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March 26, 2009
Hi, srry for not updating more often.
This is the time of year (at least where I live) when amusement park season starts. Hallelujah, praise the lord!
Parks like Carowinds, Busch Gardens Europe, and Kings Dominion are about to open their gates. Every year there is new
rumors about the next season, trip reports, and boat loads of fun. This is the time to celebrate that the cold winter
is over and end the coaster withdraw! What a great time of the year!
March 9, 2009
Roller Coasters, over the years have been
either loved or hated by people ever since the first one. For the haters a day at the amusement park is no better than
a day at home reading a dull book about a wizard or vampire. For the coaster lovers a day in the winter, experiencing
coaster withdraw is like a nightmare inescapable until spring. Trust me, coaster withdraw is not a fun thing.
Every night, I dream of riding the rough, but legendary Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion or the smooth Millennium Force at Cedar
Point on a mild spring day. Kind of like a coaster hating, bookworm dreams of being a magical wizard and zapping people
into purple toads (I'm not too creative, but you get my point). For both coaster lovers and haters, one thing is true;
everyone needs to support their local amusement park and show the owners we still care and love their park in these tough
times because even if you decide to get some fresh air and read a book instead of riding the coasters at your local amusement
park, you still help keep the park open and thriving!
March 2, 2009
Busch Gardens Williamsburg some event for
the new Sesame Street land in their park. This new section of the park has a somewhat kiddie coaster named Grover's
Alpine Express (which one is Grover; I was always an Elmo guy). The supports are purple and the track is green.
This is not your everyday kiddie coaster though; it does have some helixes and other stuff. In other newz Kings Island's
Diamondback coaster had its first test run today with water dummies. Boy, I would have liked to be the fly on the dummy
(as long as I could hold on) on the first test run. As far as I know, the test run went fine and the water dummies had
the best time of their waterlogged plastic lives!
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February 23, 2009
Hi again. I got a lot more info on
the Hard Rock Park buyer as I'm sure you did too, but if you did not I've got your back. I'm guessing FPI MB (buyer)
stands for Freestyle Parks International (one of the groups involved in this venture), Myrtle Beach. They have a lot
of experience with over 100 years of experience managing amusement parks combined with two officials from the original Hard
Rock Park and there even maybe people from the ever so popular Six Flags chain of amusement parks. They plan to cut
season pass prices in half ($150 to $75) and let guests with season passes from last year use their passes this year, in addition
to bringing down their single-day ticket prices to $35-$40. I've heard that they will try to open on Memorial Day which
will be hard (no pun intended) considering they plan to add $15 million in kiddie rides and may have to re-theme if they can't
get a deal done with Hard Rock. It will be tough but, if they get it done I may even visit Hard Rock Park (or whatever
it will be called) this season.
February 16, 2009
Hey, thanks for checking out my new website.
This week I will talk about Hard Rock Park finding a bidder. I have not heard of them before which concerns me.
HRP needs experienced, proven leadership. If there are four things they need, it is cheaper prices, a new BIG coaster,
experienced leadership that knows how to turn a park around, and no more drug references like “the trip” and “magic
mushrooms” to make the park more family friendly. They will probably keep the Hard Rock name though because there is
no time to re-theme. With all of that being said, I wish them the best and am
excited about the park re-opening. .
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