Jerudong Park
Jerudong Park is an amusement park in Brunei. It is the largest and most expensive
amusement park in South East Asia, built and funded by the Bruneian government for
$1 billion.
It is notable that during its first few years of operation, Jerudong Park featured
no admission fees and free rides. It is currently larger than phase 1 of Hong Kong
Disneyland. The public only had to queue up for rides. However, recently the number
of visitors and tourists has dropped significantly and the administration has started
a onetime B$15 admission fee, and allride ticketing system. According to the park's
website, many of its rides are for sale.
Currently, the theme park has reduced its footprint to Phase 1 and 2, the original
Playground. It has introduced a revised system of ticketing called the ticket card
system. The park is once again free entry to the general public, but guests have
to buy ticket cards to be able to use the rides and attractions. These tickets come
in $8 and $10 price range. The ticket cards have slots which can be punched using
a single hole puncher - one punch equals one use of any ride or facility for one
person. This system therefore gives the guest the choice to choose which ride he
or she would want to use, and how many would be able to use the facility using the
ticket card. An $8 ticket card has 4 slots and 1 free slot (effectively allowing
one guest to use 5 rides/attractions - or 2 guests to use two rides with one extra).
The $10 ticket card has 5slots plus 3 free slots (which means a guest can use 8
rides attractions and so on). The free entry has seen a marked increase in the number
of people going to the park, as shown on weekends where one can observe a large
group of families having picnics in the field, or long queues on the remaining rides
and attractions.