parkjunkie

I would be surprised as well, but we've sen this company do some really dumb things in the past. But truthfully, theres almost no way to make it possible within a budget standpoint with our terrain.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE just scrap the piece of sh!t. Its old, not a good ride, dont need another hand me down, and with its age taking it apart and putting back together again takes its toll on the ride feel itself

I used to have dreams like that years ago, but truthfully, I'd LOVE something like AlpenFury... something along those lines would be great for our park, but I'll be holding my breath for a long long long long long time

Id rather have a flat ride than that garbage SROS they call a coaster. Not to mention, it would be cheaper to build a brand new one. The amount of land grading, support modifications and all that due to the terrain at our park compared to where it sits now is vastly different

You're not wrong in most of what you said. If you're going to go though, make the most of it and try to ride all the coasters, which more than likely will take 3-4 hours, because they rarely increase cycles if it gets busier, and the staff moves like molasses. Be prepared, the coasters are definitely on the rougher side. And for your wife, if shes going to just drop you off, have her go to downtown, plenty to do there with shopping, better than sitting in the car for 3-4 hours.

Is it just me, or is Phoenix Rising kind of jankety and rough?... especially for a brand new coaster

Eagle is far one of my most favorite coasters EVER. I was still working at the park for her 40th. I cant remember if it was that season or a few prior where she got the most love since she was built... new paint, a bunch of new lumber and new chaser lights. Needless to say the lights lasted about half a season and since then, she has been neglected. Now I know with older classic woodies, the attention they need is nonstop, and we all know Six Flags isn't the type of park/ chain to continually keep her topnotch. But it WOULD be amazing to see her get the biggest overhaul since her debut for her 50th. I miss the old que, the massive sign on the mid hill, and the rock logo. All just memories

You made it a silly game by reading too much into it and not for what was said. I guess its just too hard to comprehend what I was saying, even after explaining it. Again, those that have been on here MUCH longer than 8 or 9 years have seen and heard the lies an empty promises over and over. All I was saying is the less time youve had on here may make it seem like its not as bad. Thats all I was trying to say.... And yet you want to blame someone for playing a silly game which it wasnt and turned it into one, typical mindset in todays world. What does living by the park have to do with any of this? I live less than 15 as well and have been going for 47 years, so whats your point. I worked there from 95-97, and again from 2003-2014, and left permanently after 2014 along with the mass exodus of others that worked there even longer. Many of us saw the writing on the wall and where it was going then and didnt want to have any part of the crumbling future. That mass exodus included quite a few full time employees, maintenance, and tons of other staff that had been there 10-30 years.

IMO Hes just telling it how it is and speaking how a lot of us feel. I know youre somewhat newer here, but a lot of us have been on here for well over a decade and other sites for even longer... and no Im not trying to make it a contest of whos been here longer. All Im saying is we've heard the promises and and have voiced our opinions when asked by the park over the years, hell, some of us even worked at the park, me for 13 years. We're sick of the BS excuses and know the truth, we're allowed to vent and call the park out just as much as the park procrastinates. and polishes turds. You have brought up good points in your posts since joining and show you genuinely care for the park, which I think is awesome if you feel that way. But like I said, many of us have been following these threads and websites for almost 2 decades and having worked at the park, we have seen first hand the BS and lies over and over. At this point its so dumb that its funny

Well they better get it figured out before February 2nd, thats when Im going lol

I find it sad that they didnt make it swing over Thunder's reservoir. Would have made it so much better, great ride none the least

I don't understand all the pessimism. Why are so many people thinking that everything is going to go downhill?? This isn't Six Flags buying out Cedar Fair, its a merger with Cedar Fair and Cedar Fair having majority share/ say... 51/49. If anything, this could be great in the fact that newer smaller parks that SF recently acquired or have had but arent producing will probably be sold off which means paying off debt more quickly and an getting rid of thorns. Next, Cedar Fairs business model is leaps and bounds above Six Flags, so they'll stick with that model which means SF parks will slowly improve. As of now, the board is 6 SF members and 6 CF members, but I guarantee over the the first year, youll see CF replace some of those members with members they want. If it wasnt for this merger, SF would have been in major trouble the next few years and you would have seen parks closing and being sold off to companies that couldnt run them any better. It will take a few years for things to come together, but overall, I see this being a great move.

After working at the park for almost 15 years, late 90s in to 2000s, the biggest problem is exactly this, maintenance. Its been an issue ever since Premier took over. Premier would dump every penny they made, and then some into rides, rides rides, and of course only at select parks. Maintenance was just a memory for many years. Put a bandaid on everything... instead of dropping X amount to fix something, lets spend 3x X over 5 years with bandaids. Then you move forward to the bankruptcy and Shapiro days. Shapiro was brought in to focus on just this, maintenance, upkeep, paint, flowers.... He was brought in to get SF back on its feet and continue his motto. That didnt last long before it was back to wasteful spending, neglect of the parks, and so on.... but yet corporate cant figure out why things are so bad..... SMH

I was just curious if anyone knows when the park normally releases their upcoming year calendar. We will be planning a trip out east in the next month or so. Thanks in advance