Knotts great america?

Six Flags' Marriott's Great America Gurnee (SFM-GAG)

Cedar Fair's Marriott's Great America Santa Clara....no good acronym there though... ;)

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Rob Ascough said:
Talk to enough people and I guarantee someone will eventually confuse the two- it's not outside the realm of possibility.

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In other words, it's still unlikely enough to not worry about it. Talk to enough people and you'll eventually find someone who eats bugs. It doesn't make people confuse them with chocolate.

Maybe not so unlikely, as dpxtreme pointed out. Anyone searching for Great America on the internet is the same distance from either. A Google search for great america turns up both as the first two hits. To Cedar Fair's credit, they manage to work San Francisco and Santa Clara into the results for their park. Given that half the world's population has an IQ below average though, "oopses" are bound to happen.

It was mentioned elsewhere but I don't think it was in this thread (if it was, I can't find it now).

Dorney spilled the beans on the name change. It was in their promotional text of the MAXX pass on their website. Dorney's Site has been changed back, but there's a screen shot available here of what was posted.

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rollergator said:
How about just calling them Marriott's Great America East and Marriott's Great America West?

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I like it then they can build two more parks north and south of it and calll them north and south.

I know Genius

Did Cedar Fair say the reason for the name change was to end confusion? Its my understanding that notion came from the "news" item on Screamscape...and its pure conjecture by the author not Cedar Fair.

But if it's on the Internet, it's true.

If and when it happens, it'll be because of the strong brand image of the name, not because of confusion.

I'm not saying confusion is the main reason, but it could factor into the decision.

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P18 said:

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Charles Nungester said:
Well Knotts Belfonte Gardens would be better than Gilroy Gardens

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That would be weird, since Bonfonte is the name of the founder, so it would be 2 names tagged on there, like that one steak house I live near called "Ruth's Chris Steakhouse". Lol, It never makes sense to me... *** Edited 3/14/2007 5:04:58 AM UTC by P18***

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If you think that is bad, there is a local gas station chain here called "Bobby and Steve's Auto World" Now, they sell franchises, and there is one called "Jeff's Bobby and Steve's Auto World"

RCDB is now calling it Knott's Great America. Since RCDB is always right, it doesn't matter what CF decides to do. :)

They should just drop the Great America name and rename the park. Whats with the status of some of the ride names, are they changing them like they did with GL.

All the rides name are staying the exact same as they have been from last season.

Let's hope Cedar Fair has a good experience with the GCI @ Valleyfair, takes a page from the Hercules Handbook and eighty-sixes Grizzly, and we see a new woodie at the park soon.

IMHO this can only be good for the Santa Clara park.

^^^but "Great America" already has some brand recognition in NoCal. Perhaps a little confusion, but a lot more brand recognition (though that didn't stop MW from becoming DK).

^^ So we're calling that "hope"?

If Cedar Fair expanded the branding to the other former Paramount properties, we could one day see KKI and KKD. Makes you hope they never acquire and rebrand that park in Louisville. ;)

If they are dropping the paramount name, don't they have to change the names of the rides with a movie name?

I think the biggest problem is that people search online for "Great America" when trying to buy tickets and get a mixed batch of results from the two parks. I know a lot of folks in the media like to drop off the "Six Flags" or "Paramount" name when talking about a local park, and that can only lead to more problems. If you buy tickets from a third party vendor and just ask for tickets for "Great America", I could clearly see how you could get the wrong tickets.

^^^ Knott's Kentucky Kingdom... that's funny. Talk about shifting the target audience of that park!

crazy horse...

They're dropping the Paramount name from the parks (as in "King's Island" instead of "Paramount's King's Island") It doesn't affect the character licensing on the ride names, etc.

...yet :)

Whether CF decides to expand some of the licensing (like Nickelodeon) or generic-ify the park (More "Dominator"s and "Thunderhawk"s :) ) when THOSE licenses expire remains to be seen.