That's a little bizarre that they were selling Gears of War t's and other things not pertaining to the park. It seemed like they had a good amount of park related merch last year.
While I saw alot of Batman items in the store outside of SUE, I didnt see any merchandise for the new ride itself. Why the ride isnt open yet, its never too early to start selling merchandise for the ride. It seems to me the park doesnt use the ride themselves often enough to see shirts/trinkets etc. The major rides should have mutiple different shirts being sold. I think a RB shirt utilizing the logo at the front of the ride would be great, and would be much better than all the non-park crap they sell. Very little of the stuff sold outide of Viper has little to do with a southwest type theme, but shirts based on Viper/RB/GD would be much better IMHO. Last year i Went to ValleyFair and WOF, and both parks had a good selection of shirts/trinkets for the new/newer rides like Renegade/Patriot
^haha, I think we actually agree *gasp*. I think Six flags might be making an excellent profit margin on these random items in those retail shops, but because i didn't really see much SF stuff, I walked right through. Had there been some six flags apparel, etc. I would have stayed longer and probably spent money there too!
Just last week video was added for opening day -click on Episode 24 http://awalkintheparkblog.blogspot.com/ Nice to see video of the park not just pictures.
Also on the other site! A new Episode - Great America Experience Podcast - Episode 003 - The Dark Knight http://ryandour.com/wp/