SFDL announces new attraction

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RamblinWreck said:
Oh, I know that NF canada has had its share of problems, but they have made it nice enough to bring the people in. Plus, geography is on their side, which sucks but you cant do anything about that.

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Wait I'm confused, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you think that Niagara Falls doesn't attract a lot of people which could potentially be SFDL customers? Now you say they do, meaning if SFDL improves their act in service and the rides department, attendence should go up.

I don't think that NF NY attracts as many people as it has/can, but I dont think that those people came for the park, maybe the park in Wheatfield would do better, but not Darien Lake. I'm not sure... it doesn't seem like it could draw from the tourists going through Niagara Falls anyway.

Well I understand what you are saying but right now Niagara Falls people are going to MFI and Marineland, both of which aren't HUGE parks but they are right there and easy to get too. BUT if SFDL were to expand onto what now is their wasted land I think people would be willing to drive 40 minutes to go there, sorta like I'm willing to drive 8 hours to go to Cedar Point.

And yet SFDL still manages to attract far more people each year than Marineland and MFI. It seems to me like the park is "keeping up with the competition" just fine. And really, if you were visiting the area and comparing the rides at all three parks, which would you choose?

-Nate

If SFDL didn't manage to attract far more people than Marineland & MFI... then that park would be in SERIOUS, serious trouble.

We're talking about night & day on those parks. MFI is a small indie park & Marineland is a park with limited appeal because of the few rides & shows offered... so you cannot even compare that with a corporate park that offers so much more.

It's just that when you compare that corporate park with other corporate parks of equal size & value... it doesn't have as much to offer.

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CoastaPlaya said:
Show me one park where a coaster magically boosted attendance by a half-million people over the long term.

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Not *exactly*....BUT, I can show you this:
http://www.boomersparks.com/parks/dania/

It's not a park *adding* a coaster to boost an existing park's attendance, it's an FEC building *a* coaster to bring people in....and that arcade is HOPPING, like a kangaroo with ADHD...

DBH is SOOO overlooked by the kids at that place, it's amazing....but it keeps the entire business profitable...

The moral of the story is that coasters won't bring any kind of serious attendance SPIKE to an existing park, but they CAN (and sometimes do) for an ailing FEC...

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DawgByte II said:
It's just that when you compare that
corporate park with other corporate parks of equal size & value... it doesn't have as much to offer.

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Sure, but I think you miss my point. If SFDL is drawing more people than its competition, there isn't much incentive to add a big, expensive new ride. It might not compare to other corporate parks, but so what? Not all corporate parks can be the same size, for one (meaning there has to be a smallest). Second, since every corporate park is essentially in its own unique market and since SFDL is not in competition with these other, bigger corporate parks, what sense does it make to compare it to them?

-Nate *** Edited 12/7/2004 6:29:22 PM UTC by coasterdude318***