montezooma Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 Launched our new website today and began slide assembly. http://www.cowabungabay.com/LasVegas/
KBrylczyk Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 ^ Awesome shot of the entry at dusk! That will be the view as the park is closing, really. The moon and the arriving planes to McCarran. Also, slide assembly WHOO!
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 Something I always thought would be fun, would be to have night time hours at a water park! I think there are very few places in the US that could achieve this cause normally its cold at night, but in Vegas....ITS HOT ALL THE TIME in the summer. I would most definitely love to see the park open on some of the hotter weekend nights in the summer. It would really add a unique experience and you could take this water park to a new level with lighting and music once the sun sets. Not make it an adult thing, but offering a uniquely night time experience for the whole family could be really awesome!
cfc Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 ^That would be great. I think that Florida water parks could do this in the summer, as well--but maybe there's a bit too much competition from other attractions in the evening. It's certainly warm enough on many summer nights for Water Country USA in Williamsburg.
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 I just never understood why some water parks didn't have any night time stuff going on on hot summer nights. I know its a staffing thing and its a decision that would be made only a few days out. But planning ahead for extended hours would work (Disney does this all the time) and in Vegas, its easier cause when it warms up, you know its going to stay warm for months, so you can really plan properly for staffing and such. Come on Shane! Lets see this park open at night!
KBrylczyk Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 ^^ I actually asked Shane about night operation during our hard hat tour the other day. He said that it won't happen this season and he's not sure about future seasons. The costs of operation far outweighs the amount of money being brought in at that point. I'll let him get into more detail, of course. They will have the proper infrastructure, though, to install lighting throughout the park...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 But if you plan, advertise and do cool things, it would be a unique attractions. Even closing at dusk and reopening for a special night time summer event weekly (also what Disney does with special events like Halloween and Xmas) it could work.
KBrylczyk Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 ^ I agree, but here's another thing you need to take into account: The park is sandwiched between heavy residential areas. I'm pretty sure Shane would rather keep the neighbors happy right off the bat. In the future I'm sure there will be talks with the local HOAs to see just what kind of events could happen. I'm not saying it WON'T happen, I'm just saying it won't happen right NOW.
TPDave Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 It's great seeing everything moving along nicely! It reminds me of watching the updates for the original park a few years ago
Jew Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 I can't think of any water park that I've seen open past 8pm?
rcdude Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 I'm excited to see construction of this park as I'll be visiting Vegas in June and this is one of my must-do activities (for reference Wet 'n' Wild is only a maybe). I can't wait to see everything go vertical and hear what everyone thinks when the park opens. I'm sure it will be a great park.
Double0Kevin Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 I'm not sure there is really a heavy market for night time water park visits. Even a lot of the pools in Vegas close at dusk, it's just not as popular as you might think. It is fun however. When I worked at Cedar Point in 2005, they had half of Soak City open for employees until 2am on the 4th of July. It was a ton of fun! I'm not sure it would be successful on a consistent basis though, maybe as a seldom event (like 2-4 times a year maybe).
Guy T. Koepp Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 When I worked at the original Wet n' Wild next to the Sahara hotel, we originally stayed open till 10pm. But we found that as soon as the sun set, people just bailed. They changed the weekday hours to 7 and weekends to 8, but as the sun set, the place just emptied. They ended up selling private event time and we would have a few of those a month, and they would go pretty late. But aside from that, nights were pretty much a ghost town.
cfc Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 ^I imagine Vegas provided plenty of other distractions when the sun went down.
Guy T. Koepp Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 All I cared about were the firm breasted, tanned bodied, mostly naked sun bathing hotties.
larrygator Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 ^ I agree, but here's another thing you need to take into account: The park is sandwiched between heavy residential areas. I'm pretty sure Shane would rather keep the neighbors happy right off the bat. In the future I'm sure there will be talks with the local HOAs to see just what kind of events could happen. I'm not saying it WON'T happen, I'm just saying it won't happen right NOW. Besides the potential noise, lighting is certainly a huge concern, especially if people are walking around barefoot. The place would need to be very well light, both increasing overhead and possible annoyance from neighbors.
montezooma Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 The simple reason is after 7:00 the expense of operating the park outweighs the in-park dollars spent. In a theme park guests have money readily available (their wallet is in their back pocket). They want to keep you in the park as long as possible because between riding rides you are buying food, playing games, retail shopping, etc. At a water park you typically don’t have your wallet on you. Purchases are not impulse. It requires you to dry off, go to your locker, then return to your locker…you see what I mean? Admission sales typically drop to practically nothing after 3:00 so every hour later you stay open equates to a high operating cost. There is a sweet spot of giving the guests the time in the park equated to the ticket price vs. extra hours (open later) and that sweet spot typically falls somewhere between 6:00 - 8:00. I love little details, this is for the arcade named Sharky’s “Breaker 1-9” slide is coming together. Why the name? Breaker refers to waves and 1-9 refers to a movie I used to love as a kid, Convoy. I thought it a fun play on words.
jray21 Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Anything shark themed is definitely a plus in my book! Can't wait to see more!
ArizonaGuy Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 This place is gonna be awesome! I'm gonna drive up from Phoenix this summer for sure!
KBrylczyk Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 HELL YEAH FOR CONVOY, SHANE! Friggin' EXCELLENT movie!
Woodie Warrior Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 I love the shark themeing! Can't wait to see this park open
cfc Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks for the explanation regarding later hours for water parks, Shane--makes sense.
alexinla Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 For those of you who want to experience a Waterpark at night, I would recomend Tropical Island in Berlin/Germany which is open 24 hours. Plus you can even sleep there http://www.tropical-islands.de/en/attractions/
KBrylczyk Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 ^ Oh my, that enclosed blue bodyslide looks awesome! Just a simple curve but it would be so fun!
_koppen Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 For those of you who want to experience a Waterpark at night, I would recomend Tropical Island in Berlin/Germany which is open 24 hours. Plus you can even sleep there Is that the one who is built in the old fly hangar?
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