Welcome to Whiz..erm Karate Kid: The ride.

[frightfestkid]

Ok, Ive seen how over board six flags could go on advertising something for money, but this is just messed up. The station has a huge Karate Kid banner(w/ date) on it, outlining small sides of the roof on the station is a bunch of smaller banners saying Karate Kid(w/ date). But if you think that is bad on the trains, in the front of each car instead of saying Whizzer it has a painted Karate KId logo, with movie date on it...IN THE FRONT OF EVERY CAR....

[Cole]

Ive already postes this in the opening day april 17th thread.

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[coasterkid94]

^ I know this has been posted earlier, but I think this deserves its own thread. Six Flags is destroying the appearance of such a classic and iconic coaster by layering it with obnoxious advertising! I know that advertisements are a huge source of money for Six Flags, and I don't have too much against them as long as they are "classy". Just look at the Disney parks--they all have advertising but it doesn't give the park guests the feeling that they are paying good money just to look at a bunch of cheesy ads.

[wishman35]

The park must obviously be hurting. They have apparently stripped their loyal season pass customers of any good coupons to use during the year. They use tacky advertising at every corner around the park.

Very very disappointing to hear all of this. May have been a good opening day for rides, but the integrity of the park isn't getting any better. Why even open a new ride at this point, season pass prices will have to increase, we will not get any coupons, and they will have to start giving a sponsor to every ride!

Papa John's presents: Raging Bull

Bucaneer Battle will become Key Lime Cove Battle

Iron Wolf becomes Miracle Whip-lash

American Eagle Outfitters: The Ride

Superman becomes US Cellular's Superhero Adventure

[Cole]

Shame.

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[david]

So, when Wolfie was covered in Miracle Whip ads, no one said anything major, or started a topic about it? I see.

[Galvan]

Wow,

Just because some banners are on Whizzer, lets all jump to some crazy conclusions that make no sense pretty much whatsoever.

Lets totally forget that Six Flags is going to have the Karate events that coincide with the movie, and the movie is a basically a kids/family movie about how a kid thrust into a difficult situation tries to learn valuable life lessons. Yeah I wouldnt want to have any advertisements about that at a family orientated theme park.

Lets also forget that pretty much any sporting venue you go to, will do the same thing to promote or advertise upcoming events, or sponsors.

So what Whizzer has some banners and decals on the ride, big deal. V2, Nitro and others did the same thing a few years ago when A&E and the TV show about racing star John Force and his family, and I know there wasn't people complaining about this.

[wishman35]

So, when Wolfie was covered in Miracle Whip ads, no one said anything major, or started a topic about it? I see.

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I do remember people talking about the ad plastered on the ride.

I do disagree with the need to plaster advertisements all over the rides. Sure we see it at any sporting event, but I do feel a sporting event or concert venue is different to a theme park.

The "theme" portion is hard to discern now through the amount of advertising. I understand the need for revenue, but it does detract from the beauty of the park when it starts to pile up as it is.

This should invoke flames galore, but the ads are so prominent at SFGAm that I can't even recall anything of the sort at Cedar Point. I know for sure I have never seen big ugly banners hanging on the structure of the rides like that stupid Geico banner on Viper.

I love Great America, but its a shame that it has to depend THIS heavily on advertisement.

[Galvan]

^

How is a sporting event or concert venue different then that of a Theme Park? Both are in business of entertaining.

The only difference is how you are getting entertained.

[Bob O]

The ads on Whizzer are awful!!!!!!
It is one thing putting up a small sign outside the ride to promote a mediocre film, it is another to put them on all the coaster cars and all over the ride station, covering up all the good work during the off-season where it was re-painted.
I guess some like all that useless pr to ruin the aesthetics of the ride/area, I for one prefer the coaster cars and station to be left alone as much as possible. Isnt all the commercials on the tv's and other signage enough without defacing the coaster cars with the same crap!!!

[Galvan]

^
How do you know Karate Kid is going to be a mediocre film? Have you seen it?

[Jcoaster95]

So, when Wolfie was covered in Miracle Whip ads, no one said anything major, or started a topic about it? I see.

It's because they didn't write "Miracle Whip" on the front of every car. I would be just fine with the Karate Kid ads if they didn't ruin the Whizzer cars.

[kumba830]

Galvin, The ads ARE terrible.
Why did no one care about Iron Wolf you ask? Because those ads were on a bearable level and did not make the ride hard to look at. Where a for Whizzer they have them all over the walls in the Que's, on the front of the station, in the exit staircase, and like said before they are plastered on the cars and god damn there ugly!

I don't care if the movie is good or not!

Oh and you know I ALWAYS look for ads with information I would need to read on the front of roller coaster cars that would be going by pretty fast.

"What if its in the station, people can see it there!" Um... I think by the time you get to the trains you have seen about 6 other HUGE ad's.


So yeah, stupid move if you ask me.



[The ads on the trains peel off easily to, I saw part of one ripped off on opening day....]

[monsterfan99]

^

How is a sporting event or concert venue different then that of a Theme Park? Both are in business of entertaining.

The only difference is how you are getting entertained.

Lets say you went to a play or musical. Then, the female comes out wearing a full body suit advertising Mt. Dew. Then the male lead has a suit on that advertises Pizza Hut. Do you think that would be acceptable, because it is a form of entertainment?

[kumba830]

^ Haha, that's almost a perfect example!

[Galvan]

^^
I wouldn't care... its not a big deal if theres an advertisement..Who cares

[kumba830]

^ The GP cares...We heard tons of whines on how tacky it was, and that it seems like there shoving it down our throats. [which they are]


And If you haven't seen a photo yet.. [Photo by Matt]

[traincrossing9]

I also don't like the advertising all over Whizzer. A random sign on a coaster is fine, but those Karate Kid ads were EVERYWHERE!!! They were on the side of the building, on the trains, on the side of the little roof in the Whizzer station, ads on every wall in line, and even the exit walls! I just think they went overboard with this one. Instead of making me want to go see this movie, they, as Kumba said, shoved it down my throat to the point at which I don't want to see it all. I know the ads make tons of money for the park, but I really do think that there is a limit.

[Galvan]

^ The GP cares...We heard tons of whines on how tacky it was, and that it seems like there shoving it down our throats. [which they are]

The only whines I heard in Whizzer's queue line where from Coaster Enthusiasses so I dont know where some of you people can get off saying "The GP Cares"... no they dont all they want is to have a nice experience on Whizzer.

[kumba830]

^ You can't say I didn't hear anything... They saw our TPR shirts of people in our group and they brought up their opinions. They do care, I think anyone could care about how something looks. Because you either like it or you don't.


I mean... No duh it doesn't change the "ride" but it ruins the classy feel and looks down right awful!

[traincrossing9]

^I'll agree with Kumba, when I was waiting in line I overheard a couple people complaining about the ads. I don't really think anyone will benefit from this over-advertising in the long run. in my opinion the ads will prevent some people from seeing the Karate Kid movie and although Six Flags will make money from this, I think that part of their reputation may be hurt.

[david]

This is the perfect ad space. It's Whizzer, the movie is for families, and small children. BIg whoop. Can we drop this now?

[kumba830]

I'd like to drop management on their head.....

[david]

Look, I'm not Shapiro's biggest fan, but I highly support this decision. They could have done without the total killing of the trains, but, I still support this deceptions.

[kumba830]

When did I say that? Haha
I will admit I don't know much about ride stats and crap, but I know when a park goes to far.

But really, don't bring crap like that into this.


Edit: Haha... Galvin deleted his comment.