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I've been thinking about this a lot more lately and I think I would like to see WCUSA's long term planning take a bit of a shift.
Currently, WCUSA has only a good 14 weeks (plus two extra weekends) of operation. While BGW has been increasing it's operating seasons with things like HoS and ChristmasTown.
What if there was a way to similarly expand WCUSA'S operating calendar?
What if they built an indoor complex?
Hear me out.
I envision this working like this:
An indoor complex would allow them to run year round and in non-summer months they could close off the outdoor slides and maybe even decorate them (like ChristmasTown).
An indoor complex can be run with minimal staffing. Many indoor facilities use "all clear" lights to indicate when you can go down the slide rather than have a lifeguard at each station.
In the summer months, the indoor complex might be able to be sold as an upcharge attraction; like, you take your family and when it gets hot you go to the indoor facility for a while.
A lot of the "big parks" in cold climates already do this.
Why hasn't wcusa done this yet? It seems like a no-brainer. Especially if the eventual goal is to make BGW year-round... Might as well make wcusa year-round too.
Currently, WCUSA has only a good 14 weeks (plus two extra weekends) of operation. While BGW has been increasing it's operating seasons with things like HoS and ChristmasTown.
What if there was a way to similarly expand WCUSA'S operating calendar?
What if they built an indoor complex?
Hear me out.
I envision this working like this:
An indoor complex would allow them to run year round and in non-summer months they could close off the outdoor slides and maybe even decorate them (like ChristmasTown).
An indoor complex can be run with minimal staffing. Many indoor facilities use "all clear" lights to indicate when you can go down the slide rather than have a lifeguard at each station.
In the summer months, the indoor complex might be able to be sold as an upcharge attraction; like, you take your family and when it gets hot you go to the indoor facility for a while.
A lot of the "big parks" in cold climates already do this.
Why hasn't wcusa done this yet? It seems like a no-brainer. Especially if the eventual goal is to make BGW year-round... Might as well make wcusa year-round too.