2002 attraction cancelled??
I asked this question because on other message boards I have seen so much negativity of a lack of new coasters and I have seen people blaming the bad economy and the attacks for this! Now I do understand that it is probable for CP to continue with their current plans and IMO I think CP will need to keep adding attractions to encourage people to come especially with all the BS going on in the world today and this would give them in incentive to do so! I think's VF's attendence has dropped this year and I blamed it on the lack of ANY new rides or attractions other than new shows! Now MF alone is a reson for me to return to CP but I still hope they put in either a CCI or better yet an Intamin woodie loaded with airtime! :-) I purchased my cheap VF($49.50) 2002 season pass to use MORE at CP than VF since CP does a MUCH better job with running their rides right! BTW after one two rides on Mean Streak I finally understand why there is a few trims on it because of the roughness. I almost got a headache after those two rides! I think if an Intamin hyperwoodie would get built CP would find that it would be so smooth that they won't need any trims on it! I spoke to Dick Kinzel on my last visit to CP and he told me how he loves airtime after I mentioned reading the article about him so I trust him to try his best to run the ride the best he can and I think he has done that! :-)
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Busch and Six Flags have already stated that cap ex spending will be reduced in the next few years, long before the attacks. They can't just keep spending on and on like that.
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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
Watch my grass grow: http://www.sillynonsense.com/subdivision/
They can keep on spending like that, to an extent. It's reflected in what charge for everything else. SFWoA charges $9.00 to park, $39.99 to get in, vending machine soft drinks are $2.75. If you build 5 roller coasters in two years and purchase Sea World on top of that, you need to raise prices to recoup those expenses
Haha - remember at the beginning of the season, SFWOA was saying that their admission ($37.99) was a dollar cheaper than their nearest competitor, Cedar Point? :) Of course, that was offset by the more expensive parking right away, not to mention all the other things like $2.75 soft drinks. CP's were $2.50 at the beginning of the season and then one day, they mysteriously dropped the price of the soft drinks in the vending machines to $2.00. They kept charging $2.50 from the vendors and gave out a silly straw that people just threw all over the place and we had to pick up. :) They started giving away something else with the drinks later, but I don't remember what it was. I really am getting senile! Back to the topic, I have no clue what CP is getting for next year. I think "L" by Troika/Chaos and the island make sense as well as something up in the Giant Wheel area. CP always surprises us though... :)
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-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew
I'm pretty sure Dan was talking about Pete.
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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
Watch my grass grow: http://www.sillynonsense.com/subdivision/
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