OMG!! Holiday World closed at noon today.

[Chitown]

Can you believe this? What a bunch of crap!!! They shut the park down at noon today because of the remnants of Ike. They didn't get high winds because they are to far inland, all they got was a little rain!!!!

I checked their website and they made no mention of it so their customer service sucks!!!!!

Boycott Holiday World!!!!!

http://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Thread/54807.aspx


P.S.
(being sarcastic)

[superflybri]

HAHA, I was totally reading that earlier... People get mad about parks closings all the time; but if you really think about it, would you rather go to a park with little or no operation? In my head, they are saving YOU money!!!

[coasterkidd100]

I don't see why it is such a big deal. So what, the park closed because of rain and wind.

[Chitown]

In case you haven't figured it out, this is in response to the morons who are complain about Six Flags closing early because of weather.

[coasterkidd100]

^ I see, but why would you make a forum about this?

[superflybri]

^Because people Whine and Complain on the thought of parks closing because of weather.

[coasterkidd100]

Well I am sorry but this forum is pointless!

[Chitown]

That does it!!! I will never visit Joyland in Texas ever!!!

Look at the message they posted on the front page.

http://www.joylandpark.com/index.html

[superflybri]

I LOVE THE PICTURE!!!!!! OH-MY, Good Find Chitown!

[FRD714]

Well I am sorry but this forum is pointless!

97% of your posts are pointless.

[coasterkidd100]

^I don't care if you think my posts are pointless or not I am still going to post on this site wheather you like it or not!!!

[bigb7965]

^

[Bob O]

The big difference I would see in HW closing early and SFGAM doing so is that HW would do it for the safety of the guests in the parks. While SFGAM would look at the amount of guests in the park and wouldnt base it on safety but rather on economics, which they already did earlier this year.

[Chitown]

Give it a rest Bob.

SF has to answer to shareholders. HW doesn't.

I was being sarcastic in my original remark. Any park that closes due to weather is right in my opinion whether it be hardly any guests or due to unsafety.

[Trailblazer Tony]

The big difference I would see in HW closing early and SFGAM doing so is that HW would do it for the safety of the guests in the parks. While SFGAM would look at the amount of guests in the park and wouldnt base it on safety but rather on economics, which they already did earlier this year.

I normally don't disagree with you, Bob O, but let me give you a little math equation of sorts:

Bad Weather = Danger to Run Rides = No reason to open park

It's that simple folks! Great topic Chitown, Six Flags St. Louis, Two of the Schlitterbahns, and i'm assuming all the other parks in Texas are closed too. It's a big storm, people are suffering and homes are flooding. A man just drowned in the creek behind my house at home and it took commuters at my school hours to get to class today, there is definitely more to worry about than closed theme parks for most in the area! Oh, and not to sound wierd or anything, but are there any photos of any of the parks after these rains? I'm found those ones of Six Flags Over Texas's Shockwave underwater quite interesting a few years back, I wonder if any more have surfaced for this year's spat of weather.

[Chitown]

Kemah boardwalk in Kemah was devastated. This park and entertainment complex is right on Galveston bay.

http://www.statesman.com/news/mediahub/ ... tId=119336

Start at image 22 and work forward from there.

[Bob O]

I have no problem at all when a park HAS to close due to se3vere weather conditions. But it is a totally different situation when a park decides to close early when weather isnt severe at all, just inclement and they decide it is far better to screw the guests enroute to the park or already inside by closing earlier then its regular closing time.
The first make sense, the latter just screws guests and helps explain why a company that doesnt care about it's guests is failing.