I got 2 things out of that:
1. They didn't renovate the park because of disputes with unions of employees who probably make minimum wage.
2. Because of lack of foresight they are spending $10mil on relocating an SLC ($1.5mil more than it cost to build Voyage) to a park where it has no business being.
I don't know LaRonde's profit margins but the place is a dump and ran like total crap, which is sad because its in the middle of a beautiful city. Considering the big market I think SF should be treating it as a real park. Also your saying that moving that ride from Great Escape to LaRonde that is going to fill a $10mil gap. Reminds me of when they built V2 in Northern California then had to go back and re-do the ride after BSing the village.
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Its official...LaRonde is getting an SLC
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1- When I worked there in 2002, I started at 9.25$ an hour and after a month, made over 10$ an hour. Not bad for a time when minimum wage was around 7$ an hour! Plus, employees after a certain date got paid their whole shift if the park closed due to inclement weather. Yet, they still striked in 1999 (which cancelled a new wooden coaster that was about to start construction!) and soured the city so much they put the park up on sale. The city was the old owner and thus, the La Ronde employees got the same union as the notoriously uncontrollable blue collar city workers....
2- Yeah, Six Flags really missed the boat on that one. La Ronde actually makes a ton of money. Attendance is always around 1.2-1.3 million visitors a year, with a season going from mid may to october. The real moneymaker are the 8-10 fireworks nights. Huge, incredible 30-40 minutes fireworks in the sky and for that, La Ronde got bleachers and seats to sit 8000 guests. The best part for Six Flags: people will pay extra money for those seats and those are never discounted! A seat in the "bronze section" is only a 1$ more than regular admission. Silver are 5$ more, Gold are 15$ more (and includes drinks) and you got the expensive VIP area. Season pass holders are forced to pay the difference between admission and the higher price if they want a reserved seat. Then, you got the parking. 15$ to park normally, 25$ on firework days. The terrible operation of the park is due to a really slow maintenance team and employees that are burned out by the insane schedule the union got them. Basically, all the park workers are divided in two teams: A and B. When A works, B is off and vice-versa. Week 1, A will work monday-tuesday, off wednesday-thursday and then work friday to sunday. B is off all week except wednesday-thursday. Week, B gets the 5 days work schedule and A is off 5. It alternates like that all summer. The hours are pretty long, like 9:30am to 10pm with only 3 breaks allowed for ride operators.
EDNOR!
 check it out... www.newsplusnotes.com I'm actually very pleased with the name even if it Is "ronde" backwards, its an original name to an original theme. Very pleased.[ Post made via Mobile Device ]
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BWAHAH! I was expecting Goliath! Great work Six Flags, I say, more and more I'm being please rather than angered, hmm! Very original!
Six Flags: Where we spend $10 million to put up an already paid for SLC in a park with a B&M Invert.
How does theming cost 10 million? construction is probably 2 million MAX, what about the rest?!
I'm very pleased with the originality but not so much the colors... that would have been better with a darker scheme. Now that Im sittin here thinkin about it, its irritating. hope those effects & theming make up
A BTR color (ie: MagicMountain) would have looked awesome!
So has anyone kept up with this ride? I've been pleased with the commercials/adverts for Ednor but I haven't heard or seen any effects that were a possibility... I saw a picture I liked of the now open ride "in action" with all this fog/mist around it. Just wonderin if anyone knows more than I do...?!
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I really wonder why they didn't buy the new generation Vekoma SLC trains.
^Going bankrupt might have something to do with that.
How much is each train $100 grand? THey couldn't do that to offer a more enjoyable ride, and pass it off as a NEW ride?
There already passing it off as a new ride. Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
Coaster Count: 167 (41 Wood, 125 Steel) @Coaster_Cole on Twitter
Why spend money when you don't have to? It's not as if the ride will be some massive draw with new trains.
actually you're taking right around about 100 grand per individual car. Moreys spent just under 2 million for their 2 trains and they actually reused the chassis.
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The GP really wont care about new trains.
Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
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