TPR's first ever Hard Rock Park PhotoTR

[KerryBWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

Keep in mind this is still the soft opening. They opened the 15th planning on only being at best 85% operational. The grand opening isn't until May, but they have done a lot in just the last couple of weeks. Thanks for the great TR! I really enjoyed your photos and captions. I can tell a day at a park would be entertaining with you!

(No love for the water guitar though? I thought it was cool...I didn't realize at first it was playing the notes of an actual song...once you hear the first few chords though it was very cool!)

I also found the staff to be great. They all seemed very excited about what they are apart of...maybe not fully aware of everything. A girl staff member was telling us about Led Z..."and he actually re-recorded the song for us to better match the ride..." Maybe a little rock history class along with basic park training!

[jarmortoken black guy]

Nice trip report, although I must say I am not really impressed with the park so far. I'll wait till I see more trip reports with the whole park opened up, but at this point I'm a tad disappointed.

Geesh what more were you expecting from a park being built from the ground up and not covered by a theme park chain?

I mean this sneak peek was MUCH more promising than that Wild West Park that open then closed in like 3 days lol!

[KerryBWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

^Amen!!

[ghost007jasFluffy, Fluffy, Donkeys Filled With Medicine and Goo!]

Nice trip report, although I must say I am not really impressed with the park so far. I'll wait till I see more trip reports with the whole park opened up, but at this point I'm a tad disappointed.

Geesh what more were you expecting from a park being built from the ground up and not covered by a theme park chain?

I mean this sneak peek was MUCH more promising than that Wild West Park that open then closed in like 3 days lol!

Wild West World was backed by one man in the middle of Kansas. Hard Rock Park is backed by one of the most successful restaurant (they do hotels too ,right?) chains in the country in a very popular tourist destination. so, excuse me if I expect a little more then Six Flags quality theming from such a large corporation .

[jarmortoken black guy]

Actually...Hard rock is a franchise, say like mcdonalds. Now if someone wants to build a park themed to hardrock they pay for the rights to do so to hard rock franchise. Hard rock doesnt own this park. I think it is a private group that owns and runs the park. The hard rock franchise is owned by Seminole Tribe of Florida. That is also the reason why the Hard Rock hotels are owned by different chains. For instance the one at universal studios is owned and ran by loews hotels.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

I'm looking forward to visiting Hard Rock Park, myself--the current crop of TRs about it has piqued my interest a bit more.

The curious "Life in the Fast Lane" mine-train coaster is a bit odd. Forgive me if I being obtuse, but wasn't this supposed to be "Midnight Rider" originally?

[jarmortoken black guy]

You are correct and some of the theming is still left like, say the motorcycle out front the entrance and the fire shooter at the end of the ride resembles some of the original art work of the coaster when it was midnight rider. I think they should have kept that theme and has fog machines operating at night under the coaster!

[RIP PsycloneBanned]

Wow the bathroom picture is quite funny. Now someone needs to take one in the women's restroom.

I wouldn't be surprised if women aren't getting the same treatment. Women in the men's room = funny. Men in the women's room = creepy.

[DBruI will provide you with maximum pleasure.]

This TR was truly amazing!

If only our Spring Break could have been ONE WEEK LATER...

[JimmyBoMr. October]

Those were some amazing pictures and this park looks great. I'm really impressed how much theming is in this park. The theming really looks a lot like Universal or even IOA. Was the night show pretty good? Looks like there were lots of water effects blendid in with fireworks. Thanks for this trip report as this has gotten me to possibly make a trip out there sometime this year.

Great pictures!