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Wow. I sure hope you don't work in the hospitality industry. That is NOT all you are required to do. I'm sure someone who works for Six Flags can chime in but I am sure you are required to greet the guests, thank them, assist them on and off the attraction, provide directions, etc. If you are not in a cheery mood everytime you go to your job - you at least need to fake it.. the customers/guests do not need to know nor do they care about your personal life and if you are happy or not. All they need to know is that they paid a lot of money to have a good time in a safe park with fun rides and you should deliver on that promise.

Because that is how the vast majority of people see it. People who live in that area don't say "Let's go to Six Flags America!" They say "Let's go to Six Flags!" All enthusiasts may agree that it isn't the best park in the chain, but the average person doesn't know that at all. Many likely think Six Flags parks are almost the same, and some probably aren't even aware there is another Six Flags park aside from the one they live near. I agree 100%. Each Six Flags park is the face of their whole corporation - the average person who goes to Six Flags America does not know or care that they have one of the worst in the chain - they just know they got bad service and food and they associate that with the Six Flags brand. The reasons who it is being compared to Disney is Shapiro is trying to make it more family friendly, increase the mix of rides geared to all ages and be more like a Disney park. The issue is they are not willing to invest the time or money to fix the customer service issues. You should not get worse service in the hospitality industry than you do in a Wal-Mart - but unfortunately that is the rep six flags has to contend with.

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Cool. But the article is a bit misleading - you guys have only been working with the Epcot Special Events office to plan your Illuminations desert party that you are paying for - not to plan any "official" Epcot 25 events that may or may not happen.

Quoted for truth! 90% of the venues around here are non-smoking - but if they are purely a bar they can allow smoking. I went to see Ozma (kickass weezer like band) in a smoking venue the other week and it totally threw me off since so few venues in Florida allow it anymore. It also seems up to the venue as well - I have hit a few concerts recently that allowed photos at one show but at the next stop in the tour in another venue they did not. It gets pretty confusing! Great TR Robb! I can't believe how many folks don't know Erasure!

That was really cool to see! Did you get to see the living quarters for the crew on the ship? What were they like?

I love the idea of a SFMM-like thread! It will be cool to see all the changes that are happening over the next few years. BTW Erik - I think its time you moved to Orlando - you spend more time in the parks here than I do!

Great TR! I second the opinions that it is great to see a different viewpoint of a park we are all pretty familiar with. It is also interesting to see the "taking time" version of things. I can't even imagine taking that much time at one park ... but then again americans probably could learn to relax and enjoy a bit more! Then again I did all of Cedar Point in an 8 hour day and felt burned out and crappy afterwards..

Yes.

So Resident Evil 4 got me playing my Wii again - it seriously rocks. $29.99 for this game is the best deal EVAR!

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That was awesome! Is it supposed to go back through the station like that or is that what caused it to go down?

Ouch - not good. Was guest relations helpful/applogetic at least?

Wow. What a tragic situation. These towers are pretty common right? Was this a normal model as far as everyone knows? It will be interesting to see if the rest get shut down for inspection temporarily.

Congrats!! Those were some awesome photos! Barry on Marriage advice = Priceless

The first 3-5 rows are considered the "splatter-zone". Don't worry, they give you ponchos to wear. You might have to do a little bit of scanning in the front couple of rows, I honestly would recommend sitting a bit further back. We sat a little more than half-way back kinda on the center-left side of the stage and had really good seats. Plus the BMG does things out in the audience which may be a bit more difficult to see if you are sitting in the front rows. I would call the theatre medium sized in that it does not have a terrible seat in the house. I agree with Erik - there really is not a bad seat in the house. Don't be concerned with the splatter zone - you don't really get drenched or anything. There is just more a possibility of getting a tad bit wet.

Thanks again Universal for having Theme Park Review at such a great event! It is a fun show with a great soundtrack. I think it will be a good addition to the Universal Orlando Resort.

Lazy, order 'em yourself. http://www.museumoflondonshop.co.uk/13544.aspx Edited to add: It'll give you hours of fun, apparently!! 11.99 is a good deal! Where we saw them they were 16pounds or so. We were thinking about getting you one but figured you already had it... sorry!!

Yeah, it was kind of weird. They have signs up all over the place so we asked at the ticket booth for them and got the "No... it's not busy enough" They have the tip board you can see from there and I told her that the waits on the tip board were 60 and 90 minutes. I just got a blank stare. Oh well! We ended up doing everything we wanted - just had to rush a bit. It was weird... it seemed like everything had operating hours other than the park and there was no signage or info to reflect this. Lots of the dark rides seemed to close at 4pm and good luck finding food and merch places open. Perhaps we were just there on an off day. In many ways though - even with the issues we enjoyed it more than Alton. It was *amazing*. We had a set meal at lunch that was only 37pounds per person - and worth EVERY penny. Dinner the same meal would have been 60 per person. It was our one food splurge of the trip. It was just kinda odd. It was if there was a McDonalds in a 5 star luxury hotel and your maid usually worked at the Motel 6. Everything else was amazing... the service just seemed...Unfinshed? Stacey thought it was funny that in every castle we went into the doors were 5 or 6 inches to short for me. (i'm 6'2). So we have about 30 pictures of me walking through doors. Random!

London Calling! What an amazing journey! Thanks for joining us! Kiss the Blarney Stone! The next day we took a 2 hour bus ride to Blarney Castle to do the typical tourist thing.. Ireland also still had fried apple pies in McDonalds which always makes my heart happy! They had donkey's there also! This castle however had a dinner show in it - kinda like a real life medieval times..but not lame. Stacey's goal was to see 1 castle on the trip.. I think we saw 30. Next day we flew to Ireland and went to Bunratty Castle - it was kinda like a renaissance festival We got to eat at one of Gordon Ramsey's (Hell's Kitchen on Fox) restaurants - La Noicette - it was amazing! We got our London Eye Credit - It was a lot of fun and a great view! Best. Airport. Code. Ever. Look Elissa - It's a cute PLAGUE RAT! WTF?! And it's a hand puppet too! The changing of the guards was a bit disappointing - until the played the theme to "Pirates of the Caribbean" - no really..they did. I *heart* 99 Flakes! Tower of London was really cool and worth a visit. Here is part of the towers armory. GIANT BEAR ALERT!!!! HIDE YOUR CHILDREN! Tower Bridge in the backround...not London Bridge as most think. London has awesome Indian food - here we are with Cold Sweet potato with Pomegranate seeds covered in cinnamon, ginger and cardamon. There are lots of beautiful brides in London and I think we walked across all of them! We also stumbled upon them filming "Antiques Roadshow" - Cool! I'm taller than the guard! SIGNATURE SHOT!

Photos R Us! Eating soup in Wagamama in London. I could eat there every day. That night we decided to eat in the "Rose and Crown Pub" - because we missed Epcot! We didn't realize how beautiful the gardens were going to be - we really wished we had more time to explore. We had 20 minutes to hit Air and then run across to Oblivion before the park closed. Air went down with the folks stuck in dogystyle. We made it to Oblivion with 30 seconds to spare! Why on earth am I humping the dino bones? Rita was a lot of fun - we did the single rider line to avoid the 90 min wait and we ended up being seated together! Luck! We spent quite a bit of time exploring the castle - no line there! Unfortunately it is in horrible shape. This was one of our fave rides in the park - I am almost too tall to ride! Alton was fun - but really...really... busy. We wanted to buy their "Fastpass" but they were not selling it because "it was not busy enough" Sigh.

Argh - I can't delete the doubles in the last post without deleting both! WTF?! Next Stop - Ticket Scalper Central! We walked all the way down to the tower (which was closed) and then took a trolly back to our fab hotel - The Big Blue! The park closed at 6pm (although the friggin rides closed at 530) so we decided to walk along the scary closed strip in blackpool. This ride is SO a clone of the Calico Mine train ride at Knotts! Damn you infusion for opening late. There was A LOT closed in the park while we were there. Kinda disappointing. This would have been awesome... IN 1992! We loved the fun dark rides at blackpool - this one had a nemo that someone had thrown in the water.. Funny! Damn my stacker addiction. I'm going to win it somewhere. Noahs Ark was creepy, felt dangerous and I thought it would never end. It is really bizarre. Valhalla is seriously one of the best rides either of us have been on in the entire world. It's just insane! You *know* its a great water ride when they have to wet-vac the seats! ...giant rodents you can ride! This magic mountain is MUCH better than the 6 Flags one! This is a scary dark ride with... What on earth is this scary, rusty thing? The even have the worlds largest carousel horse! This was an awesome hedge maze! I love how everything is on top of each other in this park. It was cool to see the steplechase go overhead. Stepelchase was our first stop - Fun, Scary and Painful!

And more! Our servers got so PO'd that we ordered 20 iced teas every night - they finally started bringing them in Pint Glasses.. Rock ON! Here I am outside of #6's house - which is also a shop that sells Prisoner memorabilia. Worst. Server. Ever. - It was shocking how bad/creepy our servers were on this luxury ship. They would have been average on a carnival cruise to Nassau - but for this.. WTF?! Here is the grand lobby in the ship. The public areas on the ship were plentiful and beautiful - here is the "Winter Garden" Here I am outside of #6's house - which is also a shop that sells Prisoner memorabilia. The have a full sized british post box right outside the pub... how fun! We also did the theater backstage tour - here is stacey on stage!

Wow! It's hard to believe it has been over 3 weeks since we got back from our Honeymoon. It was amazing and we fit in quite a bit over the 3 and a 1/2 weeks we were gone. Our itinerary looked something like this... Drive from FL - NY Cruise from New York to Southampton, UK on the Queen Mary 2 Drive from Southampton to Wales Wales - Blackpool Blackpool - Alton Alton - London (for 5 days) Fly to Shannon Ireland (for 2 days) Back Home! ...I'll let the pictures speak for themselves! Stacey had to try the Moscow Donkey - it involved Ginger Beer and was very tasty! Everything was very *british* - Note the first few drink names.. Moscow Donkey?!! WTF? With the cold windy weather it was not like a normal cruise. The outdoor pools did not get used at all! The ship even has a kennel for folks who take their animals on the crossing. The dogs did not seemed bothered by the rocking of the ship! For most of the time the fog was so thick you could only see a few feet off the side and the front of the ship. This was the first trans-atlantic crossing of the year so we were not allowed out on deck due to high winds for most of it. One of the best meals I have ever had - short ribs with horseradish foam....OMG to die for. The first day at sea was *very* rocky - we decided to eat lunch in the specialty restaurant "Todd English" - it was deserted! The line is *very* elegant. Here I am trying to fit in by opening a bottle of champagne with my teeth! The dining room was beautiful - although a bit "Titanic" - the ship still has a class system with the main dining room for the commoners and nicer grills for the suites. We were supposed to depart before it was dark but the ship was a bit delayed. Here we are passing under the Veranzano Narrows Bridge by less than a foot! The flag on the back of the ship is bigger than me.. SCARY! The view from our balcony in our stateroom was the Statue of Liberty! This is the last land we will see for 6 days! We finally make it to NY and to our home for the next 6 day - the Queen Mary 2! A transatlantic crossing is an amazing experience. We had a 12 hour drive ahead of us - but we decided to stop by South of the Border.. It's still pretty scary! The theming is great there - they even have a mascot dog - Shadow. You see his footprints and markings all over the resort. ...And a directional sign to the nearest DVC resorts! Complete with a hidden mickey in the Fire Pit! The first night we drove to Disney's Hilton Head Resort. It's a DVC resort in South Carolina. It's like a little bit of WDW!

I'm confused! Dave with a jacket on in a theme park... that means I can't tell which metal shirt you were wearing. ...inquiring minds want to know!