BillyG

Depending on what the attraction is, people may not have even noticed it occurring. I remember from being at a county fair when the one hit the DC area (but was felt up here into NY State) that we noticed it (since we were sitting at a table in plastic chairs, and those felt like they were getting ready to break as has often occurred with such chairs), but others who had been moving or on rides didn't notice that anything had happened (since they are already in motion it may not be enough difference to make it obvious).

I attempted to do so for another forum, and it WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO, since it would only "confirm" who I was by some type of text, and a computer can NOT get such messages! Most things will send a code to your email that you then enter, or even call you and give the code (which works for a regular phone where text does NOT). Not everyone in the world has every single type of device!

Once again, that site DOES NOT ALLOW EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE, thus it would be a STUPID place to set up. Why not just find out how to run things as they are and then figure out what costs really are (and how to cover them, as many sites do beyond one person paying), or just move to a forum that doesn't charge much (if at all) and keep everything else as is. Seems to work fine now!

Except that that site does NOT allow EVERYONE to participate, which is stupid!

Could be, though it's hard to tell from that photo. Looks like it is all there, but without someone who knows the exact product it could be missing one small but critical piece.

Or at least they have the calendar set and don't take anything away. It's understandable that they might add a day (or extend it), and that may not be known far in advance (say they see a forecast for a day in October with a high of 85 a couple days out, and decide to open as a bonus), but certainly not helpful to show as being open then close last minute (unless it is absolutely necessary like a hurricane).

One also has to wonder if these charges are due to everyone now having to use cards to pay (which, of course, come with extra fees that weren't always there, especially for smaller purchases that one may make during a day in a park)?

Could be as well. I was more pointing out that all the stories about this one closing, the majority of replies would be "it was open?" or similar - that meaning that most people reading it thought it was never open. That doesn't seem to be found in any postings about Knoebel's, so they must at least have it run frequently enough that visitors don't notice when it isn't

Though, as 29yrs said, it looks like there will still be a way to "drive thru" it in one of their vehicles, without having to enter the regular park (unlike the first time they changed it). So, you still get the drive thru feel without having to use your own car (as they used to offer years ago with their own bus, as I remember).

The point being, the one they have must operate better, as you don't see the complaints about it not being open. They just needed to modify so that the moisture issue isn't an issue - after all, people ride down wet water slides all the time in various things (such as rafts), no reason a car on a ride like this can't do the same if made correctly. Capacity isn't as much an issue with the current park, as they are smaller/less attended than someplace like Great Adventure is/was.

Sort of unfortunate that they decided to remove this (it is being replaced by a wooden coaster that is on the small side - one issue this park has is restrictions on heights of rides). Being that Six Flags has the two larger parks not that far off (both down there in NJ and over in MA), it seems they would do better making this one more focused towards things they can have that are different from other parks and keeping the historic parts as well (which they have been renovating this year). Something like this ride that isn't available everywhere would draw some to go there, if it was made so it could run more regularly. They might have taken a page from Knoebel's down in PA that built their own ride (from plans for one that existed years ago) that is very similar (wooden but bobsled style, cars not fastened to the track), that seems to work fine though it took time to get it right to begin with.

Except this mentions two options, where the original version didn't have that? So, people could still see the safari without entering the theme park (as was the case originally and more recently with the drive-thru version). Makes sense to allow for both options, as there will always be some people that have no interest in a theme park but would enjoy the animal side.

Seems like that was their plan when they first started building these types of rides - allowing places with limited space the option to have something with the same types of thrill level as would normally require a much larger space.

Probably not, but then again there is always a possibility that someone somewhere realizes that 50th anniversaries don't happen all that often

Possible that they either get people who are already going there (something for the younger members of a group to do if the adults are gambling), or will do better during the many months that the other options aren't open?