Uriel Galindo Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 ^I hope so, that would really make La Ronde a good park. LaRonde needs a lot more than this to make it a good park. What is needs has nothing to do with the rides, but the people that run them. Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 ^^Amen to that. ... An DRMC would be nice though , and ride wise, the park would have a decent lineup. HOWEVER, more doesn't change the sketchiness of the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkid124 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I don't see why Six Flags would do an RMC on this coaster if it just got new trains, and I believe track work too. The trains could be sent to another park, but wouldn't it be a waste? Doing something similar to Twisted Colossus would be really cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 ^I hope so, that would really make La Ronde a good park. LaRonde needs a lot more than this to make it a good park. What is needs has nothing to do with the rides, but the people that run them. I cannot agree with this more. La Ronde has a couple of really good rides (Goliath, Vampire and to an extent, Dragon). But, what absolutely kills any fun at the park is operations and the staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angle O. Descent Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 ^ I think the issue could be related to that historic Canadian-Quebec separatist mentality (i.e. "we are La Ronde, not Six Flags"). I could be wrong, just thinking out loud here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 La Ronde posted this picture of la Maison Rouge on there Facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Today I was on Jacques Cartier bridge and I took a picture of the construction of La Maison Rouge. You can see it behind le Galopant which appears left of l'Orbite in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJohnny Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ^ I think the issue could be related to that historic Canadian-Quebec separatist mentality (i.e. "we are La Ronde, not Six Flags"). I could be wrong, just thinking out loud here. I'm not too sure how a political opinion may have an effect on the quality of the ops but whatever... Operations are just bad, it looks like they have no incentive in moving quickly or something. Ops were bad prior to the park being bought by Six Flags also...so i guess its more of an habit of sucking. As for the Monstre, i do wish it would be converted, but i don't see it happening soon due to the new trains and the money they have been throwing at it in the last years. The Cobra, this is something i can see leaving in the next few years...it would leave quite a lot of room for sure! A smallish coaster like Lightning Run would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ^ I think the issue could be related to that historic Canadian-Quebec separatist mentality (i.e. "we are La Ronde, not Six Flags"). I could be wrong, just thinking out loud here. I'm not too sure how a political opinion may have an effect on the quality of the ops but whatever... Operations are just bad, it looks like they have no incentive in moving quickly or something. Ops were bad prior to the park being bought by Six Flags also...so i guess its more of an habit of sucking. As for the Monstre, i do wish it would be converted, but i don't see it happening soon due to the new trains and the money they have been throwing at it in the last years. The Cobra, this is something i can see leaving in the next few years...it would leave quite a lot of room for sure! A smallish coaster like Lightning Run would be great. There's rumors that for the park's 50th anniversary in 2017 they will demolish le Cobra and the old Bob l'éponge building and build a new coaster there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJohnny Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ^ I think the issue could be related to that historic Canadian-Quebec separatist mentality (i.e. "we are La Ronde, not Six Flags"). I could be wrong, just thinking out loud here. I'm not too sure how a political opinion may have an effect on the quality of the ops but whatever... Operations are just bad, it looks like they have no incentive in moving quickly or something. Ops were bad prior to the park being bought by Six Flags also...so i guess its more of an habit of sucking. As for the Monstre, i do wish it would be converted, but i don't see it happening soon due to the new trains and the money they have been throwing at it in the last years. The Cobra, this is something i can see leaving in the next few years...it would leave quite a lot of room for sure! A smallish coaster like Lightning Run would be great. There's rumors that for the park's 50th anniversary in 2017 they will demolish le Cobra and the old Bob l'éponge building and build a new coaster there. We'll see i guess! I was kind of hoping they would re-open the 3d movie theater at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah me too but apparently they won't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I hope they remove Super Mange instead of Cobra. Super Manage is really rough and not that popular, while Cobra is okay and hasn't aged to badly. But although they do need a new coaster soon, I expect them to iron horse Monstre before they get a brand new coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I hope they remove Super Mange instead of Cobra. Super Manage is really rough and not that popular, while Cobra is okay and hasn't aged to badly. But although they do need a new coaster soon, I expect them to iron horse Monstre before they get a brand new coaster. Yeah but they could use Le Cobra, la Tornade and the movie theatre's footprint to build the new coaster. And I don't think they will Iron horse le Monstre soon because they spend a lot of money retraking it and buying ne PTC trains in 2013. But maybe in 2019 or 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 But didn't six flags spend a ton of money renovating another coaster just to turn it into a hybrid a few years later? Also, I'm not saying that they will remove Super Manage, I'm just saying that I hope that they remove it instead of Cobra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriel Galindo Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 But didn't six flags spend a ton of money renovating another coaster just to turn it into a hybrid a few years later? Also, I'm not saying that they will remove Super Manage, I'm just saying that I hope that they remove it instead of Cobra. I still hope that for 2016 we get a new hybrid and 2017 another new coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Awesome but EXTREMELY unlikely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I think a clone of Tornado at Särkänniemi would fit wonderfully at La Ronde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Never been to La Ronde, nor do I plan on going anytime soon, but based on all I hear about this park, they should work on improvents in operations and customer service before they consider adding a new coaster. When I hear about LaRonde having rude employees, one-train operations, and 5+ minute dispatch intervals on busy summer days, it obviously means that the management doesn't care about the guest experience. Not sure how they'll improve their service, but they need to improve somehow. Besides, they have a decent ride lineup that should hold them over for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzimm Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^ I have also never been to La Ronde, and while I am planning on going in the next year or two, all I have to say is this: I've never had anything but bad customer service experience absolutely anywhere I go in Quebec. I've been told this is because I'm not a Francophone and that it's basically a "thing" in Quebec. So I'm not surprised by their history of bad customer service, per se, but it is also why I am in absolutely no rush to get to that park. I'll make it out eventually, but only because I'll be passing through the province on my way elsewhere lol. That being said, I completely agree with your comments about overhauling the customer service (maybe time to bring in new management and new training) before worrying about new additions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^^^They already have two inverted coasters, so I think they're set for now in that department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^ ^As someone who visits quebec fairly often, & has been to la ronde a fair number of times over the last few years, I think the main problem is the fact that nearly all the employees there speak broken English. How are you supposed to deliver good customer service at a park with a bilingual group of guests if you can only speak just one language? Worse still, I'm not sure how they'll fix this problem. Everyone working customer service at that park seems to be high school/college students looking for some quick cash from a summer job, so you can't really expect all of them to be perfectly bilingual. Anyway, bad service aside, really hoping by the time you visit it'll be LR's term to get an RMC. I could see them doing some pretty crazy "twisted colossus-esque" stuff with Le Monstre. I heard some rumors a few posts back about Super Manage and Cobra being removed (might've read the thread wrong?). Unless Super manage is being removed for Mason Rouge, I'm hoping this is to make room for the possible "Iron/twisted Monster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^Neither of them are actually getting removed yet; we were just speculating what ride Ulf be removed if they were to get a new coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^ ^As someone who visits quebec fairly often, & has been to la ronde a fair number of times over the last few years, I think the main problem is the fact that nearly all the employees there speak broken English. How are you supposed to deliver good customer service at a park with a bilingual group of guests if you can only speak just one language? The majority of the park's guests come from within Quebec. In my three trips to the park I never had a issue with customer service at LaRonde, just slow ride ops. The first time I visited with a SF Pass that had to be redeemed for a paper ticket first before entry I had no issues with a language barrier. Another time when I had a season pass that allowed parking at all parks and the parking lot attendant had not seen it before, it only took two minutes for a supervisor to clear the issue. My french is probably worse than the employees English and I never had trouble communicating with employees at LaRonde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^Well, guess it's different for everyone. The last time I went (2014), was with a larger group. We tried to see if there was any discounts/group deals available. Took about half an hour. Member of my group told me that when they tried it at Canada's wonderland a few years before it only took them 5 minutes to get things sorted out. Anyway, not trying to argue over how bad the language barrier is at the park. Like others have said, I think we can all agree that the park is just too slow with their operations in general, ^^ Thanks for clearing that up about Cobra & SM. I'd imagine if an RMC is to come to the park, however unlikely it may be, I think the first thing that would shut down is monster, then possibly SM. Not sure why Cobra would be removed unless it's to make room for Mason Rouge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^^^They already have two inverted coasters, so I think they're set for now in that department. I know, my post was poking fun at the fact. I also think an Invertigo would round out SFNE's lineup quite nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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