maxwellt wrote:Idk, I hope they rip up parking lot, but they might take out the pictorium. And I mean, people may be mad it's a new season pass to buy, bt six flags is a business, and they'll do anything to cop some cash from us. It's a good strategy however, and I never go to the water park so for me idrc
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The parking lot gets so crowded anyway, Where are they gonna put some people if they use more? Parking Garage?
anewman35 wrote:I'd think one benefit of this is that some years for the standalone water parks they give both the main park and the water park something new, that never happens for us now...
This could be a tip off that Six Flags is buying another water park in the area, such as Raging Waves in Yorkville. Then they can sell combo passes to Raging Waves + Great America or Hurricane Harbor + Great America. This would give Six Flags the ability to increase prices and boost ticket sales to Great America.
From the Q2 2017 Earnings Call Transcript:
Our strategy to acquire water parks nearby our existing theme park assets is very exciting. In our first test market of Mexico City, we've seen season pass sales increase by almost 40% this year, most of which we estimate is due to the new water park being bundled into the season pass offering. Since we announced our water park acquisition strategy, we have received multiple inbound inquiries from water park operators around the U.S., so the opportunity is not only compelling, but it's large scale.
gottastrata33 wrote:I'll be honest with you, aside from the separate entrances (this is in a small town in IL I don't think multiple admissions would work well but who knows) I think if allll of that came here next year, I'd be very happy.
Gurnee is not a "small town", it's a suburb between a giant city and another good sized city. It's no different than Great Adventure.
You're right. That was a bit silly to say. Gurnee is small in comparison to Chicago obv but - This park pulls in so many damn people from the tri-state area, it's insane. I'm always talkin about how we need higher capacity attractions here due to the amount of people that are pulled into this park.
Maybe after all these years it will finally be that separate gate. Here's the concept photo where you can see what the original plans were. I looked back at season pass prices that year when they announced it and I can't believe how high they were. $82.99 for reg park $82.99 for water park and $139.99 for a combo pass.
Omg I remember this! There was a huge sign on the side of Ragin cajun before the bridge on the left that had this whole map sayin there was a massive new water park coming in 2005! I love "old school" concept art. But yeah you can see the entrance is pretty much right where they gate opening is now right?
I think a water coaster would be the wisest decision. As I've said, the waterpark deserves just as much as the dry park. Iit doesn't matter if you go a lot or I go a lot. The park is very popular & the crowds could use more attractions to disperse them in more areas.
Different than the standard one. Probably to make it the tallest.
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SFGAM_Hog wrote:If that's true I'd love if they themed it to the southwest and named it something like tumbleweed.
Hell yeah! Tumbleweed, El Diablo, Lasoo (NOT Wonder woman's golden lasoo... just lasoo lol) Something South West themed would be great! I hope this rumor comes true!
Probably not. They said they were going to announce it at IAAPA.
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I'm gonna be real honest, I was really worried at what that illustration was. Lol on mobile, it's really zoomed in so I was like ummm
Anyways. I could do without the super loop, yes. But if it's a bonus to us receiving a water park expansion, I can't complain that both parks are getting something. Plus, it's another attraction for people to enjoy. What's wrong with that? What I don't want to see is it being marketed as our next major coaster if it was the only addition we're getting.
No doubt about it, adding Hurricane Harbor to Great America was one of the best moves ever made, in my opinion it should have been done much sooner than 2005! I would love to see them expand Hurricane Harbor to completely fill in this section of parking lot, however, I don't know if Six Flags would spend the money building a parking garage in the over flow lot, which would almost certainly be needed if this type of expansion happened.
I still like the idea of SAVING the cash from 2018 and getting something amazing in 2019!! And, a side benefit is that it will force people (like myself) to ride the Joker LOL!
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