Best location for a relocated Ripcord...

XS NightClub said:

I agree, I don't care for theming at all.
It literally adds nothing to the actual ride experience.
With the advent of smartphones there's really no need to have to entertain guests in line, if looking at fake Egyptian or frontier artifacts really entertains anyone at all is debatable.

Dick Kinzel might agree with that, but Disney would not.

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader as to which of those two has a better track record when it comes to determining what guests enjoy.

thedevariouseffect said:

XS NightClub said:

Frontier town and flying machine is kind of a reach.
The frontier era is early 18th-mid 19th century, the Wright Brothers flight early 20th century.
The ride doesn't look too bad with its new colors, it will be interesting to see how much of the STR theming remains.

Wild Wild West anyone?

Or "Cowboys & Aliens".

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noggin said:

Chuck Wagon said:
I don't get ... the name.

Professor Delbert was a character on Paddlewheel Excursions, who was going to attempt to launch himself into flight. The new Ripcord name is appropriate and tips its hat to the park's history.

Let me clarify, I understand the name, I just don't agree that it's a good name for arguably one of the most extreme rides in the park. I'm a big fan of park history, but this name makes it sound like a kid's ride or maybe...

Most Extreme ride?

Nah...Skyscraper was way more intense than the swingset.

Was very sad to see Skyscraper go 😞

It would be cool if the park planted ivy at the bottom of the tower. Maintenance needs access to inspect the structure, but also aesthetically allow vines of vegetation grow through its steel framing!

^The maintenance inspection is probably the exact reason you won't see rides interact with veggies.

Plus, who's going to do the upkeep on that stuff?

I agree ivy might be a nice touch but doesn't usually grow too high on steel as it can't take root like it could on a plant, wood, brick or stone. If it would grow they could always use x ray where the ivy covered the structure. However it would be damaging to the concrete structure over time. I thought it would be cool if they made the structure to appear more like it was built out of wood, but they did paint it brown.

I think it would be great to have a traditional style flume in the remaining space, however it would have been nice if the area hadn't been turned into a concrete pond and still had natural growth that exsisted prior to the addition of shoot the rapids. I also would like to see some attraction added to the behind the scenes area inside of MF first turn around other then the seasonal haunted house. I think that could be a reasonable location for a dark ride building. There is minimum view from any trail of the lake currently so minimal impact on views.

Has anyone noticed a new angle of the webcam pointing at Professor Delbert's area? Yes that's what I"m going to call it now.

^I haven't noticed the webcams pointed that way since beginning of December when initial construction started

As far as I know, it's spent the past few weeks pointed towards CP Shores (ex-Soak City) and the Breakers expansion.

Professor Delbert would also be a great name to a new drink available at Trail Tavern. Maybe a dark brew of some sort? Tony and crew, are you reading this? :)

^Black IPA, Black Rajah style please :)

kylepark said:

Tony and crew, are you reading this? :)

I'm not reading this.

OnPointTony said:

kylepark said:

Tony and crew, are you reading this? :)

I'm not reading this.

I miss you!

Anything new with the Professor Delbert area?

Nothing that a bulldozer and GCI couldn't help.

Tony just put out a new video of PDFF on his Snapchat. Some screenshots:

It almost looks as if they're going to repurpose StR's station as PDFF's staging/flight prep area; it sounds like a great idea, but considering how far back StR's station is from the Frontier Trail, I feel like the ticketing booth should be separate from the staging area and be adjacent to the midway (possibly in StR's old gift shop?). Also, considering that they're moving it into the park, how much do you think the prices will change? I could honestly see a return to RipCord's original pricing scheme, where the price per person went down as the number of flyers went up (according to Jason Hammond's scan of the 1996 Park Guide, prices were $25 for 1, $40 for 2 ($20pp), and $45 for 3 ($15pp)). I feel like these prices could be right, but keeping SlingShot's $25pp price in mind, does anyone else think the new prices could be increased even more? (It seems to me that SlingShot almost commands a higher price, mainly because of its lower capacity, its younger age, and its greater "wow" factor.) I really wonder what the "magic price" is for PDFF; it has to be one that's low enough to drive revenue, yet high enough to reduce overwhelming the attraction's capacity.