Garet Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Hmmm, an easy cash grab on nostalgia for stupid people that believe anything. I'll be back soon right after I re-create my 2 new gofundme on restoring Ellen's Energy Adventure and The Great Movie Ride. I'll set it to $10 mil to show I'm serious but as long as I make enough to cover my moving fees I'll be happy.
DirkFunk Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Taking money from idiots is actually pretty smart, if that's the desire.
hoppedup Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 This place is great! Six months ago I didn't know B&M from Intamin, LSM from chain lift, cobra roll from Immelman... And now I'm googling a character who rode the same ride every day at an amusement park in Ohio that closed more than ten years ago. Apparently Rotorman hangs out at a skating rink these days, BTW.
coasterbill Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Haha! Maybe they can get Prince Desmond to donate some money. Well... http://www.savethebigdipper.com/ . I love that you keep renewing that domain name just so someone can bring it up on the forums once or twice a year and we can all laugh or asses off looking at it again.
Jason Maier Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 If Geauga Lake hadn't been shut down . . . you think Raging Wolf Bobs would have gotten the RMC treatment?
joelwee Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 If Geauga Lake hadn't been shut down . . . you think Raging Wolf Bobs would have gotten the RMC treatment? I think it'd depend on who owned the park, and what kind of condition the company was in. I could definitely see Six Flags RMCing it, if they could afford it. Not so with Cedar Fair, as they'd much rather have the RMC at Cedar Point.
pianojohn Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 Of course, they deleted my comment from the GoFundMe page since I wasn't blowing smoke up their ass! $20 million? Why not ask for $500 trillion! Either way, it's NOT ever going to happen! Oh, and the "brains" behind this scheme didn't even graduate from CCC, a local community college. Yeah. It'll work!
A.J. Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 As someone who works in this industry, I can tell you point blank that putting blanket numbers like that as a budget, even if they are estimates, is not how it's done. You have money that has to go into concept design, architecture / L-arch / civil eng / interior design / design visualization, construction, marketing...it is nowhere near as straightforward as the GoFundMe user is making it out to be, even if they are categorized as a "business".
WolfBobs Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 ^^Sshhhh don't speak common sense. Some people think it's as easy as playing RCT!
ytterbiumanalyst Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 As someone who works in this industry, I can tell you point blank that putting blanket numbers like that as a budget, even if they are estimates, is not how it's done. You have money that has to go into concept design, architecture / L-arch / civil eng / interior design / design visualization, construction, marketing...it is nowhere near as straightforward as the GoFundMe user is making it out to be, even if they are categorized as a "business". Oh hey, the guy who started this GoFundMe has read your post and responded to it. Thought I'd share what he had to say:
A.J. Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 Seriously though, I wish them the best of luck. If it does so happen to work out I will gladly have a nice serving of humble pie, but call me skeptical.
robbalvey Posted March 2, 2018 Author Posted March 2, 2018 Seriously though, I wish them the best of luck. I don't. I hope it fails miserably and gives us yet ANOTHER Geauga Lake story we can laugh our asses off at!
Intaman Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 Just think - for a "modest" $200.00 donation, you can have free admission for one entire year! Seriously, where does this guy get these numbers? At the current pace of donations, he should have that $20 million in about 342 years!
ytterbiumanalyst Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 Just think - for a "modest" $200.00 donation, you can have free admission for one entire year! Ooh, that's much better than $210 for a Cedar Point Platinum Pass. Who wants to go an hour away and ride stuff that actually exists and will be operating in 2 months?
Philrad71 Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 I literally have no words in response to the Go Fund Me page.
pianojohn Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 They are SO close: $904 of $20.0M goal Raised by 50 people in 9 days At this rate, it will only take 60+ years to reach their goal!
WolfBobs Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 Once I get my bonus I'm donating $5,000 to get my name on a brick! In more realistic news for anyone wanting some GL nostalgia. A local family fun park called Funtime Fun Park in Alliance, Ohio (Formerly the Caddie Shack http://caddieshackohio.com/ ) purchased and will reopen the GL Tilt-A-Whirl this summer. Anyone interested in mini-golf, go-karts, and a Tilt-A-Whirl should check them out. hope it's okay I posted the link, if not mods please delete
hoppedup Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 $1,039 in 16 days. Should make $20M in around 844 years at this rate.
CP Maverick Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 If I lived up in the Cleveland area I would have a very simple solution to my Geauga Lake void and that would be "drive 1 hour west." Dick? It is you! Dick Kinzel, how the hell have you been?
DorneyKid14 Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Raised $1,204 out of the $20M goal. If, IF my math is correct, thats 0.00602% of the goal. If my math is incorrect, I blame the school district i went to.
BarryH Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 I think they should use whatever money they get on a nice documentary film about Geauga Lake.
Samuel Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 Once the park is up and running again, it'll be really special for the Aurora High School Class of 2773 to hold its prom in Thunderhawk Hall.
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