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Does anyone know if Six Flags manages it's own concessions, or if they have a contract with a vendor (i.e. Aramark)?
Six Flags is in trouble because of the legacy of bad management from 1998-2005. They grossly overexpanded, built up enormous debt, and lost money every year. New management has been trying to turn things around, but the credit crunch has descended on them. They've already had to sell a lot of their properties for pennies on the dollar. For example, they hoped to get $150 million for AstroWorld, but ended up selling for just $77 million.
Park revenue actually increased in 2008 (which people apparently missed in the posted article). They aren't going down because people have stopped going to Six Flags. It's a finance issue.
Does anyone know if Six Flags manages it's own concessions, or if they have a contract with a vendor (i.e. Aramark)?
He was talking about the regular performers at Six Flags Parks who do the shows day in and day out. Their pay is actually pretty low.
fiesta texas sucks and for the price of admission it ain't worth it! not only is it expensive as for 1 day but you also have to pay an outrageous price to park a mile away from the entrance.
I was?
What is the pay of the day in day out performers?
Whatever happened to Dollar Nights?
I had a season pass last year for the one in Arlington Texas. I think we paid like 30 bucks per pass. Whatever the price was, it was cheap. My wife,daughter and I would drive to Arlington on a Friday night. Stay in a pretty good Hotel (Either Sheraton or Hilton) for about 50 bucks a night thanks to priceline.com. Stay until Sunday. They had a trolley take us to the park and back to the Hotel so we didnot have to spend money on parking and we would eat at the Hotel or some restaurant in town.
We did this 4-5 weekends last year. We would spend about 200 dollars a weekend. It was fun because we would go to the park but do other things the Hotel would have to offer such as swimming,tennis,movies,etc.. We would not stay at the park more than 5-6 hours a stretch. Living about 45 minutes away it was a cheap way to get out of town and have fun with my 5 year old. We won't be doing it this year (burnt out) but from about March to Halloween last year it was really fun and CHEAP.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...svc=7&cxcat=52COMMENTARY: John Kelso
Going to Fiesta Texas? What are you, crazy?
If you're an old grump like me, you'll have a better time at a funeral than at Six Flags Fiesta Texas . At least when your Uncle Mort croaks, you only have to stand in line once — to see the body.
But every so often you've got to take one for the team. So on Friday, since it was spring break for Austin High kids, I took my 18-year-old daughter, Rachel , her high school buddy Holly , and my wife, Kay, to the Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio.
Amusement, aschmoozement. At the park, from around 11 in the morning until about 6:30 at night, I figure I spent about four hours either standing or waiting in one line or another.
During that time I went on two rides that probably lasted about six minutes total (although the kids went on more). For this I spent $151.51 for four tickets, $20 for preferred parking (regular parking is $15), and $32 and change for two cold cheeseburger plates and a large Coke at a fast-food spot called Johnny Rockets . I would have had about as much fun if I'd taken two $100 bills and jammed them up my nose.
The line-waiting started when we got to the park and had to sit in a traffic snarl at the entrance for 45 minutes just to reach the parking lot.
A cop was directing traffic, but he seemed to be ignoring us.
"Why don't you lean out the window and tell him, 'Don't you know who I am?' " Rachel suggested. Yeah, like that would have helped. We would have gone on the handcuff ride.
When we got to our first roller coaster, the Road Runner Express , we stood in line for another 45 minutes to get on a ride that lasted about three minutes.
"I like the feeling when your organs are floating," said Rachel, who loves roller coasters.
"I like the feeling when the ride ends and you realize you haven't been hurled to your death," I thought.
Kay, Rachel and Holly can be seen either laughing or screaming gleefully in the picture we bought of ourselves riding on the Road Runner Express.
I look like a corpse in a ball cap.
The ride known as the Gully Washer was almost as bad, but in a different way. The Gully Washer is a water ride where you bob around in a big rubber tire-looking thingy while a waterfall pours water on your head and ruins your shoes. If you've got on white pants, don't wear your dark underwear.
We stood in line for probably an hour and a half to get on the Gully Washer, and it probably lasted three minutes. I still have the water stains on my shoes to prove I was there.
The worst line of all was at Johnny Rockets. I stood in line for about an hour to order two burgers, and there were only about a dozen people in front of me. I'm not sure why it took an hour. Let's just say it's the worst service I've seen in 64 years on the planet.
And it took another half an hour to get the cold food after I ordered it. And the cheese on the cheeseburgers wasn't even melted.
The only good thing that came of this is that the girls had a great time. And I got my picture taken with Tweety. Other than that, the whole thing was for the birds. So if you're going, wear sensible shoes and bring a sandwich in your pocket.
Not exactly a glowing endorsement.
I was considering taking my small children to the kiddie section of the park, but given this, am strongly reconsidering that.
Austinites will never admit to having a good time outside in San Antonio.
Just don't go on a Saturday.
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