Waterpark Developments

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[QUOTE=BlackRedGold;3268413]You can't assume that everyone living north of the Ottawa River is a francophone who knows little about Ottawa's west end. I know lots of people who are aren't francophones that live in Quebec because of the cheap housing prices. I also see them shopping at Bayshore or at Senators games.
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I didn't say *everyone* was francophone. But one can't deny that something like 85% of them are. It's not me that's saying it, it's Stats Canada!

I don’t really care which of the parks ends up being more successful, if at all. I’m trying to look at it from a logical viewpoint.

People will go to the better product, especially if one is only 15 or 20 minutes further away than the other. I live in Gatineau about 10 min. from the Byward Market and I’m not really sure the Brophy Rd. exit off the 416 is closer to my house than Limoges is off the 417.

Anyway, having been to both Valcartier and Cascades, if the west end Ottawa project is just a slightly bigger version of what they have at Cascades, then the Valcartier people are going to blow them out of the water (pardon the pun). We’re just not playing in the same league here.

Valcartier near Quebec City has about 35 slides. Among other things, it’s got a massive pirate ship set-up and a huge wave pool that’s built into the side of a fake ocean liner. The west end guys are talking about 10 slides, while Sunnyland will apparently be “similar” to Valcartier, without saying whether it will actually be bigger or smaller.

I don't think the Sunnyland-Valcartier people are expecting Montreal to be the major part of their market, but they will draw some people from there. Every bit helps, and there are something like 500,000 people on the West Island alone, so even a small % of them driving down every summer will be gravy for the Limoges park.