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  1. Looking for some advice. I'll be taking my family of four out west next week and we'll be spending 3 days at Disney. We haven't been in 7 years, so there's obviously some new stuff that we'll definitely have to hit. Just asking the pros if there's any advice on plan of attack? We've got park hoppers for all 3 days and I know that the parks will be packed between Christmas and New Years. We plan on getting there at opening each day as the last time we were there they reached capacity at DL. So, we'll definitely get in early enough to not have that be a problem. We're staying across the street, so heading back to the room for a little bit is a possibility. I noticed that you cannot pre-book Fast Passes like you can in Florida, correct? We purchased the Max Pass in advance, too early to tell if that was a wise investment. Any ideas on which rides will run out of Fast Passes first? Any advice on using the Max Pass? Thanks!
  2. The Beach Boys must have been very early 70's. I can remember seeing Chuck Berry in the Old Glory, I think it must have been about 74 or 75? They had some big shows in the 80's as well. But, even older classic rock and such that play small venues now will still demand a price tag above the park's allowance. It had to have happened after '76 as my parents have pictures of me as a toddler at that show. Had a great time at Holiday in the Park last Saturday.
  3. At some point, SFStL is going to get a new coaster. It probably won't be a $20 million B&M (SF isn't putting those in any of their parks right now, the last being X-Flight in 2012), but it will be something like a S&S Free Spin or the RMC Raptor. SFFT is also in a smaller market and is not a "destination park" but it has gotten both of these coasters in a 3 year period. The cost of these coasters is probably similar to the JL:BFM ride and SF was willing to make that kind of investment at SFStL. So if SFStL doesn't get a new coaster announced tomorrow, then it will probably get the Free Spin or Raptor in 2019 or 2020. I think it is more of a possibility to get a Large Scale Coaster transplant rather than a brand new Installation. That would satisfy a big budget coaster at a low cost. Would Kanonen qualify as a large scale coaster transplant? Just kidding. Put me on the list that doesn't want to see Eagle get RMC'd. I'd be down for the Boss for sure, but I don't see that happening from a budget standpoint. One other thing on this though. Wasn't the length of the coaster one of the reasons they said they couldn't RMC it? I'm just going off things in this thread from a couple of years ago, so I don't know if it's legit or not, but I do recall them saying that they'd have to seriously reduce the length because of the loss of speed with the RMC trains/wheels. If it was a reason they threw out there, wouldn't what they're doing with Mean Streak put that reasoning to bed? Again, it's not happening anytime soon and probably ever, but just fess up, it's 100% a budgetary issue. My family would be happy with a water coaster. We usually take a trip to Holiday World every year and we all love Wildebeest and Mammoth. Not that I expect this to be as good as either of those, but it would be a welcome and desperately needed addition to the water park. It may even be enough that we decide to get season tickets again. This was the first year we didn't get them since the boys hit the 36" milestone. There were several reasons for this that had nothing to do with Six Flags itself, but our diminished enjoyment of the waterpark definitely played a small part of it. Then next year replace Ninja with a Raptor or T-Rex and I think that would definitely make some people happy.
  4. We typically take advantage of the season pass sale that they offer around Labor Day. It usually comes out to around $60 per person after fees/taxes. The best part is that it allows you access to the park for the remainder of that calendar year and if you process it that calendar year you get upgraded to the gold pass for free. It's the best bargain we've found by far. We usually do this every other year as our schedule doesn't allow for many visits during the spring and summer, so we typically attend more often in the fall anyway. It works for us and we only have to go twice to justify the cost.
  5. I think that would be awesome, but I have a feeling that without some heavy duty safety equipment, OSHA would throw a fit. Besides that need plenty of time to renovate. Obviously we've all heard the rumors of the DC re-theme at this point. With the teases so far, I hadn't been able to come up with any connection with the rumored DC ride. If you hadn't already heard the rumor of the DC ride, there is absolutely nothing in any of the pictures that would lead anybody to that conclusion. This latest tease just made me think that maybe it's not about what they're going to do with the building for next year, but what they're planning for Fright Fest. That last picture looks to me as if the ghouls are pleading for the Scary Swamp to be their home sweet home. I don't know what OSHA would require for safety equipment, but I don't see why you'd need to change the boats at all for a ride through haunt. I also don't think they'd have to change a lot inside if they didn't want. It's already a slightly creepy back drop. They're closing the ride a couple of weeks before Fright Fest starts, so I don't see why they couldn't throw some scare actors into some the scenes to jump out from behind some of the set pieces and add some smoke and lighting effects. The queue is also something that could easily have some things quickly thrown together to add to the experience. I'm not imagining much, some fog machines, lighting effects, sound track, maybe even a creepy swamp dweller out there as well. It wouldn't take much to have one last hurrah for the Scooby ride before it's gone forever. It'd be even better if it was something geared more towards families and not too hardcore, and of course FREE. I can hope, right?
  6. Looks like they've got something planned for scooby for Fright Fest. A ride through haunt? It's certainly a decent backdrop to start with.
  7. I always wondered that too then I worked a Disney for a year several years back and part of the opening procedures every morning for the ride was to take a measuring tape to the height sticks and check their height. I was surprised they took that much effort to ensure they are right - I doubt other parks do. I think it's safe to say that what Disney does =/= what is standard in the industry. We just went to Disney earlier this summer and knew which rides my youngest wouldn't be able to ride ahead of time and planned accordingly. We did check once on Mission Space and their measurements did seem to land exactly where I thought they would, just a tad short.
  8. Having two young boys that are on the short end of the height range for their age, height restrictions play a large roll in a typical day at the park for our family. Two years ago was the first summer that my oldest was over 42" and finally able to ride a roller coaster at our home park SFStL. I measured him at home and had him around 42.75". Upon entering the park we went straight to guest services to get him a wristband. Most of the day was fine, until we went to ride Pandemonium. We boarded the car with no problems, but then one of the ops standing along the wall came over to the car to check his height. We showed him his wrist band and he really didn't care and made him go get measured. Not that big of a deal, but they had to stop the car (those of you who don't know, typically the cars move continuously through the loading station). I remembering asking him what the point of the wristband was if they were just going to measure him anyway and he just shrugged me off. We rode the coaster and my son loved it. The line was a walk on, so my wife and I switch places so she could ride with him and I took command of the toddler and the same jerk pulled the same exact stunt less than 10 minutes apart. That really ticked me off and still does a little to this day. I've always wondered just how accurate the height measurement stations are outside of rides. I've seen several parks that have platforms there so that the ground is level for a more accurate reading, but often times I see them on uneven ground or it seems like it starts an inch off the ground. I've often wondered just how accurate they are since they rarely seem to line up with our at home measurements or even that of our doctor's office. When I was single or when we were married before children, height requirements didn't matter. Now with two young boys, it definitely plays a role in how you plan your day and even to which parks I'm willing to attend.
  9. This is a topic that came to mind with the whole Thunderbird reveal. Seeing as how far away from the rest of the park the station is located they have to add some serious walkways to get back there and I'd assume they will have some support buildings near the station (bathrooms, oasis, etc...), and it got me wondering how much that was going to cost. The video also shows a lot of nice landscaping around the area as well. As a homeowner whose had some serious landscaping done around my house, I know how expensive that can be from the consumer side if things. I realize that they have a lot of inside labor and won't be paying the same price that you or I would be paying, but it's not going to be free. While it would only be a small percentage of the overall install, if HW is including all if this work in their $22 million, it would certainly would reduce how much they spent on the actual ride. Once you consider how much clearing and ground work prep they have to do for this ride , Thunderbird itself might only be $18 for the actual ride itself. Just throwing numbers out there and don't have a real clue, but it's interesting to discuss.
  10. I get sick of losing a ride just about every time a new ride is put in. I know this happens at a lot of parks and isn't just limited to SFStL, but it seems more commonplace here than elsewhere. While I would love a new steel coaster just as much as anyone else, some nice new flats could really liven up the place as well. Yeah, I know we got a new flat this year, but I'm wondering how Tsunami Soaker is working out for the park. I went for the first time last weekend and it was the most crowded I've seen the park in years (but I typically avoid Saturdays in the middle of the summer, so I don't know how it compares to a typical Saturday in July). Anyway, there were decent lines for many rides throughout the day, yet I never saw a line for Tsunami Soaker that was more than a 1 cycle wait. People seemed to be enjoying it, but when you've got a 35 minute wait for Thunder River, 20 minutes for the log flume with both sides running, and 15 minutes for Tidal Wave, I can't figure out why you could basically walk right on TS. There wasn't a shorter line in the park for ANY other ride. I'm wondering if it was a poor install decision for the park. We get season passes every year and will continue to do so because with the free parking on the gold passes, we can head out for 2-3 hours in the evening in the middle of the week several times a year and feel like we have the park to ourselves. In the end, I just tell myself that at least we have a better wooden collection than CP (for now, at least).
  11. Looks good. Thunderbird will be my first wingrider as I doubt I'll be getting to CP, DW, SFGAm this year. Looking forward to it.
  12. I'm really excited to find out what this is going to be. I'm even more excited knowing that I'll get a chance to ride it next year on our annual HW trip. Bring it on!
  13. Just a few things that crossed my mind that I don't think I've seen mentioned yet. First, there have been people saying that Holiday World wouldn't build an invert since King's Island just built Banshee. There's no knowing for sure, but a lot of times these projects can be in the works for years. When was it announced that Banshee was going in at KI? Isn't it likely that whatever this coaster is was planned before Banshee was announced. Would HW scrap plans on an invert once Banshee was announced? I wouldn't necessarily think so, but I don't know. Second, B&M just built their first family invert over in China. A much longer, more thrilling, but non-inverting family style invert would be a great coaster for a park like HW. I can't wait to see what they are building and I look forward to riding it next year.
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