Mt. Olympus buys up and improves hotels on Dells strip

They catch the overflow from the shore towns, and vacationers looking for a deal. There are hotels in all those little towns along the Garden State Parkway, because it's near the ocean.

Your link didn't work. Let's see if Google Maps works...

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...Nope. It's just a map of Lakewood.

But thanks for that. Now I know that I don't have to stay in Trenton. It also looks like there is at least on place to stay quite near the park.

Oh, and good point, Vater.

I'd also like to point out that Lakewood is just about as far from the coast as it is from SF.

As for some of the hotels close to that park, I thought that I found a few, but one is a pet spa, one is a bed and breakfast, and one is just a restaurant.

Quality Inn McGuire AFB is only 9 miles from the park. It has 102 rooms, and mentions SF on their website.

There is a place less than a mile from the park called Laurel Pond Affordable Luxury. It seems to have a campground and a lodge, but I can't be sure because they don't have a website.

billb7581 said:
They catch the overflow from the shore towns, and vacationers looking for a deal. There are hotels in all those little towns along the Garden State Parkway, because it's near the ocean.

But no way a hotel 10 miles west of those would stay afloat, eh?

LostKause said:
There is a place less than a mile from the park called Laurel Pond Affordable Luxury. It seems to have a campground and a lodge, but I can't be sure because they don't have a website.

They do have a website. And note that their attractions page mentions Six Flags...

Laurel Pond is nestled within some of New Jersey’s most beautiful parklands, and rural countryside. At the same time, it is conveniently located near the region’s most popular recreational and cultural attractions including New York City, Six Flags Great Adventure and the Jersey Shore.

I am getting such a kick out of this thread discussion, I mean it is one guy versus basically everyone that is relevant on this site. By the way, I am for GA having a motel or two on site. I mean my craphole town by MiA has five hotels open all year and my town or surrounding area has nothing to offer during the winter, hell we don't have much to offer in the summer.

And, by the way, I finally broke my knee skiing Friday after 20 yrs of skiing. Hope to be back on feet in april. I have to see a surgon tommorrow.

Sorry I dont have my coasterbuzz cool kids badge... I only freakin live in the area.... they are going to have to church up Great Adventure a signifigant amount before anyone considers it a destination in and of itself waranting a hotel stay.

But no way a hotel 10 miles west of those would stay afloat, eh?

I dont know that you have beach vacationers spilling out an 30 minutes to an hour away from the beach

You know, at some point you could just quit, you know, right? I mean, no one's mind is going to change, and a good chunk of us stopped responding because we realized that theres no point arguing past a certain point.

Let sleeping threads die.

This thread reminds me of leading a horse to water, no matter how much you beat it, you can't make it drink. In this case it would be dead horse....

This reminds ME of past Flashpass threads. I'm Bill, and practically everyone else is playing themselves, although I did get a little support in those discussions.

Don't worry, Bill. If I can get a "CoasterBuzz cool kid's badge", anyone can. I see you in other threads, and for that, I respect you.

However, not accepting that SFGAdv needs a hotel is absolutely crazy. ;)

LostKause said:
However, not accepting that SFGAdv needs a hotel is absolutely crazy. ;)

The funny thing is, it's not even an argument of whether or not they NEED a hotel - but rather if a hotel COULD be successful or not.

After 230 posts, he still can't admit that there is even the slightest possibility that a hotel could succeed next to this major amusement park.

Apparently the cost benefit ratio of having a hotel there is not enough to overcome the obstacles involved in building one, (well water/waste treatment issues)

How is that apparent? Oh, nevermind...I don't want to know.

rollergator said (on Page 4, mind you):
Thank goodness that's finally been cleared up! ;)

Still not sure why we're still discussing something that's been resolved? :)

Because there is no hotel there.

The CEO of Six Flags doesnt consider Six Flags Parks "Destination Parks"

[quote=mark shapiro]
Disney is different situation. It is a "destination park." I’m not sure in these trying times consumers have the appetite for all that comes with a trip to Disney. It is an extraordinary experience, but it is a plane ticket, it is a hotel. All the regional theme parks are in good shape as long as [they deliver] superior quality. Three years ago we couldn't say that. We've done a total makeover.

Not that I'm trying to get back in to the discussion, but Shapiro isn't the CEO now, and he wasn't the CEO but for a hot second. Which may have been why, during that time, they didn't build one. Which still doesn't mean that they won't.

I have a feeling that, much like the infinite monkey theorem suggests, given enough tries, Bill might someday spew out just the right words in just the right order to make a valid point.

As such, I'm all for this thread staying alive. You know, for science. ;)

Six Flags still draws the distinction between "regional theme park" and " theme park". This is right from their investor information.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company headquartered in Dallas, Texas with 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Since 1961, hundreds of millions of families have trusted Six Flags to offer affordable, value-packed thrills, record-shattering roller coasters and special events like the Summer Concert Series, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park. Six Flags’ wide array of entertainment options attract families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike.

And here's an article from August 2010 that mentions the hotel and if I'm understanding correctly, the hotel has been on hold for five years because of the lack of city sewer and water services. (obviously, you'd have to question trying a hotel with well and septic)

The lack of a hotel has nothing to do with it's ability to be profitable or need or proximity to major population center or cycles of the moon or whatever crap has been spewed, but rather lack of infrastructure in the area. Which also seems to back my earlier theory that there's a reason that there's next to nothing in the immediate area near the park. (and what Clint has been saying all along)

The second the facilites exist to support building there, a hotel is gonna go up.