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Blackpool Pleasure Beach seeks test rider before new season start
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lackpool Pleasure Beach is recruiting for a thrill-seeking new employee to take up the newly created role of Rollercoaster Test Rider. The successful candidate will be put straight to work, ensuring that the park’s 10 roller coasters have the right amount of thrills and excitement before Blackpool Pleasure Beach reopens on Saturday 18 March. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is offering one person the chance to be appointed Rollercoaster Test Rider, a unique role which has come about through Blackpool Pleasure Beach wanting to make sure that every roller coaster at the amusement park offers maximum excitement for guests.
The role requires an individual with an exceptional sense of fun to ensure that
major rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach have the necessary thrill factor in time for the start of the new season.
The successful applicant will be required to test numerous rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, reporting on a number of key fun factors such as speed, thrills, and excitement levels, and advising on where they think improvements could be made to increase the fun factor of individual rides.
They will also work with the operations department if necessary to come up with fun and thrilling ideas for future projects, and even have the chance to travel to other European parks to provide feedback and report to Blackpool Pleasure Beach on other rides.
Wild Water Adventure Park signs three-year partnership with Connect&GO
Connect&GO, a world leader in integrated attractions management solutions and RFID technology, has announced a three-year partnership with Wild Water Adventure Park to provide their fully integrated all-in- one management platform for their upcoming season. Located in Central California near the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Wild Water Adventure Park is a family- owned and operated water park spanning over 52 acres, making it one of the largest in the state. With 38 slides and 20 attractions including 30,000 square feet of kiddie activity pools and the largest wave pool in the state, Wild Water Adventure Park appeals to a diverse audience of thrill-seekers as well as families with young children, welcoming 250,000 visitors annually. In addition to its slides and pools, the park also features a wide variety of amenities including 125 cabanas, tree-lined grass areas, fishing lakes, sports fields and barbeque areas to make it the perfect destination for a day of fun in the sun. Connect&GO’s all-in-one management platform, aptly named Konnect, seamlessly combines eCommerce ticketing, point-of-sale, food & beverage, RFID access control and cashless payments into one centralised and easy-to-use platform with real-time data. Unlike traditional systems that keep data from different parts of the guest experience siloed, the Connect&GO platform can unify data from over 10 different sources using proprietary Virtual Wallet technology along with RFID wearables or simple QR codes. This creates a modern and connected ecosystem that helps operators create frictionless guest experiences that drive revenue, maximise engagement and improve profitability. “We chose to partner with Connect&GO to help streamline our operations and create a guest journey that is as simple as possible,” said Kathy Siggers, owner of Wild Water Adventure Park. “By replacing our legacy solution with a fully integrated platform, we have the
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flexibility we need to drive revenue and maximise our ROI.”
Wild Water Adventure Park will begin to use the customisable eCommerce and highly innovative point- of-sale modules this Spring to accelerate their processes and reduce costs. They will also be elevating the guest experience with location-specific mobile food & beverage ordering as well as cabana rentals. “We are very excited to partner with Wild Water Adventure Park to help them drive incremental revenue and increase operational efficiencies,” said Tara Morandi, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Connect&GO. “Our focus is to help our clients increase revenue and maximise guest engagement by giving them the most flexible and easy-to-use platform
to run all aspects of their operations from one place.” Connect&GO serves amusement and water parks, family entertainment centres, zoos and aquariums, festivals, and sporting events around the world to integrate easy-to-use wearable technology into incredible experiences.
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