CP was in the clear heading into 2001. Also CP cranks out over 3M guests anually whether they offer new product or not.
SFWOA has yet to operate at a profit, and I doubt they have even dreamed of hitting 3M anytime soon. Their attendance declined last season although they added X-Flight and has continued that downward trend this year.
Parks can pretty much chalk up a decline in attendance in a year when no new product is added. However in SFWOA's specific case, the attendance drop began last season and has continued on. Whereas CP has seen an increase in attendance this year over last.
Shaggy
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Shaggy
R.I.P. Maestro
Phantom Theater 1992-2002
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Since Jeff made Track Record a "perk" for CB members i'll just post my count here: Coasters:99 Parks:14
What established trade magazine or stock portfolio are you quoting?
Wow, 110%, that's amazing and seems so hard to believe ;-)
Shaggy
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Shaggy
R.I.P. Maestro
Phantom Theater 1992-2002
That doesnt count attendance from 2000 of both SFO & SWO though. I think SWO got 1.8 million and am not exactly sure what SFO got , but its close to 2 million. Its actually down if you count both parks in 2000, but up if you only count SFO.
Sorry if my post above was misleading and sounded a bit far fetched, i just forgot to mention the info above...
Tell me where at Magic Mountain do you see an LIM coaster? I've never seen one, and don't say the answer that I think you're going to say because no S:TE isn't LIM, it's LSM.
Isn't the Bay Area bigger than Chicago Metro? Or does the Bay Area not count because it the Metro of three cities(San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose).
To answer number 1:
SFStl, Ninja;
SFDL, Viper;
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Shaggy said:
You know, SFAW is a reall oddity. My home office is based in Houston and of couse all the folks there all know my interest to coasters. I have never once heard a person there speak poorly of SF Astroworld. As a whole, the GP there (as far as I can tell) think it is a terrific park and the rides are just fine.... they just don't go. I went to the park last year while on a business trip and the very next day the folks there were waiting with baited breath to get my reaction. When I was less than enthusiastic, they were in shock.
My cousins from Houston came out to visit me in NJ and we decided to take them to SFGAdv. I would ask them questions about SFAW and they said they enjoyed every minute at the park, and didn't say anything bad about it. The only thing they said was the rides at SFGAdv were much more exciting than SFAW and didn't want to leave. Sometime I might go down and visit them and use my SF pass to see SFAW. :)
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Dave Bonnetti
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Anyone care for some roast beef?
Canadas Coaster Drew said:
Vertigo, Ninja is a Vekoma creation *not* Arrow.-----------------
The Other Siebert
Ninja was both Arrow and Vekoma. One designed, the other manufactured it.
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Actually, in regards to the Ninjas, Vekoma manufactured the track and Arrow built the trains. Its funny that alot of Arrow loopers have Vekoma trains and most Vekoma boomerangs have Arrow trains on them.
At the time, Vekoma and Arrow had a partnering agreement to make that style of coaster track. Vekoma basically paid Arrow for the right to use the Arrow tubular steel track. I think Vekoma still pays Arrow royalties to this day.
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Comin' round the bend :P
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Chris Godsey said:
"I think Vekoma still pays Arrow royalties to this day."
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