Hank Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 In Today's Blade newspaper... http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2015/12/10/Cedar-Fair-pursues-new-strategies.html 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 My favorite two words in the article (and the only "news" for me): "...more shade...." Hallelujah!! So Dad can drink a....Coke. Yeah, right. Nevertheless, it's about time. Can TRAMS be next? Please? (And why do I hear Jeff Seibert saying "cheap and cheerful?) Terp, in his seventh decade lover of shade and trams 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 And along with all that I'm betting higher costs.... And a "surveillance" photos idea capturing candid photos? I think that was mentioned on this site somewhere... So much for RFID not tracing your every move and habit... Lol! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Some places use "Magic Bands..." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 So Action theatre may be renovated to a PvZ game, or Mass Affect. Unfortunately they are partnering with EA Games who has been tagged Worst Company in America by Consumers back to back years 2012-2013. More Shade is a nice addition. Still no word on our Food Experience being improved on. AND no word on if we will see something other than an B&M coaster addition, being added to a CF park. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I received a Seasons Pass survey on my phone last night... Food experience was a part of that survey .... So perhaps... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 As a 2015 Dorney Park Platinum Passholder, I've received no survey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 As a 2015 Dorney Park Platinum Passholder, I've received no survey. As a 2015 Kings Island Platinium passholder, and Platinum Season Dining plan holder. I too didn't receive a survey. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Me a Gold Pass holder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I bug them at Guest Services so much, they never need to send me a survey. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 So Action theatre may be renovated to a PvZ game, or Mass Affect. Unfortunately they are partnering with EA Games who has been tagged Worst Company in America by Consumers back to back years 2012-2013. More Shade is a nice addition. Still no word on our Food Experience being improved on. AND no word on if we will see something other than an B&M coaster addition, being added to a CF park. Amen brother! I have more than one of theirs that are only good for frisbees! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I got a survey in my inbox yesterday as well. Filled it out this evening. Food service "suggestions" were made when asked for comments. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 So Action theatre may be renovated to a PvZ game, or Mass Affect. Unfortunately they are partnering with EA Games who has been tagged Worst Company in America by Consumers back to back years 2012-2013. More Shade is a nice addition. Still no word on our Food Experience being improved on. AND no word on if we will see something other than an B&M coaster addition, being added to a CF park.And EA continues to "disappoint" consumers (won't even call them fans) with their latest atrocity, Star Wars Battlefront EA. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 And EA continues to "disappoint" consumers (won't even call them fans) with their latest atrocity, Star Wars Battlefront EA.I completely agree that they botched Battlefront, i would not be surprised if old battlefront game modes show up in $80 worth DLC. IE: space battle, galactic conquest, clone wars era.... I do like Titanfall tho, and Madden. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtk1378 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 You're kinda forced to like Madden since there is nothing to really compare it to... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuska11 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 ^Back in the 2005 ESPN gave a shot with ESPN NFL 2K5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtk1378 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Would be great if there was a 2k15 but NFL did an exclusive contract with EA Sports 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Would be great if there was a 2k15 but NFL did an exclusive contract with EA Sports Anyone here have any idea when that contract expires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 ^Back in the 2005 ESPN gave a shot with ESPN NFL 2K5. And even they were not the first. I have an old video game cheats magazine from 2002 and one of the arcticles included in addition to the cheats is them comparing the games Madden NFL 2003, NFL 2K3, NFL Gameday 2003, and NFL Fever 2003. So in 2002, you had 3 different football games to choose from (depending on whether you had a PS2 or Xbox, as Gameday was PS2 only and NFL Fever was only on Xbox- on Gamecube there was only 2K and Madden). However the article makes it pretty clear that Madden & NFL 2K3 were the best games of the bunch by far. Thus, by 2004 when Madden NFL 2005 and ESPN NFL 2K5 came out, GameDay and NFL Fever were dead due to the fact they simply were not up to snuff. In their eagerness to overtake Madden, 2K Games not only put a huge amount of content and features into their latest game, but found a way to sell the game through one of their budget title subsidiaries, thus all 2004 (2K5) ESPN video games were able to be sold for $19.99 brand new at launch, including NFL 2K5. This gave them a huge price advantage over Madden NFL 2005, and sales of NFL 2K5 skyrocketed over what past games had sold, thus actually challenging Madden's supremacy. Instead of competing fairly, EA ruined their pants in fear and went to the NFL to secure an exclusive licensing deal instead, and the NFL agreed, as it felt 2K Games selling ESPN NFL 2K5 for $20 was undervaluing the NFL image (Basically, the NFL thought what 2K was doing made the NFL look "cheap"...the NFL wanted their games to be $50 at launch just like other titles). And so, Madden became the only NFL game in town. Then came the launch of the horrible Madden NFL 06 on the then next-gen Xbox 360, and you can kind of still say that series has never been the same since, as no other Maddens have apparently even come close to Madden NFL 2004 & 2005's sales and reception. Wasn't the first time EA did this as well, as in 2003, they signed a deal to make their NASCAR video game series the only one in town as well, killing off the excellent NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona and PC-only NASCAR Racing (insert year here) franchises. That deal ended in 2009, with EA releasing a NASCAR themed Kart racer on the Wii as their final title before they let the deal expire. Since then the NASCAR license has bounced around a bit, but is now in the hands of a young upstart company called DMi games who are now making NASCAR 2016 for PS4 & Xbox One as their first title (they also published a NASCAR '15 game for PS3 & 360, but it is basically NASCAR '14 which was by Deep Silver & Eutechnyx with roster and rule change updates and some bug fixes). And that's some backstory on what happened between NFL 2K and Madden basically...(sees thread title)...oh wow, this is off-topic. Oh well. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Wasn't the first time EA did this as well, as in 2003, they signed a deal to make their NASCAR video game series the only one in town as well, killing off the excellent NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona and PC-only NASCAR Racing (insert year here) franchises. That deal ended in 2009, with EA releasing a NASCAR themed Kart racer on the Wii as their final title before they let the deal expire. Since then the NASCAR license has bounced around a bit, but is now in the hands of a young upstart company called DMi games who are now making NASCAR 2016 for PS4 & Xbox One as their first title (they also published a NASCAR '15 game for PS3 & 360, but it is basically NASCAR '14 which was by Deep Silver & Eutechnyx with roster and rule change updates and some bug fixes). EA no longer has the NASCAR license? Good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 ^Yup- they did. NASCAR video games since NASCAR 09 have been by companies besides EA. Gran Turismo 5 & 6 (Sony) both had a few NASCAR cars & tracks, and then the 2011 NASCAR Game was by Activision and developed by Eutechnyx, as well as its sequel, NASCAR The Game: Inside Line in 2012. Sadly Eutechnyx isn't known for being a very good game developer and thus the games were flawed and buggy and thus nowhere near the levels of the mid-2000's games. There was also an Arcade Racer called NASCAR Unleashed in 2011. Due to the flaws though, they didn't sell very well, so there was no NASCAR '13 game (on consoles anyway- on PC, a expansion for Inside Line was released for that year) and Activision gave up the license as well, so Deep Silver picked up the license but stupidly kept Eutechnyx instead of building a brand new engine, thus NASCAR '14 was more of the same. Deep Silver then also gave up the license, and now a new company called DMI games has it. Their first release was simply to take the NASCAR '14 game and update it, but they did fix a lot of the bugs too (and were kind enough to not charge $60 for it- NASCAR '15 launched at a price of only $20, kinda like NFL 2k5 did ), and now their first serious release will be on PS4/Xbox One and is being made in-house by DMI, not Eutechnyx. What has me hopeful is DMI is made up of a bunch of old EA (NASCAR Thunder), Papyrus (Nascar Racing Series), and Monster Games (Dirt to Daytona) developers who worked on the great NASCAR games for the mid-2000's. NASCAR '16 has the potential to be the best NASCAR game in almost a decade, by far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Excellent. Dirt to Daytona was perhaps my favorite NASCAR game on my old PS2. (Darlington, I still hate you. ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth555 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 KD could sure use some shade and it seems by ride surveillance cameras they just mean the ride cameras that are already installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 So Action theatre may be renovated to a PvZ game, or Mass Affect. Unfortunately they are partnering with EA Games who has been tagged Worst Company in America by Consumers back to back years 2012-2013. More Shade is a nice addition. Still no word on our Food Experience being improved on. AND no word on if we will see something other than an B&M coaster addition, being added to a CF park.And EA continues to "disappoint" consumers (won't even call them fans) with their latest atrocity, Star Wars Battlefront EA. Compared to Konami, EA has been treating their customers (and their associates) like royalty this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I need to do some research then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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