2010 opening day April 17th?

[david]

^ It was. But wear a fricken coat and you'll be fine.

[onyxhotel08]

If you do not live close don't go unless the weather says no wind, no rain and decent temperatures. Who knows? They say spring will come early this year. Maybe by April 24th it will warm up to the 50's in Gurnee.

[Goku1910]

The Website continues to say April 24th....so that's what I'll believe. The week before is usually reserved for Private Events.....I should know, I go to the Advocate one every year. Last year was the only season I know of where the private events were after opening day.

[tp41190]

Opening Day last year was fun! There's some GAP and SFGAmWorld members in these photos as well as myself

[Cole]

Opening day is alot of fun because-
1. Coasters in cold
2. park empty

You will defiantly see me there

[Goku1910]

Since the park isn't opening quite as early, I don't think it will be that Cold. Probably just as warm as it usually gets at the end of Fright Fest.

[BP317]

Opening days I remember off the top of my head

2002: Warm and crowded.
2003: Cold and crowded (SUF opening day)
2004: Moderate weather and moderate crowds.
2005: Warm and moderate crowds.
2006: Moderate coldish and not crowded.
2007: Moderate and crowded.
2008: Cold/windy and moderately crowded.
2009: Cold and dead

Even if opening day is crowded its worth noting that the weekends after that leading up to memorial day typically are not, especially if theres dark clouds. The weekdays in May before memorial day typically are more crowded than the weekends because of schools.

[lord soth]

The Website continues to say April 24th....so that's what I'll believe. The week before is usually reserved for Private Events.....I should know, I go to the Advocate one every year. Last year was the only season I know of where the private events were after opening day.

Hey fellow Advocate associate! Hopefully this year we get to go before opening day. The only bad thing is that I always get a season pass and have to get a ticket to go on our work event.


LS

[Goku1910]

The Website continues to say April 24th....so that's what I'll believe. The week before is usually reserved for Private Events.....I should know, I go to the Advocate one every year. Last year was the only season I know of where the private events were after opening day.

Hey fellow Advocate associate! Hopefully this year we get to go before opening day. The only bad thing is that I always get a season pass and have to get a ticket to go on our work event.


LS

Seeing as opening day is later this year (april 24th) The advocate Event is probably the week before. It was only last year when it was after opening day. The other two times I went it was the week before opening day.

[david]

^^^ Is crowded like, Saturday in July crowded, or Monday in June crowded?

[onyxhotel08]

Opening days I remember off the top of my head

2002: Warm and crowded.
2003: Cold and crowded (SUF opening day)
2004: Moderate weather and moderate crowds.
2005: Warm and moderate crowds.
2006: Moderate coldish and not crowded.
2007: Moderate and crowded.
2008: Cold/windy and moderately crowded.
2009: Cold and dead

Even if opening day is crowded its worth noting that the weekends after that leading up to memorial day typically are not, especially if theres dark clouds. The weekdays in May before memorial day typically are more crowded than the weekends because of schools.

how does that make sense? Schools are not in session during weekends and weekdays you have everyone preparing for finals and taking them up until the last week plus graduation prcatices/parties.

[BP317]

Because high schools as well as graduating students of middle schools take field trips before school ends.

[monsterfan99]

On top of that you have music and cheer competitions where schools bus their students in for.

[BMRider]

There is a Grad Night this year so i wonder if it will affect May weekday attendance.

[stevem1978]

well that will be cool i was told april 24 of this year hopeing to make to opening day

[tp41190]

It still kind of sucks that they are opening late this year. Last year the first 3 weeks were the best weeks I have ever had at the park.

[FParker185]

Probably the least profitable 3 weeks in SFGAm's history

[DejaVu2001]

I don't know how the hell SFGAm expected to have any real attendance opening 3 weeks earlier than they've ever opened, and not having ANY commercials. Personally, I think it would have worked if they made sure people (besides ACErs) knew they were open.

[FParker185]

I don't think SFGAm was really on board with that idea. Also with most everything running one train if any sort of real crowd showed up, it would have been a disaster. No matter how you look at it, it would have been a loosing situation for the park.

[Paradise]

So this year opening day is the 24th....and you guys think it will be crowded....do I understand this correctly so far?

[tp41190]

I think another problem with those first 3 weeks were having the park open for long hours and having it open on Fridays. If they would have just been open Sat (10-5) and Sun (10-3) they could have made it a little less "wasteful". Another thing is that if they would have had a new attraction ready to go and it was advertised, more people would have been in the park.

[onyxhotel08]

Right I mean we had Buccy but that did not open till mid-May

[FParker185]

Opening day crowds usually aren't that bad, though it's highly dependent on the weather forecast.

[onyxhotel08]

Did not know where to post this...

I’ve been told that SFGAm will have two new attractions to announce in the near future. One will replace the Skeeball game in the Country Fair games area, and even expand out into the midway itself taking over sites previously used for other games. I’m told that this will be the first time an attraction like this will be installed in a major theme park. From the sounds of things, the second attraction will replace the rock climb wall. Given the nature of the locations involved, I can only assume these will be upcharge attractions of some kind.

[FParker185]

I don't know/haven't heard about the rock wall replacement, but the County Fair Games Gallery thing is/was supposed to be that 4-D attraction dealy that SF signed a contract for at IAAPA, and last I heard it will be upcharge.