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When we put the prices up at Adventure World we hardly got boo from anyone, because the quality is there. I'm pretty confident we could have pushed the prices even higher without much resistance. VFM is not about price, it's about the equation of $$ and what you get for it. There will always be cheap people. They can go to LP Melbourne.

It may amaze you, but believe it or not, I am actually every bit as entitled to have an opinion as you are! I know that's hard to believe, but it's absolutely true.

Whilst probably well above the capital expenditure they’d want to outlay, a “Dreamworks Festival” with a parade, increased meet & greets, a new show to replace the current Madagascar one (or an additional show) and some activation style events such as kids Kung fu Panda training sessions, Trolls singing competition etc etc. Maybe introduce HTTYD to the park with Chinese dragons style performances themed to the characters Dreamworks is by far DWs most valuable and recognisable brand/property and they should probably leverage it more.

Which is what you did. A moral lesson for the day - just because you can doesn't mean you should, especially when it's at the expense of the individual. Just because most folks here know my name and i'm somewhat public about it still doesn't mean it's appropriate to throw my PO Box or phone number out there. PM me if you have any further queries on this. Back on topic - now that Consentino is done for the holidays - is there something similar you'd like to see next school holidays?

Nah, you aren’t. If we say beat box is the pinnacle of evening entertainment, then boy we are aiming really low, to the point that the abomination that is Hollywood stunt driver 2 is a substantially better offering than that crappy fake DJ show. I hope it never returns.

Beatbox? Really? The best seasonal show the park has ever done? Push, you really are...best stop there before I upset anyone.

The adults at kids prices isn't avaliable for annual passes.

I enjoyed both those shows but they are only effective of an evening, so would work better in the Sept or summer school holidays imo if they were to do something similar again

I'm not at all surprised by this. How long was Draculas open? Cetainly over a decade at least. There's a lesson in this for other tourism businesses (theme parks included). If visitor numbers are dropping, but the attraction has been proven a success for many years (which Draculas owners said on Facebook was the case prior to its closure), the answer may be to invest in the business, not replace it with something that may not prove to be as successful as what was already there! The haunted house could have continued to be successful, and attracted many more visitors for decades to come, if the owners had just invested in new technology and refreshed it from time to time! There's all sorts they could have done. Basically though it was an awesome attraction, and it's very sad to see it go (the haunted house, not the stupid place where you could pay to use your own phone to take photos of yourself in front of pathetic cutouts)! The Trickpic Facebook page has a post as recent as late March, so it must have closed very recently. However the Facebook page gives no indication it has closed!

Thanks heaps Iwerks. Very generous donation tonight to get me kick started. I actually spent Easter Monday evening volunteering with the Vinnies "Vannies" volunteers, making sure the homeless of Collingwood won't go hungry tonight. It was humbling and I was completely taken aback at how chipper and upbeat these unfortunate people were and how thankful, appreciative and polite, despite living in conditions most of us would think inconceivable. Even the smallest donations add up. Thank you.

Cosentino has announced on FB that 22,798 was the total attendance over the 32 shows so a tad over 700 per show on average. Fantastic turnout and I think DW management do deserve some kudos for making it happen. I hope they continue to introduce external entertainment opportunities to the park that encourage people who generally may not have attended to come along and give the park another shot.

Finally got around to posting the Volare video, think it turned out pretty well. Enjoy!

So they suckered you in for a bottle of water hey...