SFGAm07 wrote:Now that John Curty (the old Director of Park Operations) is GM I would expect to see some better performance from the foods service, I agree it definitley needs some improvement.
I missed that one. When did this happen? Is Hank being relocated elsewhere? I seen him in the park last weekend at the buyout.
And why do the 3 of you think Wiggles World sucks?
Because it's not geared toward the thrillride audience?
Selfish.
Let me rephrase that, I guess it sounded a little strong.
I think it's great that the kids have something to do, but that's what Camp Cartoon Network is for. I love the nostalgia of the park, and when they took down Eagle's tent (even though it wasn't much), I felt like they were taking down part of its history. When ever I walked through it reminded me of the good ol' days, during Mariott's Great America, when people would wait a long, long, long time for AE. So sorry that I was being "selfish" for appreciating the park's history.
^Oh yeah, a bunch of queue lines and some picnic benches. Wow, what nostalgia.
That tent was built for the circus that Marriott used to have so don't sit here and say you are appreciating the park's history. If it was a thrill ride that went under that tent, you wouldn't be complaining.
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I also greatly appreciate the history of the park which why I felt the removal of a classic like Whizzer would have been awful, but I woudlnt say the same thing about a tent!!!
After they got rid of the TV's for sports games a few years back it was getting really ghetto in the tent.
And I think that Camp Cartoon Network is the best kids area, at least IMHO, at least I can recognize all those cartoons.
Now if only a park would build an Adult Swim area. Assy McGee all the way, and Futurama lends itself nicely to rides even though adult swim is loosing Futurama in the very near future if it hasnt already.
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FParker185 wrote: (snipped) Now if only a park would build an Adult Swim area. Assy McGee all the way, and Futurama lends itself nicely to rides even though adult swim is loosing Futurama in the very near future if it hasnt already.
SFGAm07 wrote:Now that John Curty (the old Director of Park Operations) is GM I would expect to see some better performance from the foods service, I agree it definitley needs some improvement.
It's about time, hopefully he will get on the slacking employee's asses and get this park back into 2005 form rides-wise.
Actually as director of operations he had more direct responsibility for operation of rides than as GM....and yes he did/does get on slacking employees a**es.
Camp cartoon network needs to go.
Wiggles World was supposed to be where CCN is, however park management decided why take down a kids area when its still popular and they had space avalible for it. So it wont be going anywhere anytime soon (and theres no reason for it to).
I thought the park had more rides than normal that werent operating due to techincal or staffing issues.
I disagree, the park had a really bad 06 with rides breaking down for extended periods of time, and everything has been up all year this year (with the exception of Giant Drop for a period of time and SSA the last month of the season which no one cares about) .
When people are paying BIG BUCKS to come to the park every ride should be operating unless it has mechnical problems or is being rehabbed(which should happen often as you have a long off-season to take care of rehabs)
While the current show at SSA is a joke, it still should be operated, as should both sides of AE, as should Yankee clipper , often one of the flats was closed on the Orleans section. DeJaVue was again closed often. And part of the day the 3d show was closed. Any ride that can operate should be operating to help spread out the crowds in the park. If you are going to have 3-6 rides not operating on any given day then reduce the price of admission to compensate for the closures. Many of these closing 's werent done due to a ride not operating but to save money on labor costs at the expense of the parks guests.
I agree to a certain extent but you also have to realize if the park is empty they are not going to operate at full capacity because they will loose a lot of money off of it.
For example, its opening weekend and 50 degrees; does Yankee Clipper really need to be running? It cost x amount to operate for the day and it will get (very low number) of riders most of which will get pnemonia anyway, the park will loose a lot of money by operating it therefore they dont. Then later in the year they have gone so over-budget for operating all the rides at full capacity when the park was empty they are in debt and are not able to operate at full capacity when its busy.
The park runs into the problem every year during the offseason (especially this year where they spent A LOT), they spent so much money doing more extensive trainings with employees over the winter/spring and with re-habbing the rides, swapping out parts, developing/setting the shows, etc. The park is not open and does not make money during the winter, all they do is spend and spend. They have to be smart about how their spending.
Chitown wrote:^Oh yeah, a bunch of queue lines and some picnic benches. Wow, what nostalgia.
That tent was built for the circus that Marriott used to have so don't sit here and say you are appreciating the park's history. If it was a thrill ride that went under that tent, you wouldn't be complaining.
What is important to one person isn't necessarily to another. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
Chitown wrote:^Oh yeah, a bunch of queue lines and some picnic benches. Wow, what nostalgia.
That tent was built for the circus that Marriott used to have so don't sit here and say you are appreciating the park's history. If it was a thrill ride that went under that tent, you wouldn't be complaining.
What if they built one of those zero-gravity spinners in there, if you like thrills. Or else moved Ragin' Cajun' to the tent, built Wiggles where Splashwater Falls is, rethemed the Grand Prix Raceway to fit in with the Wiggles, and brought back the old bridge-on-a-rope which used to stand between Orleans Place and Picnic Grove long ago. That was NOSTALGIA and it hasn't been the same since they took it down.
There isn't much else space in the tent but for a mad mouse or a spinner I just mentioned a minute ago.
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