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That's pretty surprising given they had all their NYE festivities.

^Uhm...while Arrow name has been gone for a decade, the company is still in business as S&S Sendai.

Aside from going "100MPH", the other big marketing point the park made with S:TE was that it had "6 seconds of weightlessness." I don't think it's a trend.

by all accounts, the original colossus had plenty of airtime. And GhostRider before it murdered your spine was incredible in terms of airtime. The drop out of the MCBR was legendary.

At the end of the day, theme parks are still a business.

I'm amazed it doesn't happen more often. I don't think Walt could have ever envisioned his park hosting so many guests. I'm very curious to see how they handle crowd control going forward, as it's not like they have tons of room to re-model all the walkways to accommodate more foot traffic.

Are power rangers still a thing?

That image is not even a final image. The story clearly says it's an image being rendered.

^Not true at all. Theme parks made up 1/3 of Disney's revenue, which is quite impressive given the amount of properties they own. Theme parks are also the 2nd most profitable division of Comcast and helped offset lower revenue at the movie studio for the NBCUniversal division as a whole.

^^My only concern with that is that it is buried on their website. You have to go to the guest relations drop down menu for it to be visible. Do they put signage up at the entrance, or make it more prominent on their website when severe weather is in the forecast? This part made me laugh too: "The park offers many activities that are amazingly fun in any kind of weather—including indoor shows, restaurants, shops, games and arcades. Refunds or rain checks for inclement weather are not offered."

That's not a fair comparison. Weather policies on a flights are very widely reported and understood by most travelers. When people think of inclement weather at theme parks, they think of rain. The majority of theme park goers will look outside, see its clear and sunny, and it doesn't even cross their mind that wind can impact their day. Chances are it's not even windy where they live. Does the SFMM webpage mention anything about wind?

But how many parks do do anything to compensate for it? Generally not a lot, other than posting what's closed before you enter the park. In their very own market, USH used to have a rain check if a show was canceled d/t rain or rain exceeded 1/2 inch. While they don't do that anymore, any time a ride breaks down or is closed, they are generous in handing out candy (Jelly Bellies) and front of the line passes to make up for the inconvenience. I'd be pretty frustrated if I bought a 1 day ticket to visit the park and so many major rides were down and the response was "too bad. we can't control the weather!" Does anyone know if the park did anything for disappointed guests?

^Obviously the laws of physics can't be completely ignored, but I do think there is some validity to that complaint if the park isn't doing anything to recover the guests.

Bring back Tiny Toons and Animaniacs! Outside of Disney, there are very few characters with staying power. I think it's really at the point where a park is just picking the best of what's left so they aren't being left in the dark. Most of the newer shows don't have the generational staying power of a Disney character, Marvel/DC super hero, or Scooby Doo and the gang. That's really all I can think of as major characters that have lasted through the ages.

This is really a no win situation. If you have ever tried to get to the park on a busy day or HHN night, the freeway offramps are a MESS and backed up quite a bit. Cahuenga is always a mess during rush hour times as well partially due to USH guests needing to take Cahuenga to get to the 101 South. However, having to go around USH to get to Barham is a tough pill to swallow for those who use it to get into Burbank and the community in the hills up there.

^USH is at least decorating the construction walls to kind of fit a theme!

^They would, but then they are also holding up the line at the turnstile... Kudos to SFMM for actually doing something good on the operations side.

Some photos from the park today... -Shrek re-opened, which led to some new views of potter since it's queue is right up against the area. -House of Horrors is completely gone. -Detail starting to show on Springfield! -the escalators down to the lower lot got a new archway and it is no longer called the Starway. -Production Central received a new facade and a new brickwork plaza...since it is right across from the future land entrance. Uhm...it's potter stuff. I have no idea what it is. Cletus Chicken Shack beginning to take shape New archway for the escalators down to the lower lot Moe's! Mmm...beer Android Dungeon and Lard Lad Donuts New plaza and facade for Production Central Wizarding World archway. I guess that's exciting? Shrek re-opened with a new entrance/alleyway House of Horrors is gone. Backside of Potter! Closer view of potter you get from the Shrek Queue.

I'll have to put in my vacation form now for your opening day! Looks awesome!

I agree with that sentiment. As I said in the Orlando thread, they spent so much time trying to push the animal portion of the parks that people wouldn't even realize the parks have some great rides unless they did their research! Market yourself like a zoo and you will see attendance like a zoo!

They just need a new space jam movie to re-vitalize the franchise...

Nice addition to DtD! I've been to the STK in Vegas...the food is great, but the vibe is definitely pretentious in that it was trying too hard to be hip.

Sections had been getting replaced little by little throughout the years. I'm guessing had Twisted Colossus not came to be, those boards would have been replaced as well.

A budget hotel next to a strip club? I'm sure nothing shady goes down there after hours...

^This was place at the end north end of the strip---where all the "authentic" stuff is.