Anyway, they have a whole section for theme park complains:
http://www.planetfeedback.com/sharedLettersList/0,2941,0-112-0-0-20-0-fb_date-desc,00.html
It's interesting to read how parks come off in the eyes of the GP.
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You can't spell "dishonorable" without "honorable."
Ewww gross. A lot of these complaints are interesting. BGW and DW don't rank very high among this crew...
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On one hand, the comment about it being crowded is just stupid. Give me a break, you didn't notice all of those cars in the parking lot? It's an amusement park, lines get long. On the other hand, I can see how the Fast Lane thing, especially in light of the crowds, would get someone pissed off.
While I think some of the complaints are valid (nothing open at certain Six Flags parks), I think that anyone complaining about crowds needs to get a reality check. Duh, parks get crowded. What do you want the park to do, stop letting people in? Obviously thousands of other people will put up with waiting in line. If that's not your thing, turn around at the gate.
However, I will add that this shows just how critical efficiency and capacity really is. You absolutely must keep people moving, and unfortunately more parks do this poorly than do it well.
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It trips me out that so many people complain about crowds and broken rides hey its a gamble to go to these places you never know if everyone else in the world decided o go that day too and machines break
Closed rides may also be a staffing problem carowinds,my home park, seemed to have alot of day temps there this year maybe they should up their pay to encourage more people to work there thru the season I'm sure parks can cover alot of their pay roll with the 7 to 10 dollars a car they charge for the priviledge of using their lot then having to walk all the way to the gate
I like the letter that calls SFGAdv racist. I don't doubt that something racist was said, but I doubt that the two rides that were closed, Viper and Batman & Robin, were the ones they were looking forward to most...
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Some complain about the littlest things, which is kind of sad... but true, especially in other fields which I have experienced... but some of these letters just take the cake of stupidity. I wonder if they really are fowarded to the park personally.
One person was demanding tickets while it mentioned prior that he would not re-visit the park... go figure?
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Closed rides may also be a staffing problem carowinds,my home park, seemed to have alot of day temps there this year maybe they should up their pay to encourage more people to work there thru the season
You are correct. Carowinds REALLY has this problem in the fall when the teens go back to school, and many rides are closed as a result.
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.... It's all choice chosen.
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...Wondering what the 2002 season holds for all parks...
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StarCoasters said:
Closed rides may also be a staffing problem carowinds,my home park, seemed to have alot of day temps there this year maybe they should up their pay to encourage more people to work there thru the seasonYou are correct. Carowinds REALLY has this problem in the fall when the teens go back to school, and many rides are closed as a result.
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I wasnt just talking about carowinds when I said "they" didnt pay their employees enough I think alot of parks are guilty of under paying the help When I work at carowinds in the late 80's they seemed proud of the fact they paid a shiny nickle over minimum wage
I know this is off topic but does anyone know of parks that do pay a decent wage that makes someone want to work there
ps I dont know what carowinds pays now
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