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Postby onyxhotel08 on January 16th, 2010, 12:54 am
Please post any and all updates here for tomorrows can't miss event.
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Postby FParker185 on January 17th, 2010, 12:25 am
Nothing new really was said on anyone's behalf. SFGAm was probably the most informative presentation if alittle flat. Little Dipper will open in June they hope. The station will look the same and as of right now they don't plan on changing much on the ride. It will get a PLC (aka safety system) and keep the handbrake, however it may not control the brakes directly from the sounds of it. It will be in Looney Toons National Park but the entrance will be in Yukon Territory. Games Gallery is being totally refurbished with a new 4-D, I mean unspecified attraction(that upcharge thing that SF agreed to buy several of). Finally County Fair Food Court (formerly Farmers Market) will be refrubished and a really huge shade structure will be built in front of it. I think it looks pretty fugly, but that's just me. It will be really nice though for people eating there. Last and I think most importantly, as it's been desperately needed for at least the past 10 years, the entire entry area in Carousel Plaza will be repaved with new concrete. There are other rather minor details I'll let other's fill in.


We were done with amusement park presentations before lunchtime, not counting Schlitterbahn Waterpark at the very end, where Jeff Siebert proved yet again that he was bred, born and raised to do Public Relations.
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Postby Coaster Justin on January 17th, 2010, 1:49 am
So Looney Tunes is Staying?
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Postby onyxhotel08 on January 17th, 2010, 2:07 am
No Chang mentioned? So BBNP is not a complete lost? Surprised Dipper is not planned to open till June. I thought they would aim at May the latest.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on January 17th, 2010, 6:21 am
^ Chang isn't here :wink: When asked, Dameon Nelson said that there was a water main break and that blue pipe is for that :lol:

This year's event was really disappointing in my opinion. I honestly could have left after SFGAm's presentation and not missed anything.
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Postby raginbullrider on January 17th, 2010, 8:47 am
old Singage was auctioned off mostly from shuttle including the shuttle discs,A fright fest banner, 2 Batman The ride signs, The single rider banner from Ragin' Cajun, and an old Viper sign as well as some old six flags note pads.

2009 Recap:
Buccaneer Battle
Dinner Imposible
Return Of Mr. Six
Trapped Jerzy (B96) in Sky Trek Tower until bull hit 1.5 million riders
Special Olympics Event - Sit-in on whizzer Office wang Voulenteer rode whizzer 117 times

New For 2010!
Little Dipper
Glow in The Park Parade
New Entertainment
New Retail and food Locations
New aggressive Pricing Strategy
County Fair Rides will open at 10:30 AM instead of 11:00 AM


2010 Season pass
$64.99 lowest price in 18 years Includes four friend tickets and exclusive offers
Coasters After Dark - Friday June 25th, Thursday July 15th, Wednesday August 11th
Flat Main gate entry pricing - $54.99 general $34.99 under 48"


Operating calendar
2010 Opening day - April 24th 2010
New For 2010 11:00 PM closings on most popular days to be in attendance
Friday July 2nd - Sunday july 4th
Wednesday august 4th - Sunday august 8th
saturdays in october (Fright Fest)
Sundays in october open until 10:00pm instead of 9:00pm


Cosmetic Changes
Numerous buildings received major structural updates
- including new roofing and a fresh coat of paint
All new concrete in Carouse Plaza
New sign for employee entrance off route 21!
Remodel of County Fair Games Gallery


LITTLE DIPPER!
Opening June 2010 in bugs bunny national Park.
Entrance will be located in yukon territory midway
SBNO net climb is being removed to fit it
The handbreak Will remain on the coaster not sure if it will be used though?
1 train with 4 cars per train, 4 riders per car
No major modifications to the train
not on flash pass :(

New Retail
Surfer Girl - Contemporary clothing for the fashionista in your family from head-to-Toe we've got you covered (Frenchys)

Baubles, bangles, and beads - Jewelry (Mardi Gras)

Sweet Treats - Custom made sweet treats

Farmers Market and food locations
Farmers Market Will undergo a makeover including a name change and addition shade structures added to the eating areas

Mrs. Fields TCBY - New food Location
Icee Mix It up in county Fair Games Gallery


Entertainment
No more Imax Films in the pcitorium :(
Pictorium - Dick Clark's Face the Music
Looney Tunes Dance Off - Mardi Gras Stage
Glow In The park Parade


Glow In The Park
Runs weekends May 29th to June 13th
Daily june 19th - August 15

Route- Hometown square to mardi gras

Custom Built floats, cirque Style music, drummer, Puppeteeers, Dancers, Stilt Walkers, Singers

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Postby Galvan on January 17th, 2010, 9:54 am
I surprised that no one asked about V2's holding brake, since that was an obnoxiously hot topic here for a while. Oh well.
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Postby vprlvr456 on January 17th, 2010, 10:16 am
Ok, so their just taking down the net climb?
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Postby david on January 17th, 2010, 11:46 am
I was surprised that people stopped asking questions so early on.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on January 17th, 2010, 3:24 pm
raginbullrider wrote:County Fair Rides will open at 10:30 AM instead of 11:00 AM


Coasters open at 10:30.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on January 17th, 2010, 5:58 pm
Man I really haven't missed much these past few years.

Hopefully next year will be worth it.
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Postby FParker185 on January 17th, 2010, 7:15 pm
HW, Kennywood and of course Schlitterbahn had pretty good presentations.
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Postby tp41190 on January 17th, 2010, 7:26 pm
Tom Rebbie from PTC is always my favorite presenter. I love when he makes fun of the weird ACErs.
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Postby Chitown on January 17th, 2010, 7:43 pm
^That's because a majority of them are.
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Postby MForce4ever on January 17th, 2010, 9:06 pm
-Cedar Point is getting a water ride!!!!
-Tom Rebbie went to China
-Very minor modifications planned for the voyage station
-Roast beef was served at lunch
-Two queens were bickering like an old married couple right next to me all day (and it got worse once they started drinking martinis)
-Coaster Justin wasn't there :(
-Schlittercon will feature a HOT BREAKFAST!
-Region 17 (western great lakes region of ACE) will host 2 events at SFGAm this year
-Coastermania and Holiwood Nights are on the same weekend (the choice shouldn't be tough)
-ACE events director and mall cop Paul Blark was not there
-Knoebels plans to have Flying Turns open by the time we have a black woman in office
-Marty Moltz did a 3 hour set of all his material compounded
-There was one female in the room who I'd deem as "hitable" (whod've thought a coaster convention was a bad place to meet girls?!)
-Indiana Beach didn't present
-Jeff Seibert made a Deiter reference :lol:
-I won a Prowler cup and an Avalanche shirt (I left the room to smoke and won a door prize and apparently 2 people picked one for me lulz)
-ACE president Mark Cole personally thanked me in front of the crowd for my contributions to the region
-I've never tried whirlyball
-Some people spent way to much money on old crap from SFGAm

And that's the overview of NoCoasterCon2010
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Postby onyxhotel08 on January 17th, 2010, 9:19 pm
I wanna buy some of that old crap...
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Postby david on January 17th, 2010, 11:46 pm
Only thing I would buy is the Space Shuttle Sign. I love anything aircrafty.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on January 18th, 2010, 12:23 am
I want to know what happened to the Deja Vu sign!
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Postby coasterfreak68 on January 18th, 2010, 12:34 am
I got two of SSA's signs.
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Postby Coaster Justin on January 18th, 2010, 12:47 am
Coaster Justin wasn't there


Sorry; Did you expect me too, and How did you know I wasn't there?


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Postby david on January 18th, 2010, 2:02 am
Being all Dr.ish here, but did you notice that when Damen Nelson talked about Wolfies trains and the support he used the same laugh and facial expression. I have a feeling that We're still getting those trains.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on January 18th, 2010, 2:34 am
Man why nobody asked him about the STAIRCASE!!!
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Postby sfgamguy on January 18th, 2010, 3:07 pm
how much was the auctioned stuff?
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Postby Ilovthevu' on January 18th, 2010, 5:14 pm
I don't understand why it can't be up (Little Dipper) on opening day. The ride isn't huge. I think it's rather that they don't want to open it up so they don't have to staff that area until June which to me doesn't make sense because you are (the park) trying to revitalize that area. Of course, the park is going to hide anything they have. To me, an event like this is just some PR speiling stuff on information you can already find elsewhere, and you can buy stuff. They want to make money you know. Yet it's something ride related, and sometimes during winter you just want to hear about because it's something.

I'm kinda of amazed that they have this event in this area only. I kind of think the Cedar Point area they would get more people than around here. Think of how many enthusiasts just love that park the most.
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Postby vprlvr456 on January 18th, 2010, 9:46 pm
I think 6 mo. for a small woodie is perfectly normal.
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