| Theme parks are not only a great day out for all the | | | | all day or taking care of them on the journey home is |
| family but in these days of doom and gloom they're a | | | | now one they relish. Undoubtedly lots of enthusiastic |
| great anti-depressant. Whilst the queues can, at certain | | | | park goers will have purchased their photo's from the |
| times, be "challenging" theme parks are still a huge | | | | ride kiosks only to subsequently get them drenched on |
| favourite with everyone and the parks themselves just | | | | the water rides or bashed and battered on the |
| seem to get better and better. | | | | extreme thrill rides! |
| Long gone are the days of tired and rickety rides and | | | | Some Theme Parks have offered the photo's on a |
| poor on-park facilities. Today, there seems to be a | | | | CD or DVD but again these are not the smallest or |
| rolling program of investment in new rides and | | | | easiest things to carry around with you all day and |
| attractions in an every increasing attempt to lure more | | | | even when printed up they're not the most attractive |
| of us to the parks and to extend our stay(s) by | | | | item. An alternative that is now beginning to find favour |
| staying at hotels on the park site(s). | | | | with some of the more innovative park operators is a |
| The investment seems to be working. Despite the | | | | branded USB flash drive. |
| current economic uncertainty we're all facing | | | | Branded USB Flash Drives are small, discrete, holds |
| attendance levels at theme parks around the world | | | | loads of photographs, can be slipped into a pocket |
| have held up pretty well with around 200 million people | | | | very easily or attached to a bag or belt with a keyring |
| expected to pass through the parks turnstiles this year | | | | or lanyard. The flash drives can be printed with the |
| alone. | | | | logo of the theme park and they can be uploaded with |
| The innovation at theme parks is not restricted to the | | | | all the photographs from the kiosk around the park |
| rides either. Anyone who's ever been to a theme park | | | | quickly and easily. |
| will have been photographed pulling all sorts of | | | | Flash drives are work really well as an on-going |
| embarrassing faces and poses on the rides as they | | | | advertisement for the park. Its typical that once the |
| hurtle around the track. Typically these photographs | | | | photographs have been transferred from the flash |
| are available to purchase from the kiosks at the end | | | | drive and stored on a home PC or printed that the |
| of the ride or from a collection point as you leave the | | | | flash drive will continue to be used as a "flash drive". |
| park. | | | | This in turns ensures on-going brand recall and |
| The photo's serve as a great memento of your day | | | | exposure and hopefully generates repeat business to |
| at the park and they're very popular but for many the | | | | the park! |
| prospect of carry around relatively large photographs | | | | |