Shapiro Visits SFMM

Every "Where's Shapiro?" that pops up makes me happier that Danny boy won his OPM(*) style proxy fight. I'm glad to see that this team has ideas. The other team demonstrated the absoulte definion of absurdity: Doing the same thing expecting different results. Even if some of these initiatives fail, I'm glad to see them doing SOMETHING. I'm going to sit with Gonch in the "cautiously optimistic" tent (even if the tent is unpainted :)).
lata, jeremy
*OPM= Other People's Money (did anyone else see this movie?)

Is there room in that (unpainted) tent for one more? ;)

While the kid in me DOES love every ridiculous coaster expenditure Kieran made (OK, *almost* every one), in the long run it spelled financial disaster...while we will likely never see that kind of explosive coaster-building again, a more reponsible company means that SF corporate will be able to AFFORD to make those kinds of purchases in the future WITHOUT sending the company into another downward spiral of wasteful spending to try and entice people to "give them just one more chance".

I LOVE the coasters, but it never was about me anyway... ;)

Hello, fellow tent-dwellers. :)

DWeaver nailed it: it's understandable to be cynical, but the new management has already addressed a lot of the issues that the old management seemed to blissfully ignore for... well, the last $1 billion in debt amassed. Just watch and wait for a season. No one's going to think you're a genius for predicting a downfall that may or may not happen.

How did the coaster-buying spree pay off? SFMM turned into a quagmire. People now expect new coasters to be built every other year at every and any park. When parks like SFDL go six seasons without a new coaster, people say the park is "neglected." No one says that about, say, BGW.

I've been rooting for Snyder [and later Shapiro] since before the avalanche of announcements started. Sounds like they're on the right path....and let's face it in some cases it would be hard to make the parks worse! LOL! ;)

Wasn't SFMM one of the first parks Shapiro toured shortly after the aqquisition? If so then why the need for a second visit?

So far all he's visted are SFMM<twice now>,SFGRAM,SFOG,SFKK & I believe SFEG.he has yet to visit SFA,SFDL,SFNE or SFGRADV ohh & the two remaining texas parks as well.

Well, SFMM is one of the parks (could be the only one, I am not sure) that is open year round. That would make it an easy choice for return visits as he could not only see first hand how well the park is implementing his ideas, he could also see how well the public is reacting to them.

...and SFMM is/was the poster-child for everything he's trying to accomplish in terms of demographics... ;)

I am throwing myself into the tent of cautiously optimistic also. I think Shapiro and Snyder have it right on. They are copying the success of the most successful....DISNEY. How does Disney attract families to their parks? Lots of characters, thrilling rides mixed in with rides for the kids, parades, fireworks, and great themeing and scenery.

To me it sounds like in a few years every SF park will be in good shape and headed in the right direction.

And as Olsor said we will probably see a new coaster at SF parks every 5 or 6 years from now on. They will probably be spending lots of money in the mean time on building theaters, restaurants and family attractions.

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BATWING FAN SFA said:

he has yet to visit SFA,SFDL,SFNE or SFGRADV ohh & the two remaining texas parks as well.

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What makes you think he hasn't been to these parks? Just because the press didn't cover his visit doesn't mean he hasn't been there.

Then...

Our park is so neglected, we haven't had a new coaster in so mnay years.

Now...

Our park is so neglected, Shapiro hasn't come here to announce more bathroom attendants.

LOL! RGB. It's pathetic how many different boards that same old jealous crap has been posted on.

When he visits your home park you will definately hear about it. They are using his visits as marketing tools. It's been in every paper and on every news channel when he is in town. He even went on Jimmy Kimmel Live while he was up at the Great Escape to promote SF. You will definately hear about his tour of each and every park.

I somehow doubt his tour of Six Flags America will be covered by the Washington Post. His tour was suppose to be 30 parks in 30 days. I believe his 30 days are up. I don't think Shapiro touring Six Flags America ranks with covering the Vice President mistaking a good friend for a bird.

I don't know, but suspect, Six Flags America was one of his first stops especially since they were one of the first parks to start modifying their policies.

I don't think his 30 parks in 30 days is consecutive.

^ Woulda been better for SF coverage-wise if Cheney had been hunting Tweety, or Foghorn Leghorn...

"I say, I say, from the angle I had you look just like a Quayle, er, quail"... ;)

If your not going to do 30 parks in 30 days then what's the point in saying it? Why not say 30 parks in 60 days or 120 days or 180 days.

LOL Gator! :)

God, I'm bored and unmotivated.

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