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The Impact of Amusement Rides on Local Communities and Tourism

The Impact of Amusement Rides on Local Communities and Tourism

On a smaller scale, what kind of impact can you expect from amusement ride hire on local communities and tourism? While you may not be hitting numbers like 500,000 attendees for a local town show, amusement rides can still draw in lots of good tourism for the local economy. Town shows have a huge impact on the local economy, getting families out of the house and onto the streets, willing to spend a little extra pocket money.

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Making Kids Dreams Come True The Best Amusement Rides for Childrens Parties

Making Kids’ Dreams Come True: The Best Amusement Rides for Children’s Parties

All kids love amusement rides. And amusement ride parties have a pretty good record when it comes to making the kids’ dreams come true! We haven’t seen a single party that wasn’t a total hit. If you’re thinking about hiring amusement rides for your children’s party, here are some of the best rides to consider. And don’t forget to complete the entire experience by hiring some carnival game classics, too.

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Behind the Scenes How Amusement Rides Are Set Up and Operated

Behind the Scenes: How Amusement Rides Are Set Up and Operated

At Advanced Amusements, we transport all of our rides by specialised trucks which are customised for ride transportation. Then, we need to get the grounds ready for the deployment of the rides. Our professionals get to work setting up the rides, making sure everything is set-up to the manufacturer’s standards. When you set-up and pack down the same amusement rides about 50 times per year like we do, you become quite the expert at it!

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Choosing the Right Amusement Rides for Your Event Tips and Considerations

Choosing the Right Amusement Rides for Your Event: Tips and Considerations

Venue size is usually one of the first factors to consider when choosing the right amusement rides. School fetes and town shows have it pretty easy in the regard – there’s usually plenty of space for the big thrill rides on school ovals or local town footy grounds. Every ride has a different thrill level and recommended age of rider. Choosing the correct number of amusement rides based on your expected attendees is a golden rule of organising a ride-driven event.

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Safety First Ensuring a Safe and Enjoyable Experience with Amusement Rides

Safety First: Ensuring a Safe and Enjoyable Experience with Amusement Rides

When you’re operating amusement rides, you simply can’t be safe or precautious enough. Safety is our top priority at Advanced Amusements, and we simply wouldn’t be allowed to operate if this wasn’t the case. Australia has very strong safety measures in place in terms of inspecting and auditing amusement ride operators, which are routinely conducted throughout the year.

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The Ultimate Guide to Planning a Memorable Carnival Themed Party

The Ultimate Guide to Planning a Memorable Carnival-Themed Party

With the team at Advanced Amusements, you can organise a carnival-themed party that’s memorable for all the right reasons: major fun, zero hiccups, and zero clowns. Choosing age-appropriate rides and games is key, and Advanced Amusements can help you with this. For corporate events where family members are invited, we recommend choosing a mix of rides and games to keep all ages happy.

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How to Manage Risks Associated with Amusement Ride Hire

How to Manage Risks Associated with Amusement Ride Hire

The amusement ride industry is actually one of the safest in the world. But just because the risks are incredibly low, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be mindful when hiring amusement rides. The most important aspect of managing amusement ride risks is, by far, doing research on your amusement ride hire company. Ask every candidate about their safety history, any past unexpected occurrences, and their accreditation as an amusement ride hire company.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Amusement Ride Hire

How to Get the Most Out of Your Amusement Ride Hire

There’s a lot more that needs to be done than just hiring your fleet of amusement rides and hoping for the best. Let’s ask the experts at Advanced Amusements about how to get the most out of your amusement ride hire, so that your event goes down as legendary!

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How to Choose the Right Amusement Rides for Your Budget

How to Choose the Right Amusement Rides for Your Budget

Let’s ask the experts at Advanced Amusements, helping you keep your budget on track and your ride selection thrilling! Budgeting starts with crunching the numbers and working out how much you’re able to allocate to each aspect of your event. Once you’ve got a ball park figure, you can start enquiring about ride hire costs and work out what suits your budget.

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How to Use Amusement Rides to Raise Funds for Your School

How to Use Amusement Rides to Raise Funds for Your School

Amusement rides are a staple at every school fete or fundraiser. Why? Because they simply work! Booking amusement rides at Advanced Amusements is super easy – but having a date is the most important part. Demographic of attendees has a huge impact on ride selection. By selecting rides that target your school’s demographic, you have a better chance of maximising ride attendance, therefore raising more funds.

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How Amusement Rides Can Promote School Spirit

How Amusement Rides Can Promote School Spirit

School fetes aren’t just about entertainment. They truly are about bringing the school community closer together, with children making new friends in a relaxed environment, and parents becoming closer with other parents. Amusement rides are a tradition at Australian school fairs. This isn’t just because they’re fun – it’s also because they promote togetherness, boldness and other aspects of the school spirit.

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Understanding What Makes Amusement Rides Exciting

Understanding What Makes Amusement Rides Exciting

Your fight or flight response usually kicks in when you’re in a fearful situation. But some of us actually enjoy the odd encounter with fear. Horror movies, for example – why else would people watch them if it weren’t for the enjoyment of feeling slightly scared? There’s also research that shows adrenaline-pumping activities like going on a rollercoaster can boost our endorphins, one of the hormones that increases our feelings of wellbeing.

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How do you get on rides without being scared

How Do You Get On Rides Without Being Scared?

It’s actually normal to get a bit scared before going on amusement rides. It’s part of the reason why people love them so much. It often helps to go on an amusement ride with a friend or family member so that you’re more at ease. Think about the fortunes to be reaped from going on that rollercoaster. You’re going to be overcoming a fear, gaining a sense of pride, and having a whole load of fun all at the same time.

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How can you make sure your roller coaster is safe

How Can You Make Sure Your Roller Coaster Is Safe?

Advanced Amusements only invest in the best quality rollercoaster manufacturers, to ensure reliability and safety for all riders. It’s thanks to this that we’re able to provide smooth, safe and seamless service at all events we’re contracted to. Every day, before ride operation begins, we run a series of tests and inspections on our rollercoasters, ensuring it’s safe. Our rollercoasters are serviced, operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. Manufacturers of rollercoasters have their own set times for inspecting and servicing their rides, on top of the daily inspections conducted by our mechanics.

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Event safety planning checklist

Event Safety & Planning Checklist

The safety of the location is paramount to the success of your event. Choosing the right location depends on how many attendees we’re talking about, and the facilities of the venue. For carnival attractions, Advanced Amusements have a zero-incident track record, and are proud to have such a strong commitment to your safety.
Temporary fencing is another consideration if you have a ticketed event. It’s essential for expos, festivals and similar events that are ticketed.

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How do I book an event

How Do I Book An Event?

Booking an event starts with securing a great location, based on how many attendees you’ve got. The location greatly determines which rides and games you’re available to book from the team at Advanced Amusements. The larger the space, the wider your options are! Let the experts give you a hand wherever necessary. Advanced Amusements can help you choose the ideal attractions based on your location and demographic, so that your event goes down as a hit.

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Event planning your guide for success

Event Planning: Your Guide For Success

Securing a great location with all the necessary facilities is the first step. An event needs a reason for people to attend, right? You’ve got to draw people in, whether that’s with music, games, carnival rides, stalls and markets, food trucks or something else. Carnival rides from Advanced Amusements never fail to pull a crowd. Featuring Victoria’s largest fleet of amusements, rides and carnival games, the team at Advanced Amusements have got rides for the whole family: from slippery dips for youngsters and parents, to thrill rides for teenagers.

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Our Commitment to Safety

Our Commitment to Safety

Our day begins with inspections of each and every ride in our active fleet. Our engineers and mechanics look for anything unusual, and perform tweaks, tightening and adjusting where necessary. Each and every staff member is given appropriate training in order to safely operate our rides, and take due action in the unlikely event of an emergency. Here at Advanced Amusements, we are incredibly proud of our zero-incident track record and wish to keep things that way. That’s why safety is our biggest commitment for every event we’re contracted to!

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Everything you need to know to plan a great Fete

Everything you need to know to plan a great Fete

A great school fete takes a lot of work and planning – but the pay-off can be very rewarding. School fetes are not only a great way to bring together the school community to mix and mingle, but they can also raise a lot of much-needed money for schools.

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What Make a Good School Fete

What makes a good school fete?

A good school fete can be a major highlight on the yearly calendar for any school community. It is a great way for students and families to mix, mingle and have a fun day out. Of course, school fetes are also a great fundraising opportunity for the school.

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How Safe Are Amusement Park Rides

How safe are amusement park rides?

Some people worry whether amusement rides are a safe activity – but they shouldn’t. In Australia, amusement rides are heavily regulated and reputable operators uphold high safety standards, including maintenance log books and extensive staff training.

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Five Things to Consider When Hiring Amusement Rides

5 things to consider when hiring amusement rides

Hiring amusement rides for your party or event is a sure-fire way excite and entertain your guests or patrons. However, whether you are looking to hire a giant slide, bungee trampolines, dodgem cars or even a Ferris wheel, there is some planning involved and some boxes you need to make sure are ticked. Here are five things to look for when you start your search for amusement rides to hire.

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Can I Hire Amusement Rides for My Birthday

Can I Hire Amusement Rides for My Birthday?

Let’s make your birthday party one to remember. Sure, you can have great food, great company and great tunes… but where’s that special something that sets your birthday party apart from the others? Whether it’s an adult or child’s birthday party we’re talking about, amusement rides are the perfect way to make it a special day.

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5 Mistakes Every Beginner Makes When Trying To Beat Carnival Games

5 Mistakes Every Beginner Makes When Trying To Beat Carnival Games

Carnival games are deceivingly tricky. When you’re spectating them, they seem easy as pie – but when you’re playing, it’s a totally different story: the balls get heavier, the distance from the target gets longer, and what seemed easy at first soon becomes mission impossible. We’re going to look at five common mistakes and spill all the secrets to beating carnival games, revealed to you by the experts at Advanced Amusements.

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5 Amusement Park Rides Perfect For The Whole Family

5 Amusement Park Rides Perfect For The Whole Family

While not every ride is going to be everyone’s cup of tea, there are definitely a whole bunch of rides that are fun for the whole family. Experience fun in its purest sense by booking rides from Advanced Amusements. They make school fairs, festivals and corporate parties a night to remember with their classic amusement rides, guaranteeing a safe, meticulous service.

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Just How Safe Are Amusement Park Rides?

Amusement park rides have been around for about 100 years. They’ve been enjoyed by billions and billions of people since then, with an extremely low rate of injuries or things going wrong. Let’s get into some facts about amusement park rides which prove that they are statistically very, very safe.

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Inflatable Slide Hire Melbourne

Advanced Amusements offer a number of inflatable slides and jungle gyms in the Melbourne region. They can be hired for anything you like; whether it’s a school fete, a birthday party or any other type of private event, Advanced Amusements are at your service.

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Fair Rides for Hire in Melbourne

Fair rides are a must-have attraction for all sorts of different events, so if you’re looking to hire fair rides in Melbourne, here’s how the fun-ologists at Advanced Amusements can help you. Advanced Amusements are Victoria’s favourite team for amusement ride hire. They have a large, diverse fleet of amusement rides which can be hired for anything

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What Is The Ride That Spins Really Fast?

Got guts and wanna show it? Ride the Move It. The Sizzler, or Cha Cha as you may know it, is one of the most popular rides of any show or school fete. The Chairoplane is the perfect spinning ride for youngsters. Want to hire some of these fantastic spinning rides? You need Advanced Amusements.

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