ericthewanderer

I was thinking the same thing!It's almost as scary as the Mickey Mouse costumes from the 1950's.

WTF is all this about a "no keys" rule for the rides?Usually when I go to a park the ONLY things I have on me is a season pass and my car keys.....is SF trying to force more people to pay for the lockers?

That sunset photo of Nitro is fantastic!It looks like it came from a travel book or brochure!

I think Congo Rapids should be given a thematic makeover as "Movietown Jungle Cruise"(for lack of a better name at this time).The backstory of the ride is that the riders are "stuntpeople" filming a water stunt on a "backlot river" like in the old studio days.Various props could be added like animatronic animals on the riverbanks and crashed airplanes and shipwrecks sticking out of the water.

Call me crazy but I'm still not over the removal of GASM and RT;I think they still had a place at Great Adv. since they helped make the park what it is.

I think it's cool that there's finally a college degree specifically geared for amusement parks;most colleges do offer "hospitality management" classes,but those seem mostly geared towards hotels or restaurants/bars. On a different forum it seemed like Cedar Point had bought some empty buildings near the park;if so,might those properties be used for the "theme park college"?

Especially when they seem to be riding on your rear bumper for any length of time.There's been a couple of times I've had to turn my rearview mirrors away to keep the reflection from burning my eyes.

I concur:people who become managers aren't always(or almost never) the best one for the job;usually they're the ones who have simply been there the longest or are willing to suck up to the owners/senior managers(it's also known as "workplace politics").

Is that the reason they don' show the Little Rascals movies anymore?

For B:TR's anniversary they should definitely bring back the cop car prop and add an on-ride video feature. As for a new paint job,my 3 favorites are:black track with grey supports;grey track with blue supports;and what I call "Gotham Grey":battleship grey track with charcoal grey supports.

Now all you need is a radar gun so you can check Kingda Ka's speed!

For me it's "Mambo No.5" by Lou Bega.It was a new song that was starting to get airplay when I first went to Great Adv. in Sept. 1999(long live Coaster Celebration!).Now every time people talk about that one-hit wonder I think of coasters!

Kings Dominion has always had a cool skyline:at first it was just the Eiffel Tower,but then The Lost World,Shockwave,Dominator,etc. grew up around it. Also I'd give an honorable mention,believe it or not, to Seaside Heights-especially when they still had Funtown Pier.Coming across the bridge towards Seaside-especially in the early evening when it start getting dark-and seeing the rides lit up against the ocean was amazing.I'm glad Casino Pier is still around,but seeing TWO piers in the distance was something amazing to me.

Does it still have the cop car spotlight on it?

First of all,some ski areas have been adding things like ziplines to make money in the off season. Second of all,ski areas don't have expensive attractions like Kingda Ka to maintain or overpriced intellectual properties to pay royalties for.

Personally I almost never do upcharges at major parks,but escape rooms might change my mind.If Great Adv. did it,would it be year-round or only during Fright Fest(like KI/KD's Skeleton Key rooms)?Would they also have it during HITP or expand it to other SF parks?If SFA did it,they could have "Escape From Hall Manor"!

Once again-I like the pre-show,but then again Great Adv. isn't my home park(if it was I probably hate it too).Maybe they can make a shortcut that bypasses the pre-show and leads straight to the ride station;it could be themed as one of Batman's secret escape routes.

When I was a kid I got to buy fireworks from South Of The Border,and light them off on New Year's & July 4th,so fireworks DO have a shelf life as long as they're in a cool dry spot. However,Great Adv. probably put a refundable down payment at a professional pyrotechnical company for a New Year's display.

I voted for the War On Lines because:(A)-it gave Great Adv. 2 of m favorite rides(Medusa & Houdini)and(B)-I think Great Adv. should've had HH an actual part of the theme park (like SFA) or waited for somebody like Great Wolf Lodge to make an offer.

I know this is wishful thinking,but it would be cool if Great Adv. tried to get "themed" concrete for the walkways:basically in Frontier Adventures the concrete would be dirt-colored and have animal prints in it(deer/wolf/horses,etc) and in Movie Town they could try to make it like the Hollywood Walk Of Fame,but with Warner Bros./DC Comics characters.

Does Great Adv. still have any of the animated displays used for the Holiday Lights event?If so they could go back to using the safari area for HITP after the animals are sent to their winter home(s),and the safari trucks could be driven by Santa Claus himself.

I actually liked the "Why So Serious?" pre-show-I think it's the best part of the ride IMO.Maybe the park can re-profile the actual ride in next years(2018/19)off season to contain a "drop track" section or at least a couple more drops.

IIRC the black lights and jack-o-lanterns were originally used only for Fright Fest.Maybe the park can change the interior props with each season:skulls & skeletons for FF,indoor snow machine for HITP,and total darkness for the regular season. And is it possible for there to be a scareactor hiding in the lift hill's "cave"(the flat area hidden by the waterfall)?I always thought it would be cool to have someone to scare the train as it went by.

If they wanted to stick to using movie/TV-based themes for rides they could use the "Lethal Weapon" and "Police Academy" series.If they really wanted to freak people out they could re-theme the rides with totally new & original themeing/characters.

I'm all for a single rider line.As long as I get to the front seat as quickly as possible,I don't care who I'm sitting next to.