Six Flags attendance and revenue down in 2003

.. your definition of "big" and mine seem to be two different things.. hehehe

Still.. when you do the math, it averages out to less than 2mil a park. That's hardly a good sign for a company of this size.

Now.. if they took that 2 mil a park and used it to enclose them with a dome.. ;)

Whatever happened to the hypercoaster, dark ride, extended monorail, Lost World, etc.? Personally, I have fun at WOA, but some of the things the park mentioned building a few years back sounded really exciting. Are these still possibilities or are they still saving money for these attractions. In order to better compete with all the improvements Cedar Point has been making these last few years, I would think WOA would need something noteworthy, if not a coaster, then perhaps a good dark ride. Maybe, even a well-themed mine train coaster would work well in the Coyote Creek portion of the park. Dark ride-wise though, think of all the possibilities: a pirate themed one in the former Sea World side, a Batman or Superman villain themed one by their respective rides, or even an old west haunted house or something in the Coyote Creek section. Those initial proposals the park mentioned which I reiterated in the first line in my post would certainly attract attention and so I am hoping that they are still seriously considering these improvements.

Zar.

I think the focus needs to be done on customer service and general improvements of the park. SFWoA already has the assets needed. More than alot of other parks.

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In order to better compete with all the improvements Cedar Point has been making these last few years, I would think WOA would need something noteworthy

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I honestly believe that SFWOA has everything it needs (as far as park attractions) to compete with CP. They've had enough for 3 years now.

The problem lies elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong, I like many attractions at the park, from coasters to penguins, but some of those attractions they mentioned putting in sound simply wonderful and I can't imagine anyone from this thread not feeling enthusiastic if the park had those things I mentioned, which all come from their own press releases or newspapers articles. Since dark rides are my favorite ride type, I would greatly like to see WOA add one and especially since it is something they don't have and even CP no longer has, aside from the indoor coaster, Disaster Transport. Perhaps, they could even improve upon older rides like Indiana Beach did with the Lost Coaster or Kennywood with Phantom's Revenge. Imagine, if a ride like the Wolf Bobs had some tunnels and scenic effects even! Does anyone know if they are planning any improvements or additions for this year, or is 2004 going to be a capital building year, exclusively?

Nobody has addressed the fact that Six Flags has just the *worst* customer service. I've experienced this at all of the SF parks I've visited. They still sold us a "FastLane" pass eventhough over half of the rides listed on FastLane turned out to be closed that day (not listed outside either).

I also think that in favor of adding tons of new hardware, they've actually neglected their parks overall environment. For example, there was on one *single* holiday decoration at Magic Mountain this year, the park was dirty, and looked unpainted and worn.

Compared to the Disney or Busch parks, I simply don't find SF parks as places inviting enough to spend a whole day...I usually just drop in for a few rides and split. Their food tends to be lousy, the park souvenirs are lousy, and parking is SO expensive it's off-putting.

I wish SF well, but hope they can address these issues to bring people back.

I just can't help but say that's what should happen to people who purchase Fastlane.

-Nate

I like SF parks, they have very good roller coasters and rides-but the upkeep is bad. Rides shouldn't be rusty, bathrooms should be clean, walkways and landscaping should be neat and appealing. SF I have noticed is the only theme park that has metal detectors (SFGAm and SFMM when I was there in the summer). I have always noticed alot of thuggy looking people at SF parks, and have occasionally seen a fight or two break out, and heard of worse (remember that SF shooting in the parking lot on college night?) CF parks have never seen that. I don't know how they go about doing that, but it seems that they should try and change, or alter, the clientele.