Six Flags over Georgia 2005 map-something interesting...
The Six Flags Elitch Gardens slide looks like the Proslide Halfpipe slide. The Tornado slide really replaced the Halfpipe slide (there are not many Halfpipe slides). Plus the park just got the Halfpipe coaster last year, so what will they call it? Could this be the new Typhoon slide that SFNE wants in 2005?
Also, citigraph makes Six Flags America's map, but it has not been updated for 2005 yet.
Six Flags looks to have purchased several Tornado slides (SFSL, SF SplashTown, SFDL, SFKK and probably SFA and possibly one more) and a lot more other slides (most of SFGAm.'s HH, SFEG? and SFNE?) all from Proslide for 2005.
SFZIP said:
The Six Flags Elitch Gardens slide looks like the Proslide Halfpipe slide.
Which Proslide slide are you referring to? AFAIK, Proslide does not make a slide called the "Halfpipe" (or anything that looks like what is drawn on the SFEG map, for that matter).
-Nate
*** Edited 1/23/2005 10:42:47 PM UTC by coasterdude318***
I thought Proslide made these type of slide and since the Tornado does basically the same thing it replaced the Halfpipe slide. Mabye some other company makes the halfpipe style of slide, I don't know.
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Alex Nagel said:
Still I'd say it less than professional.
Well, it is CitiGraph. I've been trying to contact them for over three years to buy some of the old souvenir maps that they have on their website, and I haven't had any response from them yet.
This is a very unusual addition for a Six Flags park. Dollywood and Silver Dollar City have water playground areas, so maybe this will help improve the family image for the park.
Stop thinking like enthusiasts and start thinking like the General Public.:)
Also, it only takes one person to find it, and mention something, and then a horde of people go to see for themselves, and tell their friends, etc.
I know that if I owned an amusement park, and was having them draw the map, I would have included some sort of non-disclosure clause in the contract that, copyright or not, they would be forbidden from posting their work of my park until after I had announced the additions that are reflected in the map itself, but that's just me. Then again, this IS Six Flags we're talking about...
Speaking from a business owner type of view (as opposed to an 'enthusiast'), I know that I wouldn't be happy if I planned on trying to create some 'excitement' from the announcement of a new ride (most likely via press release or news conference) and someone (or company) had released details about MY ride to the general public.
In normal business practices it's called a non-disclosure agreement, and I would have thought that this company would have been required to be a part of that non-disclosure agreement.
Now, it's possible that these rides have been announced already, or, that the companies have granted a release to Citigraph to make such information public.
I admit, from not knowing anything about this, that is probably the case, otherwise the damage to this company could conceivably be disastrous.
First, other than us coaster dorks, how many people are going to visit that site just to see it? The GP aren't.
Second, other than us coaster dorks, how many people that do stumble upon the site are going to look in detail at some theme park map and notice "Hey, that must be new!" or have any idea that it wasn't already there in the first place. It dosen't point it out on those maps...
Third, they show water slides. Nothing too exciting there, IMO. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love water parks, and think every theme park should have one, but it isn't like its some huge coaster that is so obvious at first glance.
Seriously folks, stop thinking like enthusiasts:).
I do agree with the you that 99.9% of the people who vistit the park aren't going to care or notice this. That doesn't mean that SFI is going to turn a blind eye to it though. There is a reason why they choose to keep rides secret. If these secretes are leaked early any company would want to do something to minimize the impact that it may have, or at the very least ensure that it won't hapen in the future.
If there was anytype of NDA in the contract then I think you can be pretty sure that SFI will contact the company. Of course, in their contract the company probably has permission to diplay a copy of the map in a portfolio. If this was a case and SFI hadn't specified that they can't display it before such-and-such a date, then there's not much they can do other than ask nicely.
But I just doubt that the company would still have it on there if Six Flags, like you said, had an NDA. They may just not care, it isn't like they aren't going to announce anything soon anyhow...
The point I was making is that it would be possible for an industry rep (say a reporter for AB), or a local coaster enthusiast to stumble across the site and then contact the local news outlets, thus diminishing the 'surprise' by the park. This 'surprise' could be tied to either an advertising blitz, or a campaign to get past season pass holders to renew.
You are right, however, the average joe isn't going to ever see that site, so the potential problem is minimized. You are also correct that a waterslide is not that big of a news item. I am more interested in the fact that one company put another company's business into public view and was wondering if that could be problematic.
On another note, it is instinctive for all of us on this board to react and behave in the enthusiast way, too much at times. I am, however, responding from the business side of things, not the enthusiast side.... *** Edited 1/24/2005 11:46:06 PM UTC by SVLFever***
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