Great Adventure Put Jackson On The Map

[The Interpreter]

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...553/1070/NEWS02

[KIBeast]

A GREAT quote, (pun intended)

"We've been aggressively working on our image as a family-friendly park," Kane said, describing how they enforce a code of conduct, which includes "No Smoking," "No Line Cutting," and "No Profanity."

In other words, doing what they should have been doing from the beginning.

[The Interpreter]

Well, it IS a totally different 'they.'

The Great Adventure of today bears little resemblance to that of even five years ago.

And that is, for the most part, a very good thing.

We all know that many other parks could do a bit more about smoking, line cutting and profanity, as well...but they were never as bad in that regard as was Great Adventure. Well, except for Six Flags Elitch Gardens and Paramount's Great America...in my experiences, the first had many guest conduct problems (think near riots) and the latter had perhaps the worst line jumping I have ever seen in any park anywhere.

[KIBeast]

You are right about that. Not the same owners. Near riots?

[The Interpreter]

Yep, and from what I hear my experiences were not unique. This was also under the old Premier Parks...people would line jump, other people would confront them, and near fights would result. Security was often called.

It was not a pleasant experience. At Paramount's Great America, no one seemed to do anything about the constant line jumping. Standing in line and waiting one's turn made one feel like a chump. Several of the rides actually had well beaten paths skipping the queue lines! Demon comes immediately to mind. The near identical ride and queue set-up did not have such well worn short cuts at the Chicago twin park, by then run by Six Flags.