Part C: Waterpark case study
Wet ‘n Wild is a chain of waterparks operated across
Australia, the United States, and now China. The first waterpark in
the chain was opened on the Gold Coast in Australia in 1984. Since
that time they have expanded to eight locations, including Hawaii
and Las Vegas.
In 2013, they opened a new water park in Sydney, Australia. Despite
Sydney being a major international city with a population of over 5
million, it does not have a major theme or amusement park.
Therefore, the new Wet ‘n Wild facility was able to obtain a
virtual monopoly in the Sydney area. Obviously, Sydney is
relatively well known for its famous beaches, including Bondi
Beach. To counteract this indirect competitor, Wet ‘n Wild located
their new waterpark around one hour inland, away from the beaches.
This location was still within large residential areas and easily
accessible by road.
Because Sydney was lacking a major theme park, Wet ‘n Wild was able
to attract significant publicity and media attention prior to
opening, particularly as the park was promoted as “the largest
waterpark in the world”. This was supported by significant
advertising expenditure, primarily focused on selling season pass
tickets. The pricing structure for the new Wet ‘n Wild waterpark
was designed to sell season passes, rather than individual visits.
For example, a season pass cost $120 as compared to a one-day visit
pass of $70. This meant that there was a significant incentive to
buy the season pass.
As a result, these season passes were enormously popular. The
Christmas period in Australia is in the middle of summer, so these
season passes became popular Christmas gifts as well.
As you can imagine, as consumers have paid for multiple visits –
many of them want to get great “value for money”– which means as
many visits as possible. As a consequence, the park become very
crowded at times. On several occasions, in the middle of summer,
the waterpark was at full capacity. That means that season pass
holders, who had paid for their tickets, were unable to enter the
park because it was full.
The other contributing factor to this overcrowding situation was
that Wet ‘n Wild was not open every day. Although their season ran
from September to April (the warmer months in Australia), they were
not open seven days a week – sometimes only being open on
weekends.
With a waterpark operating at full capacity on a hot day, the
queues were long and uncomfortable. It was not uncommon to wait 1 ½
to 2 hours for a waterslide. This resulted in significant customer
dissatisfaction that was expressed through social media, including
Wet n’ Wild’s own Facebook site.
Q1. As a new facility, Wet ‘n Wild was keen to recoup their
infrastructure investment as quickly as possible. Do you agree with
their pricing strategy or is there be a more appropriate approach
to pricing?
Q2. As the number of season passes sold was significant, do you
think that is ethical of the company to keep promoting these passes
or do you think that they have a responsibility to their
shareholders to maximize profitability?
Q3. Given that season pass holders paid for a service that was not
always available (that is, the park was full), do you think that
they should be entitled to some form of refund or compensation? If
so, how could this be implemented given thousands of people could
have been affected.
Q4. As there were reasonable numbers of dissatisfied season pass
holders, what do you think would be the long-term implications of
Wet n’ Wild’s objective to sell as many season passes as
possible?
1. The pricing stategy that they opted for is good because the low prices let them retain monopoly in the market making it difficult for new competitors to enter the market. In this case, the pricing strategy was good but the management style was not as the decision to keep the theme park open only on weekends should not have been made if they wanted profits in the long run as well.
2. They do have a responsibility to their shareholders but it should not be a business practice to leave customers dissatisfied as if the consumers stop coming to the theme park, there will be no returns for the shareholders. If the theme park wants to promote season passes, then they should open the theme park on more days.
3. The issue here was that the park was full on the functioning days and it is not open on all the days. Instead of offering a compensation, the theme park could be kept open more days which will ensure that it will not run on full capacity on all the days. This will also help increase the satisfaction that the consumers receive.
4. As the number of dissatified season pass holders increased, it is possible that in the long run, the theme park would not be able to make profits. Wet n' Wild tried to focus only on the short run and sell as many season passes as possible, but for any firm/business to last and make profits in the long run, consumer satisfaction is very important. As the season pass holders were becoming dissatisfied, it would only mean that they would not return in the long run and this would affect long term profitability.
Part C: Waterpark case study Wet ‘n Wild is a chain of waterparks operated across Australia,...
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