Anyone at the city this weekend for updates?
Considering something major happened this week and it's still not out on the internet yet.. I'd say no.
Was there Friday morning and most of the rides were shut down -- thought it was due to the thunderstorms and rain but even after the storm moved through and the rain ceased, most still weren't running. There was some flooding by one of the rides back in the GE. There were lots of unhappy people about the ride situation from all of the comments I heard around the park and on the trams. Options for things to do were somewhat limited since the Opera House is dark for this festival and the Cajun Connection had the day off Friday.
So what happened?
So the Glovetrotters in RGHH, Peter Gossamer in RFPH, Saloon, Sons of Silver Dollar at BW, and more wasn't enough when it was raining?
The park operates on a 5 mile (might be more) radius where there cannot be any lightning strikes for a certain period of time. Just because the storm may have "passed" if there is a strike in the halo area then the rides remain closed. Most parks do this.
Swoosh, the Globetrotters and Peter Gossamer had just 1 show during the morning when it was raining, and those shows fill rain or shine. The band played on at the gazebo but folks didn't want to stand in the rain to listen. The Sons weren't at the BW Friday morning -- just the Championship Cloggers who dance to recorded music -- at BW the venue was packed with folks seeking cover from the rain and waiting for the Cloggers. Was definitely a day when it would have been nice to have additional indoor rides.
But at GE about an hour after the storm passed through, the swings, the cups, and 1 other ride were operating while all of the others were shut down.
We found enough to do. I was just reporting on comments I heard from other people around the park -- some who were visiting for the first time.
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