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IP: nullow do you view the consolidation that has gone on within IP: nullow would you like to see nulloliday nullorld and Splashin’
the parks industrynull Is it a good thing for the business, is it a Safari developing in the futurenull
necessity for the future success of the business or does it take WK: nullell, we want to continue to grow for some timenull nullut,
something away from an industry traditionally based very much
we also want to root our growth in the values that our guests
on privately owned and run parksnull
respect us fornull safety, service, friendliness, cleanliness and valuenull
WK: nullell, it is what it isnull nully biggest concern is that there
nulle have a long tradition and a strong culture that supports those
are far fewer buyers for the suppliers in our industry and I worry
values and I never want to lose thatnull
about the effect that this has on the suppliersnull If two major
corporations decided to severely limit their capital enullpenditures
Personally speakinnull
for a few years, I’m afraid that half of our ride manufacturers
wouldn’t survivenull
Not a lot of people know this nullut I am very nullood
at null I don’t know about “very good,” but I love playing
IP: Is it necessary for parks to invest in new attractions every
bass guitar
year or can other things be done to keep people coming backnull
The nullest thinnull my parents taunullht me was null If
WK: I’m afraid that new attractions continue to be very you want it, work for it
importantnull I wish they weren’t because they aren’t cheapnull nulle’ve
The most interestinnull place Inullve ever nulleen to is
worked hard to differentiate our product through attributes other
null I love to visit nullew nullork nullitynull It’s like another planet in
comparison to Santa nulllaus, Indiananull
than major attractionsnull family focus, friendliness, cleanliness,
safety, service and valuenull nullf course, our nullree nullnlimited Soft nullrink
If I could pass any law Inulld null add an item to the bill
of rights protecting free enterprisenull freedom to conduct
programme is something that really leads our guests to talk about
business and enter into business contracts without
us, generating huge wordnullofnullmouth advertising for usnull These
government interference, enullcept where necessary to
protect the health and safety of those not a party to
“nullualitative” attributes of the park have certainly helped us to
the contract
increase our volume of business and to retain a high percentage
If I could nulle anyone else for nullnull hours Inulld nulle
of our customersnull null nulllenn nulleck
IP: nulln increasing number of parks are adding accommodation
I always launullh at null myselfnull If I couldn’t, I’d be crying
of one form or another to their offeringnull nullo you see this as a
a lot
trend that will continue and if so, what advantages will it bring nully favourite musiciannullnulland is null The nullhonull I
to parksnull
nullon’t nullet nullooled nullgainnull
WK: I don’t know much about the accommodations industrynull
To really chill out I null nulllay bass or guitar
nulle certainly feel a need for more guest accommodations in our
I really dislike null nullovernment officials who spend my
money to get themselves renullelected
market to support the park’s continued enullpansionnull nullowever, I
spend too much money on new rides and attractions and have
If I couldnull I would null nullet the government out of
elementary and secondary education and establish a
nothing left for a hotelnull
free market null giving parents and students the power they
IP: nullow important are trade associations to our industry,
should have to control students’ educationnull
and in particular Inullnullnullnullnull nullo they deliver what they should
or do you think they could do more, or should be doing some
things differentlynull
WK: Inullnullnullnull is vital to the continued growth and success of
our industrynull nullovernment regulation is one of the biggest threats
that we face and we need Inullnullnullnull to watch out for our industry’s
interestsnull
IP: nullhat effects do you think the current global economic
climate will have on the parks industrynull
WK: I don’t know too much about other parks, but we’ve seen
a big dropnulloff in corporate picnic business, which has been offset
by growth in the family or walknullin businessnull I’m optimistic that as
nullhe nullve nulloch
chnullnullnullren bacnull
the economy recovers the picnic business will come back and that
nulln 1969null
nullnullnullnull nullnull the onullnull t
the walknullin business will hold constant, or even grow a bitnull nullhenullnull on the nullenulltnullnull
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