After looking at Rumor posts on several message boards that have not come true, say about a new ride for the season, I developed a little theory of my own.
Last year, Six Flags Great Adventure got Nitro. They did huge advertising and got a boost in attendance, which equals more money. In January of this year, I remember reading posts of people saying, "I hope they build a new ride" or,"I saw them building something!". But a park generally will NOT build a ride each year if you think about it logically.
For 2002, Six Flags Great Adventure is still advertising Nitro, oh and they didnt build a new ride. Simply for the fact that they dont need to. They can still get the same attendance boost from Nitro, so therefore building a new ride would make them either lose money, or not get much. By building a new ride every 2 or 3 years, the park stretches the advertising and higher attendance possibilites.
In other words, its not exactly logical for a park to build a ride every year due to the fact that they wont get much out of it.
Oh and this is just a theory, Im not saying its true. Afterall, I have no idea how the Amusement Industry works!
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Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
Teenage Ninja said:
"See Six Flags is like that. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom hasn't gotten anything in like 2 or 3 years. They are getting royally screwed. Paramount adds something to a park usually every year and they make their money back. I honestly like the way Paramount thinks. Well anyways, you'll probably get something next year.
Every Park chain has its favorites. Paramount does not treat Great America the same way it treats Kings Island. Same with Cedar Point and ...Valleyfair. Same with Magic Mountain and Elitch
Teenage Ninja said:
See Six Flags is like that. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom hasn't gotten anything in like 2 or 3 years. They are getting royally screwed. Paramount adds something to a park usually every year and they make their money back. I honestly like the way Paramount thinks. Well anyways, you'll probably get something next year.-----------------
Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
Wrong, every Paramount park has had atleast one 3 year period where they recieved no major attractions. Especially Carrowinds and Wonderland. Kentucky Kingdom got a new coaster just two years ago, try waiting for 8 years to get a new coaster like Carrowinds or 6 years like Great America.
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Top 5 Steels-------------Top 5 Woodies
1.Steel Dragon 2000------1.Boulder Dash
2.S:RoS(SFNE)-----------2.Roar@SFMW
3.Medusa WEST----------3.White Cyclone
4.Fujiyama---------------4.Regina
5.Pyrenees---------------5.Excalibur@Funtown
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Somedays it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.
Typical Cedar Fair fashion is to add at least something new each year *except Valleyfair(I don't count general improvements with no new rides, shows or restaurants) WOF has gotten a new ride or area every year since before CFLP took over...
1995 (Year CFLP purchased mid summer)Cyclone Sams (Wipeout)
1996 Detonator & RipCord
1997 Bearstein Bear Country & Summer Spectacular Laser Show
1998 Mamba
1999 Grand Prix Raceway, Coasters Grill and Hurricane Falls for Oceans
2000 Boomerang
2001 Camp Snoopy
2002 Thunderhawk
In my opinion VF is getting screwed. Dorney this year did a lot of capital improvements along with getting Meteor. VF just got capital improvements. I realize that since 96 VF has gotten Wild Thing, Chaos, Galaxy Theatre, Power Tower, a new Rails (although they replaced the existing one). They are the only park to still have BBC. When is camp snoopy coming? And before everyone yells, I realize that the mall of America is nearby, but I feel they pull in two different crowds. Compare VF's items to the before listed WOF. Excluding MA, all the rest of the CF parks have been getting a lot of improvement, albeit slower than Six Flags.
Just my 2 cents.
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