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  1. You know... while the demolition crew is in the area, maybe let's do something about all of this???
  2. If you would have told me a few years ago that a park would open an hour from my house that was indoors, open every day of the year, had an Intamin multi launch, an air race, a drop tower, a record-breaking Gerstlauer, an Intamin half-pipe, a legitimately-kick-ass frisbee and a bunch of other kick-ass rides and I would never go there I would have never believed you. If this park was even operated moderately-well, I would spend $500-$600 a year on a season pass and not bat an eye. It's stunning how terrible this park is, and I want to love it. Sandy's Blasting Bronco operates less frequently than any other coaster in the region... even the ones at parks like Rye Playland that open in May, close in September and are often closed weekdays. And like, if I'm begging for your operations to be on the level of Rye Playland then you really, really, really suck.
  3. Well the people who paid to ride things can't ride anything anyway since it's all closed, so it seems only right that they should make them pay their fair share... ... I hate this place
  4. If you guys are wondering when peak season is because you think that if you go then, they'll make some effort to have Sandy's, Shellraiser and the other major rides open then you don't understand how this park works. They scheduled the start of a multi-month long planned closure for Sandy's at the beginning of December. They're a mall. December is sort-of busy at malls. Sandy's finally reopened like 5 days ago... everyone was excited. It's already closed again.
  5. Wow... that's a lot. Counterpoint: the reason that nobody goes to this place is that it sucks, there's no need to over-analyze it or make it a microcosm of anything greater than that. The Garden State Plaza mall is less than 15 miles away and every time I drive by it it's packed beyond packed (and often traffic spills out onto 17 and brings everything to a standstill). The major rides weren't closed because you were unlucky or because it was the offseason, the major rides were closed because you went to the American Dream mall and major rides are closed on any day of the week that ends with the letter y. They're also severely lacking in shops, they occasionally have shootings, the water park has theming elements that fall from the sky and try to kill you, their ferris wheel offers sweeping views of the Jersey Turnpike and the world's worst NFL stadium, but the promised "sweeping NYC views" can be better experienced from one of the 758 observation decks that are actually in NYC. Oh... and their ski slope catches on fire. It's the worst-run park in America by a lot and season passes (if you were to purchase one for each "season" are more expensive than they would be for any park or even chain of theme parks anywhere in America except for Disney...
  6. If they run a decent amount of rides, that's a super-cool announcement. Good theme park Christmas events are awesome.
  7. Well well well... I bet nobody expected to see this thread bumped today. Just two years after rocking the coaster world to sleep with the addition of Fireball, this park is actually up to something big. Disclaimer: by "big" I mean "really really small" but big for Adventureland because the park is the size of a postage stamp. A few days ago they announced the closure of their log flume: And today, they announced the closure of their pirate ship. In that post they teased a "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" </caps lock>. Now... Dorney just announced a gift shop and called it major. I get that "major" means nothing but I actually think that this might be kind-of big. Now I know what you're thinking... "But Bill. I don't give a sh*t" "These two rides are old, of course they're removing them" "There's a park called Adventureland on Long Island?" ... Two things. A) You clicked on this thread, not me. Did you expect a Millennium Force clone? B) Okay so hear me out: Again... when I say that this is a "big" space I mean the size of the Dollar Tree next to the park but in Adventureland terms they are freeing up enough space for what COULD be their biggest ride ever. I kind-of hate this because if I never have to experience the Long Island Expressway again as long as I live that would be great but I also love this because this park is super cute and I kind of like it. My prediction based on literally nothing is one of those ultra-compact Zamperla family coaster /flume combos that Coney Island the the lesser Adventureland just got.
  8. Oh, you're right. I know that they have 4 trains and thought that they had 4 bays but apparently I made that last bit up. lol
  9. Kumba has 4 trains and 4 transfer tracks if you look at the transfer table. Once upon a time, this park used to care about stuff so they had one more train than needed so Kumba could always run 3 trains. You see how well that's working out...
  10. While some rides close early for the event, Rip Ride Rockit cycles until about 3am every HHN night, so if there are noise ordinance concerns then I guess they only care when they decide to care.
  11. Universal's hours are awful. We were just down in Orlando for 2 weeks and spent almost all of our time at Disney instead specifically for that reason. We'd finish working at 5 and the parks would close at 6. We could go to Universal on weekends of course, but the parks are mobbed on the weekends and Express passes are expensive. We usually picked Disney on weekends too since you can spend like $25 at Disney and never wait in a single line all day no matter how busy it is. There was one random Friday night when studios closed at 6 and Islands closed at 9 and it was awesome! We got to the park like 20 minutes before 6, got in line for Rockit at park close and didn't wait long at all, then went to Islands and had a great time. It's a beautiful park at night and the coasters are all great night rides. I really, really wish they would stay open late more often.
  12. Despite the bunched up cabins in the concept art, I'd imagine this is most similar to the Disney Skyliner on a tiny scale? Either way, this seems like a smart move.
  13. I've thought about this way too much because we love Coco. I feel like the problem with that would be that there would be absolutely nowhere to put the queue. Right now, the pavilion can barely handle the queue for that dumb boat ride. My dream scenario that will never happen is a Coco ride show building behind the Anna and Elsa meet and greet with an entrance near Plaza de los Amigos but this will absolutely never happen ever.
  14. I feel like Cedar Fair is one of the only American chains that doesn't typically limit rides on their newest ride with the skip-the-line system anyway. This makes sense.
  15. I'll just keep saying what I've been saying this whole time. This ride is perfect, don't screw it up.
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