IBEW_Sparky

First, ridership numbers... at least if we are talking about "X ride carried Y amount of people on it in a year"... cannot be used as an accurate correlation to attendance numbers. There are too many variables, from non-riders at the park, to how many multiple rides any given patron takes on any given ride. Second, there is no guarantee a given new ride will bring enough new riders to create a favorable ROI. Example, my opinion is that Valravn could be built at the bottom of Lake Erie, and Id ride it just as often. Finally... and this statement is truly not meant to come off as condescending, but a genuine desire as to your thoughts.... bring up a Google Earth image of the park, and tell me how you think the park would get people back to that area of land to the new anything.... giga or non-giga. Im truly having a hard time seeing a feasible path.

Thank you for saying what I wanted to.... because no matter how hard I tried, I couldnt figure out how to do it my way without violating the TOS or site censors.

After last years FailMania, if I were still a member of a club, I would without a shadow of a doubt pick HoliWood Nights.

I just figured out what else those trains remind me of... The Mystery Machine!

Exactly that. I dont actively wish for the park to fail, I simply choose to not contribute to its coffers for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its location.Its success or failure hinges on its current operator, and that is why there are a good number of us who are skeptical at best in regards to its success.

With some of the reports I heard last season, Im sure there are some who would welcome that!! As for me, I know that I am an enigma, but part of what I enjoy about being on a ride... coaster especially.... is the fact that its just me and machine, with NO interaction for that time ranging from 18 seconds to 4 minutes 50 seconds. I am not a fan of game associates who are squawkers for instance, if I want to play it, I will, and will be LESS likely to do so if there is some associate acting like a Carney to get me to play. I understand both sides, I do, and I understand and fully accept there need to be humans who work the rides for means of checking restraints, line separating, etc etc. What I do wish, is that said humans would efficiently and responsibly operate said rides and attractions without what they think is "flair" (speeling) or the infamous "power hours". I see this program as a huge win, in the respect that those associates, as has been mentioned here, will no longer have to worry about carrying money on their person and have the fear of termination if their till comes up long or short.

Annie are you OK?

That, is the one thing that would make me put the KI app on my phone. I would LOVE that kind of efficiency!!!!

And, keeping the tradition going of adding attractions that the competition to the northeast doesnt have, here is a sneak peek of whats coming in 2017 (provided there is a 2017 season)....

And speaking of appearances, why is it that every time I look at the logo on the train, I expect to see the tornado scribble to all of a sudden turn into the Tazmanian Devil? Regarding the colors, the purple especially, it reminds me of the colors the PAAS Easter Egg Coloring Kit dye eggs!

And that still is dependent on A)the ride ops taking the time to properly clean them or B)the park staffing extra employees in the stations to clean them. Both options are a pipe dream, at best.

In an hour and a half, four trains had completed the load/run/unload cycle. Ludicrous.

No clean up reports as of yet, I just posed the question to her Facebook post.

And to continue the "this is the worst idea SIX has had in a very long time" thread..... a report just in from a Friend at SFOG states that in 20 minutes, 2 cars on DDD have loaded and dispatched, with the third still loading. The first two cars are stacked, waiting to unload.

I absolutely couldnt agree more with that statement about 2015, and since I was unable to go to the park last year, I will have my SD card in my phone loaded with my kind of music and my headphones in the whole day enjoying solo time on the rides.

I will be there for this one, without a doubt.

I know Id have a very hard time looking at "my" old park every single time I looked out my window, or was outside in my yard on any given day. I cant even imagine how hard it is for a guy with his ego, so that probably plays into it as well. I dont even like seeing a car Ive once owned, after Ive sold it.

Having four trains, and RUNNING four trains, are two entirely different things. The steps to using Wiki, should be A)Dont use Wiki, and B)Revert to step A. From what I remember from reading previous reliable statements on this site, the fourth train was, and likely still is being used for parts. Edit, lol, I was writing this at roughly the same time Terpy was writing/posting His response.

That park was by far the one I thought of first when I thought "In what Universe were the heads of those who thought this would be a good idea?" Im sorry, but lets be honest, thats about as sound an idea as leaving a new Corvette in the parking lot of that same park, running.

And as I said, I thought very clearly, UNLESS its as good as Fury 325 (so, yes I know what a B&M Giga is and can do/does). THAT is what I meant when I said "KI does not need a 100ft taller version of Diamondback". In other words, since further explanation is needed, I dont wish to see a faster version of a snore-machine. As for the rest, I think Terpy covered that part pretty well. Edit: Since I have no desire to see this opinion thread turned into yet another debate thread, I will re-iterate that... like I said in my post in the first place.... Id really like to see a terrain hugging twisty GCI similar to Prowler. Sparky, saying bye-bye to yet another thread.

Id honestly like to see a GCI the likes of Prowler at the park. I feel they could work it into an X-Base expansion, and unless the park could guarantee a Giga thats as good as Fury 325, the fast, twisty GCI would be the better idea. The park doesnt need a 100ft taller version of Diamondback.

So was calakapepe

The unfortunate truth sometimes in Marketing is that, things EXACTLY like that happen. In some people's eyes and Harts, any PR is good PR, whatever gets people talking or looking at a website is good. Thats why there are so many clickbait articles on social media websites. That, again, is why I stick so strongly by the statements I made in my previous post. Edit: Im not saying that is what is happening here, what I am saying is dont ever totally discount those types of theories. PR and Marketing Departments dont always have the best interests of the general public in mind. Dont let the smiling faces fool you, they are smiling for a reason.

Please, please NO! One Tony is (more than) enough. I will never get used to, or be fond of, the Cloak and Dagger BS that this industry pulls. It was explained to me WHY they do it once, but to that explanation I say this (I know who explained it to me very well back in 2011 will see this)... Wouldnt it just be easier to wait until you have the plans approved, contractors awarded, etc to announce something instead of a year (or sometimes more) of extraneous junk that really isnt needed, like announcements of announcements of announcements? Not even the auto industry... who has a LOT more at stake... doesnt go to the extent this industry does. Regardless of how they pull things like this, in the end, there are still going to be those youngins who end up saying "Well that sucks, X park lied to us with what they were saying, they basically SAID they were going to give us a giga!!" In the minds of some thoosies, the word "basically" means "absolutely". So, instead of having the problem, just come out and say "Hey, this is just piles of dirt from such and such an area" or say "Yep, something is going to be built here, we are just not ready to say WHAT, yet". Sorry, thats just how I think because of the industries Ive been around and worked in my entire Life, carry on.

And Im willing to bet Expedia or hotels.com smokes them in both price and better "terms and conditions".