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read moreAdventure Park Geelong’s Ride Buddies initiative, that helps single parents and carers juggle children and ride time while at the attraction, has been reintroduced for the busy school holiday period.
A hit with guests and the local community when it launched last year, for the current holidays Adventure Park has increased their capacity to assist more parents and children to enjoy their day out by adding a further four team members to their Ride Buddies initiative.
The Ride Buddies initiative involves specially selected team members on call at Adventure Park to ride with children on those waterslides and rides that require an adult to accompany them, when their parent or guardian is unable to. Likewise, Ride Buddies can also wait with non-riding children while parents enjoy the ride with their child.
Karina White of Ocean Grove benefited from the initiative last year and said that the Ride Buddies made life so much easier for her and other parents.
She explains “my five year old son wanted to go on the Crazy Coaster but I also had my two year old so was unable to go on it with him, so we used the Ride Buddies and they were so good with him. My son was so happy and he had the best ride with Bridget.”
Team member Bridget is one of 10 Ride Buddies who will be available to help parents and children in the park during their peak visitation period 26th December to 28th January 2019. This will be Bridget’s second year in the role.
Conceptualised by Adventure Park’s leadership team and General Manager Paul McConachy, the Ride Buddies initiative is completely unique to the Geelong attraction, not currently seen at any competitor parks or attractions across Australia.
McConachy advises “we saw something similar at a park in Fiji and knew straight away it would be ideal for elevating our guest experience.
“Our Ride Buddies were in high demand last year, so we’ve enlisted four of our best team members to the 2018-19 Ride Buddies program, which means children no longer have to miss out if their parent is unable to ride.”
For more information go to www.adventurepark.com.au/ridebuddies
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