No re-entry at Sux Flags this Year

Well its scrapped for now, right? Let's give it a few minutes and see if it sticks..... ;)

Does this mean I have to shelve my idea? I call it "Scrips and Dips," where patrons at Six Flags parks can pick up prescription medicine at any one of the numerous Dippin' Dots carts found throughout the park. You can get your medication served to you chilled in a colorful array to match the frozen pellets.

Just present your prescription to the Dippin Docs (aka Tiffany or Chad). It's the "Medicine of the Future."

Good one! :)

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Paris said:
Shapiro met with the general managers today and decided that, given the company's stance on improving the customer service experience in 2006, that it will NOT be rolling out the no re-entry policy this year at any of the parks.

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But he reserves the right to change his stance on improving customer service by rolling it out in the future. :)

Well if that is indeed true. I might reconsider visiting.

People piss and moan about the people who piss and moan on here and other boards.

BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES SOME GOOD!

Chuck

I think a better policy would be:

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PARK RE-ENTRY: If you wish to leave the park and return on the same day, you MUST have your hand stamped at the exit. If you leave the park grounds via your vehicle, retain your parking ticket for same day re-admittance.

However, Re-Entry to the park is on a space available basis and can not be guaranteed.

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*** Edited 1/14/2006 1:23:51 PM UTC by coasterguts***

ITs not scrapped . I emailed great adventure and they told me single park ticket hodlers would not be allowed in.

If you have a gadv/safari ,3 park ticket,or season pass it does not affect you.

Who would wanna come in????????

Email them that! *** Edited 1/14/2006 3:38:22 PM UTC by Charles Nungester***

SFoG has decided to rethink their policy as well. Re-entry is still allowed, at least for one more year.

~josh

I think this is a great policy except for one thing...they should still handstamp park leavers so they can't sneek back in the park with a twilight ticket. Park leavers have been ripping off Six Flags for years and they have caused extreme finanical hardship that has caused many problems in the parks. It is about time Six Flags started standing up for themselves. No one should feel used for their rollercoasters. Now that they are finally going to get the revenue they deserve, they will finally get everything as it should be. Way to go Six Flags! Two thumbs up!

Park leavers have been ripping off Six Flags for years? Really?

People who leave a park to get some decent food at a reasonable price midway through the day are leaving because they feel that THEY are the ones who are going to get ripped off. One can get a fast food meal for under $5, including a drink, outside a parks gates. Ever hear of the term "tourist trap"?

Unless you are saying that the park is getting ripped off because of "saving space" for people who may or may not return. If a park was so busy that they had to turn away admission paying customers due to a full park, I doubt that they are going to lose any money that day.

This rule has to do with the evil greed of a megacorporation. Cut costs as low as possible and raise profits as high as possible. Do whatever it takes to get more money.

The 10-20% of park guests leaving for a hotel nap or a decent meal at a reasonable price is not what has caused SF its hardship in the past few years. It been budget cuts and higher prices, which trickles down to bad guest service. Hersheypark has a re-entery handstamp, and look how well they've been doing in the past 10-15 years.

I have already been dissatisfied with SFGAdv. If this policy get's adopted, I will know that SF really hasn't changed much at all. I will conyinue visiting only once every 3 or 4 years, unlike Hersheypark, Kennywood, Dorney park, Kings Island, Cedar Point, ect. of which I visit every 1-2 years.

First, make SF a place you want to BE....then when the parks are full to near-capacity, you can start raising prices and stopping people from re-entering...show us the improved customer service, the increased friendliness, the reduced downtime on rides...THEN your reputation will improve....GRADUALLY....after a *minimum* of 2-3 years, the word-of-mouth will have spread, and even increased prices won't keep the people away...THEN you can think about "less-favorable policies"... ;)

You have to ENTER before you can re-enter... :)

*** Edited 1/14/2006 6:46:59 PM UTC by rollergator***

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dexter said:
Park leavers have been ripping off Six Flags for years? Really?

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really

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majortom1981 said:
ITs not scrapped . I emailed great adventure and they told me single park ticket hodlers would not be allowed in.

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That WAS the intended policy earlier in the week. I'm not sure when you received the email but it was sometime between Friday afternoon and Friday night that Shapiro and the general managers decided NOT to go ahead with the policy.

It was 8:47pm when I spoke to the company's senior VP of corporate communication. Expect the good news to trickle down over the weekend.

And Arthur, the theme parks guide over at About.com, confirms it. . .

http://themeparks.about.com/b/a/235549.htm#more

As ugly/troubling/out-of-touch/overblown this whole re-entry experiment may have been, I'm actually comforted by the fact that Shapiro and the rest of his execs were responsive to the situation when faced with the grassroots backlash.

How long would Burke had let a situation like this fester?

So you guys think it was a done deal but the complaining reversed it?

Uh, Why would it be posted on websites and then removed?

Well, it WAS removed from the various SF sites long before most of the complaints. In fact, none of those occurances stayed online for more than an hour or so. You can't just claim victory because you posted outrage on a message board long after said policy had already been removed from any official source. Timeline is important.

Perhaps I'm too cynical, but I have other theories.

1. It was intentianally 'leaked' to gauge reaction. Nothing more than an idea gone wrong.

2. It was accidentally leaked, but was still never more than something they considering.

3. (and this is the humdinger) It was never going to happen. It's nothing more than a play for attention followed by good-guy vibes for removing a policy that was never going to happen in the first place. In other words, "You got played."

If they're truly basing their corporate decisions on what amounts to maybe one or two hundred enthusiasts say on a handful of websites, then SF is in worse shape than I could have ever imagined.

Even more so, refer to the story of them offering season tickets only to Redskins credit card holders and the reversal of policy in less than a week. This story mirrored that one in every way.

What kind of total flakes throw wacky ass ideas out left and right with no regard and then immediately recant them when faced with the slightest backlash?

I prefer to think one of the conspiracy theories is the true answer. If not, things are in a sad, sad state.

Doesn't matter Gonch, If they were throwing it out there for a Test reaction. THEY FAILED MISSERABLY.

Like I said before, I probably won't make a visit to a SF park this year. Just because they though about doing it.

You run a test market, You poll 500 people privately. You don't put it on your website as POLICY.

There's only one motivation for such a policy and thats GREED.

Chuck, who knows the negative feedback from multiple sources got back to managment and corporate therefore changing policy.

Yeah, I declare victory! Even if it's in my own mind. *** Edited 1/15/2006 12:05:12 AM UTC by Charles Nungester***

Remind me never to hire someone to run my business who balks at the concept of increasing profit by calling it greed and listens to a handful of folks in a very specific demographic (who isn't even their prime customer base) to make their ultimate decisions on running the company. ;)

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Seriously though, doesn't that sound ridiculous.