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newlifeinstpaul) wrote2006-08-01 10:19 am
newlifeinstpaul) wrote2006-08-01 10:19 am
From the Cedar Fair conference call...
- Cheaper gate prices didn't bring people running
You'd think the Geauga Lake price drop woulda taught them better..
But Dick Kinzel flat-out admitted that it didn't bring the hoped-for results.
- No new parks for at least four years
Unless something came along they simply couldn't pass up
- ValleyFair is seriously in the crapper this year
They are off 70,000 visits from last year--and last year was the first in a decade they had less than a million visitors.
The official word? "We are unable to pinpoint a single cause"
Hello? How 'bout headlines, photos and video of the big coaster busted? I mean REALLY.
Again, you'd think they'd have learned from Geauga Lake.
They spurned the kiddies free DARE admissions, spawned bad publicity and PO'ed the school field trip decision-makers for years to come.
Then they did the same with the union crowd. Genius. Genius.
- Nobody asked any questions
What the hey?
Thursday might be a good day to buy more units.
Just my hunch.
You'd think the Geauga Lake price drop woulda taught them better..
But Dick Kinzel flat-out admitted that it didn't bring the hoped-for results.
- No new parks for at least four years
Unless something came along they simply couldn't pass up
- ValleyFair is seriously in the crapper this year
They are off 70,000 visits from last year--and last year was the first in a decade they had less than a million visitors.
The official word? "We are unable to pinpoint a single cause"
Hello? How 'bout headlines, photos and video of the big coaster busted? I mean REALLY.
Again, you'd think they'd have learned from Geauga Lake.
They spurned the kiddies free DARE admissions, spawned bad publicity and PO'ed the school field trip decision-makers for years to come.
Then they did the same with the union crowd. Genius. Genius.
- Nobody asked any questions
What the hey?
Thursday might be a good day to buy more units.
Just my hunch.
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Are you kidding?
I bet the lil' screamer would beg to differ.
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I'm never very impressed when I go to KI, although I'd love to try out the Italian Job Stunt Track, but Cedar Point blows my mind every time I go there.
Pix from the Parks. :)
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The only Cedar Point coaster I haven't done is BreakDown Dragster, but I've done the smaller prototype at Knotts. I have a pretty close rendition to Wicked Twister, a Magnum knockoff and a three-legged Power Tower a half-hour from home.
But on an eighty-degree day? To hell with the coasters. I need to get wet! And Kings Island's got a nice, large complimentary waterpark. When I have short kids? Camp Snoopy reeks! Kings Islands kiddie area just plain STOMPS it into mush. For atmosphere? International Street makes the place feel like you've escaped somewhere else. Cedar Point feels like coasters n' concrete. (And sadly, so does Valleyfair)
Actually, hundreds of thousands of people apparently agree. Kings Island has outdrawn Cedar Point for years. The coasters aren't as good. I'll give you that. But it outmaneuvers and outdoes Cedar Point in just about every other category.
My former favorite Cedar Fair park was Dorney for having a great balance of good coasters and wet stuff. But I have a funny feeling that's gonna change...