[arby]

Dinosaurs will be fine. My son will like them so we'll be sure to do it once or twice. It's also a low capital investment for the park.

The more I think about the season passes the more I kinda like the new pricing. I was mildly annoyed but I think some people are going to be real ticked about it. That should help keep the crowds down a bit on some of the busiest days and still let them bring in increased revenue.

From a business perspective this may be a move on the part of Cedar Fair to raise additional revenue and pay down debt while allowing them to move forward with Matt's vision of developing all their parks' undeveloped land.

[Jay]

Annnddd just got the email myself, here's a screen grab-

[drpeppuh93]

There's a new hint on the carowinds homepage that says "September 21. Prepare to take a step back... way back!" (Right now it's the last slide)

[chknwing]

back to the Jurrassic period yay Dinosaurs.

[TrojanCamMan]

I was roaming the Carowinds website, and I opened the teaser image in a new tab, and take a close look at the URL for yourself.

http://www.carowinds.com/images/banners ... banner.jpg

[coasterfreak]

Woops. Cedar Fair just can't keep a secret can they?

[will1313]

And that pretty much confirms it, were get ting a DA

[IamtheIntimid8tor]

Ughhh, the exact opposite of what I wanted to hear. DA just seems like such a waste of space and money, but I guess if the younger kids like it, then it's ok. Not everything the park invests in can be a big coaster.or thrill ride, you have to think about the little ones too;they do make up a large part of the demographic anyways.

[Picklesthedrummer]

As long as it makes the park money for future investments, I am okay with it.

[Jay]

^^But but but.. they could just add to Planet Snoopy if they wanted to cater to kids, and that would be free..

I guess this means Spongebob is getting replaced as well, I saw the Dinosaurs of Patagonia movie at KD and it wasn't too bad. Fairly long too.

[drpeppuh93]

I've been thinking.... Does anyone else think that maybe the "accidental" use of dinosaurs alive in the url of that pic may not be completely accidental? I feel like there's a possibility that they might be trying to trick us.
Let's not forget the two wooden stakes with "GCI" and "Huss GF" written on them from this time last year...

Just a thought.

[gabed]

I've been thinking.... Does anyone else think that maybe the "accidental" use of dinosaurs alive in the url of that pic may not be completely accidental? I feel like there's a possibility that they might be trying to trick us.
Let's not forget the two wooden stakes with "GCI" and "Huss GF" written on them from this time last year...

Just a thought.

I hope you're right, but with the way it's been looking for Carowinds over the last few months, I don't believe it's a trick. Carowinds is screwed.

[chknwing]

complete waste of a 4D theater imo. They could put 4D movies in there and charge $5 per movie and you will make more $$ from that then u will ever hope to make with Dinosaurs Alive.

[RollerBee]

complete waste of a 4D theater imo. They could put 4D movies in there and charge $5 per movie and you will make more $$ from that then u will ever hope to make with Dinosaurs Alive.

If that's true, how many other parks do it. Upcharge is generally used for extremely low capacity rides to control ridershipip

[Picklesthedrummer]

I feel like there's a possibility that they might be trying to trick us.
Let's not forget the two wooden stakes with "GCI" and "Huss GF" written on them from this time last year...

Although as much as I wish this would be true, if we were getting something big like this for 2013, there would be a lot more hype over the past few months. The fact that there is pretty much no hype at all for 2013 points at Dinos coming next year.