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Hey, ECG - I mentioned Mother's Day and Father's Day because, while you do not think of it much as a busy event day, Six Flags give all season passholders a virtual free pass to bring a friend for free that day. I guess it is their way of drawing people out for those unique days. I got to SFOG...

We all hear about those typical days that are busiest at the parks (i.e. holidays, spring break, opening day, last day of the operating season, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, July 4th, and Labor Day), but what day at a park was the busiest you've seen? I hear Disney for Christmas is...

Very awesome...

Thanks for sharing... we wonder when Disney might add a coaster to its other parks. Sure, it might not be a significant coaster when it comes to intensity, but it still makes us wonder!

Okay... so before CP added Luminosity, they had that white screen up over by the train area. They would bring out the Peanut characters at night and have some fireworks / pyro show(s). It was a nightly deal, and I loved it. Living in Michigan, they often played many of the BIG 10 Fight songs...

Hey, ECG... so, which is the best and worst media day you've ever gone to? Don't worry... I won't tell anybody! ;-)

I agree... now, I wish that MF was about 20 or 30 feet taller. Of course, I'd love a giga around 350 feet or a 500 ft out and back (at CP), but I'll take something 304 feet tall... or 309 feet tall!

Solid points, rtotheizzo17! I'm certainly not in a rush to see every park get a giga or some crazy tall invert (Wicked Twister is 215, but it is not out and back). I love when parks make great rides at a lower price too! Heck, I'm anxious to see if the water slide market will amp up with recent...

Certainly, the economics are a bit different for these specialty/niche coasters, but the thought of new heights and broken barriers maker new wonder! Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

I know this is a little late... Banshee was our first Media Day (we were not able to get Dollywood for their fun). Of course, we are already planning to attend Carowinds' 2015 Media Day lol! We were bummed to miss Gatekeeper's; it was quite nice from what we heard, and it seems like Banshee's...

Well, being someone who likes a bit of economics and who is in business, I get the whole ROI aspect of things. And, we all have probably heard how the water parks actually bring in the most bang for the buck... put a few slides, a wave pool, and some cabanas, and watch the money roll in...

I get the whole budget thing - I'm just surprised that some of the top Six Flags (SFMM, Great Adventure, and a Texas one) have not added one. The costs are significant, but, I guess I am a bit surprised!

We thought that too, but we heard the numbers from SFOG. We were shocked that they reach an audience much larger than we expected. I'd have to find the article, but it was talking about the distances many guests traveled and the number of guests that traveled much more than an hour or two to get...

SFMM is on our list too because we wanted to compare it to CP! Islands of Adventure is pretty fun... for us, if you counted it together with Universal Florida (as one park), it would rank higher for us. All in all, it is a great place to get some good thrills!

Sure, there are not a lot of gigas out there. Sure, the price is not cheap for these gigas. Sure, parks like SFOG have height restrictions due to nearby air traffic. However, where there's a will, there's a way. SFMM and Great Adventure both have tall coasters. Great Adventure has Kingda Ka yet...

^ Great points already... we seem to find that many Cedar Fair B&Ms are 3 train coasters (seems all of their major rides have 3 trains - we assume that is a requirement at their parks for capacity purposes) while Six Flags is not as big on the whole 3-train need. When there are 3 trains in...

I recall that the council members were told that there was a debate over whether or not the investment would go to Carowinds or KD... but, is there any idea what was considered for KD if it was the place? Also, many thought that Carowinds was going to get the investment even without the tax...

I was curious how they were going to implement those seat belts. Some thought they might do something similar to Flight of Fear! Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

Anxious to hear all about 2015 at Carowinds! Since we have not gone to Carowinds just yet, we are anxious to go this year and then compare for next year! I sometimes wonder if Cedar Fair is ready to build an out-and-back coaster that is actually taller than MF. And, if it is a giga, can we get...

Re: Top 10(ish): 2014 Edition Hmmm... now, I have not been to all of the parks (we hope to tackle the rest of the N American gigas this year), but here is my top 25 thus far. 1. Millennium Force (hard to beat for me) 2. Goliath (SFOG) 3. Gatekeeper 4. Banshee 5. Beast 6. TTD (if only it was...