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Amusementtodaycom Landry’s opens $60 million Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier...See Bonus Section B TM Vol. 16 • Issue 6.1 SEPTEMBER 2012 New productions highlight It’s Showtime! various parks’ 2012 season STORY: Scott Rutherford [email protected] While record-breaking roller coasters and other rides are a mainstay at many amuse- ment and theme parks, an increasing number of guests are just as excited about live shows and other productions the venues are staging to keep the masses entertained. This month AT takes a random look at of some of the most impressive of the lot for the 2012 season. Cedar Point “Luminosity, Powered by Pepsi” Cedar Point has gone high-tech with its new nightly production of ‘Luminosity, Powered by Pepsi’, left, while SeaWorld Cedar Fair Entertainment Orlando wows its guests at night with ‘Shamu Rocks’, right. COURTESY CEDAR POINT AND SEAWORLD ORLANDO Company’s flagship park, Cedar Point, teamed up with beyond the stage, illuminating ing their time together after the 35 minute show culmi- “We were thrilled to part- Pepsi and thrilled visitors this rides and buildings. an action-packed day. The nates in a five-minute explo- ner with Pepsi and introduce summer with Luminosity, Luminosity, Powered by show includes an assortment sion of fireworks, followed our guests to a great evening Powered by Pepsi. The new Pepsi took the stage with a of 30 dancers, singers, drum- by a one-hour dance party of entertainment,” said Bob production transformed the grand opening on June 8 and mers and other performers with live DJ. The midway area Wagner, Cedar Fair’s vice park’s midway into a dance was designed to capture imag- who accompanied guests on where the show is located, president, strategic alliances. club complete with pyrotech- inations of all ages. It was tai- an adventure that stimulated and newly built grandstands “Pepsi’s music and live event nics, lasers and more than lored to be the perfect way for their senses. With 10 tech/sup- combine to accomodate up to expertise play a critical role in one million lights that extend families to continue celebrat- port staff members onboard 5,000 guests nightly. 4See SHOWS, page 4 SUBSCRIBE TO REGISTRATION DUE NOW! Dated material. material. Dated AMUSEMENT TODAY 2012 RUSH! NEWSPAPER TICKET POSTMASTER: P. PLEASE 22, 2012 August Wednesday, Mailed (817) 460-7220 GOLDEN I. PERMIT # 2069 # PERMIT AWARDS V. SEPTEMBER 7-8, 2012 FT. WORTH TX WORTH FT. com BEST OF THE BEST! PAID amusementtoday US POSTAGE US PRSRT STD PRSRT GOLDENTICKETAWARDS.com 2 AMUSEMENT TODAY September 2012 NEWSTALK OPINIONS CARTOON LETTERS AT CONTACTS EDITORIAL: Gary Slade, [email protected] CARTOON: Bubba Flint Pleasure Pier long overdue It was well worth the wait. That’s the word around Galveston, Texas these days, now that Houston-based Landry’s Inc. has opened the new $60 million Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. Slade The Galveston area is no stranger to parks, having enjoyed amusements from the days of prohibition all the way through the early ‘60s. Now the amusement scene has made its thrilling return. Rarely does one get to witness the complete building of a amusement pier, but Texans did just that. Following the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike, it was determined that the Flagship Hotel, a fixture on the fishing pier since 1965, was just too damaged to justify the repair cost, even by Landry’s standards. That’s when Landry’s head man Tilman J. Fertitta made the decision to demolish the hotel from the pier, rebuild the pier’s concrete deck and support structure and add amusement rides. Taking the pier one step EDITORIAL: Andrew Mellor, [email protected] further, Landry’s elected to build an artificial deck atop the existing deck. This provides a much more Olympic fever! soothing appearance as stamped concrete gives that I write this column on the Also recently opened is the Emirates Air Line, wood plank look piers are known for. But what the public opening day of the Olympic the U.K.’s first urban cable car system, which pro- doesn’t see is that under the fake deck and mounted Games here in the U.K. and vides a 1.1km (0.68 mile) “flight” across the River onto the original deck is the parks utility corridor. although the actual ceremony Thames at heights of up to almost 300 feet (90 has not yet taken place, we are meters) and again offers spectacular views over That is just one of many small examples where the promised a spectacular and the surrounding landscape. And then there’s the Galveston Pleasure Pier got it right. From a great mix entertaining spectacle to mark chance to climb up to the top of the O2 concert in their ride selection, to outstanding food selections to the commencement of this great venue, formerly the Millennium Dome, for yet Mellor even a paid gate to control the crowd numbers, Landry’s sporting event. another alternative view of London on the Up at nailed this one. And as nice as the pier is by day, one The Olympic Stadium and the O2 experience. must stick around to see the LED lights by night. all the other superb event venues, the athletes’ But not all the new things to see and do are village and the surrounding Olympic Park area in the east of the city. Renzo Piano’s 1,016 foot It’s nice to finally have an amusement pier in the provide a wonderful setting, one that has seen (310 meters) high Shard skyscraper has taken Lone Star State! —Gary Slade many years work in an area of east London that shape near Tower Bridge, setting a record as has been completely regenerated into a stunning Western Europe’s tallest building, while the first park area with many incredible new facilities. expansion phase of the Tate Modern — which SUBSCRIBER NOTICE As a result of hosting the Olympics, London receives more than five million annual visitors — Amusement Today would like to remind all has also become home to some major new is well under way. And further afield there is the subscribers that they will receive two issues as attractions and experience opportunities. Among new Warner Bros. Studio Tour London — The usual for September. The first issue, marked Issue these, for example, is the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Making of Harry Potter. situated in the heart of the 247-acre Olympic Park So there are plenty of new attractions to 6.1, is our regular monthly issue of AT. The second and at 114.5 meters in height, the tallest sculp- enjoy if you are visiting the U.K. capital, much issue, marked as Issue 6.2, is our special Golden ture in the U.K. The twisting steel structure offers of which has been inspired by the holding of the Ticket Awards issue. It will be mailed on Monday, two indoor viewing platforms providing dramatic Olympic Games. It’s going to be a cracking two Sept. 10, 2012. views of London’s skyline and is certainly unique. weeks — and beyond! Google the name and you’ll see what I mean! 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 Web sites are copyrighted and trademarked Editorial / Special Projects by Amusement Today 2012, with all rights reserved. [email protected] POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Amusement Today, P.O. Box 5427, Arlington, Texas Contributors: Steve Laycock, Andrew Mellor, B. Derek Shaw, Richard Munch, Janice Witherow, WHR Inc. 76005-5427. September 2012 AMUSEMENT TODAY 3 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY MINUTE •1900: New owners of Wash- Presented by ington Gardens in Los Ange- les announced on August 24, 2 DRILL that they were bringing in new COMPILED: Janice Witherow amusements for the 1901 sea- son, which would contain all Carl Crider, Jr., DelGrosso’s Amusement Park sorts of novelty amusements. Carl Crider Jr. is a third The updated park, called generation member of Chutes Park, would contain the DelGrosso family both a Shoot the Chutes and who has owned and a Figure Eight roller coaster. www.RollerCoasterMuseum.org operated DelGrosso’s In 1910 it would be sold to Amusement Park in Frederick Ingersoll and be- Pennsylvania for 65 come Luna Park, but land values would force it out of business years and DelGrosso within a few years, although the baseball stadium would con- Foods Incorporated, the tinue to draw crowds.
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