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In the end, the biggest obstacle is that a successful regional amusement park has not opened in the US in 30 years. I'm talking about one being built from the ground up.
uhmm...
Kentucky Kingdom
Legoland California
Legoland Florida
Universal Orlando
Wild Adventures
Fiesta Texas
Seaworld San Antonio
Dollywood to an extent
It can be done if it's done right.
As for price of land, land is pretty abundant and cheap in Sacramento due to the recession halting development... However, they'd have to get in fast, since developers are snatching up anything they can get their hands on due to escalating demand for homes & offices.
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I still think that this project would do much better in Sacramento. Same distance from most of the Bay Area with a much larger population locally based. Plus Reno is right down the road (90-120 minutes.) As for location, when the new downtown arena is built, the current Sleep Train Arena site (and vacant surroundings) are being redeveloped by the City of Sacramento. Would be an interesting proposal.
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Central Florida for sure-
Because
Anything > LA Traffic (I know Orlando has traffic too, but no where as bad)
Seaworld Orlando > Seaworld San Diego
Busch Gardens Tampa > Knott's (closest thing)
LPZ> San Diego Zoo
DisneyWorld>Disneyland
Universal Florida>Universal Hollywood
Legoland Florida>Legoland California
Anything > Six Flags Magic Mountain
Edit: How could I forget!!! Epcot > All other parks in the world
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Keeping to the confidentiality I agreed to,
The survey was VERY interesting. Having greatly enjoyed a park that have some of the components mentioned in the survey, I think that SF is going the right direction if they choose to add this attraction.
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I have a Universal Hollywood Pass and a California's Great America Gold Pass. Quite exciting I guess.
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I'm at 24. Hopefully a Cedar Point trip will get that number up soon.
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Not very impressive, but
-Universal Studios Hollywood (new park)
-California's Great America
-Sunsplash Roseville
-California State Fair
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Will the Q&A be posted online soon?
I have always wanted to go to WCB, but have never not been busy that weekend. However, the Q&A is always hilarious to watch.
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Does anyone else remember reading a quote from the new CEO saying that they want to invest more in their hotels? Maybe Cedar Point is building a new resort hotel themed for families. With the apparent success Knott's is having with their Snoopy rooms, maybe a Snoopy themed hotel. Just speculation.
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Having ridden every major coaster in CA except Manta (hopefully this November,) this is my general conclusion.
Best Steel: Either Flight Deck or X2
Best Wooden- Goldy
Worst Steel: Kong
Worst Wood: Ghostrider
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One thing I might possibly suggest would be setting up camp in Louisville and visiting King's Island, Holiday World, and Beech Bend well there. It is a good central point as all 3 parks are in different directions.
As for Holiday World... you have to really commit to make it work. There are no hotels close to Holiday World so it would involve driving (most likely away from King's Island) for a few hours, then getting back in your car and driving back the other way. If you did Louisville (and Kentucky Kingdom will be open then too,) you could do something like
Day 1- Drive from wherever, check in, Kentucky Kingdom
Day 2- Beech Bend, possibly KK again
Day 3- Holiday World
Day 4- Check out and drive to King's Island. KI
King's Island and Beech Bend are about 90 minutes from Louisville. Holiday World is 70 and Kentucky Kingdom could quite possibly be across the street if you decided to stay at one of the airport hotels.
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Remember Platinum Passes.
And also, you should be able to get Holiday World done in one day. I've never been to King's Island so I couldn't say about that one.
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Intamin - Storm Rider (HP)
Vekoma - Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster
Arrow - The Great American Scream Machine (SFGAdv)
Schwarzkopf - Scorpion
MACK- Sand Serpent (BGT)
Giovanola - Goliath (SFMM)
Premier Rides - Soak'd (HRP)
Chance - Joust (DW)
Morgan - Santa Monica West Coaster (PP)
Dinn - Never
CCI - Kingdom Coaster (DW)
RCCA - Never
Gravity Group - Voyage (HW
GCI - Gwazi
B&M- Sheikra
Zierer- Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train (SFGAdv)
TOGO- Manhattan Express
PTC- Comet (HP)
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Got a couple questions for my brothers to the north. I'm going to take a little road trip up the coast to finally check out DK and GA next weekend along with a little SCBB. My question is which rides have single rider lines, and which park is better to do Friday and which on Saturday? I know it'll be crowded - but I'm thinking rolling solo will ease the pain a little bit as long as there are enough rides with single rider lines. I'll break down and get a "I'm have money and I'm special" pass but only if its REALLY necessary...
If anyone is interested in meeting up, I'm a 30 year old dude who loves riding after a few beers, and I limit my coaster geekiness to socially acceptable levels. I was originally going to roll up with my old man but a whiplash injury has sidelined him this go 'round.
Any other advice would be great as I've never been to either park.
Cheers guys and gals and thanks in advance!
From what I recall, very few if not any of the rides at CGA have a single riders line. Maybe Drop Zone, but that's it. The Fast Lanes, are a very good bet as the park may be busy depending on when SJ schools start. I'd do a quick lap around the park when you arrive to check out the lines and go from there on if you need a Fast Lane or not. I think it'd be best to do CGA on Saturday as it is never busier than SFDK and I know Sacramento (a big population of SFDK) has their schools starting on Monday.
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Hmmm.. Banshee.com appears to be purchased and ready for content. Nothing Bat related appeared to work.
Edit: When you search the site on a domain tracking site, it comes up with a person named James Moore registering it. When you type "James Moore Kings Island" on google, it comes up with a facebook page for a man named James Moore that lives in Ohio and a Youtube channel of throwback KI videos.
It appears the site was bought/registered on December 29th, 2012.
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Greetings friends!
Cedar Point is holding a contest (http://bit.ly/13KLWtI) for couples to be married at the park on 9/13. My fiancé Scott (@KeniScott) would love to be selected, but Tony Clark (@TonyClarkCP) has refused to accept our submission due to Ohio's stance against same-sex marriage.
We both adore CP and our time shared at that magical place. Being married there (even if just a commitment ceremony) would mean the world to us. I love it so much, I even featured many photos of us at the park in a website I created as an anniversary present for Scott: LuvHubster.com | The Photo Love Story of Scott & Eric.
Please tweet @TonyClarkCP and @CedarPoint to ask for equal rights in their wedding contest.
My Twitter handle is @ericjmorrison. Thank you so very much!
Though I understand you struggles and support you, I think the main people you need to be petitioning against is the Ohio state government. I'm sure if it was legal, Cedar Point would be happy to let you in, however they don't want to break the law. There is really nothing Cedar Point can do to fix this issue as it's not their decision.
Best regards with your relationship.
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^ But none of that is anything considered major. All major expansions since the Voyage have been in the water park (Pilgrims Plunge is now officially within Splashin Safari, so I don't count it anymore. Also, it was accessible from the water park.) and the dry side is over due for some major attractions.
To make money, you must follow the money. And the money is leading right through Christmas and Halloween to the water park. The waterpark is ALWAYS packed. The dry park is a hit or miss.
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Well.. I didn't wait much. But-
Gold Striker- 1 hour
Flight Deck- 45 minutes
Demon- 1 hour
Vortex- 30 minutes
Grizzly- 40 minutes
Tiki Twirl- 1 hour
Mouse- 1 hour
Drop Tower- 30 minutes
Every food stand in the park- 1 hour (even the Dippin Dots stands had 20 minute waits)
As for the concert, most concert folks waited outside the Amphitheater as it was open seating.
Also, I was VERY surprised that we were not able to find something as simple as a grilled chicken sandwich in the entire park. I don't want to say it, but their food selection has almost sank to Six Flag's level this year.
You must have been very determined to ride Psycho Mouse
Didn't have to wait, because I had Fast Lane. But assuming you guys would ask, I found the waits to all the rides. I got my Mouse credit a couple of years ago, I wouldn't wait 10 minutes for that thing.
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This certainly was a mistake as the page now goes to a 404 error. All other Cedar Fair parks redirect back to the main page. Seems like someone accidentally hit "Publish" instead of "Save."
Now it reverts back to the Social Media page.
But if you really want to go the 404 route. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/banshee also goes to a 404 Error page.
Who knows? haha
Banshee and 2014 are the only 2 that revert to 404. Hmm.. not even Bat does it. Maybe this is them trying to trick us. XD
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This certainly was a mistake as the page now goes to a 404 error. All other Cedar Fair parks redirect back to the main page. Seems like someone accidentally hit "Publish" instead of "Save."
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Toyota/Shouka/Pacific Stadium isn't likely to go anywhere. It's the largest venue at the park and is almost always used for something. I doubt they would tear it down for a flat ride or two.
I agree, though I more meant finding a more permanent show for it since Cirque Dreams will be closing up shop soon. Once Cirque Dreams leaves, I'd assume the regular dolphin show will move back to Hawaiian Airlines Stadium. After that, there is once again no use for Pacific Stadium unless it's going to sit there like Chabot and serve as a shadow of the park that once stood there.
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^ They should still be smart enough to know that when you live by a theme park you're not always going to have total peace and quiet. Besides, American Eagle was an early ride and that's one of the loudest rides in the park, it's not like the big coasters just popped up overnight. At the end of the day the people just need to get over it because clearly keeping the park happy is more important to the town than pleasing a few pissed off residents.
American Eagle is opposite side of the park. When Marriott owned to park, the attractions on the house side were limited to only 2 or 3 thrill rides and a bunch of family rides. Now Six Flags is building 150 ft tall coasters on their side. As I said, the residents that lived in the houses before or during the early years of the park have the right to complain. Anyone after 1985ish has no right to complain.
As for the new ride, I'd think some sort of water ride may be on the way. Whether that be water park or some sort of flume boat ride, I couldn't say.
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Basically they just go to the Gurnee board and say what they want to build if it's over 125 feet tall. Residents then use it as a chance to complain but thankfully the city always sides with the park. Here's a video of the Chang meeting if you want a better idea of what it's like.
I don't know why residents complain. The park has been been there since 1976.
In the home owners defense, when Great America was built, the homes were already there. For those that moved in the early years, Great America was a much calmer more family friendly park, not the monster of concrete and steel Six Flags has turned it into. I'd be in for a little shock if I sat around with a peaceful theme park in my backyard for 10-15 years then all of a sudden giant coasters started popping up. Of course, this only applies to long term residents. For the newer ones, that's their own bad.
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Well.. I didn't wait much. But-
Gold Striker- 1 hour
Flight Deck- 45 minutes
Demon- 1 hour
Vortex- 30 minutes
Grizzly- 40 minutes
Tiki Twirl- 1 hour
Mouse- 1 hour
Drop Tower- 30 minutes
Every food stand in the park- 1 hour (even the Dippin Dots stands had 20 minute waits)
As for the concert, most concert folks waited outside the Amphitheater as it was open seating.
Also, I was VERY surprised that we were not able to find something as simple as a grilled chicken sandwich in the entire park. I don't want to say it, but their food selection has almost sank to Six Flag's level this year.
New Amusement Park planned for... Tracy, CA?
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The building moratorium is going away with the approved construction of new levees. I too don't see the city of Sacramento allowing a casino within city limits... (especially since North Natomas is a middle/upper class neighborhood), but Sacramento County isn't far from the site and would be a simple light rail ride away. (possibly using their own train to connect.)
I know the possibility of this development here is slim to none, but it would be an interesting proposal.
Edit: As for neighbor opposition, from what I understand, North Natomas residents actually like the economic impact the arena brings and don't mind the noise (it leaks out.. especially when the game is sold out) and traffic it brings.