Pay For A Map?

I think that's true. Maybe if they combined them with pay sinks it would have worked out. :)

I think Camden's urinals were always free which must qualify as some sort of gender discrimination.

The point I was making is that trees, telephone poles, garbage cans and fire hydrants are always free ;)

^shhhhhhhh, don't say that to loudly. The accountants might change their minds.
:)

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FLYINGSCOOTER said:
Conneaut used to have 'pay-toilet'. They were a dine.

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Quoted for amazingness!

Yee-HAW.

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Rob Ascough said:
The point I was making is that trees, telephone poles, garbage cans and fire hydrants are always free

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Speaking from experience I bet. ;)

Let's see... yes, yes, yes and no. ;)

I could see this becomming common eventually.

What? Paying for park maps, or turning other random objects into instant bathrooms? Or talking about what I've used for a bathroom at some point in my unspeakable past? ;)

^just don't do it on the 'third rail'. ;)

(mythbusters did bust that one, though...)

Nah, only TOGO and Arrow coasters deserve that.

Seems odd from a business point of view. In addition to advertising all the food and shops in the park, a lot of parks also use it as advertising space for sponsors. You'd think they'd pretty much pay for themselves.

"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for coasters, for flats, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Six Flags, but that other malfunctioning corporation called CLP. Thank you very much"
-Gekko, sort-off.... ;)

But is it greed? How much does the park stand to make from that sort of thing? Certainly it's not going to fund the replacement of concrete walkways with brick pavers. Regardless of what the real reason is, it sounds like the ultimate case of nickel-and-diming the customer. At least that's the way I would interpret it if I was one of the park's guests.

^When I'm charging you for a map at MY park...it's to cut down on litter and waste...I'll throw the first one in with park admission. ;)

When the OTHER guys do it....they're greedy! :)

The maps are mostly useless anyway. I only take one as a souvenir, I can't remember a time I actually used one to find my way around.

And when was the last time you were in a park large enough to require the aid of a map, Joe?

Never because I don't believe any park requires a map. ;)

^ Unless it's to start a thread about how inaccurate park maps are.

Something I noticed last summer...

At Six Flags St. Louis [SFoMA], parking was $10, and a souvenir map (the big four-color poster-size map that Cedar Point [CP] sells for $0.93+tax) cost me $5.

At Six Flags Magic Mountain [SFMM], parking was $15, and they handed me a souvenir map (equivalent to the one at SFoMA) at the parking tollbooth.

I believe SFoMA also had the little guide pamphlets which include a miniaturized park map, so it wasn't a mandatory expenditure if you wanted a map. I don't know if SFMM had those or not, as...well, I had the big map. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.