Water park consultants

Water park consultants advise an owner on whether a water park should be built on a given site, and in what form. Mast Parks works as water park consultants, from the first study to the finished park.

Mast Parks applies its Feasibility Studies service to a water park. The study looks at the space, the location and the target audience, and determines the most suitable park or concept for the area. It is the first service in Mast Parks' sequence of 13, and it comes before the master plan, the design and the budget.

This page explains what water park consultants do, where Mast Parks has worked and what an owner should settle first. It stays at the level of what the work is for. The detailed method is part of Mast Parks' professional practice and is not published here.

See the park type hub: Water Parks. Once the study is done, financial planning tests the return on investment and master planning produces the blueprint.

Before a slide is placed, an owner needs to know whether the site and the market support a water park. A water park feasibility study checks questions that a general park study does not: resource availability, similar offerings in the market and, most importantly, the local demand for a water park and the weather conditions.

Weather matters because it decides whether the park opens through the year or by season, and whether it should be indoors or outdoors. Each feasibility study covers resource availability, similar offerings in the market and, most importantly, local demand for a water park.

The space

Whether the land can hold the park, in size, shape and condition, and what it would limit.

The location and the audience

Who lives near enough to visit, what they look for and what similar offerings already exist in the market. This includes the local demand, and, because many parks are open-air, the weather conditions.

The park or concept

For a water park, the concept decides whether it stands alone, sits inside a larger amusement park or is built indoors, and what kind of water attractions suit the audience.

A Mast water park in Rajasthan. An indoor water park with an integrated amusement park, designed to give guests shelter from the heat. Mast Parks handled theming, naming, master planning, architectural design, project management, operations, hiring and training. See the project.

Water parks inside larger parks. Dreamasia is an amusement and water park that was re-themed around its name. Fun World brings an amusement park, a water park, an aquarium and a snow park under one theme.

See all water park projects.

An owner brings the land, or the shortlist of lands, with whatever documents exist about it, and the first idea of what they want. The owner also brings an honest view of the budget and the timeline, since the study can only recommend what the owner can realistically build.

The owner receives a clear recommendation on which park or concept suits the site.

The study is used by private landowners, existing park owners, family businesses, government and tourism bodies, and temples and religious trusts. Some start from land and an idea. Others add a water park to an existing amusement park, or plan one inside a larger development.

The study gives the owner a clear answer to these questions before any money is committed:

• Whether the site and the market support a water park.
• Whether the park should be indoor, outdoor or both.
• Whether it stands alone or sits inside a larger park.
• How large the park should be for its catchment.
• Whether to go ahead, change the concept or look at another site.

A water park built without a site and audience study may be the wrong size for its catchment, may offer slides that suit the wrong age group, or may not suit the weather. These are expensive to correct once built. A feasibility study puts the questions first, when answers cost the least.

Owners who ask about a water park business plan are usually asking whether it will earn. The feasibility study comes first, and financial planning then tests the return on investment. See the guides on how to start a water park in India and the water park business plan. For cost, see water park project cost in India.

An outdoor water park depends on the weather and the season. An indoor one can open through the year and shelter guests from heat or rain, but it has to be designed as a building, with a roof, air and light that suit water attractions. The feasibility study helps an owner choose between the two, because the answer depends on the climate, the land and the audience. For the indoor model, see indoor water parks.

A water park does not have to stand alone. It can be one part of a larger amusement park, and the study then asks how it fits with the rides, the theme and the guest flow of the whole. At Fun World the water park sits beside an amusement park, an aquarium and a snow park under one theme, and at Dreamasia it is part of an amusement and water park.

Owners get more from the study when they arrive with answers, or at least a view, on the points below. None of them needs to be settled in advance.

• How much land is available, and where is it?
• Is the land owned, leased or still to be bought?
• What kind of water park do you have in mind, and why?
• What budget range is realistic for the first phase?
• Who do you expect to visit, and from how far away?

• Feasibility study. The first study of a park: the space, the location and the audience.
• Catchment. The area from which guests can reasonably travel to the park.
• Target audience. The guests the park is designed for.
• Indoor water park. A water park built as a building, open through the year.

Mast Parks organises its work as 13 services in four stages, listed here in the order a project usually follows. Water park consultants (Feasibility Studies) is shown in bold. An owner can start at any stage, but each stage builds on the one before it.

• Concept and Planning. Feasibility Studies, Financial Planning, Concept Creation, Theme Development.
• Design and Execution. Master Planning, Architectural Designing, Project Management Consultancy.
• Rides, People and Operations. Ride and Attraction Planning, Team Hiring and Training, Operations Planning.
• Launch and Growth. Marketing and Branding, Merchandising, Content and Events.

Most owners use several of these services together, and some use the full set from idea to opening. See all 13 on the services page.

Mast Parks works with the owner at each step. The owner approves the work before it moves to the next stage, and revisions are part of the process. The owner knows the site, the region and the ambition. Mast Parks brings experience of designing and delivering parks across eight park types. For a water park, the best results come when the two work as one team, with decisions made quickly and in the open.

To start a conversation, use the contact page. Mast Parks will ask about the site, the park you have in mind and where you are in the project.