Challenge Park... Times Up?

Of course its part of the operating cost. And especially since Ripcord is outside the park, they'll want to make sure it is bringing in at least enough money to cover its operating costs.

Insurance would be included in the day to day operating cost?

Fine, insurance aside, the operating cost would be low as I said above. But I don't see how you figure in the insurance to the operating cost since I would assume the insurance would be the same that would cover the park from ride to ride. Although I don't know much about insurance. I could be completely wrong though, and probably are.

*** Edited 2/22/2007 10:25:39 PM UTC by 99er***

I would assume they would keep track of the Challenge Park stuff separately because that is a separate charge attraction. You may not track it on a day to day, but at the end of the season, you look back at total costs to operate RC vs the total income. If the first is more than the latter, some business decisions need to be made.

Well I know all that. But I was wondering how you include the cost of insurance into the operating cost since I am pretty sure they don't have individual insurance policies for each ride. How do you divide up the total cost of insurance to be included in the total cost to run a ride. As said above, insurance would be included. But I would think otherwise.

*** Edited 2/22/2007 10:32:35 PM UTC by 99er***

They may be on the same policy, but that doesn't mean CP doesn't have an itemized bill from the Insurance Co.

They know how much each ride is costing them in the insurance bill.

I miss Sports City.

Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth.

Trent

What was Sports City and where?

MrScott

Sports City was like Challenge Park. It is where Home Depot is now. The entrance to it is pretty much in the same place. They had four go-kart tracks, putt-putt golf, bumper boats, batting cages, arcade, those swinging cage things, and I think something else but I can't remember. It was a fun place. We use to go there all the time. But the property was sold and made into what you see today. It was only a few years ago when this happend. I think around 2003?

air_time_bob said:
I can remember when the golf course was up front off the midway and it was free. I haven't played since they moved it and now you have to pay for it.

When was miniature golf ever free? I remember both midway courses, the course where Snoopy's Playground is now and the course where the 4X4s are (1960s). Neither course was free, you had to pay a fee to play.

It would make more sense to me that the insurance company gives a cost for the entire park. It just can't imagine an insurance agent walking around the park inspecting each and every ride to determine how dangerous it is and then totaling that list. It would make sense to me that for those companies that insure a place like CP that they have a formula of some kind that plugs in various factors that in the end spits out a number that they give to the park. And I would think that park attendance would be the most important factor of all. But that's just me. It would be interesting to talk to someone "in the know" on this one.

No, I don't think they'd itemize each ride, but because RC is a separate, pay attraction, it may be a special case. Heck, Challenge Park may just be it's own item. If one were to judge on price alone, it would seem that RC has it's own policy.

Challenge Park is like a license to print money. All of those people staying at Breakers and Lighthouse need something else to do.

Exactly.

We stay at breakers once or twice a year, and its always nice to have something to do after the park closes.

We also get the package plan witch includes the mini golf and go cart coupons.