Six Flags St. Louis

I. Introduction: A. On October 30th, 2005, Houston, Texas lost its only major amusement park when Six Flags decided to close the gates to AstroWorld after operating since the summer of 1968. B. AstroWorld was once full of history and thrilling attractions, and although some of the rides have been taken elsewhere, it may soon be open for business under a new name. C. Now, unless you are a native Houstonian or visited Houston when AstroWorld was still up and running, then you probably weren’t even aware that Houston once had its own theme park. D. Though it may not look like it, I actually am a huge amusement park enthusiast and adrenaline junkie and even managed to face my fear of heights while on a ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California. Although I never personally had the chance to visit…

Instead of being at the mercy of the ride, people are able to have some degree of control. This allows a deeper impression to be made on the people that participate. Whether the park rider is attempting to beat a high score or race an opponent to the finish line, interactive rides change entertainment in amusement parks. One example of an interactive ride became known to me at a young age when our family went to Six Flags Great America. Not long after being inside the park, I found the bumper…

of quality to exceed the needs of their customers. Continuous improvement is implemented frequently in order to improve products, services, or such processes and deal with key issues related to how goods and services are designed, created, and delivered. (OM, 2014) The purpose of this research paper is to provide a strategy for initiatives using continuous improvement approaches in the Amusement Park business through analyzing specific defaults in the Six Flags Corporation. Analysis will include…

Disneyland Increase in Price It seems the park where everyone can be a kid again, Disneyland, has outpaced inflation due to their admission prices.Disneyland tickets have been rising on an annual basis and plan to inflate for the upcoming years. The current Disneyland admission for adults is $99, leaving a child’s admission at $93. Even though prices have risen, the demand of people who visit the park still increases.Price elasticity of demand is being used when Disneyland visitors know they…

It has consumed my thoughts whenever I go to a fair or amusement park for a day that should be filled to the brim of thrill-intensive joy. This fear led to my ever-growing terror of heights as well. Whenever I look at a roller coaster, I’m filled with a terrible foreboding, and thoughts of the car departing from its tracks and taking an unforeseen trip of its own towards the hard concrete below flood my mind like a Japanese tsunami. I cringe when I come close to the end of the line to get on…

the French defeat though, with the end of the war it eventually lead to the United States acquisition of Missouri as a territory from the Louisiana Purchase. Travel to the mid-west and specifically to the area that would become Missouri was easier than most areas of the United States and many groups took advantage of this travel. One group that took advantage of this was the Germans. German immigrants began coming to the Missouri area in the eighteen forties and fifties. Unlike the immigration…

play. A Streetcar Named Desire, although meant to a play that anyone can relate to, also contained characters and situations from his life. In both plays, the characters are drawn from his life. This essay will discuss is the similarities between The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, which have similar characters and themes throughout them. A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in New Orleans. The characters are Blanche Dubois, Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski (Blanche’s…

Many of us have heard of the Central West End, but we do not know where it is or where it starts when entering St. Louis. Well, Central West End Starts at West of Midtown and runs down the city corridor (History of St. Louis Neighborhoods), which is a belt of, land connecting two areas together (Merriam-Webster Online). The neighborhoods are North Delmar Boulevard, South Oakland, Chouteau Avenues, West DeBaliviere, and lastly Forest Park by Vandeventer Avenue (History of St. Louis…

perfectly summarizes the point Tennessee Williams strove to exemplify in many of his works. Thomas Lanier Williams, better known as Tennessee Williams, was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus Mississippi. He spent the first seven years of his life in the south, and the people, experiences, and lifestyles there greatly influenced his most famous works. Williams trained in playwriting at the University of Iowa and graduated in 1938 (Shuman 1652). In 1955, his play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof received a…

championship game of the NFL. The Super Bowl has become, to many Americans, a holiday of sorts in which peers gather in order to root for their team of choice while snacking on the classic Super Bowl foods of wings, nachos, and beer. The Super Bowl brings people together to celebrate the tradition of football, while also enjoying the company of each other in a most joyous of days. The NFL is also a very lucrative business making an absurd amount of money from selling tickets, selling…