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Official SFAW Closing and Ride relocation Thread

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Postby haydawg149 on January 15th, 2006, 9:01 pm
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Postby Coaster Alex0805 on January 16th, 2006, 6:04 pm
Thats good! Did we ever for sure find out about Batman?
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Postby Galvan on January 17th, 2006, 2:08 pm
^ I hope that ride is Scrapped... i hated that thing :)
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Postby [jonrev] on February 1st, 2006, 12:38 am
BATMAN: THE ESCAPE PARTS HAVE ARRIVED AT SFDL
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Postby msoeagle on February 1st, 2006, 8:04 am
Are there any recent pictures of astroworld being deconstructed?
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Postby Ilovthevu' on February 9th, 2006, 11:53 pm
What ride was going to SFEG, but couldn't make into the park because it was in too bad of shape? This is a flat ride.
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Postby Maggie&meSFGAm? on February 18th, 2006, 12:47 pm
This is a pretty interesting photo that Astroworld must have enforced during sometime of it's existence. Thank goodness they don't do this now. Maybe, next year (2007) they might which is dumb.

http://www.oldastroworld.com/febauction/DSCN0681.jpg
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Postby twixmix0303 on February 18th, 2006, 7:05 pm
Yeah, that is really dumb. Why can 10 year old Johnny over 54" not be able to Trick or Treat while 10 year old Mikey can't? I really hate the height instead of age restrictions for stuff like this that Six Flags uses.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 18th, 2006, 10:31 pm
I can see using height over age for rides, but not for shows and events.
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Postby w00dland on February 19th, 2006, 12:35 am
Guys it's just to make the teenagers trying to be stupid to stay out of the little kids area. It's sort of like the Spacley's Sprocket Rockets rule...when we try to ride it it's not like we actually are doing it for a thrill, we're doing it to be dumb and it hogs the parks capacity (which it sounds like Astroworld hit a lot because of that sign).

I'm sure 10 year old Mikey who had early growth spurts could still go Trick or Treating.
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Postby twixmix0303 on February 19th, 2006, 2:05 am
I'm sure you're right, buy why not just say trick-or-treating is for 12 and under only?
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Postby [jonrev] on February 19th, 2006, 2:09 am
^That would have been alot easier.
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Postby ihauntu2 on February 19th, 2006, 10:06 am
It's simple. You can lie about a kids age, but you can't lie about their height.

I used to have an age limit for my haunted house in order to avoid problem issues with young kids (mainly problem parents). We put an age limit into effect, but then you got parents lying about their kids ages saying they were just short for their age, or they looked young. Next year we put a height requirement into effect - no problems.

Same concept with the trick or treating only in reverse.
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Postby [jonrev] on March 9th, 2006, 5:55 pm
Texas Cyclone was leveled this morning. :cry:


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Postby Mr. SFGAm on March 9th, 2006, 6:04 pm
Thats too bad. Yet another classic woodie passes into history.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on March 9th, 2006, 7:05 pm
Let's all give the poor ride a moment of silence tonight.
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Postby twixmix0303 on March 9th, 2006, 7:30 pm
ihauntu2 wrote:It's simple. You can lie about a kids age, but you can't lie about their height.

We put an age limit into effect, but then you got parents lying about their kids ages saying they were just short for their age, or they looked young. Next year we put a height requirement into effect - no problems.


While I see the purpose of this, and acknowledge that you have full right to do this, I find it very discrimatory (not to mention bad for business if what you're describing was part of a business). I'm very short for my age - 5'3" @ 17 yrs. I couldn't get on Raging Bull or any other 54" until I was 12, so I do know what it's like to be short for my age. Now, obviously, that's different because it's a safety issue, but for maturity issues, it makes no sense. Can you imagine if there was a height limit imposed for PG-13 movies? Someone who is 15 might not be able to watch it, because they're shorter than the average 13 year old. How absurd! You would also have issues with dwarfs (no, I'm not kidding).
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Postby rct2wizard360 on March 9th, 2006, 8:58 pm
Jon Revelle wrote:Texas Cyclone was leveled this morning. :cry:


Do we have pics?

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Postby [jonrev] on March 9th, 2006, 9:59 pm
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Postby ymmit on March 9th, 2006, 11:11 pm
I've never been there, but I'm sad :(
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Postby ihauntu2 on March 10th, 2006, 1:34 am
twixmix0303 wrote:
ihauntu2 wrote:It's simple. You can lie about a kids age, but you can't lie about their height.

We put an age limit into effect, but then you got parents lying about their kids ages saying they were just short for their age, or they looked young. Next year we put a height requirement into effect - no problems.


While I see the purpose of this, and acknowledge that you have full right to do this, I find it very discrimatory (not to mention bad for business if what you're describing was part of a business). I'm very short for my age - 5'3" @ 17 yrs. I couldn't get on Raging Bull or any other 54" until I was 12, so I do know what it's like to be short for my age. Now, obviously, that's different because it's a safety issue, but for maturity issues, it makes no sense. Can you imagine if there was a height limit imposed for PG-13 movies? Someone who is 15 might not be able to watch it, because they're shorter than the average 13 year old. How absurd! You would also have issues with dwarfs (no, I'm not kidding).


For the most part - I agree with you here. Our ticket sellers did have some discretion they could use, so midgets and dwarves were not a problem. Except for when you didn't see them in the dark. Even those who were obviously old enough, but short made it through. The height thing was there as a fall back to prevent a**hole parents from permanently scarring their kids psyches. For the record, our height requirement was based on the owners 8 yr old son.

Haunted attractions are a different kind of business. We only make money if there are people moving through our haunts. As much fun as it is for me personally to torture individuals who are too scared to move, its bad for business. This happens with small children very frequently, and their parents either don't care or underestimate about how bad the kid freaks out. It holds up the line resulting in a longer wait, less patrons through the door, and more dissatisfied customers. While we lose on a few customers due to the policy, the overall impact ends up positive for business.

And just to keep on topic..... I heard it mentioned that TC could not be relocated due to hight clearance issues. Anyone want to explain that one to me?
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Postby [jonrev] on March 10th, 2006, 8:28 am
On Wikipedia it said that TC couldnt be moved because of it being too expensive and the ride wouldnt be up to building codes.

The Cyclone was demolished in March, 2006 sometime between 7:00am and 9:30am, because it would have been very expensive to move and even if it were rebuilt, it would not comply with current building codes.
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Postby twixmix0303 on March 10th, 2006, 9:27 am
I think someone stated their assumptions, especially that it wouldn't comply with current building codes.
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Postby coastercrazy111 on March 10th, 2006, 4:00 pm
Wikipedia also has a disclaimer saying that they cannot be 100% certain that all the information on the site is true. Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... disclaimer

anybody can edit a search on Wikipedia. So nothing is guaranteed true. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on March 10th, 2006, 5:46 pm
^Yeah, but the type of person who would submit that type of news would probably know what they were talking about.
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