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Postby punkbunny24242 on June 15th, 2004, 7:18 am
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punkbunny24242 wrote:The other day they were playing a jazz version of "In the Summertime"

It's been in the soundtrack since Mardi Gras was an annual weekend fest.


I know during the weekend Mardi Gras fests they played that music but now they play it all of the time :D I was just stating that the music they play over there is 1/2 of the fun for me.
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Postby punkbunny24242 on June 15th, 2004, 7:28 am
Dmrbug wrote:They need to get rid of that Kariokee thing.... The singing out of there is just plain bad! I feel so bad for the guy who has to stand there all day and listen to that.

They are also missing the beer. When I think of Mardis Gras I think of beer and ..... well you know :) Maby the Kariokee wouldn't be so bad if there was beer served there.


I know! They used to sell those bottles of Voodoo beer. Lager actually.. blah! I was surprised to see that they do not anymore. I drink maybe 2 times a year so it doesn't really bother me any.. now my fiance has to go over to Farmers Market to get 1.. 2 beer TOPS. At $6 a pop you better believe that is all he is getting :) No.. I think it's good that they do charge quite a bit for the beer. Otherwise you'd see alot of drunken people walking around the park starting stuff. That would defnitley ruin it for me.
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Postby Danhockey04 on June 15th, 2004, 11:31 am
The kariokee plays all of the bad songs on purpose, there are good singers, but they want to show that there are bad singers that do it to get other people to sing, and it is very funny
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Postby Papas on June 15th, 2004, 12:06 pm
I went into guest services last year and told them to give the Power Alley employees a raise :).
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on June 15th, 2004, 12:35 pm
Papas wrote:I went into guest services last year and told them to give the Power Alley employees a raise :).


If there were any Power Alley employees left to give a raise. :wink:
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Postby Papas on June 15th, 2004, 1:23 pm
The food Power Alley place you know.
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Postby Papas on June 15th, 2004, 1:29 pm
Binks Drake wrote:^ I said minus the Eagle/Wolf Area. I mean like around farmers market and Deja VU. There's Spashwater falls and Raceway. But i think those are kind of hidden. You could walk right by the entrance to either and not know.

Speaking of County Fair flats, I went on Fiddlers Fling for the first time yesterday and am proud to report I did NOT puke :).
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Postby planea380 on June 15th, 2004, 2:18 pm
Stands up and starts clapping. seriously
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on June 15th, 2004, 7:29 pm
w00dland wrote:I don't see a whole lot of room to put a flat in...


I always thought that the spot where the rock climbing wall is would be a good spot for a flat. After all, there used to be one there long ago.

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Postby Mr. D.T. on June 15th, 2004, 11:05 pm
What was the flat like and where is it now?
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Postby playerplex on June 15th, 2004, 11:47 pm
I think its more for younger kids, but I guess they need to have fun too, as long as they don't play the song from the commercial. I hate that song now. :evil:
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Postby Ilovthevu' on June 18th, 2004, 5:55 pm
Dmrbug wrote:

They are also missing the beer. When I think of Mardi Gras I think of beer and...

When I think of Mardi Gras I think of a bunch of drunks who expose themselves in public, fight with each other, buy and sell illegal items, pickpocketers all over the place, and who pee on themselves. Great idea for an amusement park area right. Why didn't they just expand New Orleans? To me it's sad that SFGAM had to call an area of the park after a crazy fest. I know that SF is not trying to suggest to do any of these things, but rather it be more like a party. Some !!!family!!! area.

About the rides:
Jester's Wild Ride is quite sad, we don't need two of the same type (Revolution and this)
Driving in the car at 15 mph is more fun. 1 family ride

RC is quite rough, not a family ride

Big Easy Balloons is fun, 2 family rides

KC looks lame, not a family ride. I was hoping for Chance's Chaos instead of the Huss Top Spin.

I do have to give SF credit for adding KC and Revolution because of the fact that appeal more an older audience than most of the flats at SF. Whenever I go on most flats except water rides if you call them that (flats), they are loaded with younger kids. Even in the trip reports, I don't see many flats posted.

Lastly, I do have to give SF credit for putting rides in a blank area (dead part).
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Postby Timmy179 on June 18th, 2004, 7:02 pm
Umm... I would hardly call HUSS top spins lame until you have personally ridden it, I know that if it runs anything similar to any of the Top Spins ive ridden, it will become one of my favorite rides, how can you say it looks lame before youve ever even seen it with people on it (the weight tottally altars the ride)
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Postby SfGaMownz on June 18th, 2004, 7:20 pm
From what people have been saying the program that they are running isn't a very entertaining one and that it only goes upside down once. That doesn't sound very good. I hope that was just part of the program and that they will change it up some to include more inversions.
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Postby Papas on June 18th, 2004, 7:30 pm
Actually from what i've seen the past few days it looks A LOT better than the first day (the cabin actually flips upside down, for a start).
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Postby punkbunny24242 on June 18th, 2004, 8:28 pm
Oh yeah I think it looks pretty intense. I'm actually nervous about going on it :D
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