California Great America (CGA) Discussion Thread

On the flipside, if CF were to be still running the park, I'm a bit shocked that they have all (well most) of their Cedar Fair branded shirts on sale. The haunt stuff on sale however were dated as far back as 2008. I don't recall seeing Snoopy stuff marked down, and the merch that were marked down were things I saw sitting around for the past couple seasons. I also noticed that there was some new Haunt gear this year as well as stuff sitting around from the past couple years. The new gear is not marked down, expect to spend about $18 if you want a new Haunt shirt and possibly $40 for a matching hoodie.

One of the other things that had me wonder about CF and their relationship with the park was the "Amazement Park" app I'm sure a lot of you have played. I am surprised that this was released before selling CGA since CGA's on the list of parks. Not that it's a life or death situation but for those who have been playing the game and if CF were to be no longer in the picture with CGA, then those who had CGA as their starter park would no longer have it. Just an interesting observation.

[jab88She turned me into a donkey! I got better...]

On Tiki Twirl's control panel, there's a button called the Homing button. You hold onto it throughout the cycle and it triggers the water and fire effects. Back when it was themed to Survivor, Homing would also trigger the video response telling the guests that they were doing a great job on their "challenge". However, if the balance on the gondola is not just right, the fire will not go off. Still, the guests don't understand that, and that's why they booed me when the fire didn't work.

Interesting, thanks for explaining about how it all works with Tiki Twirl. So back when it was Survivor and the guests were put into the queue areas with the colored circles and had to perform the stomp/dance being shown on the television, that really had no effect over whether or not the fire went off. As far as guests, true most don't understand why something may not work, but then again most don't care either, such as happened last night when they booed you, among them the rowdy (and rather annoying) group of teenagers that were in front of me, chances are I was the only one not booing you since I know what it's like to be in the position of a ride operator and dealing with guests.

So that's why I've seen the fire work on 1 cycle, telling me "Hey let's go ride" to "Oh cool, the magic seat!" Once our ride began, our seat wasn't so 'magical' and to my shock, no fire. After riding, I never paid attention to see if the next cycle got fire or not, assuming it was having problems or if it got too 'breezy' to use fire effects.

I do wish however that the misters/sprayers actually functioned rather than 'hissing' air at us. Initially, I was under the impression that a stream of water actually came out but it was just a matter of it just being a really light mist that's barely felt.

Firefall's effects work that way (it's Wind Meter is on top of the control booth) , the wind speed limit varies from day to day for it, sometimes it's 25 MPH and the fire will not go off, other times, it is as low as 7 MPH. I assume the mechanics set the max. wind speed each day before the fire will turn off there, especially with all the wood there, would be a big mess if any of that were to catch fire.

Yea, I've seen the wind reader on top of the booth. Also, random side note in regards to Firefall. One of the last times I rode it, one of the ride operators did his spiel and for humor added in 'for the safety of this bear' (holds teddy bear up). During the ride cycle, he was messing around with the stuffed toys making them peer over the window and whatnot...I found that quite funny and was watching that take place while flinging up and over, flipping, and hanging.

[CoasterBeagleHave I mentioned how awesome donkeys are?]

On the flipside, if CF were to be still running the park, I'm a bit shocked that they have all (well most) of their Cedar Fair branded shirts on sale. The haunt stuff on sale however were dated as far back as 2008. I don't recall seeing Snoopy stuff marked down, and the merch that were marked down were things I saw sitting around for the past couple seasons. I also noticed that there was some new Haunt gear this year as well as stuff sitting around from the past couple years. The new gear is not marked down, expect to spend about $18 if you want a new Haunt shirt and possibly $40 for a matching hoodie.

One of the other things that had me wonder about CF and their relationship with the park was the "Amazement Park" app I'm sure a lot of you have played. I am surprised that this was released before selling CGA since CGA's on the list of parks. Not that it's a life or death situation but for those who have been playing the game and if CF were to be no longer in the picture with CGA, then those who had CGA as their starter park would no longer have it. Just an interesting observation.

Snoopy stuff is 30% off I think. I went and bought some stuff today and overheard that.

[jab88She turned me into a donkey! I got better...]

Yea, I've seen the wind reader on top of the booth. Also, random side note in regards to Firefall. One of the last times I rode it, one of the ride operators did his spiel and for humor added in 'for the safety of this bear' (holds teddy bear up). During the ride cycle, he was messing around with the stuffed toys making them peer over the window and whatnot...I found that quite funny and was watching that take place while flinging up and over, flipping, and hanging.

I might know which operator that it was, there's only a few that would goof around and have fun like that. Did his spiel, besides the teddy part, (as long as this may be, but at Firefall he's the only one to do it) include an extended safety spiel, announcing for everyone's safety, in turn pointing at the exit operator and everyone around the control booth?

And as far as the teddy bears, they sort of became an unofficial 'ride mascot' left behind by guests who never came back to get them, first it was a Garfield, then a brown bear joined in, and after that I don't know, they could of gotten more, since I no longer work there. It had of been funny to have been there during that and sounds like some of the associates I remember, often doing something funny or random.

[NibblerHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

Thanks to those of you who have gone into the Gauntlet and said Hi to me haha, I got to hop back into costume last night and show my monsters how a pro handles scaring =p

Behold, making "her" first appearence, I present..

"Ash-Schlee"



Suffice to say, it was amazingly fun to skip as flamboyantly as possible through the fog.. not to mention making people so confused as they tried to figure out if i was really a girl or not, only to run away screaming after I switched back talking in a deeper voice.. it was a success hahaha all my talent want me to come back with this character more this season =p

P.S. I Invented a new sport.. seeing how many napkins i can stack on top of a guest's head while they eat funnel cake.

^I'll have to keep a lookout for this...you know what my cousin look like by now, you can have loads of fun chasing and tormenting her, she's an easy target as you saw

[ZeppelinfreakIndiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Donkey.]

I know this is off-topic, but does anybody have pictures of Vortex in its original color scheme.

^Here you go! I pulled this picture off of the park's Facebook page.

More green Vortex greatness, with a hint of sunbaked green!