TheBEASTunchained Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Valleyfair has recently announced the parks 2013 addition, Dinosaurs Alive. http://coaster-net.com/news/1886-dinosaurs-come-alive-at-valleyfair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Bet they can't wait for WindSeeker: New for 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Man, the suspense was killing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastrider97 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I think I would be more surprised if it wasn't a DA! attraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 WoF is getting DA for 2013 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 This makes me wonder something......If Cedar Point announced Gatekeeper already, CGA announced Gold striker, WoF announced DA, Valleyfair announced Dinosaurs Alive, Kings Dominion plans on announcing something new this month, and besides KBF and a few other Cedar Fair parks, that leaves Kings Island without any annoucements of new anything. Do you guys think KI will get anything new? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 ^In my opinion, no. Well, no new ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium13 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Just found something that I thought was interesting. I went over to Valleyfair's Facebook page to read the obligatory Dinosaurs Alive! complaining, and under one post by someone who claimed they wouldn't visit until a B & M was added, in the long list of comments someone posted: I've heard Dino's Alive at KI has already paid itself off. Name a Beemer that was able to pay for itself. And Valleyfair liked the comment, I found it funny, but I do have a strange sense of humor sometimes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 We have our announcement, the slaying of the Son, well this is FUN. I wonder how long shall it stay? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TombraiderTy Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I find it comical that the public's response to Dinosaurs Alive! on Valleyfair's facebook page is identical to the response on Kings Island's, Cedar Point's, etc. - "you guys are making a mistake", "this is dumb", "you should invest in a roller coaster instead", etc. Yet the dinosaurs are obviously profitable, or else they wouldn't continually be added to the parks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 These dinosaurs are haunting me, I CANT GET AWAY FROM THEM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I find it comical that the public's response to Dinosaurs Alive! on Valleyfair's facebook page is identical to the response on Kings Island's, Cedar Point's, etc. - "you guys are making a mistake", "this is dumb", "you should invest in a roller coaster instead", etc. Yet the dinosaurs are obviously profitable, or else they wouldn't continually be added to the parks. Well, if you brand something with "new" people will go to it. Also people are bound to go to it, all of the lines are full, its hot, so they go to the DA! For FUN and ssuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI-ORIG-EMP Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 "new" in the case of New Coke of a huge flop! In Dinosaurs Alive! case, it has turned a profit and is something the entire family can enjoy, which they all can't in the case of an extreme roller coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 If Dinosaurs Alive wasn't profitable, it wouldn't spread from park to park. If B&M coasters didn't pay for themselves and generate profits, parks wouldn't keep buying them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I expect something Illuminating Kings Island in 2013. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The question I've had, and haven't seen answered other than my own observation, is how popular is DA in 2012 @ Kings Island? Its always struck me as a "see it once, no need to see it again" type attraction. If it paid itself off in the 1st year, well that's great b/c my regular mid week trips in the evening never saw much activity in the DA area or gift shop. Granted, an evening Mid-week might not be the best example, so if saturday afternoons DA is as hoping this season as it was last year, I'd love to see it. If it can pay itself off in 1 year, then provide a small profit in year 2, 3, etc... until their lease is up, then its a win/win for the park. It doesn't take a ton of development, they'll get a decent splash for families w/ young children and then turn it around for something else. And that may well indeed be the exact idea they're aiming for. A new B&M coaster is suppossed to last the park 20+ years, so the payback can be longer. Perhaps the DA are truely only meant to last until the lease expires (2018 is what I heard, don't know if that's true) then allow them to make a different bang in same area w/ minimal amount of deconstruction costs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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