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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on March 16th, 2017, 9:49 am
Just beat me to it. :) The new opening day can't come soon enough!
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Postby Eagle04 on March 16th, 2017, 11:08 am
Is Friday April 14th a school break day? Seems odd to be open at 10:30am on a school day otherwise.
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Postby gottastrata33 on March 16th, 2017, 11:19 am
I am so happy! I won't miss opening day now :D
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Postby DejaVu2001 on March 16th, 2017, 11:24 am
Eagle04 wrote:Is Friday April 14th a school break day? Seems odd to be open at 10:30am on a school day otherwise.


April 14th is Good Friday.
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Postby Eagle04 on March 16th, 2017, 4:17 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:
Eagle04 wrote:Is Friday April 14th a school break day? Seems odd to be open at 10:30am on a school day otherwise.


April 14th is Good Friday.


I'm out of step with schools, is that a regular holiday off?
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Postby momlovescoasters on March 16th, 2017, 5:30 pm
Yes, many schools have off that day.
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Postby RollingCoasting on March 16th, 2017, 8:29 pm
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Postby staticshadows on March 17th, 2017, 12:45 pm
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on March 17th, 2017, 12:56 pm
Whoa, interesting name change. Gotta say I've never even heard of that villain. Something else to note is that there is nothing about the Primo's expansion in the food court and that it is listed as MAcho Taco, not Macho Nacho.
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Postby great america fan on March 17th, 2017, 1:25 pm
The Falcone thing can go either way as I do like the character in Gotham. granted I could just be happy that it wasn't renamed John Duffy's sports bar. I really can't stand strutters, why does an AMUSEMENT park need two sports bars? who in their right mind is going to pay $40 to get into an amusement park just to drink and watch sports in a tiny crappy "restaurant" when they can go to buffalo wild wings down the street. sorry mini rant over I just HATE theses sports bar makeovers.
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Postby RollingCoasting on March 17th, 2017, 3:46 pm
great america fan wrote:I really can't stand strutters, why does an AMUSEMENT park need two sports bars? who in their right mind is going to pay $40 to get into an amusement park just to drink and watch sports in a tiny crappy "restaurant" when they can go to buffalo wild wings down the street.


Technically, we have 3 ;) (JB's , Strutter's and Falcone's)

Seeing as Strutter's proved to be a successful renovation, I bet this will be, too. Not to mention that section of the park is going to be packed this summer with a new coaster right next door, so I'd expect crowds at the restaurant to be anything but light.

Was it necessary? No, not really. But maybe the park feels that Sports Bars get more crowds than regular park restaurants, or maybe they want more guests to stay in the park for food. If people went out to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch/dinner like you said, then BWW is getting money for food, not SFGAm.
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Postby Coaster Justin on March 17th, 2017, 5:32 pm
RollingCoasting wrote:
great america fan wrote:I really can't stand strutters, why does an AMUSEMENT park need two sports bars? who in their right mind is going to pay $40 to get into an amusement park just to drink and watch sports in a tiny crappy "restaurant" when they can go to buffalo wild wings down the street.


Technically, we have 3 ;) (JB's , Strutter's and Falcone's)

Seeing as Strutter's proved to be a successful renovation, I bet this will be, too. Not to mention that section of the park is going to be packed this summer with a new coaster right next door, so I'd expect crowds at the restaurant to be anything but light.

Was it necessary? No, not really. But maybe the park feels that Sports Bars get more crowds than regular park restaurants, or maybe they want more guests to stay in the park for food. If people went out to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch/dinner like you said, then BWW is getting money for food, not SFGAm.



Plus Beer & Alcohol makes bango bucks. Cedar Point went from 3 places to like 10+ places.
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Postby gottastrata33 on March 17th, 2017, 7:16 pm
Gotham's mob boss? Hmm. Kind of interesting if they keep it mostly Italian food then seeing he's like an old style mobster character. Idk if he was Italian on the show though haha
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Postby JaminOut on March 18th, 2017, 11:49 am
^He was.


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Postby gottastrata33 on March 18th, 2017, 12:19 pm
Interesting. Well, I'll be honest I thought Carmine was a female villain & I got really proud of the park but now it's meh lol
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Postby RollingCoasting on March 18th, 2017, 3:45 pm
From JiggidyNDG Facebook:

"A trusted source repots that Giant Drop will have VR through Memorial Day."

While only a rumor right now, I was 99% sure this would happen
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Postby Tardis1972 on March 19th, 2017, 2:48 pm
^ I'm not surprised by this either. Especially after SFOG announced VR on their drop tower. Heck I'm pretty sure I said we could see VR on Giant Drop after SFTT announced VR on Scream. At least it will only be until Memorial Day and not all year.
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Postby Jacklw6499 on March 19th, 2017, 5:17 pm
Awesome! So would we expect VR Drop on good friday? (Opening day).
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on March 19th, 2017, 8:30 pm
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Postby Viper 88 on March 19th, 2017, 9:39 pm
GreatAmerica fan I'm right there with you! I hate it because it seems like it is more like a place for parents to park themselves stare pointlessly at sports and click away on their damn phones. Sure the food is good at Strutters anyways but did they really have to take the charm away from the original park?
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Postby B&MGuy35 on March 20th, 2017, 2:59 pm
Whizzer Whiz Kid wrote:Anyone going?
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Postby great america fan on March 20th, 2017, 5:27 pm
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Rides are starting to be assembled and it appears the lobster will be sporting its classic paint job
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Postby RollingCoasting on March 20th, 2017, 5:30 pm
I honestly like it more than ERC's paint job. This is looking to be a great season thus far :)
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on March 20th, 2017, 6:06 pm
Hooray for original paint!

I'm going to really like this season. :D
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Postby Coaster Justin on March 20th, 2017, 11:44 pm
Am I the only one who hopes there are lobster prints in the concrete? Or at least paintings?
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