I'll try and shed some light from what I saw in the last four nights out there. One Wades Flume didn't do crap! It was soooo freaking cold I can't imagin anyone riding that thing. For Franks sake I hope it warms up... ALOT.
Murphy Bros. Catchin Air was still last night as we walked by at 10:30 pm I thought it was closed but there was an Op there, of course the crowds were thinning out at that point, but I really never saw that ride run with a full load.
Another interesting thing was as we got to the grounds Saturday night, Reithoffer's Huss Tornado only had 2-3 tubs loaded on the two ride cycles that I saw. I was a little surpised by this. Farrows Twister which sat directly behind the Tornado seemed to do much better business wise.
VanderVorste Coaster was JAMMED UP! Long lines, and I"m sure if it doesnt finish at the top, it will come in, in the top 3.
Wades Hitin 2000 has a great location seemed to be jammed up Saturday night but I guess that doesn't come as a surprise to anyone.
BSA Mike pointed out that there was only 6 people on the Inverter. I don't think I ever saw that ride run with a full load.
Blue Grass Shows Dream Machine ( Wave Swinger) seemed to be running either full or near full loads Saturday night, but their cycle time was very long. We waited a good 10 minutes for Mike and Matt to ride it.
Wade Shows Rainbow had some maintanace issues and was out of service thur last night.
Fun City Shows Chance Rok n Rol was doing very very well last night... I sat and watched it for 10-15 minutes while waiting on the others and it was running at full loads. It sat in Kiddy land. BSA Mike commented that he thought that location would kill the ride but like I said, it really "rock and rolled" [:D] ( Pun intended)
Spin Out looked to be running good loads,
Enterprise, lite
Ward Hall's Side show always had a TIP! I don't know how much he turned but while we were in the tent there was approximently ummm 25-30 in there, including Brian and CNY Chris. The Show was very weak! No wonder this is a dying act. Wards bally performance was the best part of the show if you ask me.
Speaking of side shows, that Girl to Gorrilla show was the most pathedic P.O.S. I"ve ever seen. Aside from the fact the guy running the show who sold tickets tried to beat me out of a ten ( Nice try guy, next time know your mark) the show itself was mechanical in nature, the sound and action were off sync, and was very very lame.
As for games and food, I did see some large plush walking around. One of the giant water race game was running full loads when I was around it. The others seemed to be so so. Sixcat said the cold weather was killing them.
I spoke with a guy who has Ice cream on the Indi midway and he said he was off 30% and 40% from last year.
Other than those listed I can't think of anything else worth posting.
Evrerything looked great as ususal. Nothing bad looking at the fair.
If anyone has further questions feel free to ask here or in PM I'll try and answer.
Scott