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Operating days incorrect?
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On this site's schedule of operating days, it says the park is open on the 20th? I thought the last day was on the 14th before Fright Fest in October?
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I thought that the 14th was the last day too.
Well i don't know about your park, but Six Flags Great America's website says the 14th
Trips Planned 2009: ?Unsure?
^We are talking about Great America and yes on the web site it says that the last day is the 14th.
 ! I have not gone to Six Flags at all this year! I will be there for Fright Fest however! Cant WaitTrips Planned 2009: ?Unsure?
The park was originally scheduled to be open on the 20th, but a company has since rented the park for that day.
Just on the 20th? Why not have it open the 20th and the 21st? How much does it cost to rent the park for a day? $20,000? $35,000?
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^I don't think that it would cost that much, but it might I dont no.
a few years back i went to a steel mill buyout and someone told me it was in the neighborhood of $1,000,000
^Wow, I then Great America has to be more!
I was talking about Great america....
^O, I thought you were talking about a different park, sorry! Wow, that is still alot of money!
There is no "set price," the company that rents out the park has to buy somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 tickets, which is why they have those buyouts in the first place. Those companies employees + their families would be greater attendance than if the park were actually open to the public that day.
SFGAm is open every weekend from the week before the parks opening day through closing day, so if it is on the operating schedule as closed on a weekend the park is still operating for a private event. If they cannot book a buyout the park is open to the public/viceversa which explains the confusion of why the operating day was removed from the calendar.
Speaking of buyouts, I will (once again) be at the park September 28th. (I didn't want to make a new thread or anything.)
I will post information, pictures and other tidbits after that. Stay tuned. Terror Twister Tony
I was always wondering what they do when the park is closed like it is now. Do the employees have free ride time? How many people are actually in the park? Are the rides operating? How much pre Fright Fest work is there to do?
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If the park is not open for either the public or a private event rides will not be operating. During this time most of the focus is on fright fest and other major preventative maintenance on rides that requires urgent attention. There is no such thing as free ride time for working employees, the only time a working employee will be required to ride is for a required test or if they are working a employee ride night.
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During fulltime night there was an open bar so obviosley very few people at the event were actually interested in riding. Naturally since we had 4 ride ops and it only requires 3 to operate, we took turns riding all night. Nothing like 20 rides on DejaVu within the span of a few hours with 0-5 other people on the train  .When the park is closed this time of the year the maintenence guys typically are doing prevenative work on rides that they dont have time to do during daily operation. The electricians are working on stuff like setting up the electronics on transformed rides like Terror Twister/Rue Le Morge and changing all the parks light bulbs for FF. Carpenters are changing all the signs for FF/putting up walls and whatnot wherever that needs to be done, the ride ops team are decorating the rides for FF, business as usual in the admin/sales offices, and the ride control guys flip the switch that changes Condors cycle .
^I did not no that Condor ran a different cycle during FF, that is pretty cool!
I'd be cool to go see all the action happening at the park now. Do they still put that giant spider on American Eagle?
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^I don't no, I don't remember seeing it on AE last year.
Don't worry. Tiny's always there. Maybe A Great Day Is Just What You Need This Year
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Why did I not remember seeing her there last year? I must be losing my mind!
must be
Maybe A Great Day Is Just What You Need This Year
'09 Demon rides-50 '09 SFGAm Visits-21
looking forward to seeing tiny on my first fright fest trip 13 Years with SFGAm World!
I know this is getting off-topic but do they change anything to Iron Wolf during Fright Fest besides the name?
Maybe A Great Day Is Just What You Need This Year
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