I found some of these quotes intriguing, including:
"Our goal is to have the Hotel Breakers and Camper Village at Cedar Point cashless by 2010"
"If we had the money on the balance sheet, we have hotel opportunities at Kings Dominion and Carowinds and in Canada. We have plenty of land around all of those parks to make it into a resort community like Cedar Point."
Regarding the removal of rides from the Geauga Lake park near Cleveland, Kinzel insists it was the right decision b/c the park was losing money, but does plan on making it, "the largest water park in the state of Ohio"
The most intriguing response came to questions regarding the building of coasters over 400 feet tall. Despite the fact that the technology exists, does it make sense?
"Financially, no. The price of steel is unbelievable....you can go as high as you want, but from a financial standpoint, it's hard to justify."
Despite the coaster wars we have seen in the last 10 years, it's possible that the race for the tallest and fastest might soon be at an end.
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Parks will still build them, just smaller, more economical for each park. Though they are running out of space, Hersheypark is up to eleven, and does not build monster coasters, but people still come
A: In all of the Paramount parks, the emphasis was on wooden coasters, and they put in some great wooden coasters."
Well, this sure isn't the case in Santa Clara, where the one woodie was an awful coaster from the beginning. I worked there the year it opened, and was able to ride before the public. Inexcusable with one of the best just over the hill in Santa Cruz. But if he wants to turn Gt America into a great coaster park, no objection from me. If they're good, they can be big or small. It's the closest to home, but not worth going more than once a year when we get in free with the wife's company at this point. Realistically, though, I don't see anything major happening here until the thing with the 49ers plays out. Cedar Fair is hinting they'd be willing to sell to the team, city says they can build a stadium without CF's approval if they replace the parking spots elsewhere, so right now it's a bunch of peacocks preening and strutting.
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What it comes down to is if a ride is fun regardless if it's tall or fast. Think Space Mountain or Spider-Man.
But I understand that each park wants some sort of visibility on the map by having the fastest or tallest of whatever type of ride. I just think Fun factor is more long-term oriented, while height and speed are just thinking about "now".