Legend's PTCs are flying!
KenK said:
Paula, if this breaks some kind of copyright (didn't see one) then please let me know and I'll take it down ASAP.
Yes, we have a team of lawyers getting ready to descend on your home as I type. They'll be accompanied by a SWAT team which will render you helpless by spraying forest-fresh Glade in your room. They will seize your computer and leave you with nothing but a WebTV control panel.
Ummm....actually, thanks a lot for posting the photo. I hadn't had a chance to catch the new train on the lifthill yet. You'd think I'd take a few minutes and go into the park to look for myself...but since we open in 5 days (!) I haven't left my office all day. How's *that* for self control?!
Paula
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Paula Werne
Director of Public Relations
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Santa Claus, Ind.
JPWerne@holidayworld.com
Raven Maven said:
Yes, we have a team of lawyers getting ready to descend on your home as I type.
/me gets up to lock the door...
They'll be accompanied by a SWAT team which will render you helpless by spraying forest-fresh Glade in your room.
Actually, the room could use a bit of air freshener...
/me unlocks the door
They will seize your computer and leave you with nothing but a WebTV control panel.
Oh, the humanity!! Don't even joke about something like that! ::shudder::
/me bolts the door and welds it shut
Ummm....actually, thanks a lot for posting the photo. I hadn't had a chance to catch the new train on the lifthill yet. You'd think I'd take a few minutes and go into the park to look for myself...but since we open in 5 days (!) I haven't left my office all day. How's *that* for self control?!
You're stronger that me... I'm about to skip the rest of my finals and start the loooong walk from Chicago to Santa Claus, IN so I can get there in 5 days... might have to be more of a jog, though. :)
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"He's blazin' away like the stars in the universe.." A. Vega + M. Rev "Ghostrider"
Someday there will be something here.
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Brad Sherman
Don't.....look.....back! The Headless Horseman awaits you in 2002!
Model coasters and rides
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You can't spell my hometown's name with out "Lame"! aLAMEda...:) He...he...I have the feeling I'm the only one laughing...I guess you had to be there...
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- Peabody
Did the inspection go OK? I want to ride this weekend and don't want to drive 4+ hours unless this is happening. I would still have the Raven, and hopefully minimal crowds.
Thanks in advance for your response Paula!!
Yes, all our rides passed inspection.
We're ready for opening!
Paula
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Paula Werne
Director of Public Relations
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Santa Claus, Ind.
JPWerne@holidayworld.com
....now that the bags of corn have had their fun, the employees get to "test" the ride, huh? I'm sure it will pass with "flying" colors! Can't wait for SRM..........
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Got Cheese?
May 4th, Oh Yea!
Welcome to Batman Knight Flight, America's longest floorless coaster.
I can't believe I haven't ridden yet...been so busy this week.
I just walked down there, and they're working on finishing up the new part of the station.
Sure is nice seeing *two* trains ready to head up the lift hill!
Paula
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Paula Werne
Director of Public Relations
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Santa Claus, Ind.
JPWerne@holidayworld.com
Free time? Ummmm...checking the newsgroups is *part* of my job. It really is. :)
Paula
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Paula Werne
Director of Public Relations
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Santa Claus, Ind.
JPWerne@holidayworld.com
And I don't understand why the rest of the amusement PR world thinks it's taboo to do so (that goes for parks and manufacturers). I mean, really, isn't it a good thing to court us coaster idiots when we're on TV and in newspapers all of the time? Aren't thos the kinds of people you want talking about your park/product?
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
1: So-called Enthusiasts, as a group, tend to be a lot more picky/critical/hard-to-please/in a nutshell ANAL about amusement park rides/services/policies than the so-called "general public". Also, some lack the (how can I put this delicately) "Social Skills" that you want in an endorser of your product. I think this is a big reason why you keep seeing the same representative of so-called enthusiasts over and over. They hand selected the ones that are "okay".
#2: As alluded to *many* times before, gatherings of so-enthusiasts tend to have more "sauage-per-square-inch" than your average sporting event (hell, maybe even more than "Sports Entertainment" events too ;)). Furthermore, they tend to be insanely devoid of pigmentation. Not any fault of their own, but a noticeable observance. If *I* was a park exec (and we all know with my attitude that is *not* the job for me :)) I would spend the majority of my time trying to market to females. That's right FEMALES. Not because "Hoochie Watching" is my favorite sporting event at CP (well it *is* but...) but because females tend to travel in groups and groups means more people and more people equal more dollars. And really, how many guys do you know that *really* want to win those oversized stuffed animals for themselves (I know a *few*...)
But even though they may not be a *visible* as the omni-present Raven Maven, the parks and chains seem to have inroads in the "Internet Coasting Community". You yourself have said that CP folks read here and on GTTP. It's apparent that PKI and PKD have disseminated info through the internet. And at least SFA and SFWoA have intimate relationship with various website owners.
While a little more 'behind-the-scenes' I think that the relationships are starting to grow.
jeremy
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Besides, if we were really shutting down people we disagreed with, would Jeremy (2Hostyl) still be around? :) I think not. - Jeff 1/24/02
I'm sure Jeff Totolli is a happy camper right now!
LOL. So far he is one of 3 people on the not-attending-SRM roll call on RRC :P
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|| Jonathan Hawkins ||
http://www.starcoasters.com
Top Gun: TJC flights - Approx. 232 (46 in 2002)
1. Her product is that good.
2. The Holiday World family is just too damn nice to get in their face.
3. Business or not, it still feels "ma and pa."
And you sure are telling the truth about sausage and pigmentation. I've often thought it's almost too easy to sterotype enthusiasts.
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Jeff - (who additionally finds himself one of relatively few in enthusiast circles to bring his female, let alone wife)
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
2Hostyl said:
If *I* was a park exec (and we all know with my attitude that is *not* the job for me ) I would spend the majority of my time trying to market to females. That's right FEMALES. Not because "Hoochie Watching" is my favorite sporting event at CP (well it *is* but...) but because females tend to travel in groups and groups means more people and more people equal more dollars. And really, how many guys do you know that *really* want to win those oversized stuffed animals for themselves (I know a *few*...)
Well, bars seem to have figured it out with the whole "ladies' night" concept....get a whole bunch of attractive females together, and the men will come and pay just to be there....the premise being that "groups of young-ish females" attract more females, more males, more EVERYTHING....hmmmmm, makes you wonder why they say gravity is the main attracting force in the Universe. Maybe astrophysics can't explain ALL the forces at work....
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....teachin' people about towel safety and proper towel usage...it's important!
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