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accesso signs three-year ticketing agreement with OWA Parks
food & beverage, rental support and more into a single system, delivering unified data to drive holistic business management while lowering cost of ownership.
ccesso Technology Group has signed a three-year agreement with Alabama-based OWA Parks & Resort to provide its accesso Passport eCommerce ticketing suite and accesso SiriuswareSM point-of-sale ticketing system, empowering the operator to enhance its current ticketing operations and prepare for the opening of its new, state-of-the-art indoor water park in 2022.
The award-winning and fully hosted accesso Passport eCommerce ticketing suite equips operators to deliver an exceptional eCommerce experience for guests on any device. The solution is designed to minimize cart abandonment while maximizing conversions through revenue-driving up-sell and cross- sell prompts, allowing operators to effectively anticipate guests’ needs while boosting their own bottom line. The accesso Siriusware point-of-sale solution empowers operators to bring on-site ticketing together with membership, retail,
“Our team is excited to join forces with accesso to offer new and enhanced ticketing options for our valued guests,” said Kristin Hellmich, director of marketing and public relations at OWA Parks & Resort. “Leveraging innovative technology is key to building brand loyalty, and partnerships like this help us maintain our reputation as the region’s leading entertainment attraction.” OWA Parks & Resort is a 520-acre, family-fun destination on North America’s Gulf Coast located in Foley, Alabama. OWA Parks & Resort was created to deliver a family-friendly retail, dining and entertainment experience for residents and visitors alike. Named Attraction of the Year in 2018 by the Alabama Tourism Department, OWA Parks & Resort’s gated amusement park features more than 22 thrilling attractions, including vibrant roller coasters and competitive games. Through its pedestrian-only Southern streetscapes, Downtown OWA, guests can enjoy an array of unique stores and restaurants, as well as live performances nightly. The name OWA, pronounced like “oh-wah,” means “big water” in the language of Muscogee (Creek), a local Native American tribe who owns and operates the resort. A tribute to this name, OWA Parks & Resort’s new indoor waterpark – set to open its doors in 2022 – will soon invite guests to soak in the beach experience year-round. “We are pleased to have partnered with OWA Parks & Resort and look forward to playing an integral role in the memorable experience the destination provides its guests,” said Steve Brown, accesso CEO. “A unique operator like OWA Parks & Resort, with such multifaceted offerings, requires technology designed to heighten visitor engagement and simplify operations, and we’re honored to support that through our award-winning solutions.”
Western Train Co. repairs ‘Miss Kitty’ locomotive at Six Flags Fiesta Texas Tornado Springs opens
Danish theming firm MK Themed Attractions assisted UK family park Paultons Park in getting its brand-new themed area, Tornado Springs, ready for 12 April by producing and delivering customised props for the entire area.
and experiences, all with a heavy Midwestern US theme. The majority of the themed elements were produced and delivered by MK Themed Attractions. Guests will be immersed in the new area completed with themed signs, props, objects, and coasters, all telling the unique story of Tornado Springs.
to say that it has been a pleasure working with Paultons Park. From the very beginning the visions and ambitions Paultons Park had sounded exciting, and a project we at MK Themed Attractions have loved being a part of. We look forward to seeing the impression the new area Operations director at Paultons
are so pleased to finally open the park and welcome guests to explore Tornado Springs, our largest single investment here at Paultons Park. We wanted to introduce a spectacular and immersive themed area
California based amusement rides company Western Train Co. has recently completed repairs to the “Miss Kitty” locomotive located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, in the form of providing the park with new wheels and bearings. The Locomotive known as “Miss Kitty”, a 36Đ gauge, 2-4-0, Steam engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, has been a staple at the park for years, but saw a few months of downtime for the repairs. Although the engine was built for steam power, the locomotive has been fitted with a safer Hydrostatic Diesel Drive System. Western Train Co., a manufacturer of theme park trains that prides itself on being able to service “any locomotive” was asked to perform the repairs to damaged wheels and bearings by representatives of Six Flags. When asked about doing these types of small repairs for parks, Dean Marquez, owner of Western Train Co. said: “We are happy to help any train out there with repairs… I don’t know of many other companies who can service both the narrow gauge and full-size trains out there without sending everything out to other vendors, and even fewer who want to perform that kind of work quickly for parks.
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“When the pandemic hit, we saw a lot of parks take that off time to hit the reset button and fix what needed to be fixed [at their parks], be it trains or carousels we’ve been happy to see that parks are re-investing. With Six Flags [Fiesta Texas], we had to re-engineer the wheels to put new steel tires on and then they had to send one of the sets back for a small bearing adjustment on our end. Despite all that, the guys over at Six Flags [Fiesta] Texas really love their trains and they’re doing a good effort to keep them going, of course we were happy to help get it back running on the track.”
In other news, Western Train Co. has unveiled a new, larger locomotive to its train products line, modelled after Central Pacific’s “Jupiter”, a train that was present for the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit for the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad. With the first production Jupiter model headed to Remlinger Farms in Carnation, WA, the locomotive will feature Western Train Co.’s Hydrostatic Drive System, a sit-in drivers cab, and a 1-year warranty for new locomotive owners.
Along with its work on repairs to trains and rides
Dreamworld resort hotel
like the one at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Western Train Co. is already set to complete and install 6 new carousels and train rides of its own manufacture in 2022.
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uture Dreamworld guests will be able to stay and play, with plans underway for a new $75 million Dreamworld Resort including a resort-style hotel
and tourist park. Dreamworld is excited to announce that it
has entered into an agreement with experienced accommodation developer Evolution Group to fund and build an accommodation precinct on part of the surplus land owned by Ardent Leisure adjacent to the Dreamworld park. The accommodation offering will include a 4-star 250-room resort-style hotel, 40 bungalows and a 5-star tourist park with 100 powered sites. Dreamworld Resort will be designed to cater to all guests, especially interstate travellers, with a broad range of family friendly accommodation options, as well as restaurants, conferencing facilities and leisure facilities such as swimming pools and a gymnasium. Guests of Dreamworld Resort will also have exclusive
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