These are questions I've been asking lately as Cedar Fair has gone dark on their Amusement Dark initiative and partnership with TrioTech. Back in 2015 before Voyage to the Iron Reef opened, Matt Ouimet outlined his Amusement Dark initiative, which included plans for adding media-based dark rides to all 11 Cedar Fair parks. Flash forward to 2017 and we haven't seen nor heard anything about Amusement Dark since then (unless they count the Plants vs Zombies and Mass Effect theater-based experiences). We haven't even gotten a Halloween overlay for Iron Reef, which suggests an unwillingness to invest further or an end in partnership with TrioTech.
So I have to ask:
What has guest reception been like overall for Voyage to the Iron Reef and is Cedar Fair happy with Triotech’s interactive gaming system now that they've had time to sit with it?
I know there has been some concerns about the low capacity ride systems (something Matt himself claimed was holding back it's implementation at Cedar Point) and technical issues found at both Canada's Wonderland and Knott's TrioTech dark rides but that can be overlooked if guest satisfaction is high enough. So is it? If it isn't, things are only going to get worse when Magic Mountain opens their Justice League dark ride and direct comparisons are made, as it's sure to blow Iron Reef out of the water. It seems to me Knott's has tried to position itself as being above Six Flags but below Disney in caliber, so to have their dark ride look cheap by comparison has got to sting.
everyday iron reef is a piece of crap it breaks down at least 5 times a day or less or more cars suck projection suck screen suck guns suck, i wonder if they get rid of reef in few yrs or sooner
ReplyDeletemaybe they can get sally corp to fix the whole ride and redo it or would cedar fair spend the money to do that they rather spend the money on a roller coaster or other stuff at there shorter yr parks
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