Busch Entertainment takes revenue hit

That would certainly be an interesting talent however.. :)

that's a shame :( BGW and KD are my two home parks and they both don't seem to be doing to well even though KD is getting an awesome coaster next year!:)

BG seems to be doing just fine.

Yeah they are. Its a shame BBW is going to be taken out

GreatBearHP said:
that's a shame :( BGW and KD are my two home parks and they both don't seem to be doing to well even though KD is getting an awesome coaster next year!:)

Not sure where you get the notion that BGW isnt doing well.. The article takes them as a whole conglomerate, not individually.

Did I mention that GreatBearHP should probably back off a little on the constant posting after just signing up?

No.. Perhaps mention it again :)

My post above was much more tame then the response my wife just gave towards that comment.

It's something that noobs do. I noticed it too. I envy the excitement that GreatBearHP has about coasters. Those days for me are long gone. :)

ridemcoaster said:
My post above was much more tame then the response my wife just gave towards that comment.

Are you guys really taking one person's observation posted on a message board that personally?

Now I'm afraid to visit the park because I might come back and post the wrong thing here. ;)

No more than you are taking my comment I suppose..

And my wife isnt on the board. She can make any comment she feels she wants.. As I said.. Since I AM on the board, my remark is more tame than hers was.. Mine was a "what are you talking about".. Nothing more, nothing less.

She works there and doesnt like comments that have no factual basis as im sure anyone who works for an industry doesnt approve non factual remarks.. I honestly dont see any issue with it.

Except that it wasn't presented as fact - it was a kid on a message board saying it did seem like the Virginia parks were doing well. The sort of thing most people would just wave off, skim over or not even think twice about. I found the reaction interesting - nothing more, nothing less. :)

I think it takes thicker skin than that to read the forums...especially if you're in the industry. The idea of a park employee putting so much into an off the cuff comment from some random kid and having a reation that is described as essentially "a lot less tame" than yours was intriguing. It makes me wonder how other park people react.

It caught my attention and I don't understand having such a personal reaction to the comment...or the need for you to share that an off-the-forum personal comment like that occured. Seemed like you guys took it a little too personally and I mentioned my curiousity via a forum post.

Now I know, I suppose.

I'm still worried about the consequences for saying Alpengeist is lame or something similar. ;) :)

The fact people respond "what are you talking about" is not uncommon for this forum. Which is what *I* responded. So if that is your bone of contention, I suppose you need to start following up on a lot more posts.

She doesnt read these forums, I just happened to mention it to her while I was on the computer and she made a remark which as I was typing I thought was amusing and commented in the forum. I think your interpretation is a bit exaggerated than my intended remark.

I do however think you are naive if you think that some of these forums dont annoy the amusement industry to some degree. You just dont hear about it normally. I now know not to repeat her comments as it apparently motivates you a direction that I dont agree with.

Really my "thin skin" is the fact you are commenting on somone who isnt a part of the board, which I dont find fair game. I dont mind the picking on me, but find displeasure in going after her comments/remarks/etc. To assist with this I will not projecting her comments here, whether in jest or not from this point forward. Problem solved.

And for the record there are few sites she likes personally with the commentary that goes on.. This actually happens to be one of the few she does like. Regardless of her comments.

Lastly, you can make any comment you like about coasters.. It is afterall the forum for that.. But as apparently my comments can be highlighted.. Yours is fair game as well.. And lets not be silly, you wont be booted from the park for making that comment, so really what is it to be worried about?

ridemcoaster said:
I do however think you are naive if you think that some of these forums dont annoy the amusement industry to some degree. You just dont hear about it normally.

Exactly. I find that interesting. The handful of people I do know seem to be more of the 'laugh it off' variety which (combined with the harmlessness of GreatBearHP's comment) is precisely why that reaction caught my attention.

I guess I never thought people would take something like that so seriously and I questioned it. That's what I do. :)

People NOT on the forums dont know GreatBear from a hole in the wall. He could be a journalist.. or some schmoe on the message board. Either way his information was very incorrect and had no factual basis but was presented (to an outsider) in such a way.

Just because you know his status, you cannot assume everyone knows the status, especially those who dont frequent these forums.

Again, think outside your orbit.

He would...if he could escape my gravitational pull ; - )

Thanks for the interjection of man love Moosh.

..and Gonch, dunno what to say.. I honestly am not out to change your opinion of anything... and to be honest.. dont care to.. Just setting the record straight for those who still care to read this. It really isnt as big a suprise/big deal/ earth shattering topic as its become..

Frankly its:

http://tinyurl.com/wherethistopicisgoing

:)

ridemcoaster said:
People NOT on the forums dont know GreatBear from a hole in the wall. He could be a journalist.. or some schmoe on the message board.

Except in this case he presented himself as nothing but a schmoe on a message board - which is why I call him some random kid on a message board, I know nothing about the person behind the name.

Even if he were a journalist or financial expert or industry insider, he didn't present himself (or herself) as such.

I fail to see the problem in the comment in any way. Hell, from just reading the article is seems to me that BGW is probably hurting as well.

Either way his information was very incorrect and had no factual basis but was presented (to an outsider) in such a way.

I absolutely disagree - got read the comment again. He said that BGW and KD don't seem to be doing well. That's pure opinion.

Again, think outside your orbit.

I feel I do this better than most. Perhaps you shouldn't make assumptions about what I do and don't know? :)

Even still it comes back to what I said before:

I guess I never thought people would take something like that so seriously and I questioned it. That's what I do.

I meant it as nothing more than that.

Again... broken record time... I really think you are taking the comment to the extreme. Believe it or not, it is possible for you to not interpret everything correctly.

No one was running their room flailing their hands around in protest because someone made a incorrectly opinionated remark. A quick 2 second remark was made to me that I unfortunately carried over thinking no one would really be extremist about that comment.. Her remark was more colorful, but still amounted to "what are you talking about". Perhaps you shouldnt make assumptions about people you dont know :)

Again, a remark "what are you talking about" is one that numerous people say on this site that you dont appear to follow up on ad nauseum as you do this one. So whats the big deal?

Also, I totally disagree with you that interpretation of comments can't be different from one person to the next, based on the fact that you know more of the "person" who made the comment.

Lets face it.. Fact:

You are on this board every day, know who comes and goes, who posts what (you have seen a wealth of his posts and how silly they were), im surprised you cant see the fact that you would have a slight advantage over someone who for the first time heard a single unfounded remark from someone who is completely unknown. But I think that requires thinking past your own opinion. I honestly can see yours, albeit I disagree knowing the true context.. But you completely fail to see mine.

And.. yes while it does seem like the entire company took a loss that is from the perspective of the entire company. As I said.. Some are doing much better than others. It is possible to have positive and negative in a large enterprise, even though the bottom still appears negative. But im not about to latch on another one sided debate.

So there you go.. Last word it if you wish.. Again im defensive because her comment was just that a comment, but your initial comment was in the form of a cutesy attack to someone who isnt a part of the forum.. I know it wasnt a big deal of a comment because after she made the comment she could care less once again, mostly because the park was still open and they were still busy. End of story..

I seem to be popular;). My comment was pure opinion in just saying everytime I go to one of these parks they never seem to be crowded.

One could argue that a well-run park shouldn't feel crowded even when it is.