do with some more things for the kids, especially as a lot of our more recent investments have been concentrated on older visitors. In my opinion we also need to increase the number of attractions at Mirabilandia Beach, our waterpark.
Dick Knoebel, Knoebel's Amusement Resort, USA: We need more dredging of our creek and widening of the creek walls so we will be more prepared for those heavy rains, those flash floods. We need to practice preventative flood maintenance. Last year alone there were eight floods, one that required nine days to re-open. We've also been flooded in 1972, 1975, 1996, 2004 and 2006!
Bern Beitz, Holiday Park, Germany: I think the biggest problem for us was really the old entry, which was not very attractive and simply not big enough for the number of visitors we get. For 2012 we have a totally new entrance that is really nice [see page 28]. Next year we will change a lot more infrastructure, walkways, toilets, green zones and so on. It’s not just about adding new attractions; we also want to take the general impression of the park to a higher level.
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Ups & Downs
Free Publicity - Blackpool Council is funding 12 Nickelodeon illuminations to promote Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (England)
Pay You Later Walygator - The French amusement park Walygator faced demonstrations from staff after struggling to pay them due to a drop in attendance
Coaster Collision - A 67-year-old park employee was struck and killed by The Vampire rollercoaster whilst in a restricted area at La Ronde in California
Good Enough To Eat? - Disney parks in North America have begun selling air fresheners smelling of food items from within the park
Figures of Fun
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metres – (50ft) height of new King Cobra waterslide at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Jackson New Jersey
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US dollars ($52.32) – average daily admission price to North American theme/amusement parks based on an IAAPA survey of 73 venues
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minimum percentage of China’s theme/amusement parks that lose money according to a report in state media
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US dollars ($74.99) – new price of an annual pass to Knott’s Berry Farm in California – $12.01 less than a one day ticket to nearby Disneyland
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metres (385ft) – height of world’s tallest Star Flyer ride planned for Six Flags New England, Massachusetts
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Ghost Revived - The Wild West-themed Ghost Town in the Sky has reopened under new ownership in North Carolina
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