coasterfanatic wrote:I don't believe the park will spend money to invest in a water park expansion. The water park is already pretty big, is only open from May-September, and with the Great Wolf Lodge opening on the other side of the ride, it might not make much sense.
Let's see if the Pictorium gets demolished first...
Great Wolf Lodge is not a reason against a WP expansion, it's a reason to do it. SF doesn;t want their WP to seem bad in comparison. WP's have good ROI's for amusement parks, especially chain parks SF and CF.
If the Pictorium was being removed, I'd be surprised it was still on this year's map (but then again, they somehow neglected to advertise HitP on the map, and still show the old kiddie Ferris Wheel even though they don't plan on running it, so I'm not exactly sure WHAT they were doing with the map this year)
anewman35 wrote:If the Pictorium was being removed, I'd be surprised it was still on this year's map (but then again, they somehow neglected to advertise HitP on the map, and still show the old kiddie Ferris Wheel even though they don't plan on running it, so I'm not exactly sure WHAT they were doing with the map this year)
Well then again it's Six Flags, like reference to the Six Flags app they still have King Chaos on there. Also I know why they don't change the maps. 1. They don't have the time, and 2. They don't feel like spending the money on fixing it.
How come Lightning Rod is never open when I go.
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anewman35 wrote:If the Pictorium was being removed, I'd be surprised it was still on this year's map (but then again, they somehow neglected to advertise HitP on the map, and still show the old kiddie Ferris Wheel even though they don't plan on running it, so I'm not exactly sure WHAT they were doing with the map this year)
The map is indeed strange this year. I noticed it isn't offset printed (printed with a photo plate). Instead it's digitally printed (giant inkjet printer). You can tell because the image is made up of tiny dots instead of solid color. The paper is also slightly tacky and similar to photo paper. Usually digital printing is much more expensive than offset, so I don't know why they would choose to go that route instead unless they were pressed for time. Could be a weird choice of printing or possibly they weren't willing to reveal some things on opening day. Who knows.
RollingCoasting wrote:I heard it's being demolished this week
TOTAL SPECULATION HERE: I pass by the employee entrance every day on the way to work. Monday I saw three big dump trucks entering the backstage area. Could be for MGHangover construction or something else. Ill leave it at that.
^I like to see Sky Trek Tower and V2 on that mural. That sort of tells me they aren't thinking of getting rid of those rides yet.
So, just so I'm clear, F is the Joker. From looking at it, at first, it looked like a Euro Fighter. The Joker has a much wider track than the painting shows.
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Ilovthevu' wrote:So, just so I'm clear, F is the Joker. From looking at it, at first, it looked like a Euro Fighter. The Joker has a much wider track than the painting shows.
Im pretty sure that is supposed to be whizzer. Its missing the trains.
_FuryBull_330_ wrote:Well then again it's Six Flags, like reference to the Six Flags app they still have King Chaos on there. Also I know why they don't change the maps. 1. They don't have the time, and 2. They don't feel like spending the money on fixing it.
Changing it would take a few minutes. The cost would be a next to nothing, meanwhile SF spent 81M in Q1 on stock buybacks and they don't want to spend literally pennies in comparison to fix an app. That tells what they think of their patrons. They surely have a web/app company under contract or have someone in house that handles all 13 parks. Neither are valid excuses, it's just SF incompetence and taking patrons for granted.
Sven18 wrote:Neither are valid excuses, it's just SF incompetence and taking patrons for granted.
Here's my thoughts. Park management knew pictorium was gone but didn't know how soon they could demolish it. But they knew Hangover would be done soon. They have to promote Hangover on opening day, so they make a small run of maps with both Hangover and Pictorium (See my other post for my observation of the map). This could play some part of why HITP is missing too. As for the app, it's probably easier to swap it after everything is said and done rather than trying to update the app two times for both pictorium and hangover. To me, it's a very planned out thing they did. I'll bet you we'll have properly printed maps very soon if they aren't printed already.
It makes zero sense they would feel some temporary obligation to include Pictorium on the map if they knew they weren't using it this year. Theme park maps frequently just don't show things that are really there but aren't actually being used. And I'm not aware of any time (at least in recent history) that Six Flags has updated a map in midseason. I'd be incredibly shocked if they updated the map before Fright Fest.
I noticed that the 2 mural images (above) are slightly different. Look at the 'S' and 'F' on both images. Are they from different sites, or is one image not totally complete?
Also, are we totally sure Pictorium is coming down? Could the "dirt pile and digging" be to repair some landscaping or even some below ground electrical or plumbing issue?
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At the park. Pictorium is coming down. Can’t see much from the path, but when we entered the park I saw rubble through the trees. If I can get a picture I’ll send it.
I don't know if they are really demolishing the Pictorium. Maybe they are just performing some renovation work on the back wall... /s
I understand the history of the Pictorium, but I don't think it has been a park staple for more than a decade. Once IMAX became more prevalent at movie theaters and (I'm guessing) SF declined to make the jump to digital IMAX, the Pictorium was never going to regain it's importance in the park.
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