Warner Village Theme Parks
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Warner Village Theme Parks is a chain of theme parks operated on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Previously a joint venture between Time Warner and Village Roadshow Limited, Village took full ownership of the group in 2006[1], with Time Warner continuing to provide a licence to the Warner Bros. brand. Its main competitors are the Dreamworld and WhiteWater World theme parks (currently owned by Macquarie Bank, through their Macquarie Leisure Trust), also located on the Gold Coast, Australia.
The group operates the following theme parks:
- Warner Bros. Movie World (a movie-themed park similar to Universal Studios)
- Sea World (a sea themed park based on SeaWorld)
- Wet'n'Wild Water World (Waterpark in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Australia)
- Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix (Waterpark in Phoenix, Arizona, United States)
- Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii (Waterpark in Hawaii, United States)
- Australian Outback Spectacular (an Australiana dinner and show package featuring many Australian animals, songs, and "bush tucker")
- Paradise Country (an Australian Farm experience)
- Aussie World (bought in early 2008 by the group from its original owners, with plans to make a second Wet'n'Wild park, located on the Sunshine Coast)
Most of the Gold Coast parks are located in the suburb of Oxenford while Sea World and Sea World Resort are located in Main Beach.
The group also owns the Sea World Resort, located next to the Sea World park. Previously known as Sea World Nara Resort (opened in 1988 as a joint venture between the then-owners of Sea World and the Japan-based Nara Group [2]), Village also moved to take full ownership of the resort in 2006[3], resulting in the recent name change.
The group also own Warner Roadshow Studios, located at their Oxenford lot.
The group claimed an annual patronage of approximately 4.2 million across all of its properties during the year ending 2007-06-30, including 1.3 million each to both Movie World and Sea World, and 1 million to Wet'n'Wild[4].
[edit] References
- ^ Village Roadshow Limited. Company Profile: Theme Parks. Accessed on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Sea World: History and Development. Accessed on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Village Roadshow Limited (2006). 2006 Annual Report, p. 5. Accessed on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Village Roadshow Limited (2007). 2007 Annual Report, p. 6. Accessed on 2007-11-12.
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