I'm not in objection to the "new" SF commercials, but they are everywhere you go on tv, radio, in the newspapers, and billboards. I don't know, but it seems wasteful to keep on spending more on commercials (etc) when your park is filled in July to the brim.
They should advertise in May, and partly through June, but in July, August, and even in October? Come on. I don't mean not to advertise at all, but not to go "all out" during these times because it is wasteful spending. SF needs money to save due to lawsuits, rides they put in, shows, debt, employee pay, and everything else.
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Enough is Enough
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They can do what they want, attendance has been way up on nice days, heck when I left the park today it was pretty busy (left at 12:30), like Demon full switchback busy and it's only going to get busier.
Those advertisements you dont like seeing bring people to the park to make even more money for them. SO actually when you think about it another way, those ads might double or triple the amount of money that is taken in by all those ads. So its actually a better thing to run them constantly.
Also, Six Flags already paid for that airtime they use. P.S. Dont worry about Six Flags financial situation anyway... who cares if they keep running ads does it effect your wallet? 
That's early (12:30). This is what I'm saying, bad decision to keep on wasting money.
I don't want them to go out of business anytime soon like some other parks have. I guess it does affect my "wallet" because the season passes will probably go up a couple of dollars, and so will general admission tickets.
The commercials are drawing people like you wouldnt believe, so therefor I say, nough isnt enough, keep em coming.
Next your going to tell me the talking lizards hurt budweiser Around the world and back
Also think of how much people Mr. Six is going to bring in on the 9th, that speaks for itself right there (most everybody I know is going for that, lol)
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Cry me a river. If you visit 3 times on a season pass, you're already saving something on the order of $35-$40 dollars... If they really want to make money, they'd probably get rid of passes altogether.
So they should just stop running ads? You obviously have never taken (or understand) marketing. If you got something good, RUN WITH IT!!!!
If you dont like it, CHANGE THE CHANNEL. There are 100 of them out there. Stop crying and pick a thread topic thats interesting. YOU ARE A FAILURE AT LIFE!
Hey, the ads are free laughter for me! lighten up & just have fun
bush sucks
This advertisement campaign is the SMARTEST thing Six Flags could've ever done. It makes so much sense to put a song that gets stuck in your head so easily in your commercial. Also, I haven't talked to a person yet who doesn't like the old man. I say three cheers for Six flags, but........... I'm too lazy to type them. Oh well.
'' If u commited suicide, u wouldn't be here anymore'' - Gangsta Fruit
Remember Six Flags fired their old Advertisement firm over the off-season, and hired a new one, Think it helped?
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I think that it helped dramatically, commercials this year are much better than previous years, the are funny and draw crowds=money.
As for the season passes, they encourage people to buy sp because they make more money off of the sp holders than the tickets. How? They only make $10 off of each ticket sold due to taxes and operations. Also most of the money the park makes is through food sales, with sp holders coming more often, they sell more food to them. Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
As was probably aready said, that commercial is an attention grabber.
The other day I was in the cafeteria at my technical school. That commercial came on all the TV's, and as soon as the song started, everyone stopped to watch. Everyone was smiling, and a few even started to bop their heads to the music. As soon as it was over, you wouldn't believe all of the "We gotta go to Six Flags" comments that were flying around. Like was said, stick with what works. Finally Coaster Season!!
Six Flags Nation Wide must keep advertising because bad weather is really hurting the chains attendence. If Parks keep closing like Six Flags Over Texas due to 1.2 Million dollars in flood damage, prospests for next year look grim. As it stands unless attendence spikes only half of all Capital Improvements will go through and yes, that includes Great America. As it stand now the only parks slated to receive anything are those who didn't get Capital Improvements this year. So I urge you to visit all Six Flags Parks as often as possible. Don't be fulled a Full day at Great America can't make up for Closed Six Flags Over Texas or a week of low attendence in all Southern Parks due to Rain.
It's bad that they have 1.2 million worth of damage, but if you think how much is invested in a SF park, it has to be more than a 100 million. How long are they going to closed for; the year? I hope not, because one park closed can hurt the chain real bad.
On the side note: I was at the first C.A.D. event, and the two places I read about it were on the book that SF gives you, and a letter through the mail. My point is that they didn't need to advertise (on tv, radio, newspaper, etc), yet this event was packed.
From what i heard, a huge amount of season passes were purchased the day of the event, by people in the park who saw they could stay another two hours On a side note SFOT is open Around the world and back
I have to agree, I hate the song, the old guy, and the commercials. There is nothing more I would rather see (or lack of therefor) is the removal of thoes commercials. They just make me so angry. And I don't care about six flags financial situation, I care about myself.
Ha, that sounded really stuck up and self centered, but what are you gonna do about it, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and mine is the complete distruction of anything relating to thoes commericals. GOD I HATE THAT OLD MAN! *venting is over* Edit: And WTF is up with the name 'Mr. Six'...Arg...Just more reasons to hate all that TV crap. *real end to venting*
To clarify, I'm not against any of the commercials, the song, or Mr. Six. It just doesn't make sense. People get the idea I think by now. It's was kind of funny to see the advertising ahead of time. The park wasn't even open in March or April and yet you saw the SF commercials. Yeah, let's go to a closed park.
Also, about the commericals, it cracks me up because they always use different parks rollercoasters and parks to use for a advertisment.
-Roller Coaster Enthusiast
They need to advertise! Or they won't get any guests, well not as much!
 . Plus Mr. Six is cool!http://www.youtube.com/xKonsentox
The song rocks, everything else can fall into a big hole with pointy rocks at the bottem and die...
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Some of the commercials are for the whole Six Flags chain and don't even mention SfGaM itself so thats why they use random rides. This also saves time and money and they don't have to go around shooting video of every park that they are going to make a commercial for.
It is a nationwide campaign, all the parks use the same commercial, the only thing different is the name of the park at the end of the commercial.
Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
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