Thursday, April 04, 2013

Six Flags Expansion (what the should do)

To me, Six Flags has so much unused potential it's not even funny. These folks are literally letting people walk out the door without giving them the experience they'll never forget!

This theme park may play 2nd fiddle to others but here's some ideas that could make them a huge contender in no time.

First off, 6 Flags needs to get off their high horse and get back in the game by allowing guest to bring drinks (non-alcoholic of course) and snacks into the park with them. EVERY of park allows this, why don't you? Let's be honest. You're going to let someone pass out from heat exhaustion because you wouldn't allow them to bring bottled water into the park and they refused to pay $12 for a soda.

Moronic.

But Six Flags has a lot of options to pursue. One underused option is their park rights to Looney Tunes characters. They hardly do much with them at all around the parks except for advertising. But wouldn't it be nice if we saw a lot more?

How bought a kiddie ride like the several there are in Fantasy Land at Disney? You could have a children's ride featuring all your favorite Looney Tune characters in slow moving props (like in the Peter Pan ride)

What about a Road Runner ride that's similar to Disney's Fast Track? Name it Wiley Coyote's Run as you zip around a track trying to chase down the elusive  Road Runner.

A Taz's Spinner, a ride that spins you around like the Tasmanian Devil until you're so dizzy you can't walk straight. And would a Marvin the Martian Rocket Ship ride be all that hard to put together for kids?!

Six Flags also own the rights to DC characters for their parks but besides the gift shops and a few rides, you'd hardly know it. DC may not be sitting high above as king of the Box Office these days (thanks to Marvel's brilliant marketing strategy) but one this is certain, DC will not be on the bottom for long. They've got a wide range of heroes at their disposal and  Six Flags should jump to using them while the "getting's good"

How about a ride simply title "The Flash" that's very similar to the Cheetah Ride at Busch Gardens. If you don't know what I'm talking about check it out here on YouTube.

They should also have a ride called "Green Lantern's Light" showcasing this hero's journey through space in a 3D ride similar to the Spiderman ride at Universal. Visit the planet Oa and meet the Guardians as the give Hal Jordan his mission. Fly with him in a protective green bubble and witness him fight Mongrel, Sinestro and other villains until you finally arrive safe on earth.

After that, you should head over to "Hawkman's Roller Coaster" a ride the corries your horizontally through twist and turns similar to Sea World's "Manta" ride seen here of course the ride wouldn't include water.

But the most popular super hero themed ride would be "Green Arrow's Hot Shot" similar to any of the "shooter" rides at other parks this one will have a bow attached the cart that you pull on to shoot arrows at various targets through out the ride. The scores are shown at the end.

Of course they don't all have to be rides, you can have the Hall of Justice Grill or how bout a Wonder Woman "Amazon Makeover"  for little girls. Just like Disney's Bibbity Bobbity Boutique which rakes in millions every year for them!

And as Disney has it's "Pirate Makeover" for boys, Six Flags could do even better with "Robin's Sidekick Shop". Where boys can dress and pose for pics as their favorite super heroes!

And dang, while you're add it, schedule an appointment for me. I'd love to see how I look in a pair of Riddler tights!

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