Coming soon to your nearby SF park - critters!

[speedracer]

At least that's what I make of Shapiro's statement at the SFDK announcement:

 

The newly named park will re-organize itself, separating areas of the park into Land, Sea and Air.

 

"We will begin to model other parks off the three-pronged offering we have here," Shapiro said.

 

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_5036947

 

He might be on to something, the interactive critter shows and attractions are what packed the families into SFMW, seems he may attempt to intergrate these family friendly offerings to other SF parks.

[rollermonkey]

If that's true, that's a pretty big realignment, as the 'old' SFI was distancing itself from animal exhibits to some exrent.

[coaster05]

This made me laugh because in college we called "crabs"-critters. so when I saw this I instantly thought about crabs and remember the state of most SF bathrooms I figured they have had critters for years.

[speedracer]

^

[BarryH]

"Land, sea, and air?"

 

It reminds me of the G.I. Joe theme song.

[yodathefrog]

I don't know why but...Captain Planet comes to mind.

 

"By OUR POWERS combined!"

[disneyfan1313]

Meh! I think it will work in some markets/parks but it is more important to fix the huge glaring issues that alot of parks still have with security, quality and attraction mix/uptime/performance. Then they can focus on the growth and improvement.

[metrock]

Donkeys and dolphins at Magic Mountain? Wouldn't this be considered animal cruelty?

[ginzo]

I personally hate the idea of animals at Six Flags. I doubt they would take very good care of them. They can't even maintain their buildings very well.

[metrock]

^ Well, Magic Mountain already smells like s**t. What would they have to loose?

[ginzo]

^ Well, Magic Mountain already smells like s**t. What would they have to loose?

 

I noticed that when I was there last weekend. Does that place always smell like skunk?

[Hercules]

Wonderful. More animals at parks. Thanks Shapiro.

[larrygator]

SFGAdv's Temple of the Tiger is a huge hit with families as the show is both interesting and entertaining.

[speedracer]

I doubt he meant putting elephants and tigers in each park, would require each park to set up huge animal care facilities which would indeed be a bad idea. I'm thinking he meant more of the low-key easy to install edutainment attractions like Butterfly World, Lorikeet Feeding, reptiles, dolphin/sea lion shows and such, which could easily fit in and be blended into any park.

[DATman]

There already are animals at SFMM... They have a petting zoo and little chickens that you can almost run over on Granny Grand Prix.

 

 

I honestly don't see how some of these parks can become "three-pronged" like SFDK. I mean, most of them don't have the same setup as SFDK.

[Gnome]

Remember when knotts had that dolphin show? It was like a ghetto version of Sea World. I liked it since I could just pop by whenever.

 

But Dolphins at SFMM? Maybe..

[Masked_Maverick]

Oh darn they meant animals. For a min. I thought they were going to do a Halloween thing themed to the 80's alien movie Critters. Anyway yeah good luck to Six Flags with that last time I was at one of their parks that had a lot of animals they didn't look to be doing too well.

[speedracer]

^^ Not only KBF, but ironically most regional parks had their very own dolphin show back in the day, a show that still appeals to all age groups. Throw in a few lorikeet cages, a butterfly aviary, a bird show and viola, you have his concept for a 3-pronged edutainment offering.