Shapiro Watch

[darkridedan]

In eight of the past 15 seasons rides have been added for thrill riders. In 4 of the past 15 seasons rides have been added for "everybody." Kiddie rides been added in 3 of the past 15 seasons.

EDIT: I thought it would be better to name the four family ride seasons

1991: Adventure Rivers (gone)
1994: Mach 1/Dino Island/Sponge Bob
1996: Skull Mountain and Tea Cups
1999: Family additions:
              Spinnaker (gone)
              Pirate's Flight (gone)
              Chaos (gone)
              Rodeo Stampede (gone)     
              Houdini
              Blackbeards (kind of a kiddie ride)
              Jolly Roger (I'm being kind)

[rjholla2003]

Not at all Chilled, you guys suck.

It's not so much that your age group is under attack, it's just that your age group tends to have *jerks* that think it's fun to do things like curse out restroom attendants because they can't smoke in the restrooms, clog the sinks/toilets/water fountains with paper towels, throw all sorts of garbage all over the place, cut line, purpously leave tables full of garbage sitting there, use crutches to go up the exits of rides and skip the lines when all of the members of that party are fine, and other sorts of things.  I don't think anyoen would mind having that element of the park guest removed.

[Nitro1118]

Shapiro will NEVER change that  group without ridding of the coasters. Because of the location that many SF parks are at, and since SF has the best thrills in the world, that is the consequence. Don't fight it, embrace it, along with the addition of more families. Shaprio seems to want to cancel out thrill seekers, and that is the wrong approach. Pull a Paramount- Have enough security and all of that to stop line cutting and vandalism, alternate between family and thrill rides, always keep parks fresh with employees being nice, and make it an all around experience with new things for different groups every 2-3 years.

BTW, did anyone see the Star Ledger article entitled, "Not fun for everyone" or something like that? I saw it at work today, and picked it up and gave it a read.

[sir clinksalot]

I've been hearing rumors that the park referenced in the article was indeed SFGADV.

Sorry guys.

Granted were the only park he apparently likes right now.. but theres a few things you just cant do anything about.

There was an article with Shaprio today and there are some parks that are "No Touch" parks.

They are: SFOG, SFGAm, SFOT, SFFT, SFNE and Great Escape. No mention of SFGADv. Seems that it's not the only park he likes right now.

Here is the article: http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA071406.1C.SixFlags.11667b2.html

Shapiro called Fiesta Texas a "no-touch park," one of the six best parks in the chain. The others are in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New England and Lake George, N.Y.

[GADVwow]

Yeah, I had already posted that in another thread.

GADvWOW...aka the potted plant!