If you are interested in helping, please just fill out the information below. I will tally based on the rules at the bottom and we will all be able to better determine if the chain has improved overall or not. Please be as honest as possible. Survey follows:
Park Name:
Year last visited:
For each of the following, please use one of the following rankings: Worse, Not improved at all, Slightly improved, Greatly approved
Units per ride:
Ride Uptime:
Crew Efficiency:
General Maintence:
Landscaping:
Cleanliness:
Bathrooms:
Food:
Games:
Shows:
Parking:
Overall cost:
Feeling of value:
I will compile the rankings and judge the parks based on the answers received. I will make another post right below this one with the park's rankings.
The rankings will go as follows:
If the ranking is worse, it will count as a -50% improvement
If the ranking is not improved, it will count as a 0% improvement
If the ranking is slightly improved, it will count as a 50% improvement
If the ranking is greatly improved, it will count as a 100% improvement
Each section will count as 25% toward the final total. I divided the rankings into four parts, as they are divided above -- rides, maintence, atmosphere, value.
If you visited the park in 2003, your results will have a weight of five. If you visited in 2002, your results will have a weight of three. If you visited in 2001-1999, your results will have the weight of one. That way, the improvements that people see from last year to this year will take the most precedent over the improvements that have happened over the last few years. Also, please note that the results have nothing to do with parks getting or not getting new rides, shows or anything like that, but purely with internal improvements. I will update the list as to rankings. When you reply, please feel free to comment on your thoughts about the parks. *** Edited 7/29/2004 8:50:34 PM UTC by thecoasterguy***
Average Ranking: -9.375
The Park's Current Rankings will go here when results have been posted. *** Edited 7/30/2004 7:01:51 AM UTC by thecoasterguy***
If a coaster can run three trains, were three trains running *or* an appropriate number of trains for how busy it was that day. I've been to some Six Flags parks when they were empty and they were only running one train, but the wait was short. If the wait was 30+ minutes for one train operation, then "Units Per Ride" would not be better.
Obviously that only applies to coasters. I'm going to add one more thing to the ride part of it based on this comment, thanks!
I'm going to elaborate more on comparing them together. I'm going to include 2003 since it was a major change from the way things used to be due to the transformation. Scroll down to 2004 to see how the park currently stands.
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2003 (as compared to 2002)
Units per ride:
Batman: The Ride: 2
Mega Zeph: 2 (barely ran two in 2002)
Jester: 1 (doubt it will ever run 2 anyway, doesn't really need 2)
Muskrat Scrambler: 3 (can run 6 since it's a wild mouse, desperately needs to run more than 3)
Major Improvement
Ride Uptime: Very good, I don't recall any rides being down, got to ride everything I wanted. Major Improvement
Crew Efficiency: Decent, with two trains running stacking was not extreme nor was it very long when they did it. Major Improvement
General Maintence: No rides down due to maintenance, impressive for a park with so many flat rides. Slight Improvement
Landscaping: The park desperately needs more trees, but the landscaping is a major improvement from its past years as Jazzland. Major Improvement
Cleanliness: The park is very compact in designs with wide midways that are easily cleaned. The park was not extremely busy so it was fairly spotless. Unchanged
Bathrooms: Clean, didn't smell bad, stalls clean. Unchanged
Food: Food at this park is of good quality and not priced badly, used a 20% off coupon. Slight Improvement
Games: Almost all games are opened/staffed. The staff running it were not "in your face" with attracting people to them as it has been in the past. Unchanged
Shows: I enjoyed the indoor shows a lot. However, the Batman show was a bit boring since the pyro wasn't being in use due to the City's Fire Department. Major Improvement
Parking: Used parking pass. $35 in beginning of season, moderately expensive. Unchanged
Overall cost: Just for the price of food, which was worth it. Unchanged
Feeling of value: Much more to do at this park now, I've never gotten this much use out of my season pass or coupon book. Major Improvement
Overall 2003
If done your way that would be a 50% improvement, however I believe some things should be weighted heavier than others. A 50% improvement is very good though. As many unchanged aspects were never bad.
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2004 (as compared to 2003)
Units per ride:
Batman: The Ride: 1
Mega Zeph: 1 (down most of the day)
Jester: 1 (doubt it will ever run 2 anyway, same as last year)
Muskrat Scrambler: 3 (same as last year)
Worse
Ride Uptime: Mega Zeph was the only ride down, but it is practically half of the whole driving force of the park! Worse
Crew Efficiency: Slow, unprofessional crews, abysmal dispatch times, one train running made for hour-long waits for Batman. Worse
General Maintence: Mega Zeph was down but did go up later in the day so over all everything got up and running. Unchanged
Landscaping: The park desperately needs more trees, no different from last year. Unchanged
Cleanliness: I seem to notice even more staff keeping the park tidy. Slight Improvement
Bathrooms: Clean, didn't smell bad, stalls clean. Unchanged
Food: Didn't buy any but prices are about the same and the food is just as good. Unchanged
Games: There's a few new games I believe this year. Slight Improvement
Shows: While there is 1 less show, the quality of the sets and performance as increase. Slight Improvement
Parking: Used parking pass. $35 in beginning of season, same as last year. Unchanged
Overall cost: Didn't buy anything that day. Unchanged
Feeling of value: Spongebob is the only new attraction and with long lines due to poor operations and rides down it wasn't a very nice visit. I forgot to mention. Friday's hours have been CUT from last year. Rather than a 10 PM closing it is now 9 PM even though crowds tend to be pretty decent at night due to cooler, less oppressive weather and people getting out of work and coming to the park in the evening. Worse
Overall 2004
I believe with your system it has gotten 9.375% worse (must've made a mistake with the previous calculation). Although as I said previously, I believe some things should be weighted heavier. I feel overall operations have gotten much worse this year. For a "chain-wide" improvement attempt this year they have certainly taken a step backwards at this park. There still is more time in the season but I somehow doubt anything will change.
*** Edited 7/30/2004 7:19:54 PM UTC by Cameraman***
Breakdown:
Units per ride:-50
Ride Uptime:-50
Crew Efficiency:-50
Average change: -50
General Maintence:0
Landscaping:0
Cleanliness:50
Bathrooms:0
Average change: 12.5
Food:0
Games:50
Shows:50
Parking:0
Average change: 25
Overall cost:0
Feeling of value:-50
Average change: -25
Total Change: -37.5 / 4 = -9.375%
Fascinating. Thanks a ton. Anyone else?
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