The Master Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Shame the weather is so crumy for Spring Break this week. Of course the weather is supposed to finally warm up and dry out next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Adventurer Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 The way the forecast is looking, the only Spring Break day the park may get is Friday. It really is a shame that daily operations couldn't commence properly this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Adventurer Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 Hopefully everybody who was on an attraction at the park during the earthquake is okay. Probably caused quite a stir among some of the safari animals too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyG Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 5 hours ago, Great Adventurer said: Hopefully everybody who was on an attraction at the park during the earthquake is okay. Probably caused quite a stir among some of the safari animals too. 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). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 Apparently it happened as the park opened and they held guests at the Fountain. They quickly went over the rides to assure there was no damage and opened them as they completed inspections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 (edited) There was an aftershock at 6 but I didn't feel it. Edited yesterday at 04:43 AM by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry2004 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 so, I heard that the lion statue at the main entrance is temporary, I wonder they will replace it with a new lion statue, maybe like a new version of the lion statue that used to be the welcome sign for the theme park 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 (edited) Much of the park's current operations are downright terrible so far this season. Many of the rides are either SBNO or operating under capacity causing artifically long lines. Only KK and Nitro were running dual trains. Breakdowns have been much more frequent this Spring too. At least they did improve Nitro's operations since opening weekend as well running Houdini's Escape. Edited April 15 by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Adventurer Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 I saw the same supervisor rotating between several different rides during my last visit, so hopefully it's just a matter of getting the new ride ops up to speed (no pun intended there). I'd really like to have multiple trains back on all the coasters soon and it's nice to hear that Nitro has two of them now. One train on a 3+ minute ride made for quite the wait, even when it was just from the stairs to the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 I know they SHOULD have more trains running on the coasters, but unless they purchase additional trains for some of them, there will have to be single train operations at some points with such a short off-season. They used to have 5 months of downtime, but since they started Holiday in the Park and chose to open earlier in the year than they used to, there just isn't enough downtime for the rebuilds/preventative maintenance. They SHOULD purchase additional trains for Superman and Batman so they each have two in operation with a third getting maintenance at all times (SFFT did this with their dive coaster), but not all parks have the budget for that, especially with Kingda Ka and El Toro eating up so much of the maintenance budget each year. We could have better operations (like Dorney) but have a season that runs May to October instead of March to January... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Adventurer Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 ^ These are very good points. Being fairly local to the park, those lengthened seasons have been excellent to me, and they do seem to have put in a lot of work on Toro (which has been extremely smooth as of late) and Ka (always very costly in general, and operating spectacularly with little down time) this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbadude44 Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Was Harry able to buy one of the new customizable bricks before he passed away? I'm heading to the park this weekend, so I wanna keep my eyes out for it if he did. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coliwood_studios Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 6 hours ago, nbadude44 said: Was Harry able to buy one of the new customizable bricks before he passed away? I'm heading to the park this weekend, so I wanna keep my eyes out for it if he did. RIP There are quite a few bricks that are dedicated to Harry, I’m unsure if he was able to purchase one for himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 He was planning on purchasing one for Great Adventure History, I'm not sure if he did or not. I'd guess he did since he was planning it when they went on sale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted yesterday at 03:54 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:54 AM (edited) Operations have somehow declined since two weeks ago. Besides Skull Mt Big Wheel, Sky Ride, Mine Train, and GL still being closed, Medusa and Houdini were also closed today. The drop tower was broken down, test running empty and KK had issues besides declining back to single train operation. With so many rides closed the park should be running the remaining rides at extra capacity to make up the difference which of course they are not. Its more than just shorter off seasons as recent past Springs we did not see such scaled back operations like this Spring. The issue is the CF merger, SF is operating rides at reduced capacity to slash budgets as well as to spur flash pass sales, both to help pay the merger costs. When news of the merger broke out I knew SF would cut corners as its common with corporate mergers, but this is worse than I feared. This may be further compounded that the park itself has bitten off more it can chew in a single season with being stretched thin by engaging in so many projects. Besides the reduced capacity, the park was not running any A/C despite being a very warm day. I had to leave the queue for TDK as it was hot, stuffy, and smelly from the sweaty guests inside. Even the shops and bathrooms were hot, again clearly cost cutting. Hopefully they will increase capacity and improve operations soon but I would not be surprised if they hold off increasing ride capacity until Memorial Day. Regardless, for any out of staters who are reading this, the 2024 Spring season is not the time to visit GADV and I have doubts about the remaining 2024 season. The park is sadly a very poor value at this time with its terrible operations and artificially long, slow lines. The currant situation is like the opposite of the ole War on Lines, its currently a war on rides with half the park SBNO for over a month already with no signs of the situation improving anytime soon. Are there any reports of other SF parks having scaled down operations like GADV? It is a shame I have to type such an unfavorable review. At this point I don't plan on visiting the park for a long while, its just not worth the time. I was there for 4 hours and only got on 4 rides, two flats and two coasters near closing. Edited 14 hours ago by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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