Video TR: Frontier City

[chadster]

How about some midweek video porn? Yes you say? Ok.

 

For some odd reason I decided to go back to Frontier City this year to see if things had improved over last year. Sadly they really haven't. While the only major ride down was the drop tower(it was also down on my visit last year), operations were slow. It took no less than 10 minutes to load and start the enterprise wheel, same went for the scrambler. Wildcat was only dispatching once every 8 to 10 minutes resulting in about an hour wait for the 125 or so in the station. Surprisingly the log flume was running four logs, and the shooting dark ride was still fully functional. The go-kart track was unboarded this year, but not in operation on this day.

 

The park remains clean but the staff didn't appear to be too motivated. They are also in desperate need of a new e-ticket as their last new ride at the park was Steel Lasso, a Vekoma Family Suspended coaster in 2008. The new attraction wouldn't necessarily need to be a new coaster. A Huss Frisbee, Screamin Swing, Aviator, or StarFlyer, just something that is attractive in operation that would spruce up the park and bump up attendance, and maybe my opinion on the the place

 

So here is the video I shot on Labor Day. And yeah, it looks better than what I described it as

 

Edited September 22, 2011 by chadster

[QueerRudie]

BEAUTIFUL video, Chad- and I loved the ending montage...

 

How about more videos???

 

R.D.

[CorkscrewFoley]

I love seeing Frontier City, and I loved this video Chad. Keep up the good work, dude.

 

Oh, before I forget...I would've liked to see more of Silver Bullet.

[chadster]

Thanks guys! So you want to see more Silver Bullet you say? Ok. The raw uncut video is rendering now. I'd say check back tomorrow or late tonight

[Shavethewhales]

Nice job. I only live like 30mins away from FC, but I probably won't go this year. There's just nothing to draw me in anymore - after spending an hour in the park riding the coasters a couple of times I get bored pretty quick.

 

It's worth noting that while the park didn't necessarily improve that much between last year and this one, the two years before last have been phenomenal for the park. Everything is clean, repainted, and operational (well, mostly). Do you have any shots of the opera house or general street shots of the park? I know they refurbished the outside of a number of the old facades this year.

 

It sucks about the slow operations though. They've always been slow, but then again they've never had so many people in the park before. I couldn't believe how many people were in that video. It used to be that the trains on the coasters were never even full most of the time. From what I've heard this has been an extremely successful year for them. Burke and Co. have done a great job advertising the park, which is really the only think PARC didn't do well.

 

It sounds like we might actually get something good for next year, with the park this successful and the way Burke operates.

[chadster]

^ I've got several street shots just nothing I could fit into the video. It all looks nice, it's just kinda blah. I do agree they made great strides starting in 2008 but it seems like it's all in infrastructure (it was badly needed afterall) But you can only invest in infrastructure so long before you have to add something big so I hope they are able to for 2012. Marketing wise I see a lot rolling across FB and a few ads in T-Town really pushing the waterpark more than the amusement park.

 

As far as crowds this was on Labor Day. Flat rides were about a 1 cycle wait, on occasion a 2 cycle wait. The sling shot thingy was about a 90 minute wait(it's free afterall) Steel Lasso was about a 10 train wait with Silver Bullet a 2 train wait, odd. I noticed it was like a revolving door, people would come in, stay a few hours, leave, and a new group would roll in. I'd like to see them either tear down the building were the old wildcat stands for an e-ticket or put in a new themed wild mouse similar to Dark Knight.

 

But anyway, here is some more porn, uncut:

 

[CorkscrewFoley]

Chadster, you are the man, thank you...I probably should've had a towel while watching. Out of curiosity, is that one of Revolution's old trains?

[QueerRudie]

Outstanding footage, Chad... yet again. I've watched the video four times in a row... AHEM.

 

As for the train: That train is original from that particular LoopingStar, a Mk1a train (Speedracer MK1a)- and features the first generation nose plates on it. A handful of Schwarzkopf coasters featured the box-nose configuration. Most operators chose the smoother, round nose option for their looping coaters.

[CorkscrewFoley]

Outstanding footage, Chad... yet again. I've watched the video four times in a row... AHEM.

 

As for the train: That train is original from that particular LoopingStar, a Mk1a train (Speedracer MK1a)- and features the first generation nose plates on it. A handful of Schwarzkopf coasters featured the box-nose configuration. Most operators chose the smoother, round nose option for their looping coaters.

 

Holy hand grenades of Antiarch, Rudie. I knew you knew your Schwarzys, but damn! Thank you for the tidbit, sir.

[chadster]

^ And they call ME a whore, sounds like we all know who the real whore is!

[CorkscrewFoley]

Me or Rudie?

[Zingoman]

They had two trains on there back in 1994 but I've only ever seen one each year since. I've been told they rotate them each season but given the parks history of maintenance and general upkeep I'm betting the second train became a parts donor at some point by now. There is just no w at the would see fit to keeping two trains in working order there. I always liked the fact that the more rare train style is at Frontier City though.