NEW TPR VIDEO! Nasu Highland, Japan Posted!!!

[pkdcoaster]

... now, tell me again why U.S. Parks won't stay open during the winter? It's perfectly safe... just... cold looking.

 

Funny video though, as always

 

That would be because the lazy American teenagers that run the rides would complain.

 

Did it look like the park was making a ton of money that day?

edit: Elissa makes a very good point too

 

Kumba9 remembers the good ol days ....look at what BGW schedule was like in 1992 that year they stayed open through the end of November, needless to say that they made very little money those days...it was cold and dead!

 

The normal Sep & Oct schedule through 1997 was fri-tue....very odd indeed

98-99 was fri-mon

00-present fri-sun.

 

Most coasters could run in the cold but the thing is not many people would ride them in the cold. reminds me of Apollos Chariot's opening day, High of 40 degrees F !!!!!

 

JEFF

[Jon Sabo]

^Thanks for opening up old wounds again..lol

That was brutal schedule (especially since i worked 2 jobs-maitenance & ride ops)!

Good points of view on several of the issues. But, from a management perspective (especially the VA region) it was extremely difficult to tap into the market for employees; even full-time (with sign-on bonuses). It could likely depend on the region the park(s) are located and what type of pay-scale the park would offer as well as benefits package. The Williamsburg area tend to hire the foreign workers now and most of the shops have the 'older' people to work, but they do burn-out also. Perhaps a CF/Paramount park in NC could swing it (and even perhaps PKD), but BGE surely would struggle since its first 'experiment' was a nightmare. Or, I could see a 5-day operation and keep Wed/Thurs days closed.

[kennywood!007]

That video was great Robb! I really liked it. I wanna ride coasters in the snow now lol Anywasy awesome video, hopefully I can buy the DVD!!

[SideWindZ]

That is sooo awesome man.

i have got to order the new video today..

[thomas2]

Nasu Highland is such a strange park. All those coasters are tangled...

Were there many people in the park?

[apollo210]

Nasu Highland video makes me want to ride coasters in the snow! Those tire ttrims are reilly reliable! Does Elissa know that the Yellow coaster is a spinning death machine?!!? That video is on of the best!

[robbalvey]

BTW, has anyone had any problems with the streaming version of this video? I'm still testing out the whole "Streaming video" thing and want to know if there are any issues? Or did you just download it straight away instead of streaming it?

 

Thanks!

 

--Robb

[trustkill22]

At first I streamed it but it was going slow so I just downloaded it and than later in the day the streaming went good so I think it was just my ISP being unreliable like usual.

 

Tyler "Says they have doubled the speed of my connection, Pff yeah right" Danby

[Guy T. Koepp]

I find the streaming to work much better later at night. Probably less congestion.

 

Even in the afternoon it still has never been unwatchable.

 

Hope that helps.

[IwantRevenge]

I tried streaming it, but it kept slowing down and lagging thorugh the video. Then I tried downloading it, after waiting 27 minutes! it played nicely.

 

BTW Elissa you were so graceful on the ice

[Eternal_Rider]

awsome video...i want to ride roller coasters in the snow now and i had no problem streaming the video...i think its easier to run at night because theres less congestion and not to many people are streaming it at the same time..i tried in the afternoon and it was running slower than at night..I hope this helps!

[Jumboshrmp]

Finally!

Another TPR video!

I'm looking forward to the next music video when it comes out!

Coasters in the snow?

I haven't even seen snow.

[chaos]

Ahhh, I have fond memories of Big Boom . That video made me want to get on it even more. I seem to be the only one who doesn't care to ride coasters in the snow. There are reasons why less people go theme parks in the winter. It still looks like it was fun.

 

-Luke

[thomas2]

^wow that's one cool coaster

[BudtheWeiser]

Elissa Queen of the theme park so gracefull in the snow.

[TonyaGaddy]

You'd think the park would be closed. None the less, I love snow.

[robbalvey]

Ok, time to un-stick this. If you haven't downloaded this video yet, you can do it here:

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/videos/video.htm

 

And if you haven't ordered Coaster Expedition Volume 7 DVD, you can do that here:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/order.htm

 

--Robb

[Guy T. Koepp]

Oh, By tha by. CE VII is quite awesome! I think it's the best one yet.