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What gave you that idea

Well now I guess I'm joining the team, unfortunately.

And from Great Adventures FB Post for it this morning, they are marketing it like i said they would a couple post's ago on the "Total Mayhem" thread. "The Joker has taken over Total Mayhem at Great Adventure". Next year Batman will "strike back", makes perfect sense. Another little thing........

Do you think that it will eventually be brought back to Total Mayhem, or that another Batman related addition will occur in the park? Its not that a Joker theme ruins the whole idea or experience, but its getting kind of redundant.

The one photo looks like a poster of the Seattle Worlds Fair.

Yeah I believe you're right. They also had promotional art for Expo 71 and even some antique renderings of the World's Fairs over in Europe.

There are still all the original paintings and pictures on the walls from when the fair was around I wish I took pictures.

That's awesome, I would have loved to see that. It shocked me as to which structures they left intact and which ones they decided to demo. Do you know if the place has been remodeled since the fair, or is it relatively the same?

After years of being so close to it, my family decided we finally wanted to take the time to visit the grounds for the New York World’s Fair. We spent a lot of time looking up the old maps and attractions and literally penciling it in on the areas of the modern park map. We arrived around noon and were surprised at how massive the place really is. We started off by circling the perimeter of the park and catching the major features.

This concrete footing that I'm standing by was just a few meters away from where the Swiss Sky Ride was back in the 1964/65 fair. Originally we thought this the footing to the sky ride, but a second glance of the map seemed to prove otherwise. Perhaps it was left over from the 1939 fair.

These fountains were in front of the General Electric pavilion. In fact you can find photos online where both the fountains (and some much younger trees) can be seen in front of the Carousel of Progress.

By the way the car in the back is ours. We were delighted to find how easy it was to drive around the park. There were no signs that prohibited driving, parking or stopping. To our surprise a park ranger found us later and told us to move. What was weird was how perplexed he seemed at how we had gotten to where we were. We didn’t understand why he was so confused, there were no signs or barriers anywhere. Parking is free, but walking around from the parking lot wasn’t so fun in the cold.

This was the main entrance.

I feel like a many people aren't too happy about the coaster. I think that its a great idea. Its going to add an experience that the park never really had before in an area that could use improvement. Maybe this will pave the way for a little more expansion in this area. The way I see it, its not another super hero themed coaster built out into the parking lot. And lines are always going to be chaos for any new major ride. I don't think that's something that's exclusive to SFGA. But as a few have pointed out, the loose article policy (and the way it is enforced) doesn't help shorten the lines. But I don't think that means that the coaster is the problem. Now if Total Mayhem is themed to the Joker or any super hero character, I will be disappointed that we lost all that for just another super hero coaster. That's probably one of my latest pet peeves. I don't suppose there's any rumor or word on whether we will be getting another form of dolphin show elsewhere? I guess the show's attendance wasn't doing so hot lately?

I think Disney has a pretty good system. The thrill rides have a pouch with a semi-elastic band on the top that keeps the articles inside pretty well. I've never had a problem with it. But guests would be warned that six flags is not responsible for lost or stolen articles, and are advised to use the ride lockers. In a dream world, these lockers would be free, like Universal. With that said, I don't have a problem with the park offering paid all-day lockers in the front of the park.

I did the same thing with my postcards a few years ago and I just got around to adding the last six. It really adds a unique touch to my room.

I think that the best compromise would be to have a large central kids area with multiple themes and separate areas. The area back behind Seaport would be good for this kind of expansion, although speaking of coasters, that's a good spot for one as well. I'm very curious as to what direction they may take in the future.

all the kids rides in one place you say? ::cough cough:: Bugs Bunny land.

And yeah, definitely. When I was little, my parents would spend the majority of the day there and then travel over to the Seaport. Now kids have to go from the Seaport to BBNP, not to mention a lot of the families get lost trying to find Splashwater.

Gingerbread Fancy

I'm actually eager to see the Employee Uniform one in completion, I think there's a lot of history to that.

All of these are pretty good ideas. I agree with GAcoaster in that I've been wanting one centralized children's location. That's also right by lost parents. I personally think that expanding out in the Rolling Thunder region would be good. While they're at it, fill in the gap with a path that can connect the traffic from Ka to Toro. Someone else said this on another forum, but doing this with added shops, food, etc. would be really nice. There's really a lot of ways they can go with this, and the only one I personally would not rather see is another parking lot expansion. It just isn't necessary. I'm even fine with the location of Total Mayhem, it makes a lot of sense.

Yeah and people saw the survey markings on the ground and thought it was development for a new coaster. Thanks for the thorough answer, I pretty much knew that and that's what I told her but I just wanted to share an outsider's thoughts. I thought it was interesting that she thought of the same thing that people discuss and debate on over the forums here.

Yes definitely true, but I was alluding more to why the Old Country area has been closed for so long. As for the other areas, I imagine if all of them were open at this time, but with weather aside like you said, staffing might also be a factor since the park is short on employees.

For some reason Poinsettia Peak reminded me of Minas Morgul from the Lord of the Rings movies, if anyone remotely gets my reference at all. If you've seen the 1978 version, I think there's even more of a resemblance.

I'm not a big fan of hot chocolate but I must say that the hot chocolate at Holiday in the Park is awesome. I even splurged and got one of those funnel cakes. I rode Skyscreamer last night and regretted it immediately as the ride got to the top. It was nice to see Skull Mountain decorated that way, I thought it looked really good. But I agree, weird having the effects and death metal blasting on the inside.

I went that night too. I saw the 6:30 Jack Frost show. That was pretty cool, and I never see any shows. I haven't been in that theater for over a decade. My girlfriend wanted to know why they had such a huge area of the park that they never use - a good question. Skull Mountain is a bit odd with no theming on the inside but overall I think its a really creative way of keeping that ride open.

I think it was Koala Canyon. If not that or anywhere in Adventure Rivers, I'm very curious as to where.

Somewhere at the entrance? Although given the colonial theme, that'd be pretty dark to put in a theme park.

There definitely was a lot of hype for Fright Fest this season that left me slightly underwhelmed. In my opinion, the past two years saw much more improvement than this year. However, I feel that season pass owners really do get a sweeter deal than if they were to try out other NJ haunts solely because of the variety the park has to offer.

I think PA laws must be different as they can and do touch you and this adds so much to the experience.

I would never want to see them even attempt that at FrightFest...it just wouldn't work with that crowd and actors would get hurt.

Ogolo, have you ever heard of an attraction called Bane Haunted House? I went on a trip to North Jersey and me and my girlfriend decided to give it a shot. It is dubbed as New Jersey's "scariest haunted house", but I always take that with a grain of salt. While it wasn't the scariest haunt I've experienced, it probably was the most intense. There's lots of touching, screaming, and just general unpredictable insanity. It was a blast and I highly recommend it. Me and her decided afterword that even given how great of a job they did, Fright Fest felt like a better deal. Bane Haunted House was roughly 20 minutes long and was exactly the same price as the terror trails for season pass holders. I can't speak for other parks' haunted events, but I have been to a few haunts in NJ. I feel like a lot of it also just depends on luck and timing. A good night at an average event or haunt can still leave a good experience.

Thank you! Now I'm looking through the spotlight and refreshing my memory on the trivia. Back when I first read it I never thought I'd actually work the ride!

I'm reading through the forums and it doesn't look like a lot of people have good things to say about it! That's fine though, the SkyWay is actually one of my favorites. Last season I worked at Ka, and that was relatively easy for me. I'm not extremely physically fit, but I was one of the more motivated people on the team, especially by the end of the season. But that's not saying much considering everything that changed with the addition of Zumanjaro. Anyway, its really cool to be given this opportunity and I hope it works out.

Just informed that I will be trained at cables this season. I'm very concerned...

I think sometimes it can be just as cold in March, so staying open later would just add the benefit of more Fright Fest time. Also by that time any new attractions are (hopefully) open, but with smaller lines.

From what I've heard there will be major changes to the queue area and the ride system itself. At one point I heard, and I can't remember where from, that the actual route of the ride would be reversed. All the negative things have been said already (and I agree with them) however I'm always excited for almost anything Disney works on, regardless.

I'm wondering if this new attraction could potentially open the path between Toro and Ka? I'm getting a little tired of redirecting lost guests toward El Toro... No matter what a new ride is a new ride and that's better than nothing.

^ Yes they could've finally installed the unfinished 5th tent!