Yeah the lack of announcement made me think it was gonna be sticking around a bit longer despite the rumors. They could get away with it with Green Lantern, not something iconic like Ka
Smart Idea- Theme parks installing sky rides, makes it easy to get from end to the other. Also, there are some unique overhead views of rides/coasters.
These were some of my favorite attractions when I was a kid and they also help with crowd flow. A lot of parks took theirs out because they had Von Roll sky bucket rides from the 1970s that were getting harder to maintain. I remember Hersheypark had one that went from what is now Founder's Way to what was then the back of the park, near Coal Cracker. (They also had a tiny chairlift-style ride that didn't take you anywhere, and that one is still there.) What they should do today is put one in that takes people back to somewhere around the waterpark area. Even better would be a triangle like they have at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
I’ve only noticed this at Thorpe park but they had free sunscreen dispensers all over the park, that’s honestly one of the simplest yet smartest things a park can have
@@AirtimeThrills Lake Compounce introduced free soft drinks late this year (but this might be just for their fright fest). When you get 26 Boulder Dash rides in one day, it's very important to stay hydrated.
@@AirtimeThrills Holiday World also has free pop. I’m not talking free refills; absolutely free. You never buy one, and it is self service. What a concept. Their admission is still very economical. Very smart. Thanks Holiday World!! Come on Sux Flags, get with the program!!
Smart thing: parks like Disney don’t allow anyone under the ride’s height requirement into the ride’s queue, so it speeds up operations and reduces the amount of guests trying to cheese their way onto a ride
I now realize how thankful I am that Silver Dollar City gave us a warning that they were closing the original Fire in the Hole. If Great Adventure had given us a couple months' warning, we would have taken off from work and gone to Kingda Ka for the first and last time. Once, before I had a decent job, I got free tickets to Frontier City for donating blood, but at that time I wasn't able to afford the parking, so I know the parking fee is too much for some others as well.
I’m not sure how many parks do this now but Great America started requiring separate admission to Hurricane Harbor and I think that’s really dumb. Maybe it works financially, but not for guest satisfaction. It just makes me angry now whenever I walk by the old entrance gate on my way to Viper and Raging Bull and see the sign telling people to go to the front of the park. Great America also cut out their single rider line due to people bringing large groups in it, which is also infuriating. It used to save me a lot of time waiting for rides like Goliath.
The main reason I don't want DC IP at legacy Cedar Fair parks is unless they do a very immersive and well themed land, I don't want the legacy Six Flags treatment where they just lazily throw a character's name on the ride and give it a matching paint scheme.
3:03 That is me every time. I always get behind the person who takes 10 minutes to get through the parking gate (park entry gate too), often with needing to call a manager to come over. In terms of running 1 train, it's amazing to see such huge differences at parks. At Dollywood this week, coasters have been running 2 trains, despite such light crowds. Today, they learned & put LRod, Wild Eagle, & Thunderhead on 1 train, and they were still walk-ons. Meanwhile, Knoebels always runs 1 train on Phoenix, Twister, & Impulse, even if the lines are an hour. The workers there consider a 1-hour line a "dead day".
Funny you mention dollywood and knoebels. Both parks got me while i was in line and had a 2nd train added. One on wild eagle, one on twister. Both times pissed me off
Not so smart thing: parks not cracking down on guests who cut in line, or act unruly. Some parks may have while other parks may need to be more stringent on those who don’t follow the rules
Dumb Idea - Bringing in a third party company (Aramark) to manage all of the food, not getting rid of them when people complain that the food is awful, and then having to introduce budget cuts because nobody is spending money in the parks. (Merlin Entertainment)
9:53 could not agree more with the family coasters idea. My kids just hit 54” a couple months ago and finding things for all of us at Busch Gardens and Sea World was difficult. Adding rides without a 54” height requirement gives the family more to do. Add to that, my son isn’t the same daredevil that my daughter is so he was nervous of rides like Cheetah Hunt or icebreaker and wouldn’t dream of going on an Iron Gwazi or Mako. Adding Phoenix Rising and Penguin Trek definitely encourages the whole family to come and enjoy.
Silver Dollar City: Has interactive bubble wands for Christmas to use around the park or during the lighted parade at night. Concerts are a big thing at SDC that draws people of all ages. In the Fire District, there are USB charging stations if you have a cord or you can buy one at Lucky’s Toy Shop
Dumb Thing: Haunted Castle (WARNING: this will be disturbing and this is also an engineering fiasco with widespread effects outside of amusement parks)
So like as a Brit only our Merlin parks make you pay for parking on site (BPB Has No Exclusive Parking) and that's only around £12 or $15. So to see that some parks charge nearly 3x is insane.
Smartest thing done in a while was definitely the six flags cedar fair merger, the two competing companies set aside their differences to better each other
I noticed at least for me, when it came to that, it’s limiting on how many times you can use it. It was like that when I visited SFMM for the first time and SFDK too. But at SFOT (my home park), I didn’t have that limitation. I wonder if that’s different from what you’re bringing up. 🤔
Hersheypark is seemingly the only park that still does concerts, I wonder how they are still successful in that field. I ain’t complaining though, listening to music next to candymonium is awesome!
Canobie Lake Park does the store-brand version: lots of celebrity impersonator acts, often at their modest outdoor stage. (Their Taylor Swift tribute has been getting some online attention lately--when it's nearly impossible to get actual Taylor Swift tickets, she's attracted a fan following for being a pretty faithful substitute.) Way back in the big-band swing era, their ballroom was a major concert venue. One of my all-time favorite weird bits of area amusement-park trivia is that the downfall of Milli Vanilli happened at Lake Compounce.
The Ka removal is dumb. People flock to Great Adventure because Ka (GP). GP will now be less attracted to the park, and I will expect a slight decline in attendance. At least Flash is opening.
I was at SFGA for the last day of Ka. Despite the crush of enthusiasts grabbing last rides on Ka and the rest of the park being not too busy, Ka wasn't the longest line I waited in. The Ka ops were amazing, the line 40-50 minutes (the locker line was long but we used Superman lockers). The longest line was Superman - only one train and super slow ops. The line took us 75 minutes and it probably should have been around 30. And then the ride itself was pretty lame.
Smart thing: Giving rides a proper sendoff before a permanent closure (e.g. Vortex [KI]) or major reformat (e.g. Colossus [SFMM) when possible. Dumb thing: Failing to give a ride a proper sendoff when it was clearly possible to do so (e.g. Kingda Ka [SFGAdv]), whether the ride is closed forever or undergoing a major reformat. Rides where circumstances forbade a proper sendoff, such as Top Thrill Dragster (accident) and even Volcano (closed early because maintenance issues became too much), get a pass here.
This list makes me appreciate Silverwood even more. Parking is $10.00 for the day and free for season pass holders, no up charges for "skip the line/fast pass services," affordable food prices, and smart and steady growth plans. It's a cashless park, but you can buy an "in park cash card" if you want to set a budget. Only downside is slow 1 train operations on all their coasters except Stunt pilot.
Raging Bull or other coasters should have the line split off with a separate line for back row. That way the GP that don’t realize how awesome the back row is, they will stay in main line.
When I went to Blackpool, a bunch of rides were running with one train. On most occasions it wasn't too bad, but with Big One and Avalanche it was awful. Pretty easy to see why Big One having one train ops would suck given it's a 2 minute ride, but Avalanche might have actually been worse because the trains only have six seats, and while you can have two people in the same seat, this typically wouldn't happen more than 2 or 3 times on one train. Both of these rides had 40 minute wait times when almost everything else was a station wait.
I think there is a hidden negative cost to these outrageous parking fees. I had no idea they were getting to $40 plus now, that absolutely will turn away repeat visitors and potential customers. Like spitting in the face of your customer at that point. As always with Six Flags, I think their cost cutting and general cheapness actually hurts them in the long run, you'd be shocked about how many people I have heard say they will never go back to a Six Flags because of how awful their experience was last time. Hell, I'm a coaster enthusiast and I don't really care to go back to a Six Flags park anytime soon. At least not until Cedar Fair management is able to radically transform them.
No doubt, if people have a better option they choose it. So many people from the mid Atlantic say SFA is closest to them but they never go there, they choose Hershey or GADV or BGW or KD
I work at sfgadv and we get loads of free tickets but we have to pay for parking. It’s annoying because I wanna go to Dorney more frequently but it’s 30$ everytime I go on top of tolls. So I just got a gold pass with the all park so I can save 30$ everytime trip
@ we don’t pay for our own park and it was outside of the chain so might not have had to buy the pass. We also pay for parking at Hershey but free tickets. Times change We might get parking at six flags parks and not legacy cedar fair
Dreamworld (and afterwards, the other parks) reduced the upcharge prices to ~$15 ($27 for 2 people for Steel Taipan) but is more so dynamic pricing. Its way easier for the pocket and you kinda see a bit more people on them.
Europapark has a bus connection between the train stop and the entrance to the park with frequent service. They managed to make some IC and ICE trains stop there… I like the Virtual Lane system for free with the EP app too.
Went to Magic Mountain a few weeks back and Full Throttle closed down after I stood in line for about an hour for it. When I came back to try again later in the day it had an even longer line, and I saw the one shot fast pass option and thought "Man I can't have Full Throttle close on me again!" I paid the $15 it and cut straight to the front, was on the train within like 2 minutes of purchasing the one shot, it was kind of insane. Totally worth, Full Throttle was incredible, especially around sunset!
I, 100%, will reconsider something based on whether they'll charge for parking. I haven't been to any theme park in the last 20 years where i've had to pay for parking. It is a huge deterrent for me.
About Parking. My home park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden have some parking. But i never use them cause there are busses going to Liseberg. Its about 100 meter walk from the busstop to main Entrance. I heard that Liseberg may implement free bus ticket together with the entrance if you prebook the entrance. I dont know of its true or not. If it is true it should be easier for many to just park at a free parking and take the bus. For me that live close to Liseberg can take the bus home, Im home before those that take the car even have left the parking space. Some times it can take like 1 hour to leave the parking after the park closed.
Now that Great Adventure removed Twister they won’t have in my opinion the parks best flat ride. They shouldn’t have done that. I would hope they replace it with something even better
Dumb thing: strict camera policies at parks. Referring to places like SFOT, GADV not letting me bring my camera in. Stupid because there’s no way I’m bringing a giant camera on a ride and they’re missing out on quality photos of their park being published online which is free advertising
@@AirtimeThrills Oh it's coming down! Lance Hart from Screamscape just got direct email confirmation from the Great Adventure PR and marketing manager that Zumanjaro is closing as well, meaning the entire structure is coming down for the new for 2026 coaster.
Single Rider Queues are goated. I use them all the time and they save loads of time, as well as being good for filling rows for efficiency. Part 3 Suggestion for dumb ideas: Fast & Furious Supercharged lmao. Taking part of the Hollywood studio backlot tour and thinking it'll hold up as its own ride (it doesn't). Dumb movis. You can tell that they know it was a bad ride too, they're willing to shut it for the entire 2 and a bit months of HHN to put a house in because they know nobody's gonna be upset they didn't get to ride Supercharged lmao
at Phantasialand we get some shit from people because parking is now 7€ instead of 5€. And the funniest thing: Phantasialand doesn't even own the parking. It's another family.
Not opening new rides on time has to be the most infuriating thing legacy SF ever did. The recent pushbacks on Flash and GA Surfer shows how extremely horrible SF is when it comes to falsely advertise their new ride. SFGAdv had a huge impact on this while SFOG not so much, Flash missing GAdv’s 50th anniversary really took a toll on them.
Dumb idea: Inconsistent ride policies. Six weeks ago, I rode Kinga Ka (RIP) with a backward ball cap and sunglasses with a strap. I also had my wallet and phone in my pockets. Next, I rode El Toro with the same stuff. An hour later, I walked to the entrance of Jersey Devil. An attendant with a metal detection wand asked if my bulging pockets were empty... He told me I would have to put my things in a locker or leave them with a non rider. I went to SFGA to ride, so I didn't argue. And, I don't blame the ride ops. But, the management should have clear and consistent policies. Kingda Ka and El Toro are the fastest and most intense rides at the park, but I can't take my wallet on Jersey Devil... 🙂 Oh well; I had a great day despite a couple of hiccups.
2 Things 1) When a park has extremely short summer hours. Is SFGA really at the level to be 11-8 on weekdays; 11-9 on weekends. I feel like this makes the park seem cheap. It can’t be good for the park either because, in my region at least, most parks stay open until 10 on weekends which I feel like should be the standard. 2) Making weekends hours longer than weekday hours. If your park is open later, more people will come. So I feel like parka should keep consistent hours (in the summer) as it would distribute the crowds better. Maybe I’m over-analyzing though.
You can thank ticket master for ending time park concerts. Big artists are contracted to set areas. Small time acts don't have the ability to fill the seats....so the concert venues have become defunct Sad, there were great concerts at wonderland in the 80's and 90's
In 2012, Six Flags banned metal shows after frontman of Falling in Reverse and overall not-great-person Ronnie Radke threw microphone stands into the audience and injured two guests at Great Adventure. Maybe liability concerns after that had something to do with less concerts at amusement parks? It’s sad, I’d love to see live shows come back to parks.
I actually read that the australian parks did lower their price for their backwards rides. Not because of my video but maybe they came to the same realization
It seems like single-rider lines work best for rides with wide trains or family-sized ride vehicles, where larger groups expect to be able to ride together, and see this as a good reason to use the regular line, but gaps are created. As a person who usually ends up riding thrill rides solo and is not too picky about seating, I love single-rider lines more than life itself, they're like a special skip line for me, but that's an entirely selfish take, not a judgment of them as a good policy. I suspect that on coasters where people sit two across, they're a marginal benefit if any because the main queue is not that different from a single-rider line to begin with--you just end up with two similar queues that have to be merged together. I've noticed that the two rides in my area that I know have them are Untamed at Canobie and Batman: The Dark Knight at SFNE, both of which have four-across seating. I recall hearing that Superman: The Ride used to have one but they took it out--it was just causing fights.
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Great Adventure removing Kingda Ka without an announcement to get your last rides in needs to be on part 3 for the dumbest things
Facts lol
Yeah the lack of announcement made me think it was gonna be sticking around a bit longer despite the rumors. They could get away with it with Green Lantern, not something iconic like Ka
Same with Over Texas and La Vibora, although not as dumb bc that’s not one of the star rides
I never got to go on kingda ka I live in Milwaukee 😢
I don’t know much but I feel like if they announce king da ka closing more people will try and rush to the park to get their final rides.
Great Adventure removing Ka with no proper sendoff is probably one of the dumbest things corporate has ever done
Hey, at least they delayed their public backlash for a few weeks.
Six flags removing a third of great adventures capacity for the entirety of 2025 season and still charging more. Should be on this list.
Smart Idea- Theme parks installing sky rides, makes it easy to get from end to the other. Also, there are some unique overhead views of rides/coasters.
These were some of my favorite attractions when I was a kid and they also help with crowd flow. A lot of parks took theirs out because they had Von Roll sky bucket rides from the 1970s that were getting harder to maintain. I remember Hersheypark had one that went from what is now Founder's Way to what was then the back of the park, near Coal Cracker. (They also had a tiny chairlift-style ride that didn't take you anywhere, and that one is still there.) What they should do today is put one in that takes people back to somewhere around the waterpark area. Even better would be a triangle like they have at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
I would like to see the second skyride added back to Cedar Point, the one that used to take you all the way back to Frontier Town.
I’ve only noticed this at Thorpe park but they had free sunscreen dispensers all over the park, that’s honestly one of the simplest yet smartest things a park can have
Holiday world has this also. Not sure ive seen another park do it
@@AirtimeThrills Lake Compounce introduced free soft drinks late this year (but this might be just for their fright fest). When you get 26 Boulder Dash rides in one day, it's very important to stay hydrated.
@@AirtimeThrillsChessington World Of Adventures + all other UK merlin parks
@@AirtimeThrills Holiday World also has free pop. I’m not talking free refills; absolutely free. You never buy one, and it is self service. What a concept. Their admission is still very economical. Very smart. Thanks Holiday World!! Come on Sux Flags, get with the program!!
Smart thing: parks like Disney don’t allow anyone under the ride’s height requirement into the ride’s queue, so it speeds up operations and reduces the amount of guests trying to cheese their way onto a ride
Six Flags not giving Kingda Ka/Green Lantern any sendoff was by far the dumbest thing they’ve done in a bit
Please do a series of these. These are one of my favorite videos by you.
*Here's my obligatory poor handling of the kingda ka closure comment*
I now realize how thankful I am that Silver Dollar City gave us a warning that they were closing the original Fire in the Hole. If Great Adventure had given us a couple months' warning, we would have taken off from work and gone to Kingda Ka for the first and last time.
Once, before I had a decent job, I got free tickets to Frontier City for donating blood, but at that time I wasn't able to afford the parking, so I know the parking fee is too much for some others as well.
This already needs updating for Six Flags not telling anybody about. Kingda Ka's closure until after it already had its final rides
You know it’s a good day when Chris posts
Especially on a bad roller coaster day
Closing green lantern and kingda ka was dumb,the 2 big green rides
Words cannot describe my frustration at finding out "Chickie and Pete's Crabfries" contain neither crab nor chicken.
I’m not sure how many parks do this now but Great America started requiring separate admission to Hurricane Harbor and I think that’s really dumb. Maybe it works financially, but not for guest satisfaction. It just makes me angry now whenever I walk by the old entrance gate on my way to Viper and Raging Bull and see the sign telling people to go to the front of the park.
Great America also cut out their single rider line due to people bringing large groups in it, which is also infuriating. It used to save me a lot of time waiting for rides like Goliath.
That does suck, the goliath single rider was great. Who cares if there are groups, they should know theyre getting split up
@@AirtimeThrills Six Flags removing single rider lines is chain-wide. Really disappointing.
@@WhatAG23 Water park is included at Holiday World and parking is free and soda pop is Free. Home to the greatest wooden coaster. 😁
The main reason I don't want DC IP at legacy Cedar Fair parks is unless they do a very immersive and well themed land, I don't want the legacy Six Flags treatment where they just lazily throw a character's name on the ride and give it a matching paint scheme.
Thanks For including my ideas Chris.
The late 90s and early 2000s was wild! Dumb financially but I still remember the euphoria of that era
I love Scream Break. Such a good idea.
Not giving coasters a proper send off has to be the stupidest thing ever if its a fan favorite or cultural icon
3:03 That is me every time. I always get behind the person who takes 10 minutes to get through the parking gate (park entry gate too), often with needing to call a manager to come over.
In terms of running 1 train, it's amazing to see such huge differences at parks. At Dollywood this week, coasters have been running 2 trains, despite such light crowds. Today, they learned & put LRod, Wild Eagle, & Thunderhead on 1 train, and they were still walk-ons. Meanwhile, Knoebels always runs 1 train on Phoenix, Twister, & Impulse, even if the lines are an hour. The workers there consider a 1-hour line a "dead day".
Funny you mention dollywood and knoebels. Both parks got me while i was in line and had a 2nd train added. One on wild eagle, one on twister. Both times pissed me off
I loved part one, so being able to watch part two is even better!
Not so smart thing: parks not cracking down on guests who cut in line, or act unruly. Some parks may have while other parks may need to be more stringent on those who don’t follow the rules
Dumb Idea - Bringing in a third party company (Aramark) to manage all of the food, not getting rid of them when people complain that the food is awful, and then having to introduce budget cuts because nobody is spending money in the parks. (Merlin Entertainment)
9:53 could not agree more with the family coasters idea. My kids just hit 54” a couple months ago and finding things for all of us at Busch Gardens and Sea World was difficult. Adding rides without a 54” height requirement gives the family more to do. Add to that, my son isn’t the same daredevil that my daughter is so he was nervous of rides like Cheetah Hunt or icebreaker and wouldn’t dream of going on an Iron Gwazi or Mako. Adding Phoenix Rising and Penguin Trek definitely encourages the whole family to come and enjoy.
People have already mentioned Ka, but I want to mention the fact that Great Adventure is also closing their skyride. Another very dumb decision.
Such a great skyride too
Silver Dollar City:
Has interactive bubble wands for Christmas to use around the park or during the lighted parade at night.
Concerts are a big thing at SDC that draws people of all ages.
In the Fire District, there are USB charging stations if you have a cord or you can buy one at Lucky’s Toy Shop
Dumb Thing: Haunted Castle (WARNING: this will be disturbing and this is also an engineering fiasco with widespread effects outside of amusement parks)
A fiasco everyone luckily learned from
Great video! I really enjoyed watching this!
So like as a Brit only our Merlin parks make you pay for parking on site (BPB Has No Exclusive Parking) and that's only around £12 or $15. So to see that some parks charge nearly 3x is insane.
Smartest thing done in a while was definitely the six flags cedar fair merger, the two competing companies set aside their differences to better each other
I did find out the flash pass is actually unlimited but only at your home park. That actually makes a lot of sense now that I think about it.
They have chain wide flash also
I noticed at least for me, when it came to that, it’s limiting on how many times you can use it. It was like that when I visited SFMM for the first time and SFDK too. But at SFOT (my home park), I didn’t have that limitation. I wonder if that’s different from what you’re bringing up. 🤔
Hersheypark is seemingly the only park that still does concerts, I wonder how they are still successful in that field. I ain’t complaining though, listening to music next to candymonium is awesome!
On the complex yes, but not in the park, right?
Correct, they do at Hershey Park stadium "separate from the park" but no longer in park
Canobie Lake Park does the store-brand version: lots of celebrity impersonator acts, often at their modest outdoor stage. (Their Taylor Swift tribute has been getting some online attention lately--when it's nearly impossible to get actual Taylor Swift tickets, she's attracted a fan following for being a pretty faithful substitute.) Way back in the big-band swing era, their ballroom was a major concert venue.
One of my all-time favorite weird bits of area amusement-park trivia is that the downfall of Milli Vanilli happened at Lake Compounce.
@@AirtimeThrills Yeah the complex, still more than what others do
FYI Carowinds started using the music pavilion this summer and having concerts for free with your park ticket or season pass. 😊
The Ka removal is dumb. People flock to Great Adventure because Ka (GP). GP will now be less attracted to the park, and I will expect a slight decline in attendance. At least Flash is opening.
I was at SFGA for the last day of Ka. Despite the crush of enthusiasts grabbing last rides on Ka and the rest of the park being not too busy, Ka wasn't the longest line I waited in. The Ka ops were amazing, the line 40-50 minutes (the locker line was long but we used Superman lockers). The longest line was Superman - only one train and super slow ops. The line took us 75 minutes and it probably should have been around 30. And then the ride itself was pretty lame.
That train movement on Predator at 14:40 just looks super painful. Imagine going 50mph with trains that bounce on and off the track like that
Smart thing: Giving rides a proper sendoff before a permanent closure (e.g. Vortex [KI]) or major reformat (e.g. Colossus [SFMM) when possible.
Dumb thing: Failing to give a ride a proper sendoff when it was clearly possible to do so (e.g. Kingda Ka [SFGAdv]), whether the ride is closed forever or undergoing a major reformat.
Rides where circumstances forbade a proper sendoff, such as Top Thrill Dragster (accident) and even Volcano (closed early because maintenance issues became too much), get a pass here.
I never got the Green Lantern credit...so pissed. No warning. Hopefully they are sending it to another park...probably not.
I hope it goes to a smaller neglected park like Michigan’s adventure. (And also convert it to a floorless)
From my last buy or sell, i bet it finds a new home, maybe as a floorless
7:26 thanks so much for doing mine!! Great video!
SF Discovery Kingdom parking has gotten outrageously expensive
F in the chat for Kingda Ka closing with no announcement
Six Flags right now: What’s a sendoff?
Sendoff? Never heard of her
Right now Six Flags is in a purge mentality, getting rid of many rides
@@Longlivetheking4014 Dumbest thing ever that a park has done or in this case not done. No official send off. Come on Six Flags/ Cedar Fair
Ive been following you for a long time now. How you don't have a million subscribers is beyond me
I just need 900K more sets of eyeballs somehow
@@AirtimeThrills Lol! Love ur videos tho
SeaWorld adding more coasters over the past decade has been great but, I can't deny that the parks were much better ran back then.
This list makes me appreciate Silverwood even more. Parking is $10.00 for the day and free for season pass holders, no up charges for "skip the line/fast pass services," affordable food prices, and smart and steady growth plans. It's a cashless park, but you can buy an "in park cash card" if you want to set a budget. Only downside is slow 1 train operations on all their coasters except Stunt pilot.
Raging Bull or other coasters should have the line split off with a separate line for back row. That way the GP that don’t realize how awesome the back row is, they will stay in main line.
When I went to Blackpool, a bunch of rides were running with one train. On most occasions it wasn't too bad, but with Big One and Avalanche it was awful. Pretty easy to see why Big One having one train ops would suck given it's a 2 minute ride, but Avalanche might have actually been worse because the trains only have six seats, and while you can have two people in the same seat, this typically wouldn't happen more than 2 or 3 times on one train. Both of these rides had 40 minute wait times when almost everything else was a station wait.
I think there is a hidden negative cost to these outrageous parking fees. I had no idea they were getting to $40 plus now, that absolutely will turn away repeat visitors and potential customers. Like spitting in the face of your customer at that point. As always with Six Flags, I think their cost cutting and general cheapness actually hurts them in the long run, you'd be shocked about how many people I have heard say they will never go back to a Six Flags because of how awful their experience was last time. Hell, I'm a coaster enthusiast and I don't really care to go back to a Six Flags park anytime soon. At least not until Cedar Fair management is able to radically transform them.
No doubt, if people have a better option they choose it. So many people from the mid Atlantic say SFA is closest to them but they never go there, they choose Hershey or GADV or BGW or KD
I work at sfgadv and we get loads of free tickets but we have to pay for parking. It’s annoying because I wanna go to Dorney more frequently but it’s 30$ everytime I go on top of tolls. So I just got a gold pass with the all park so I can save 30$ everytime trip
Interesting. When I worked for six flags i never remember paying for parking
@ we don’t pay for our own park and it was outside of the chain so might not have had to buy the pass. We also pay for parking at Hershey but free tickets. Times change
We might get parking at six flags parks and not legacy cedar fair
3 DAYS IN A ROW!!! ITS A MIRACLE ❤❤❤
Well this week will end up being 4/5
@@AirtimeThrillswhat’s tomorrow’s then, I NEED TO KNOw
Dreamworld (and afterwards, the other parks) reduced the upcharge prices to ~$15 ($27 for 2 people for Steel Taipan) but is more so dynamic pricing. Its way easier for the pocket and you kinda see a bit more people on them.
Carowinds had a great concert series this year!
Props to holiday world for having conveniently located smoking sections.
After today I am expecting a certain something on the dumb list for part 3....
THANKS FOR USING MY SUGGESTION
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Can’t SFGAV at least keep Ka open for the rest of the year?😢
Not sure if it can run in the cold
Europapark has a bus connection between the train stop and the entrance to the park with frequent service. They managed to make some IC and ICE trains stop there…
I like the Virtual Lane system for free with the EP app too.
What do you think of green lantern and Kingda Ka closing
Lets see what they put there, thatll be the final verdict
i had multiple plans of visiting parks but after looking at the parking prices i just decided to stay at home.
@@ryanleeuwis1602 Parking is free at Holiday World.😁
13:13 It could be healthy to avoid crowds exposed to secondhand smoke
Went to Magic Mountain a few weeks back and Full Throttle closed down after I stood in line for about an hour for it. When I came back to try again later in the day it had an even longer line, and I saw the one shot fast pass option and thought "Man I can't have Full Throttle close on me again!" I paid the $15 it and cut straight to the front, was on the train within like 2 minutes of purchasing the one shot, it was kind of insane. Totally worth, Full Throttle was incredible, especially around sunset!
A one shot success story
I, 100%, will reconsider something based on whether they'll charge for parking. I haven't been to any theme park in the last 20 years where i've had to pay for parking. It is a huge deterrent for me.
Sfot is getting a record breaking dive
Totally bought season pass to great adventure cause it was the same price for day w parking.
Highkey been waiting for this vid
Can we take a moment to appreciate Dollywood still having cubbies in the stations on all their rides 🙌
Gonna agree with everyone here and say I'm annoyed at the "not announcing closures" thing.
About Parking. My home park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden have some parking. But i never use them cause there are busses going to Liseberg. Its about 100 meter walk from the busstop to main Entrance. I heard that Liseberg may implement free bus ticket together with the entrance if you prebook the entrance. I dont know of its true or not. If it is true it should be easier for many to just park at a free parking and take the bus. For me that live close to Liseberg can take the bus home, Im home before those that take the car even have left the parking space. Some times it can take like 1 hour to leave the parking after the park closed.
Now that Great Adventure removed Twister they won’t have in my opinion the parks best flat ride. They shouldn’t have done that. I would hope they replace it with something even better
2:45 speedy parking doesn’t work at SFGAm at all. No designated lane making it the same time to wait as normal.
On the topic of fastpasses, in England, for example Thorpe park, if it is a peak day you can expect to pay upwards of £15 for a one-shot
Dumb thing: strict camera policies at parks. Referring to places like SFOT, GADV not letting me bring my camera in. Stupid because there’s no way I’m bringing a giant camera on a ride and they’re missing out on quality photos of their park being published online which is free advertising
I thought the only coaster to get the permit to demolish was green laturn
Thats true but the announcement today implies Ka is also coming down, but i am not convinced yet
@@AirtimeThrills Oh it's coming down! Lance Hart from Screamscape just got direct email confirmation from the Great Adventure PR and marketing manager that Zumanjaro is closing as well, meaning the entire structure is coming down for the new for 2026 coaster.
Single Rider Queues are goated. I use them all the time and they save loads of time, as well as being good for filling rows for efficiency.
Part 3 Suggestion for dumb ideas:
Fast & Furious Supercharged lmao. Taking part of the Hollywood studio backlot tour and thinking it'll hold up as its own ride (it doesn't). Dumb movis. You can tell that they know it was a bad ride too, they're willing to shut it for the entire 2 and a bit months of HHN to put a house in because they know nobody's gonna be upset they didn't get to ride Supercharged lmao
I’d say single rider you get on faster, I’m still annoyed at 3/4 hour in Hyperia’s uncovered queue on an unusually nice day.
at Phantasialand we get some shit from people because parking is now 7€ instead of 5€.
And the funniest thing: Phantasialand doesn't even own the parking. It's another family.
Goodbye, Kingda Ka.
And Zumanjaro
I prefer holiday world for the free parking and drinks. I spend more money in the park because of the savings there
Not opening new rides on time has to be the most infuriating thing legacy SF ever did. The recent pushbacks on Flash and GA Surfer shows how extremely horrible SF is when it comes to falsely advertise their new ride. SFGAdv had a huge impact on this while SFOG not so much, Flash missing GAdv’s 50th anniversary really took a toll on them.
Buy or Sell: Kingda Ka gets reimagined like Top Thrill 2
it's been confirmed that Ka is getting torn out in favor of a new coaster for 2026
Ill address this tomorrow
This aged perfectly
@3:09 not me recognizing my home park by the parking lot shot from the ferris wheel
Dumb idea: Inconsistent ride policies. Six weeks ago, I rode Kinga Ka (RIP) with a backward ball cap and sunglasses with a strap. I also had my wallet and phone in my pockets. Next, I rode El Toro with the same stuff. An hour later, I walked to the entrance of Jersey Devil. An attendant with a metal detection wand asked if my bulging pockets were empty... He told me I would have to put my things in a locker or leave them with a non rider.
I went to SFGA to ride, so I didn't argue. And, I don't blame the ride ops. But, the management should have clear and consistent policies. Kingda Ka and El Toro are the fastest and most intense rides at the park, but I can't take my wallet on Jersey Devil... 🙂 Oh well; I had a great day despite a couple of hiccups.
I had this happen at Cedar Point. Rode 5 coasters, all of them had different policies
2 Things
1) When a park has extremely short summer hours. Is SFGA really at the level to be 11-8 on weekdays; 11-9 on weekends. I feel like this makes the park seem cheap. It can’t be good for the park either because, in my region at least, most parks stay open until 10 on weekends which I feel like should be the standard.
2) Making weekends hours longer than weekday hours. If your park is open later, more people will come. So I feel like parka should keep consistent hours (in the summer) as it would distribute the crowds better. Maybe I’m over-analyzing though.
Im sure a LOT of thought goes into park hours, weighing the extra revenue of staying open later against the labor cost
You can thank ticket master for ending time park concerts. Big artists are contracted to set areas. Small time acts don't have the ability to fill the seats....so the concert venues have become defunct
Sad, there were great concerts at wonderland in the 80's and 90's
I read a tour itinerary from The Fixx (80s band) circa 1983-1984. It read like a thoosie trip.
In 2012, Six Flags banned metal shows after frontman of Falling in Reverse and overall not-great-person Ronnie Radke threw microphone stands into the audience and injured two guests at Great Adventure. Maybe liability concerns after that had something to do with less concerts at amusement parks? It’s sad, I’d love to see live shows come back to parks.
Think the actual park owners/company higher-ups will ever watch these videos and take notes on how to up their game?
I actually read that the australian parks did lower their price for their backwards rides. Not because of my video but maybe they came to the same realization
Cedar Point choosing Zamperla to redo TTD is certainly one of the dumbest thing a park has done...
Bro king’s island is getting another family thrill attraction
Kinda surprising
Kingda Ka was going bye bye no matter what. it was a nightmare to operate and keep up. it needed to go or be retrofitted.
Scorpion being removed from BGT!!
11:39, speaking of documentary’s, could you make a cedar point documentary?
Maybe at some point, it may be hard with the park dating back to 1870
@ you might not have to do that maybe start in cedar fair era
I bet theme parks not hosting the concerts anymore has something to do with ticket vendors gobbling up the market
I don't care how many times this has been mentioned in the comments. The removal of Kingda Ka was the dumbest thing done innrecent years.
RIP kingda ka
Long live the king
When Goliath first opened at SFNE it did have the staggered seats! They didn't change that until later.
Oh really? Not sure if I realized that was the case
@@AirtimeThrillsI don’t remember how long it lasted for, but at least when it first opened it had the staggered trains!
Dumb: the entirety of Everything Six flags Great Adventure has done this year. Their 50th Anniversary will go down in infamy
Exactly, hopefully KD’s and SFGAm’s 50th goes well.
Dummest thing amusement parks do - They don't have enough size Large (L) T-shirts. All I can find usually is small, and XXL.
It seems like single-rider lines work best for rides with wide trains or family-sized ride vehicles, where larger groups expect to be able to ride together, and see this as a good reason to use the regular line, but gaps are created. As a person who usually ends up riding thrill rides solo and is not too picky about seating, I love single-rider lines more than life itself, they're like a special skip line for me, but that's an entirely selfish take, not a judgment of them as a good policy. I suspect that on coasters where people sit two across, they're a marginal benefit if any because the main queue is not that different from a single-rider line to begin with--you just end up with two similar queues that have to be merged together. I've noticed that the two rides in my area that I know have them are Untamed at Canobie and Batman: The Dark Knight at SFNE, both of which have four-across seating. I recall hearing that Superman: The Ride used to have one but they took it out--it was just causing fights.