California Great America (CGA) Discussion Thread

[Nibbler]

In case anyone (or anyone you know) is still interested in working at HAUNT this year but was unable to make it to the last Job Fair, we are holding another one on August 20th (Saturday) from 10am-3pm outside our HR office, more details can be found via link below:

 

http://www.cagreatamerica.com/jobs/jobs_description.cfm?emp_id=2181

 

if interested please be sure to fill out the application BEFORE you head out to the job fair.

[XYZ]

I actually had more people ask me where invertigo is today then the entire season. It's like you didn't see the green patch or the fact it's been gone the whole season. I just tell them it's in PA if they want to ride it. Though one day a girl told her mom the reason they took down invertigo is because cga has to many rides with dangly legs. I didn't even correct her because it was funny.

 

It's weird that I've been to CGA over 15 times this year and nobody mentioned the Invertigo removal.

[Zeppelinfreak]

I'm curious to see how much the haunt has grown, can anybody post a timeline from 2008-2010 for haunt?

[Nibbler]

2008:

Mazes: CarnEVIL, Werewolf Canyon, Camp Gonna'getcha, Cornstalkers, Slaughterhouse, Club Blood

Scarezones: Underworld Alley, Dead Man's Cove, Witch Doctor's trail, Gauntlet.

Shows: Ed Alonzo, Dave Hill's Hypnotics, Comedysportz improv

 

2009:Mazes: Toy Factory Added

Scarezones: Remain the same

Shows: Comedysportz removed, Shocking Sideshow of freaks added, BANG added

Misc: Park only open 2 sundays during the season.

 

2010:

Mazes: CarnEVIL gets new rooms added as well as new soundtrack, Cornstalkers gets new entrance sign and music, Camp Gonna'getcha replaced with Black Widow's Cavern.

Scarezones: Remains the same, Gauntlet gets new theme overhaul, minor theming added to Witch Doctors, Dead Man's, and Underworld.

Shows: FANGS added, Ed Alonzo removed

Misc: Attendance skyrockets, HAUNT remains open every Fri-Sun for the season opposed to 09's Fri-Sat operation with 2 Sundays open.

[Zeppelinfreak]

^Thanks a lot. Boy, it's weird how much has changed. Had no idea attendance had a huge boost last year, so that's a great thing.

[Zeppelinfreak]

^^I also hope you don't mind I used it for the Wikipedia page on Great America.

[Angry_Gumball]

Not sure if you want to count it as it was only a 'demo' for 2007 but that's when we first saw CarnEvil. It's grown quite a bit since.

[Zeppelinfreak]

^Yeah it sure has grown a lot. And it's really cool to see that.

[Guest]

last full week off operation, but we close at 6 i believe all week and ten on the weekends. come check out skyflyer its alot of fun and worth the money (btw ya this is sjsharkattack10 for some reason I wasent getting the emails so I had to make a whole new account)

[jab88]

last full week off operation, but we close at 6 i believe all week and ten on the weekends. come check out skyflyer its alot of fun and worth the money (btw ya this is sjsharkattack10 for some reason I wasent getting the emails so I had to make a whole new account)

 

Being it was the first day of closing at 6, when it came around, it seems many guests were unaware of it, they likely still thought we closed at 8. It's 10 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday and I think Labor day weekend it's 10 on both Saturday and Sunday. After we had closed our ride and finished the last cycle, many were still going up past the garbage can and getting in line, thinking we were still going to run the ride.

 

What's it like at Skyflyer to work there?

[Flagg O'Dim]

Just a note to let everyone know that Rue le Dodge will be closing for it's Carnevil transformation on August 22, and the Rapids will close on September 5th.

 

http://cagreatamerica.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=5

[Nibbler]

^Thanks a lot. Boy, it's weird how much has changed. Had no idea attendance had a huge boost last year, so that's a great thing.

 

The Attendance was very low on Sundays in 2008, this is why 2009 only was open for 2 sunday evenings, however those 2 nights were a lot more busy in 09, so 2010 all 3 nights remained open again, attendance has grown almost double each year, this year we're expecting it to be even more busy..which is a great thing

[sjsharkattack10]

last full week off operation, but we close at 6 i believe all week and ten on the weekends. come check out skyflyer its alot of fun and worth the money (btw ya this is sjsharkattack10 for some reason I wasent getting the emails so I had to make a whole new account)

 

Being it was the first day of closing at 6, when it came around, it seems many guests were unaware of it, they likely still thought we closed at 8. It's 10 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday and I think Labor day weekend it's 10 on both Saturday and Sunday. After we had closed our ride and finished the last cycle, many were still going up past the garbage can and getting in line, thinking we were still going to run the ride.

 

What's it like at Skyflyer to work there?

 

 

 

 

Didn't know u could only have one profile. So the other one got banned..... Skyflyer is fun. U meet alot of people and u get to ride for free and sometimes we get alot of free time lol

[greatamerica1990sfan]

I'm thinking about going one last time Sun Spet 4th which is the day before Labor Day. Is that a bad day to go?

[jab88]

^ It depends, the park is having fireworks on that day and the park does get busier than normal when they have them, a few rides might have longer lines and a wait time, but nothing too long, unless of course it's Flying Eagles, that is the only ride that takes a long time to get on. But if you want no lines, this week would be a better option, there really was not that long of a line at either of the rides I was at yesterday, but the park closes at 6, so there's not as long a time in the park this week.

[sjsharkattack10]

^ went to the park as a guest today and it was short lines for most but we skipped survivor cuz it was more then 30 minutes

[robman]

Well the new show this year at Haunt is called "Zombies Gone Viral". If I had to guess its Zombies recreating viral videos.

[Zeppelinfreak]

^Where'd you hear that, the website hasn't been updated yet.

[Angry_Gumball]

CGA posted a flyer for auditions on their Facebook. Plus, something was mentioned about a Zombie show to replace Fangs during our Q&A.

[Zeppelinfreak]

^I remember somebody earlier posting about a zombie show, I just wanted to know how he knew the name. Thanks for letting us know, and thanks gumball for letting me know where he got the info from.

[robman]

^ Ya I just got it from their Facebook. I hope its good, I never did watch Fangs last year so it must have not been to good if it lasted one season.

[Angry_Gumball]

So I'm planning on Great America next Sunday, August 28. Any fellow bay area TPRers care to meet up?

[greatamerica1990sfan]

Is Labor Day weekend the worst weekend to go? I could go on Sat, Sun, or Mon. Should I just forget it? I was thinking about going Sun the 4th but would Sat or Mon be better?

[sjsharkattack10]

^i say go on Sunday shouldn't be to bad and sad news I'm not doing haunt now cuz I lost my ride home and the lightrail doesn't run that late

[XYZ]

So I'm planning on Great America next Sunday, August 28. Any fellow bay area TPRers care to meet up?

 

I'm either going to SFDK or CGA on Sunday.