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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Darkbeer1
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Go Wildcats!!!This Forum, and it's owner, are UK based.
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Animaniac93-98
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Animaniac93-98
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Bing Bong is truly the best representation of the Disney Legacy:
D.Silentu
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I've seen it over and over, but it never bothers me less. A company executes an idea poorly and the public reacts appropriately to that. Said company, apparently incapable of introspection, surmises that the idea is simply unpopular.
Rich T
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I’m sorry, but I still agree with the original objection to DCA: Why build a theme park about California IN California when tbe REAL California is staring at you with its real Hollywood, real beaches, real National Parks, real Missions, real Santa Cruz Boardwalk and waving its little California arms and saying, “Uh, everyone? I’m right here!”
There are SO MANY OTHER, better themes they could have gone with! But, no, they went with the DCA idea in a greedy attempt to simultaneously pull business away from Knott’s (Old California), Universal (Hollywood) and Magic Mountain (coasters) by offering pale, inferior echoes of all three. DCA started out stupid, improved a lot, and now it’s stupid again. Fun, but stupid.
There are SO MANY OTHER, better themes they could have gone with! But, no, they went with the DCA idea in a greedy attempt to simultaneously pull business away from Knott’s (Old California), Universal (Hollywood) and Magic Mountain (coasters) by offering pale, inferior echoes of all three. DCA started out stupid, improved a lot, and now it’s stupid again. Fun, but stupid.
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Rich T
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Also the world’s best seaside amusement park.
Rich T
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...in any location except California. If you go to Alaska, do you want to see the real Alaska or an artificial, tiny imitation of Alaska...full of bad puns?
lazyboy97o
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Six Flags worked pretty well until they decide to go down the easy path of an amusement park. Most of Disneyland is about the United States and is in the United States. California in California would have been fine, the problem was trying to poorly imitate what exists instead of doing something unique.
Umm, I’m pretty sure Cedar Point is in Ohio. It’s the best roller coaster park, heck best amusement (not theme) park. I’ve been to both, and CP’s coaster profile in my opinion is better then SFMM but what makes CP really shine over SFMM is:
-They have plenty of fantastic flat rides
-They run a coal powered steam train
-Much better entertainment
-It’s not owned by Six Flags
-The Park is located on a peninsula surrounded on 3 sides by Lake Erie
-It doesn’t have a mountain in the middle of it that you have to walk up and down all day.
California is great, but it’s not the end all be all.
-They have plenty of fantastic flat rides
-They run a coal powered steam train
-Much better entertainment
-It’s not owned by Six Flags
-The Park is located on a peninsula surrounded on 3 sides by Lake Erie
-It doesn’t have a mountain in the middle of it that you have to walk up and down all day.
California is great, but it’s not the end all be all.
So what is? Ohio?
Phroobar
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Except we have Knotts Berry Farm. (also owned by Cedar Fair). We have real ghost town. Not as many coasters. Great entertainment (see Krazy Kurt & the Hill Billies). They have two steam powered trains. Lots of history. The original log and mine train rides. Stage coaches. Great jam and chicken. Independence Hall. It is the oldest theme park.
NateD1226
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Knott's Berry Farm is one of my favorite places to go!Except we have Knotts Berry Farm. (also owned by Cedar Fair). We have real ghost town. Not as many coasters. Great entertainment (see Krazy Kurt & the Hill Billies). They have two steam powered trains. Lots of history. The original log and mine train rides. Stage coaches. Great jam and chicken. Independence Hall. It is the oldest theme park.
No you should go to as many places and experience as much as you can. Cities, national parks, etc. I feel every American should visit Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, the Smokies, New York, Washington DC, Gettysburg, Disneyland or Magic Kingdom, a D1 college football game, a MLB game and a broadway show at some point in their life.
Except we have Knotts Berry Farm. (also owned by Cedar Fair). We have real ghost town. Not as many coasters. Great entertainment (see Krazy Kurt & the Hill Billies). They have two steam powered trains. Lots of history. The original log and mine train rides. Stage coaches. Great jam and chicken. Independence Hall. It is the oldest theme park.
I love Knott’s but it’s a theme park, not an amusement park and while it has a great coaster collection, Cedar Point has nearly as many 200 ft+ coasters as Knott’s entire collection.
Ask any coaster enthusiast what one park you should go to experience roller coasters I guarantee most will say Cedar Point.
George Lucas on a Bench
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Cedar Point had so many roller coasters it was overwhelming. It's like the screen rides at Universal. You can only do so many before you start to feel like crap.
Californian Elitist
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Lol. I actually have my issues with California. I hate the traffic, smog, congestion etc...
But I didn’t understand what that last comment had to do with the post. The whole post compared SFMM to Cedar Fair. I don’t recall anyone here saying California is the end all be all of anything. So I just want to know what state is the end all be all of states or if such a thing even exists.
Californian Elitist
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I agree, I have my issues, too. And yeah, no one said anything about California being the best state in the Union. This conversation started with me saying the biodiversity is rich here and it sprouted from there.