Please... Arizona needs a Theme Park!

The heat is melting his brain! The best remedy I can think of is a couple of wavepools and lazyrivers-how could that not be an absolute hit in Pheeenicks? Would someone care to invest with me? ;)

Now now Moosh. Be nice. ;) At least he's nice about it...unlike some of the recent posters who think we're all stuck up for encouraging decent spelling and grammar. But I'm just wondering if he has a touch of dyslexia.

Oh, and by the way, cool info about the Sea Serpent. Now I want to know what happened to the Sea Bubbles from POP. *** Edited 5/9/2006 4:35:25 PM UTC by janfrederick***

A check of the weather shows that Orlando, San Antonio, Arlington, and El Paso average above 90 degress June through August while Phoenix averages above 100 those same months.

Flagstaff, on the other hand, averages 78, 81 and 78 for the summer months, and sits near that nice little tourist draw in the northwest corner of the state. If I were looking to build an amusement park in Arizona, that would be my choice locale.

Personally, I think Arizona would be a great place for a new amusement park, with the right management. An independent park probably wouldn't stay long, or turn up like Castles n Coasters. Six Flags may not be the best people to start an amusement park there either with all the financial problems they're going through after having to close down Astroworld and dealing with New Orleans, among debt problems with other parks. Maybe Cedar Fair should step it up and instead of buying another park out, starting a new one around Pheonix. I don't care which chain does it, though.

Something a park in Pheonix would need is a good theme for the area, like Water World or something, where you get the roller coasters thrill seekers, like me, want with the water rides tourists, visitors, and even residents of Pheonix need in a hot climate. I don't see anything wrong with an Arizona park, but for one to get started, a lot of money would need to go into it. Something only a major park chain needs to do. Big name parks attrack people anyway.

If I had a few hundred million siting around I'd build a large indoor waterpark. I bet that would do quite well.

It's funny...most are built to avoid the cold...one could easily be built there to beat the heat.

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Peabody said:It's funny...most are built to avoid the cold...one could easily be built there to beat the heat.

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I can see it now..while most are themed to the tropics, Phoenix's could be themed to the Arctic.

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Man, usually I'm the one jumping on people for spelling, but I'm trying to be a nicer person. Oh, what the hell, he couldn't spell "wearing" correctly either (see page one).

I guess my problem with Hamster Boy's attitude is that he's looking at things from an insider's point of view. He says that people are used to the temperatures and we only have X amount of days with temperatures in the 100's or above.

To me that doesn't matter. Listen, I suffered through a horrendous day at Sea World in San Antonio, where I almost hurled. The heat was unbearable, even though it was dry. Thank goodness it was the last day of the Coaster Zombies trip and that we left in the afternoon. I loved the park but couldn't take the heat.

I'm not saying that where I live in Baltimore is any better in some respects. We can have really high temperatures in the summer with really high humidity, which means that you're uncomfortable. But temperatures in the high 90's are not that common, and temperatures in the 100 degree mark are rare. Since our weather is identical to the D.C. area in most aspects, this is why SFA packs them in during the summer most days.

O.K.... BUT we do not need any more water parks in Phoenix at the time. We have 3 medium size water parks in Phoenix. They are Big Surf, Water World, and Sun Splash. (I going to Sun Splash this weekend)

Also about in every single part in Phoenix there is a community pool only about 10 minute drive from your house. These pools have waterslides, diving boards, and large play areas.

So there is no real rush to get a new water park on indoor water park. P.S. Kiwanis Pool is all ready an indoor "water park".

(Sorry my edit button is not working right.)

I lived in San Antonio for 3 years and had season passes to both Sea World and Fiesta Texas. They were both less then a ten munute drive from my house.

Also in Arizona we do not have an humdity. Maybe 10% at most.

Hamster Boy: San Antonio is a huge tourist town in it's own right, so that alleviates some of the problems with climate.

Arizona isn't exactly a tourist destination, unless you count driving through it on the way to California. :p

Matt

IMHO posting with bad grammar and spelling is a sign of disrespect. My posts to Hamster Boy are not mean-spirited but given the choice between people thinking I'm mean or stupid I'll take mean any day of the week.

His last two posts were great, which shows he's trying. Keep up the good work, Hamster Boy ;)

Arizona...not a tourist destination? So I suppose no one goes to that really deep canyon at the north end of the state?

^ Yeah, Microsoft Word realy does help!!!;););)

Whatever it takes, H-Boy ;)

O.K. Lets try getting back on subject now.

Phoenix, with Tucson about 90 mins away, has the population base to support a park. The problem is the weather. Perhaps the best alternative is to build north of those cities in the Catalina Mountains where it would be slightly cooler?

"Arizona isn't exactly a tourist destination, unless you count driving through it on the way to California. :p"

I hope that was sarcasm?

I didn't realize Phoenix already had three waterparks. Maybe just add a water coaster to one of those. :)

Sun Splash all ready has a half-pipe, aqua-blast, and a wave pool. (Cannot wait for this Saturday, Honeywell has the whole park to its self for the weekend.)

You call that big ditch in the Northern part of the state a tourist attraction? The only thing it would be good for, IMHO, is a terrain coaster (word's longest).

Sorry Moosh. You are right. It is better to be mean. ;)

^ Actually I spent a week in Arizona and didn't get to see nearly as much as I wanted. Sure the Grand Canyon is the big draw, but there are also some spectacular spanish missions, native american cliff dwellings, meteor craters, mountains to climb and deserts and canyons to hike, plus the cultural hotspots of Tempe, Tucson, and Sedona. About the only thing Arizona is missing is a big amusement park (although I definately visited Castles and Coasters while I was there. ha!)

I was being a goofball by the way. We spent our Honeymoon in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The meteor crator was an "upcharge" national monument and security chased us away for trying to take a picture of the rim (not even inside the crator) so that left a bad taste. But other than that, the Petrified Forest was amazing. Lake Powell, Tuzigoot National Monement, Sedona, the Seguaros were all really cool. Sedona was a bit crowded. Been to Flagstaff too....beautiful. I'd love to explore the San Francisco Peaks area next time.

We drove by C&C, but we had our dog with us and it was 100. Needless to say, baked doggie wasn't worth the credit. Looked fun though.