Home Depot & Six Flags Offer Free Kids Workshop

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Seems like a neat thing. Build a coaster and get a free ticket.

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That sounds cool!

Where can I rent a 12 yr old? Both my kids are over 16... ;)

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My little one is only 14 months old:( Maybe they will have another class in a few years.

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Can I borrow one of your kids, Gonch? :)

I will have to check that out! Who knows, maybe if I pout enough I will get my own kit. ;)

-Tina

Wonder if they'd believe I was only 12? Heck with Looney Tunes, I want my own Wild One!

I could tell them I'm in my second childhood. Hell, they might fall for that.

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If they have a season pass already, would they give them a free Flash Pass voucher instead? :P

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Use the pass to take a friend.

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So I checked it out. Our local HD is particpating, no registration required. Good stuff.

And this is another example of how these partnerships pay off. SF is putting tickets into the hands of the 5-12 crowd. The same crowd that can't go to the park unsupervised, so now Johnny has that ticket sitting on his dresser all summer long and starts bugging mom and dad (who will have to buy tickets) - that one 'goodwill' freebie gets kids interested in the coasters (building a coaster is the project) and then builds attendance and revenue.

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^ I agree 100%.

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I'd tell my kid first he'd have to earn the money to pay for the parking fee. :)

You probably would. ;)

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Exactly, Gonch. Right after I tell them about the evil empire of Sny-piro. :)

Aww, I just bought my kids each a copy of, "The Joy Of Q-bot - A Beginners Guide To Virtual Queue Excellence" ;)

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^LMAO!

Hmmm...the embarrassing part will be when all of the coasters constructed by the 5-year olds have better maintenance records than the ones built by Six Flags. ;)

I see SF taking the best design, and building the next wooden coaster clones from it, in 2010.

Everytime I read about these kind of things, I can't get the song "Product" by the underground industrial rap-act Consolidated out of my mind. The chorus says it all "Product + Promotion =Profit!"

Oh! Oh! Oh! I know!

The next marketing alliance: with George Lucas.

Build a wooden coaster (from this promotion) in each and every Six Flags park with the same layout.

Theme it to Star Wars.

The name writes itself: "Attack of the Clones"

(you may commence groaning ;) )

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Picture an 8 year old watching Fairly Odd Parents and not being able to sit still for 2 seconds. Then mom asks her if she wants to go to Home Depot to build a roller coaster car. She immediately sits up straight (and still), eyes wide open, smile creeping on her face and a small nod with a dreamy look in her eyes.

That's my daughter.