- August 2nd, 2014, 11:41 pm
#59119
The problem with Coaster Stock verses Carolina Coaster Classic is that the only time either event had decent numbers was when Intimidator opened. Yes, Cedar Fair wanted each park to have it's own coaster event but I don't think Cedar Fair realized that not every park is Cedar Point. Cedar Point can handle an ACE event and a park event because lots of people would attend them both and have plenty to do.
When Carowinds started Coaster Stock, we helped them plan their event based on our own Carolina Coaster Classic. The first year they had Coaster Stock, they didn't have a lot of people show up (and neither did the ACE event) but for whatever reasons, the people at the park in a sense blamed the ACE event for killing their park event numbers. To counter this, the park began pulling the ACE perks back and offering them to the park event attendees. This is the reason that Carolina Coaster Classic didn't happen for a few years.
Since that time, new folks have come in and they understand that Carowinds will never pull hundreds of folks in for a coaster event - park or ACE related (aside from Coaster Con) and since it's cheaper for ACE to put on our event, they let Coaster Stock go... for now. Do I see it coming back? Sure, but I don't know when.
~jarsh
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