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Six Flags Great Adventure Opens Most Significant Addition in Park's History Q&A WITH FUN SPOT’S JOHN ARIE, SR. — PAGE 6B-7B AIMS NEWS & NOTES — PAGE 30 © TM Your Amusement Industry NEWS Leader! Vol. 17 • Issue 4 JULY 2013 INSIDE Six Flags Over Texas debuts Six Flags Great Adventure record setting Texas SkyScreamer...Page 9 opens most significant addition in park’s history STORY: Pam Sherborne [email protected] JACKSON, N.J. — Sa- fari Off Road Adventure, Six Flags Great Adventure’s tra- ditional Wild Safari attraction revamped, remade and revi- talized, became totally less traditional for the 2013 season and response, according to Six Flag officials, has been tre- mendous since opening May AT/GARY SLADE 24. SeaWorld Orlando unveils long awaited Six Flags doesn’t release monetary figures but Kris- Antarctica Empire of the Penguin...Page 14 tin Siebeneicher, Six Flags Giraffes are just one of the 1,200 animals guests taking the spokesperson, said this is the new Safari attraction may see. The Safari Off Road Adven- most significant improvement ture is included with admission into the park, but to feed the to this New Jersey park in its giraffes in Camp Aventura costs a little extra. 40-year history. COURTESY SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE The new 350-acre attrac- tion left its Wild Safari old for- mat — more of a ride-through Safari-themed section — to a totally new format where pa- trons are driven in a giant Sa- fari truck with a truck guide. The ability to take guests off-road and right up to the animals, along with personal guides, has offered an expe- rience totally unique to Six Flags Great Adventure. “Wild Safari remained un- Six Flags Great Adventure’s new Safari Off Road Adventure, COURTESY SEAWORLD ORLANDO changed for 38 years, and we which opened May 24, allows guests to get up close and Fun Spot America opens in Orlando are thrilled to begin an excit- personal with the animals, even these large rhinos, one of ing and unprecedented new See Bonus Section B the 80 different species on the Safari’s 350 acres of land. 4See OFF ROAD, page 4 COURTESY SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE SUBSCRIBE TO Dated material. material. Dated AMUSEMENT TODAY RUSH! NEWSPAPER POSTMASTER: PLEASE June 21, 2013 Mailed Friday, (817) 460-7220 PERMIT # 2069 # PERMIT FT. WORTH TX WORTH FT. com PAID amusementtoday CONTINUING COVERAGE: SUPERSTORM SANDY US POSTAGE US PRSRT STD PRSRT SEE PAGES 32–33 2 AMUSEMENT TODAY July 2013 NEWSTALK OPINIONS CARTOON LETTERS AT CONTACTS EDITORIAL: Gary Slade, [email protected] CARTOON: Bubba Flint Kudos As the summer season swings into full gear, there are plenty of pats on the back to go around the industry. A few worth mentioning for a job well done are: •John Arie, Sr., for having the faith that a traditional amusement park can Slade indeed survive in the back yard of the big Orlando themers. An all-time record revenue opening day of Fun Spot America is just the way to prove the critics wrong. And to Chance Rides/ Vekoma Rides Intl. and Great Coasters Intl. for the job each did in bringing family coaster thrills to Fun Spot America. •John Fitzgerald, Six Flags Great Adventure, for overseeing the park’s largest capital investment ever, to reinvent the always popular animal safari park. Now, included with admission to the theme park, guests on Safari Off Road Adventure get to view the animals closer than ever before in open-air Safari vehicles out in the middle of the animal’s habitat. •Raffi Kapreyalan, Knott’s Berry Farm, for his vision EDITORIAL: Scott Rutherford, [email protected] to not only bring the Timber Mountain Log Ride back to Unexpected simplicity it’s original glory, but for actually making it better, thus enshrining this “heirloom” attraction the way ride cre- Thanks to Walt Disney, cen- clan behind Fun Spot has done something truly ator Bud Hurlbut would have wanted. tral Florida has become the remarkable on I-Drive. •John Reilly, for the beautiful job that transformed most theme park-centric locale I had the pleasure to meet and interview on the planet. The concentra- John Arie, Sr. during the re-opening of Fun Soak City into the new Aquatica San Diego. As John tion of tourist attractions is Spot. In the epicenter of Orlando action, Arie was quick to point out, there are advantages to being staggering and, at times, over- and his family created an anomaly: a traditional the third, as in the third Aquatica to open in the com- whelming. amusement park that manages to shine brightly pany’s waterpark profile. Reporting for this issue, despite stiff theme park competition. This is Rutherford •David Riddles, White Water Bay for having to I found SeaWorld’s new due to the fact that Aire understands his audi- open the largest new ride capital in the park’s history — Antarctica: Empire of the ence. His research included visiting numerous just one week after the devastation left from the Moore, Penguin to be an amazing accomplishment, parks and talking with their owners. He discov- an immersive experience that both educates ered that simplicity is often the answer. Instead Oklahoma Tornado — only to have to endure a second and entertains. It is something one expects of striving for colossal themed ‘experiences,’ tornado a week after opening the ride. Kudos also for from the creative minds at SeaWorld Parks & sometimes people want – or can only spare time all the work the park did in fund-raising efforts that ben- Entertainment. But often in life, it is the unex- for – an afternoon or evening escape. And it’s to efitted the American Red Cross, which continues to be pected that truly inspires. them that Arie caters. on the scene helping families who have lost everything. That’s what I encountered covering the Fun Spot guests choose the duration and •And to all the piers, parks, arcades, and other expansion of Fun Spot America. With heavy pace of the visit. The park offers thrilling, family- hitters like Disney, Busch and Universal domi- oriented roller coasters, flat rides, food options amusement attractions along the Jersey Shore who did nating the field, often the smaller players are and other attractions that won’t break the bank manage to get their facilities open following the much overshadowed. But sometimes, along comes or require a week’s vacation. And if opening day publicized Superstorm Sandy that ripped the state’s an underdog, someone who begins small and is any indication, Arie has a hit. He’s subscribed amusement attractions into shreds. perseveres despite the odds. Like the fine folks to a formula that family-owned-and-operated —Gary Slade who operate DelGrossos, Knoebels, Santa Cruz parks have followed for long time: offer a good and Lake Winnie (to name but a few), the Arie time at good value and success is ensured. Gary Slade is founder and publisher of Amusement Today AMUSEMENT TODAY STAFF Gary Slade, Founder Tim Baldwin Sammy Piccola Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Editorial Accounting / Circulation (817) 460-7220 [email protected] (817) 460-7220 [email protected] [email protected] Deliveries Member of: Pam Sherborne 2012 E. Randol Mill Rd., Suite 203 IAAPA, AIMS International, PAPA, Stacey Childress / Childress Media Editorial Sue Nichols Arlington, Texas 76011 NEAAPA, NJAA, OABA, WWA, TTIA, Web & Graphic Design [email protected] Advertising NAARSO and IISF [email protected] (615) 662-0252 Subscription rates are: 1 year (14 issues) $75 in the USA; $100 elsewhere; 2 years (28 issues) $140/$180; Scott Rutherford [email protected] 3 years (42 issues) $200/$250. Send check or money order (U.S. funds only, drawn on a U.S. bank) to John Robinson / W.H.R. Inc. Amusement Today, P.O. Box 5427, Arlington, Texas 76005-5427. Your cancelled check is your receipt. Editorial Please allow up to six weeks for your subscription request to be processed and the first issue mailed. Daily E-mail Newsletter [email protected] Bubba Flint [email protected] Cartoonist Amusement Today is an independent newspaper, published monthly by Amusement Today Inc., P.O. Jeffrey L. Seifert [email protected] Box 5427, Arlington, Texas 76005. Presort Standard Postage (Permit No. 2069) pre-paid at Fort Worth, Texas. The entire contents of this newspaper and its related websites are copyrighted and trademarked Editorial / Special Projects by Amusement Today 2013, with all rights reserved. [email protected] POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Amusement Today, P.O. Box 5427, Arlington, Texas Contributors: Dean Lamanna, Andrew Mellor, Richard Munch, Janice Witherow, WHR Inc. 76005-5427. July 2013 AMUSEMENT TODAY 3 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY MINUTE •1884: The first communication Presented by cable between Great Britain and the United States was installed in 1884. The final section of the then 2 DRILL famous Bennett-Mackey cable COMPILED: Janice Witherow landed about 600 feet from the Jeffrey Siebert, Six Flags Fiesta Texas Oriental Hotel on the afternoon of October 18, in Brighton Beach If you know Jeffrey Siebert, (Coney Island), Brooklyn, N.Y. you know a guy who is full of energy and has a genuine •1899: Several cars on the roller passion for the amusement coaster at RiverView Park, out- industry. Since November, www.RollerCoasterMuseum.org side Baltimore, Maryland, collid- Jeffrey has taken on the role of director of marketing for ed with another train on July 21. Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San The train returned on the wrong track and met a waiting train at high Antonio, where his creative speed. Nine passengers were seriously injured and were aided by talent is being put to good physicians, then rushed to the hospital.
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