cgodsey Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Where's the resident HRP fanboy that normally comes in occasionally and says we are full of crap? He's missed his cues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 ^Probably got laid off with the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^Having the park live up to its potential essentially means relocating the entire thing. The park is really nice and I had a very enjoyable visit last summer, but it's location is just awful. It seemed like most people in Myrtle Beach had no clue that the park was even there. To me Freestyle Music Park is like the Cypress Gardens of South Carolina... You can have a really nice looking park but it doesn't do you much good if you're so far out of the way that you can't get people through the gates. The thing about the park is that it really wasn't THAT far away. It was just far enough away people wouldn't make the effort to go there themselves. If they actually bothered to partner with hotels/resorts/the city and ran shuttles from hotels and stops along the beach, I bet the park would still be in business. We counted at least 15 mini golf/family fun centers along that main road that were all PACKED...so there is obviously a market for family activities away from the beach. Both management teams just made no effort what-so-ever to reach out to that market! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Both management teams just made no effort what-so-ever to reach out to that market! B...but....but I thought the Freestyle people said running shuttles and partnering with hotels was in "their plan?" What happened??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^That would mean less money they could spend on themselves "trying to find investors". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montezooma Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Soak'd, however, yeah, not sure who may want that. --Robb Hmmmm, that gives me an idea, let me know when it goes on the market I've got my eye on a few other things too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^I'm sure you could get that ride dirt cheap! Perhaps we can start some sort of TPR Caravan and help you take it back to Utah piece by piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^If I can keep a few pieces of the park from the eventual auction, I'll deliver Soak'd to Shane myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieP Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I also voted "NO". While the economy didn't help, the biggest issue was location, location, location! Had this have been built at Universal Orlando as a third gate, it would have worked better. Or even, at the risk of being biased because I'm from Michigan, brought it to Detroit, which is rich in music history (Motown, Bob Segar, Eminem, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montezooma Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^ Third gate at Universal huh? Now that is an interesting idea...of course with the "Hard Rock" name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenA07 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I would love to actually see the parks books as well as their business plan. I never got there, but it just seemed that the market never was ripe for a park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The park never had a business plan. I'm convinced it really was all just an elaborate scam to bail out those property owners who were about to lose everything on their failed entertainment venues on the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeydad Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 It seems if the park had any business plan at all it was, "Build it, and they will come!" Maybe in Hollywood, but not in the real world FMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The yes votes are gaining! Perhaps if we can surpass 50 votes, the park owners can use that as a database to show investors that it's only a slightly bad idea to invest in their money pit. Guy "One more year! One more year!" Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 http://discovermyrtlebeach.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2809 In case you missed this, a couple of weeks ago, Freestyle Music Park won an ADDY Award from the Coastal Carolinas chapter of the American Advertising Federation. The park won a Special Judges Award for "Impressions in the Sand" in nontraditional media. If I'm not mistaken, this was a design in the sand at the beach. Since it is illegal to distribute media to people on the beach, the park created something in the sand, causing intested for people to approach them, which allowed the park to give out material. Looks like the glass is once again half full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 ^Too bad that's where their effort at the beach ended... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 So I'm guessing this was before the park closed its offices and laid-off all staff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 ^This was around the time Freestyle Music Park opened for its first season (Hard Rock Park's second season, if you look at it that way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryancrash Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 So now they're selling the entire park for $19.99?! Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 You can tell it was pretty early in the season as they were actually charging a whole $20 to get in!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiminn6 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I really hope this park opens back up! I am going to Myrtle over spring break. I'm still hopeful. I mean it would be really sad to see it just stay closed, it's such a nice park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 ^I wouldn't get your hopes up for Spring Break. I'm pretty sure there was an article out that even if the park got the funding and/or new owners it would take at least six weeks from that going through to get the park open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLERLC1 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I wish The Time Machine could tell us the future, but I think Robb the fortune teller has been more realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/03/29/1394799/attorney-sc-park-not-planning.html "There are currently no plans to reopen for 2010..." CHARLESTON, S.C. -- An attorney representing Freestyle Amusement Park on the South Carolina coast said Monday the operators of the park have no current plans to reopen this summer. "There are currently no plans to reopen for 2010, however they are in negotiations still with several investors and that's subject to change if something were to happen with the investors," said attorney David Slough. The financially troubled park in Myrtle Beach was to have reopened earlier this month. Last month, Freestyle closed its business offices and laid off about 30 workers. The telephone number for the park Monday only played a recording that the park was closed. No operator was available. Freestyle opened last Memorial Day weekend after buying Hard Rock Park out of bankruptcy and reworking some of the rides and themes. The 55-acre Hard Rock opened in 2008, but closed after a single season. The $400 million park was the biggest single investment in South Carolina tourism. Freestyle Amusement Park faces a Thursday deadline to pay off a $570,000 debt it inherited when it bought Hard Rock. "They are working to resolve all payment obligations," Slough said. He said he did not know if the money was in hand to pay the debt by Thursday's deadline. It's not clear how long the park could wait to reopen this season if investors were to bring in a new infusion of money. Last year, it took about six weeks to get the park up and operating. "I don't know what they would have to do to get the rides operational again," Slough said. Freestyle Amusement Park remade some of the Hard Rock Rides - rides that featured a Led Zeppelin roller coaster and a dark ride based on the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" - to create a more family friendly atmosphere. It added reggae, country, Christian and disco music to the rock mix. Edited March 29, 2010 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsasamccormick Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 That sucks, but we all knew it wouldn't open this year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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