Cedar Fair buys another park
NOOOOOOO!
Y'know, after spending nine hours at Dorney
on Sunday, and fourteen hours at Cedar Point
last August, I'm becoming less and less ''fond''
of Cedar Fair.
They have some of the STUPIDEST ride
policies or any park or chain, anywhere.
- You must take everything with you on
most rides, even when you load/unload
at the same place!
- EVERTHING has seatbelts! The Wild Mouse
at Dorney, hell, even the Antique Car ride
at Cedar Point had 'em! Lighten up a little
fellas, geeze!
- They've braked Hercules and Thunderhawk,
not to mention Mean Streak, to all hell.
- And my biggest gripe, not being able to
stay on the ride, or re-ride, when their is
no line. WHAT is the point of that other
than to PO the customer?
- They love to rip out classic rides, and
replace them with nothing (or nothing
worthwhile). This season, Dorney's
beloved Paratrooper got the boot, as
did Cedar Point's Fascination.
- Will someone tell me WHY they are
SO strict about being ''ALL THE WAY
BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE! YOU! IN
THE YELLOW SHIRT! MOVE BACK!''
A train on Steel Force sat on the
holding brakes for almost two
minutes simply because this kid
wasn't *totally*behind the yellow
line. I mean, it was only his tip
toes, and it was only because
the other people in line were pushing.
And the same thing happened at
Cedar Point last year with the train
track operators, but they were
worse offenders. They created
HUGE bottlenecks on the midways
until ''EVERYONE IS BEHIND THE
YELLOW LINE."
In the words of the great Harry Henninger,
''We're only an AMUSEment park; let's not
take ourselves too seriously!"
C'mon guys, lighten up, a LITTLE!
-rob(who can forsee equal amounts
of good and evil moving into Muskegon,
Michigan. However, a third train and
a block brake, or brakes of any kind
on Shivering Timbers would be
UNFORGIVABLE.)
Y'know, after spending nine hours at Dorney
on Sunday, and fourteen hours at Cedar Point
last August, I'm becoming less and less ''fond''
of Cedar Fair.
They have some of the STUPIDEST ride
policies or any park or chain, anywhere.
- You must take everything with you on
most rides, even when you load/unload
at the same place!
- EVERTHING has seatbelts! The Wild Mouse
at Dorney, hell, even the Antique Car ride
at Cedar Point had 'em! Lighten up a little
fellas, geeze!
- They've braked Hercules and Thunderhawk,
not to mention Mean Streak, to all hell.
- And my biggest gripe, not being able to
stay on the ride, or re-ride, when their is
no line. WHAT is the point of that other
than to PO the customer?
- They love to rip out classic rides, and
replace them with nothing (or nothing
worthwhile). This season, Dorney's
beloved Paratrooper got the boot, as
did Cedar Point's Fascination.
- Will someone tell me WHY they are
SO strict about being ''ALL THE WAY
BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE! YOU! IN
THE YELLOW SHIRT! MOVE BACK!''
A train on Steel Force sat on the
holding brakes for almost two
minutes simply because this kid
wasn't *totally*behind the yellow
line. I mean, it was only his tip
toes, and it was only because
the other people in line were pushing.
And the same thing happened at
Cedar Point last year with the train
track operators, but they were
worse offenders. They created
HUGE bottlenecks on the midways
until ''EVERYONE IS BEHIND THE
YELLOW LINE."
In the words of the great Harry Henninger,
''We're only an AMUSEment park; let's not
take ourselves too seriously!"
C'mon guys, lighten up, a LITTLE!
-rob(who can forsee equal amounts
of good and evil moving into Muskegon,
Michigan. However, a third train and
a block brake, or brakes of any kind
on Shivering Timbers would be
UNFORGIVABLE.)
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michigan can use a premeire Amusement Park!
It's been rumored for years that CF owned land in Michigan and was going to build but, later thought it would be too competive with CP.
Way to go
It's a good strategic move on CP's part.
With two CF parks in my backyard perhaps I won't have to travel more than Two hours anymore.
Does anyone know how large the park is ? How many arches? etc.
Michigan can use a premeire Amusement Park!
It's been rumored for years that CF owned land in Michigan and was going to build but, later thought it would be too competive with CP.
Way to go
It's a good strategic move on CP's part.
With two CF parks in my backyard perhaps I won't have to travel more than Two hours anymore.
Does anyone know how large the park is ? How many arches? etc.
RobCoasting said:
"NOOOOOOO!
- You must take everything with you on
most rides, even when you load/unload
at the same place!
- EVERTHING has seatbelts! The Wild Mouse
at Dorney, hell, even the Antique Car ride
at Cedar Point had 'em! Lighten up a little
fellas, geeze!
- They've braked Hercules and Thunderhawk,
not to mention Mean Streak, to all hell.
- And my biggest gripe, not being able to
stay on the ride, or re-ride, when their is
no line. WHAT is the point of that other
than to PO the customer?
[SNIP]
- Will someone tell me WHY they are
SO strict about being ''ALL THE WAY
BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE! YOU! IN
THE YELLOW SHIRT! MOVE BACK!''"
Just to address these things,
1. Keeps the platform clear and uncluttered so the ride ops can go up and down the train freely. Also eliminates the lost/stolen item liability.
2. I STILL wonder why so many 'enthusiasts' complain about extra restraints, but I guess it's a personal thing...
3. Braking is a terrible *TERRIBLE* thing to do to a woodie, so I agree here...
4.& 5. Well what's the point of having a rule if it's not strickly enforced? If people see other guest being chastized for violating a rule, they are less likely to break it themselves. Conversely, if they see that the policies are "negotiable" then they are more inclined to test the limits.
Anyway, y'all know how I feel about so-called 'corporate' parks, so you can imagine my reaction to this news.
toodles!
jeremy
--we're lambda lambda lambda and...omega mu
Cedar fair will be broadcasting live there first quarter earnings May8 at 11:00 am est, follow link below to listen to it. Maybe they will talk about the new park they aquired.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-27-2001/0001480308&EDATE=
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