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Having missed out on the Hard Rock Park experience last year, I rolled down to Myrtle Beach with some friends at the first opportunity this year. Which happened to be a Saturday-- at the start of summer-- during beach week-- with nice weather. Surely there would be a little bit of a crowd...

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until next time...?

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Couple more time machine shots. I like lens flare by the way

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another sign shot was we were leaving

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obligatory air guitar shot... your doing it wrong!

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it was a little more fun to add some water effects to the prop

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chillin

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This ended up being a real workout

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Also discovered was the random bungee-cord bean-bag-and-velcro contraption

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seriously, this was really cool. I might build one in my back yard as an addition to the shed

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upon this discovery, we immediately assembled small armed forces and went straight into combat for about an hour and a half

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in this innocent looking building was the highlight of the trip

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Do not ask me any questions about this ride

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Didn't feel the need to sit in the sun, but if I did this area would have been inviting

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Fog is always fun

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After riding all the coasters a few times we took another lap or two around the park to check out the scenery

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This water harp was a lot bigger than I imagined from seeing other pictures.

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This was a really cool touch on the station of the time machine

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Landscaping here, and throughout the park was also very well done

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timing is everything

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Also thought the logo was really cool, but hard to see on the front of the train

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As you will probably see I spent more time taking photos than actually riding this one

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Which was Ok because it's a very photogenic ride and makes for some good pics

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Time Machine seemed to have some rather serious vibration issues.

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Heading across the pond for the main attraction

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Admittedly, it would be 10 times better with some theming... but the music selection they have for this ride now is outstanding (I think there are 3 tracks). Although I didn't ride it as Life in the Fast Lane, the music they have on it now makes a lot more sense.

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Cool theming. I thought Iron Horse was a great compact coaster

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heading over to Iron Horse we spotted some other park guests.

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hang ten is about as average as you can get for a family coaster. Score one for the credit count

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I thought the park did a really great job of updating the signage considering they had a short amount of time to transition from HRP branding. Nothing looked rushed or out of place

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good thing we rode early in the day to avoid the crowds.

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the first drop was also decent

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just weird. It felt really strange on the wheel and was probably the most exciting part of the ride

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Next up was the round-a-boot

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and another cool area for kids to burn off energy

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I thought this was a really cool area for kids to burn off some energy

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again, more details. This was in the ground on the exit ramp for soakd

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The exit ramp ended up being the most difficult part of the ride to get through dry

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but mostly the ride was relaxing

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Although we didn't get officially "soakd" it did have some water elements which was OK because it was rather humid

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First up, we decided to brave the elements and take on the water coaster.

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and very nice theming

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see... details

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and the details were phenomenal

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The atmosphere at the park is pretty impressive

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Before entering the park we had to adjust the admission price so that it made more sense. Sadly, our efforts were not rewarded with a discount

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but I really don't want to focus on that too much because we all had an awesome time

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OK so attendance is an obvious issue

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Great pics dude!

Here are some of mine from the trip.

 

I really liked the park a lot. it was just depressing being there on a summer Saturday with great weather and it was a ghost town. I thought Natatonic's TR's deserted look was just cause it was a weekday but that is not the case. We all had a great time even though the coasters were not mind blowing. but they were all fun and pretty unique.

 

I Loved the music selection throughout the park and all the great tunes blasting on the Coasters was really cool and well done. I was really impressed with the Time Machine's audio and Station theming (album covers).

Nothing beats rocking out to Ice Ice baby on a B&M!

 

JEFF

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It went down as we left due to heavy ridership

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yes that is 1 (one) person on the whole train

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some wicked storms all around the park, but the rides never stopped running

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why so short? but hey it was running!!!!

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Taken as my hat was aboot to blow off! (one of us lost a hat earlier on Iron Horse)

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Chris has the biggest

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this is Lunch rush hour at FMP

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very photogenic

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I really liked it. But why the hell is it Braked so hard!!! trim and MCBR on way too hard

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alot of unneeded touches to the time machine. (you cannot see it from inside the park)

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Glad they got to keep this

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I wonder what's wrong with this place? It looks like such a nice little park with a very handsome coaster!

 

Is it a marketing problem (the GP actually aren't aware that the park has reopened?) or are there too many other parks near?

 

Never mind, I found the answer in the other thread. If people who live an hour away have no idea that the park has reopened, that explains everything.

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I don't see why this park isn't pulling in the crowds. It looks amazing. All it needs is a Intamin [iSpeed] Type coaster and it would be set!

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Why are kids tickets more than Adult tickets? Kids- $29 Adults- $19 WTF?

 

The price sign is movable, so they messed around with it.

 

And as far as a marketing problem, I'm not totally sure. I mean, I live in Charlotte, and we get absolutely LOADED with the Time Machine FSMP commercials that everybody saw on YouTube. As far as farther up north, I doubt they're advertising, just as HRP management didn't.

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Nice Photo TR! I love all the details, but I still don't "get" the Myrtle's Beach area...

 

So does the park get busier at night?

 

What don't you get about it? It's the most visited beach on the East coast.

 

^Exactly.. People go to Myrtle BEACH to sit in the sand not spend the day in an amusement park with NO WATER ATTRACTIONS! Good thinking there guys!

 

The admission price is still WAAAY too high for what the park is offering. I think the price point is around $20-$25 IMO.

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Nice Photo TR! I love all the details, but I still don't "get" the Myrtle's Beach area...

 

So does the park get busier at night?

 

I don't totally understand that area either. To answer your question we left around 730 and didn't see anyone heading for the entrance so I would say no

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