JaYmoNeY12 12 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Im really hoping for a real rollercoaster next year......
tarheel1231 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Im really hoping for a real rollercoaster next year......
coasterbill Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ... anything is possible if you believe (Is what possible? A new coaster? How should we know?)
JaYmoNeY12 12 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ... anything is possible if you believe (Is what possible? A new coaster? How should we know?) Believe in Six Flags? Yeah.....no.
El Toro_Ryan Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Some more bad publicity for the park. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/south-jersey-woman-sues-amusement-park/
DevilsFlight Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ^ Anyone else feel like that isn't the park's fault? They obviously want to avoid a lawsuit if the girl gets hurt, not because of her "appearance" as her mother claims.
woolandmammoth Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 But if she were to get hurt or was killed on the ride her family would be screaming "Why didnt someone stop her from riding? Even THE MANUFACTURER SAID DISABLED PEOPLE LIKE HER SHOULDN'T RIDE! OH GOOD LORD BABY JESUS END THE MADNESS! MAKE RIDES ILLEGAL! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!" Luckily, she was just embarresed instead of put in danger. Alot of these news stories come up, but its not like Six Flags keeps these policies a secret. I absolutely commend the park on keeping the woman's safety ahead in priorities than ensuring she buys a season pass, or sonething.
DevilsFlight Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ^ That is an accurate representation of how people react when something like this happens
DJeXeL Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Some more bad publicity for the park. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/south-jersey-woman-sues-amusement-park/ She met the rider requirements.....not sure where the issue was here.
DevilsFlight Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Some more bad publicity for the park. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/south-jersey-woman-sues-amusement-park/ She met the rider requirements.....not sure where the issue was here. They probably thought because she is not an adult that would increase her chances of getting hurt
DJeXeL Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ^Understood, but sounds to me like Six Flags is at fault here..... I will say though, It's good SF covered their a$$ by breaking down the term "Fully functioning arm" as an arm with 1 functioning finger is also considered "functioning."
RCF Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 ^Understood, but sounds to me like Six Flags is at fault here.....I will say though, It's good SF covered their a$$ by breaking down the term "Fully functioning arm" as an arm with 1 functioning finger is also considered "functioning." An employee said she wasn't able to ride, but went to guest services and they said she was allowed, but she chose at that point not to, and is now filing it to court. She is the one who is taking it too far, when the issue was already solved. She just needs "justice."
DJeXeL Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 As far as I'm concerned, the operator that she came in contact with 1st caused this entire mess. SF admitted fault when the Guest Services/Rides department supervisor offered for her to ride.
coasterbill Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I feel bad for the operator. Was it their job to know the rules? Yes. But this issue probably never comes up and I'm sure they were just trying to be overly cautious which make sense given past incidents involving disabled people being injured or killed on coasters.
DJeXeL Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Get a supervisor involved. Period. As a lead I always expect my operators to get me involved in any "questionable scenarios." She never should have been denied to begin with but I DO understand the operator being gun shy. I get that, but at that point a lead and/or supervisor should have been called over to thwart this whole scenario.
michaellynn4 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I can see that technically SFGAdv is at fault in this case, but I think any reasonable person would see that the park made a reasonable attempt to remedy the situation by apologizing and offering to let her ride and that this lawsuit is pretty frivolous.
Comeagain? Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Get a supervisor involved. Period. As a lead I always expect my operators to get me involved in any "questionable scenarios." She never should have been denied to begin with but I DO understand the operator being gun shy. I get that, but at that point a lead and/or supervisor should have been called over to thwart this whole scenario. Exactly. To me it seems like the Op either didn't know or misunderstood exactly what the policy was for disabled guests, and should have contacted a supervisor. And my understanding of the ADA is that she can't be denied access to the station (really in regards to wheelchairs and the like) however if the park policy or manufacturer says it is unsafe for someone with her disability to ride, then they have no obligation to let her ride.
VF15 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 So I read on another coaster website from someone that recently went to a winter enthusiast event at SFGAdv that there is a chance that the park could eventually hold a Holiday in the Park event that would run on weekends from November through early January, and they would keep most of the rides open, which surprises me a bit. If they did end up having it, I would hope it goes well for them, but considering the climate park is located in, they might have some trouble keeping the rides open, especially in December and early January.
Genx24 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 ^ My guess would be that if it were an in-park event, they would run Skull Mountain and The Dark Knight.
JaYmoNeY12 12 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 ^ My guess would be that if it were an in-park event, they would run Skull Mountain and The Dark Knight. That is like Herseypark, they keep their indoor dark ride open but their coasters closed. The cold weather is probably not good for coasters to operate.
coasterbill Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 The cold weather is probably not good for coasters to operate. You're right according to basically every other park as they all have minimum temps around the 40 degree mark but Great Adventure doesn't care about weather. That's what makes me so excited for the potential of a holiday in the park event... I could actually see them running some of their major coasters and even if they do have a temperature cutoff it would probably be really low. I could sort of see them closing off Plaza De Carnival and Golden Kingdom and then leaving the rest of the park open. This is all a pipe dream but if they did a Holiday in the Park event that would probably be the most likely scanario since I doubt they'd want to run El Toro since it has the potential to valley and there's no reason to open Golden Kingdom since it's less you have to decorate and so easy to close off.
FaithPlus1 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Anyone know when the flat bed truck is gonna arrive with the new coaster?
Genx24 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 ^ Parts have been on-site for a few weeks already.
boldikus Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 ^ It's been there since at least December. Flyin Phil caught a shot of it in the lot behind Kingda Ka back on December 21st.
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