Originally Posted By Ohana this is a dumb move. totally unnecessary to remove it and waste the money. it fits right where it is, and then they want to spend money to rip out an attraction with 100 person per hour capacity (est.) and put in a tree and a bench that serves 9 people per hour. dumb. it isnt broken so dont fix it. and no im not saying i love it, but it isnt hurting anything. removing the maliboomer will further draw your eyes to power lines, etc. its not a net win.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Nothing should be at the park if it only has a 100 person per hour capacity! That's only a thousand per day, if you're lucky! And there are thousands in the park, imagine if everything was like that. Wayyyyyy to small of a capacity. You need to churn those people out by the thousands or else you end up going to Disneyland to wait in lines all day, and getting to do very little.
Originally Posted By mousermerf It hurts thingd by being ugly and hideous and well.. Darnit I don't like it. I explained in another thread that by doing things my way Disney would have saved money so by using the reverse of that logic doing things my way now they must certainly get money back.. though i'm not sure how that logic works.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Imagine if they built a Coffee Espresso and Pastry cart there - just like one in Epcot. Now, that's really simplistic, but they could just build as many benches as Maliboomer has and still serve as many guests per hour as Maliboomer sees (cuz Maliboomer is jsut a bench that moves) but with the Coffee Espresso and Pastry kiosk (or anything else with a cash register) it suddenly becomes a place to make money. Money money money. Yes, you just heard things exactly the way TDA does. Now lets hope there's a good plan for that spot.
Originally Posted By Ohana its okay to be scared CC, thats honest, but just avoid it i was lowballing an estimate at 100 person capacity. could be more, but so what, in that amount of real estate, what would generate more without wasting money?
Originally Posted By Westsider According to paperwork I've seen, the hourly average for Maliboomer is in the 275 per tower, per hour range. They generally get about 550 per hour with two towers running, 800+ per hour with all three towers running. Due to low demand, they generally only run two towers at a time at most.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It does look like the parachute drop would be very similar to the Jellyfish in that model." It looks a lot taller to me - more like the Knott's parachutes - but what do I know?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "But the Mailaboomer scares me, Ohana" Seriously, it's a lot less scary than it looks. ToT is way scarier in my opinion.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance It doesn't really scare me, my heart would beat fast if I ever went on it, but I'd certainly try anything at least once. I've been riding "scary" rides since I was seven years old, me and my dad got on the Lochness Monster at Busch Gardens. Although, even though I love thrill rides, I must say, I find myself getting a bit more nervous/scared before I go on them now since I'm an adult, as I ever was as a kid/teen.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "...we know how they like to spread the cost around by building multiple versions of everything." Speaking of multiple versions has anyone else seen the concept art for TSMM for TDS? <a href="http://www.jtcent.com/extras/images/reports/090507toys.gif" target="_blank">http://www.jtcent.com/extras/i...toys.gif</a> From the looks of it TDLR is getting its own scaled down version of Paradise Pier.
Originally Posted By jaybee I think the key there was "low demand". It rarely had a long wait and made a huge visual impact in a negative way. So it's not like they are ripping out something really popular with the guests. I imagine the ride had a pretty significant maintenance budget too.
Originally Posted By believe If the DCA was busy, then more people would want to ride Maliboomer.- demand would be higher. If they are to remove it, wait till after WOC to guage how much demand there is. I just don't want them to remove and NOT replace. Even remove/replace is not good considering DCAs low ride count.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Even on the busiest days, I haven't seen them use any of the switchbacks in the queue for the Maliboomer. It always manages to fit in the path around the back and the ramps up to the loading area. Given that I've seen the line for the ferris wheel extend out to the end of its queue space (including this past Sunday, shockingly enough!), I don't think the Maliboomer is anywhere near as popular as they expected it. Plus, if they're getting rid of it, that means they will be getting rid of the safety announcement with the really annoying "generic SoCal bro" voice that plays constantly while you're waiting. "Hey there! This is the Mal-ee-boomer!" Does anybody else still call them daypacks? He seems to...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The funny thing is that I've never seen a wait for this kind of attraction at any park I've ever been to.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I think the only one I've seen have wait is the one at IOA because it's particularly well themed.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 Oh dear, don't even get me started on Maliboomer. EVERY time i go with my friends they always want to go on that. This ride is an incredible waste of space!!! I don't think a "little park" would be a good substitute, but how bout a nicely themed spinning ride like someone else mentioned. That would be fine! Maybe something that goes just over Screamin's track so you could be eye level with the trains. That's just an idea, but Maliboomer NEVER has crowds and it is so pathetically themed. A rocket ship? Even though it's themed off of the game where u hit the hammer to make the thing hit the bell, it just doesnt seem to work right. And it IS really ugly to look at. And it seems too much like Supreme Scream at Knott's or any other park. Why can't the imagineers just THINK for a second about that ride instead of maybe putting a "park" in it's place. We don't need another JJ and we don't need to lose a ride. Another note about Maliboomer, it's too short of a ride to even wait in line for 5 freaking minutes!!!
Originally Posted By pwrof3 While the Maliboomer may be visiually un-appealing, it is no more obstructive than the giant "God-Mickey" ferris wheel, and nowhere near as unsightly as Screamin' which wraps around the entire pier looking like a mess. I still don't understand why people say this thing is so hideous, but they are okay with those two things. Yes, the Maliboomer is very tall, but how often are you looking up towards the sky?
