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Post by mttbrilhart on Jun 22, 2010 21:13:08 GMT -5
I Love Log Flumes...Trimper's Doesn't have one though; I know they create huge revenue; more then most coasters anyway just because families an thrill-seekers alike love them.
Has there ever been any thought of adding one, maybe one like this: www.rides4u.com/index.php/rides/detail/1262
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Post by tomshutter on Jun 22, 2010 21:47:26 GMT -5
My parents rode the one at Jolly Rodgers. There were frogs and bugs living in it. I didn't because I saw that the water was brown
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Post by plokoon111 on Jun 23, 2010 0:43:14 GMT -5
Wow maybe with the new space Trimpers will have that they bought recently they could invest in one.
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Post by tomshutter on Jun 23, 2010 8:57:00 GMT -5
They need to compete with two things- the sling shot on the pier and JR's water park
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Post by mttbrilhart on Jun 23, 2010 11:06:14 GMT -5
Who needs a water park at the ocean. Water parks are a cesspool for disease. Sure, they have rules about rubber pants for babies in the pool, but that doesn't mean they are followed. Log Flumes, Chute-the-Chutes, and River Rapids are one thing; body slides and mass-capticty pools are another...
Trimper's should add a log flume though. That, or a wooden roller coaster. Notice how ever great beach-front amusement area but Ocean City has a great wooden coaster?
- Coney Island has The Cyclone
- Long Island Has The Dragon
- Mission Beach has The Giant Dipper
- Wildwood has The Great White
- Santa Cruz has a Giant Dipper too
- Blackpool England has Grand National, The Big Dipper, and many others...
What about Ocean City? Trimper's Should get a Wooden Icon. Most preferably, a Gravity Group or GCI creation would do. They could go old school and make a compact design similar to the old rides of yesteryear...What do you think? Coaster or Flume?
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Post by Brandon on Jun 23, 2010 11:31:10 GMT -5
Great ideas, but both come down to real estate, money and zoning.
1. Trimper's simply does not have a huge chunk of space for a flume or new coaster. And even if they did, they would probably opt to put 6 or 7 rides on the property, which may or may not make more money combined than a larger attraction.
2. When Tidal Wave was installed in 1985, the family went through hassle with zoning. In fact, when it was complete, the very top of the ride stuck out over a city-owned road just a foot or two, and the Trimper's had to cut that section off of the ride so it was 100% "on their property". That is why, at the very top, it is not a straight cut, but rather slanted.
3. A venture like this would be very expensive. I am not sure if the family could justify spending the kind of money required.
4. There really is no 4.
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Post by mttbrilhart on Jun 23, 2010 12:27:55 GMT -5
Oh well, I can dream then. That seems like quite a pregnant dogy thing for the O.C. zoning commission to do. So a foot or two of track are 125 feet above a road? What's the hurt in that? It does seem more then likely that they would opt to go with more rides then a flume. But it would be cool one day to see a wooden coaster in Ocean City.
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Post by the TROID! on Jun 26, 2010 16:27:52 GMT -5
it doest'n need a water park its fine with everything......well i am upset with the removing of the tobaggon, and.... THEY STILL HAVENT REPLACED THE MATTERHORN
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