Bad news for Old Mill Fans!

Ehhhhhh dunno about this one. Personally, I think Kennywood should get the crew from Sally to come through, gut the scenery, and work their magic with the existing storyline. Besides, though some may argue that the ride was boring, um, Hello? Slow boat ride through the dark, not much happening... can you say ggreeeat date ride? ;) Anywho, I guess I don't like the idea of a Garfield ride to begin with (face it folks... Garfield is NOT FUNNY. He eats, he's lazy, he kicks Odie... enough already!). Interactive or not, at this point the highlight of the ride for me is only that it is located in the same building and uses the same actual ride components as what was once a truly classic attraction. I will, however, reserve final judgement until it's complete, but at this point my hopes aren't real high.

-BB (not a fan of flourescant paint)

edit: Look around HPI's site a bit... since when did 3D become synonymous with harsh flourescant color?

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The ride will not be interactive.

That comment struck me as hilarious. "You will sit still and enjoy the ride... but you may not interact with it!"

I love the idea of preserving old rides, but I think dark rides especially need help staying current and appealing to younger crowds.

Some company needs to specialize in making or refurbishing classic rides for adults to enjoy. Heck with catering to kids all the time...

Garfield is THEE coolest of all cartoon kitties so I very much look forward to his "nightmare", whatever THAT may be. The Revenge of Lasagna and Nermal!

-Tina

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Lord Gonchar said:

Wow, you haven't been to dorney for a while, have you Nate?...The tree arguement is old and inaccurate. They've filled the park in nicely over the past couple seasons.

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Actually, I was at Dorney in 2002. It was just as treeless then as it was in 2001. I looked through your site, as suggested, and found three good examples of what I'm talking about:

Near Steel Force

Wild Mouse

Near the Entrance

And a fourth, which isn't necessarily treeless, but it is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in a corporate park.

The best examples of Dorney's treelessness, though, are on RCDB. First, take a look at this shot across the lower area of the park. The Thunderhawk area is nice, but you can count the number of trees between Thunderhawk and the picnic area on one hand. It's all vast open spaces of grass, concrete, and blacktop. Then there are shots one and two from the air, which speak for themselves.

Dorney's middle section is nice. The rest is god-awfully ugly.

-Nate

To be fair, the last two pictures were taken in fall/winter.

Colin D., not helping anything.

Olsor is right and the other one is 4 years old. Quite frankly the park has grown in tremedously in the time since those pics.

My pics are mostly from 2003 and out of 257 you found 3. But see the twist is, I'm not there to get photos of trees, I try to get clean ride shots. On most of those pics, you just have no choice but to work Dorney's ample tree supply into the shot.

As for the Dragon shot, I fail to see the "ugliness" in a shot of a coaster sitting next to a rock lined creek. To each his own. It isn't the greatest photo though - blurry :(

The first picture may have been taken in 2000, but on my visit the park looked *exactly* the same as in that picture. As for winter shots, do trees magically disappear in the winter or fall? You can still see where trees are and where they aren't. Look at the GAdv pictures in the other thread (which were also taken in the winter) and you'll see the difference.

The reason there are trees in all of your pictures is because trees only exist in the background at Dorney (aside from the middle section). The real problem is trees along the paths, which Dorney has few of. And why would you be taking pictures of paths?

As for the Dragon shot, I see an ugly, portable coaster sitting next to a creek about as beautiful as a sewage treatment plant. But as you said, to each his own.

-Nate

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coasterdude318 said:
The first picture may have been taken in 2000, but on my visit the park looked *exactly* the same as in that picture. As for winter shots, do trees magically disappear in the winter or fall? You can still see where trees are and where they aren't. Look at the GAdv pictures in the other thread (which were also taken in the winter) and you'll see the difference.

The reason there are trees in all of your pictures is because trees only exist in the background at Dorney (aside from the middle section). The real problem is trees along the paths, which Dorney has few of. And why would you be taking pictures of paths?

As for the Dragon shot, I see an ugly, portable coaster sitting next to a creek about as beautiful as a sewage treatment plant. But as you said, to each his own.

-Nate

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It sure is sad to be so jaded at such a young age. But as had been said before, to each their own.