Six Flags over Georgia celebrates its 40th anniversary starting June 17th.

But no new rides.... "sigh".

Didn't Disney's California Adventure pretty much prove the public likes and expects new rides at amusement parks instead of the much cheaper shows and parades the owners like to skimp on? Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney Studios Paris, and Universal Orlando are all proof that the public doesn't support "shortcuts" and "cheap outs".

Besides the Dahlonega Mine Train the Six Flags Railroad, Hanson Cars and Log Jamboree were all in the park on opening day. The cars were relocated and the log flume is not the original configuration.

Actually SFOG's birthday is the 7th not the 17th.

Universal Orlando keeps making more money every year. What exactly are they proving?

I think Goliath is a strong enough addition to satisfy for more than one year.

Supid me, should gotten on the Log Ride during Fling to complete some weird *set* of all the original SFoG rides...LOL! As always, excellent events at SFoG. Thanks, gamndbnr! :)

Goliath should put the park good for major coasters for 5 years, forget 1.

Not that I really expect them to go 5 years, but there are certainly very nice parks that have gone much longer.

There were actually log flumes at one point similar to SFOT. The original flume was removed and replaced with the waterslides that were eventually replaced by Scorcher. The existing log flume is the second one that was added later, not the original that opened with the park.

The first flume was longer and more of a thrill than the second one, since it had the double hills. From what I heard they had to take the first flume down due to a few people standing up and one got killed while standing up on the first small hill when the LUmberjack was on top of it. This was back in the 80's when they removed the first flume.

When I worked there, I heard the first flume had become old and was a maintenence issue. Never heard of a death related to it.*** This post was edited by Cropsey 5/19/2007 1:11:38 PM ***

Universal Orlando makes more money each year because it raises its admission and food fees each year. Check the records, attendance has dropped yearly.

Lower attendance by itself isn't the measure of success. Building big rollycoasters is not the answer to maintaining growth. Kennywood seems to be doing just fine without big new rides every year in the past century.

French Fries therefore are the answer to maintaining growth! :)

It certainly brings me back!

Me too... I said it as a joke...but I'm not so sure I might not be on to something.

Of course you are. Cedar Point has put in a new ride almost every year since they put in Raptor in 1994, and still haven't hit the attendance of that year. That was my initial point... it's not a slam dunk to keep the people coming. There's no guarantee it would've had any impact on SFOG.

I was just at the park on the way moving down to Florida a month ago, and to me, they really don't need any new rides at this time.

They have a decent mix of coasters, flats, and other attractions.

One of the few gems in the Six Flags family.