Shman Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Yes....the Phantom Flyer is up.....it is located across from the entrance to the Wild Tornberries water ride. Pretty much where the old Nick Central sign was located Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Yeah, it still doesn't make sense that, as popular as SpongeBob is, it's been shoved back to make way for a ride based on a show not that many people actually enjoy. I, personally, have a small enjoyment for the show (namely the protagonist's attraction to penguins), but I doubt I'd like it up to the point that I would want to have a ride based off of it. They probably should have themed the Skater/Disko coaster to SpongeBob SquarePants to actually make his neighborhood interesting. They could even name the ride Crash Course Boating School, because the Skater car could resemble a boatmobile, and it's spinning out of control along the track. Otherwise, calling a water maze re-theme and a mini Frog Hopper a neighborhood certainly does not make any sense. ....oh, well. I'm more excited in counting down the days until we find out who has bought the parks from CBS Corp. Even though I'm betting that Paramount has a strict guideline and a master plan that they want the new owners to follow, telling them what attractions to put in so that Paramount and CBS don't have to do it themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium13 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Even though I'm betting that Paramount has a strict guideline and a master plan that they want the new owners to follow, telling them what attractions to put in so that Paramount and CBS don't have to do it themselves. But depending on the buyer they could probably take the ideas and use them to their full potential. What I mean is everyone complains about the overhyping of new attractions, but the new buyer could actually put them on that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I think where everyone was complaining about the overhyping of attractions was with the Stunt Track and Winterfest from last year. I remember every two minutes on the radio and on TV it was commercial after commercial for the Italian Job coaster. Then, about a month after it opens, it undergoes major down-time (not that it's really a bad thing; it's completely new technology that needs to be broken in). I think it was also because of the out-of-nowhere sucess that was School of Rock LIVE! in Concert, to where as it received little to no hype whatsoever. With Winterfest, yes, I know, they were finally bringing back an age-old event that everyone wanted to come back, but, in the end, they overcharged for an event that didn't really have much to offer for everyone (not that I didn't really care for, I just wanted to go because I had never been to an event such as Winterfest). Especially when they overhyped it over a more improved and much larger FearFest, which also received little to no hype at all (I believe another reason was for Canada's Wonderland's FearFest, where it received all the glory). Almost everyone who came on Opening Night for FearFest didn't even know there was a new scare zone until they passed through the gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbruh Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 They probably should have themed the Skater/Disko coaster to SpongeBob SquarePants to actually make his neighborhood interesting. They could even name the ride Crash Course Boating School, because the Skater car could resemble a boatmobile, and it's spinning out of control along the track. Otherwise, calling a water maze re-theme and a mini Frog Hopper a neighborhood certainly does not make any sense. I think it would have been better themed to "Rocket Power". And as far as the planktons plunge attraction looks like the drop ride dollywood recieved last year in their country fair expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Even though I'm betting that Paramount has a strict guideline and a master plan that they want the new owners to follow, telling them what attractions to put in so that Paramount and CBS don't have to do it themselves. CBS Corporation's (aka Sumner Redstone's) first goal for the sale is maximization of profit. If the new owner will pay a certain sum of money, I doubt CBS aka Sumner gives a whit what happens to the parks, unless the Paramount name is also used. If it isn't, the new owner can and will do whatever it pleases. If it does use the Paramount name, there will of course be guidelines which must be followed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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