Mechanic

Sorry Potter fans:

What?

It's been a while.

The Knott's day has been the better of the two days in my opinion.

^ They probably just think that everyone else in the world is as stupid as they are.

I wonder how many people will think that Hurricane just got re-painted and re-named.

Quicksilver Express at Gilroy Gardens has the most unnecessarily long queue I can think of. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough queue and all, it's just that it's at least 10 times longer than it needs to be. I can't remember ever waiting more than maybe 3 or 4 trains before being able to ride. I think the park had bigger expectations for attendance than what materialized.

Thanks for the trade.

^ I can trade for 250 of them.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Titan is broken midway through?

All SLCs should have a BONUS HELIX added.

Stay Klassy:

More Disney:

Hehe ^

I think of almost all major parks with rides, shows, and scenery as "theme" parks. Some just have better themes than others. I know that may not be technically accurate, but it's just how I think of it.

I never get tired of seeing pictures from this park. I'm making it a point to get back there soon. Everyone should visit this park at least once if you have the chance. I absolutely agree that a junior woodie, or a flume ride, would be great additions. Even if nothing changes at all, I still love the park and it's been far too long since I've been there.

One more for good measure:

Another:

Here's one:

I got the latest survey. It was definitely geared to families with younger children. Despite indicating that the youngest child I have living at home is 16 years old, I was peppered with questions about attractions that were aimed more toward the 5-12 year old set. As has been said, SFMM has gone down this road before and it just didn't work for them. I just don't see the park ever seriously competing with the more family-friendly options in the greater Los Angeles area, so I'm not really sure why they keep trying. They've carved their niche, but seem to feel uncomfortable in it. These half-hearted attempts at "family attractions", such as Thomas Town and, more recently, the Roadrunner coaster, aren't fooling anyone. If they really wanted to attract more families then they'd build a 30+ million dollar, heavily themed flume or dark ride. But they can't even do that and have it taken seriously unless they make significant improvements, park wide, in appearance and operation issues. In my humble opinion, they should embrace what they do fairly well, and improve by way of execution. Cleaning up the park, improving the infrastructure and operations, while continuing to be a "Thrill Park" would serve them better than trying to be something they're not, and haven't been for a very long time. Once they've addressed and corrected the issues that have plagued the park's image for so long, then maybe they could make the turn toward a family audience. Even in that ideal and unlikely situation I'm still not convinced it would work. For now, YOLO!

I'm fairly well locked into a M-F schedule and I hate to subject my students to having a substitute, so from my perspective weekdays wouldn't work very well. Not that I wouldn't be able to make a midweek event, just that it would be difficult.

The practicality of recovering keys or phones shouldn't significantly figure into theming decisions. Protecting patrons and employees from those types of objects should be of far greater concern.

I'm headed to your town to drop off 100 eggs as soon as I post this message.

It will be nice to ride a quality wooden coaster at the park. It's something we've never been able to experience at CGA in any of its incarnations over the years.