The biggest things that sucked at SFMM was the employee's (who didn't give a rats butt what we did) and the fact that they didn't tell you why a ride was closed. Whenever a ride closed they would just put a barrel infront of the entrance with no employee. The only time I saw an employee infront of a ride was when X broke down.
Top 5 wood-5-Goliath 4-Ravine Flyer II 3-Phoenix 2-Voyage 1-El Toro Top 5 Steel- 5-Velocicoaster 4- Maverick 3- Fury 325 2-Steel Vengeance 1-X2 Coaster Count: 444
Half of the reason CP has much better reliability is they dont run all year long. True SFMM has some crap employees, but give them some slack, they are open year round.
I had a great time when I went there in sping break of 2002. Everything was open and ops were doing a good job. Also it wasnt dirty. Obviously that has changed now and its a shame. Even though it isnt the greatest parks my freidns and I are still going there this year as well as Cedar Point. Most likely we are going to CP next month and SFMM in december during winter break.
The Beast wrote:Half of the reason CP has much better reliability is they dont run all year long. True SFMM has some crap employees, but give them some slack, they are open year round.
Being open year round should give them the chance to have better employees (as they can get more retired full timers than kids looking for a lazy way to make a few bucks).
.....this is why you get an extra train for the rides when your open year round....even though SFMM's normally dead during winter so they can do they're annuall inspections which shouldn't be a problem but it is because they can't freggin keep them up to standards then get shut down.
I dont think they need better employees, its called better management. Obviously they are not kicking those lazy teenagers into line. It's sad that one of the best parks in the world can't get management that actually does something.
I heard from somewhere that people actually ran through the operator at the front of the line and started storming the station on X because people wouldn't wait any longer.
MM sounds like a real dump. I've never heard a positive comment about the park.
The Beast wrote:I dont think they need better employees, its called better management. Obviously they are not kicking those lazy teenagers into line. It's sad that one of the best parks in the world can't get management that actually does something.
I said erlier:
I've said it before and will say it so people remember, crap line management always results in a crappy park, or anything for that matter.
Is it really loud, or do the guards just like to watch it? If it won't run half the year at MM, why don't they send it to another SF park that needs more coasters?
ok.... i just got back from my SFMM trip....... it was awwwsome ......but there there were a few glitches in the park..... riddlers revenge WAS in fact operating on one train ... STE was closed... flasback was closed ..there were many good things in the park!! X had a 30 minute wait , viper was a walk on .. psyclone sucked!!!! DVU was operating alll DAY long, the Revolution was a walk on, goliath had a 5 minute wait .. scream was a walk on in the morning. above all , i had the time of my life!!!!
And i thought Astroworld wasn't keeping their rides in order
It's really not the parks fault in the SF chain if rides can't run full capacity, because they don't get the proper maintenence budget necessary.
Although it is their fault for crappy employees and line management.