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Adventure Pointe Amusement Park On Interstate 45


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6 hours ago, uscats35 said:

Cement is being poured and rides are now beginning to be on site.  I found pictures on this site.....

http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64453&start=80

 

Kind of disappointed. Those photos look like carnival rides off 45 that would be setup in a random parking lot.

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I wouldn't be judging the final product or be disappointed by a few photos of foundations, torn up land and three half-built kiddy rides. Those are not mobile carnival rides sitting on a parking lot. They have poured foundations and are going to be fixtures of the park just like the ones at AstroWorld used to be. There isn't one tree planted yet. So while it may look a lot like a carnival sitting in the mud during the first weeks of construction, it probably won't when the buildings and landscaping are complete. At this point, 12 years after AstroWorld closed and over a decade of failed proposals and empty talk, I'm just glad to finally see anything that has the potential of becoming a real theme park being built in the Houston area.

 

Reserve your disappointment until opening day when you realize that this park wasn't built for you. It was built for your little kids. Maybe phase 2 or 3 might be built for you if your lucky. They are supposed to add roller coasters, build bigger rides and possibly buy a lot more vacant adjacent land if the

first season or two is successful – at least that's what the guy giving the inside scoop and taking the pictures on facebook is saying.

 

Also, he reminded his followers that this is a one-man business venture, and his name isn't Disney.

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14 hours ago, Reporter said:

I wouldn't be judging the final product or be disappointed by a few photos of foundations, torn up land and three half-built kiddy rides. Those are not mobile carnival rides sitting on a parking lot. They have poured foundations and are going to be fixtures of the park just like the ones at AstroWorld used to be. There isn't one tree planted yet. So while it may look a lot like a carnival sitting in the mud during the first weeks of construction, it probably won't when the buildings and landscaping are complete. At this point, 12 years after AstroWorld closed and over a decade of failed proposals and empty talk, I'm just glad to finally see anything that has the potential of becoming a real theme park being built in the Houston area.

 

Reserve your disappointment until opening day when you realize that this park wasn't built for you. It was built for your little kids. Maybe phase 2 or 3 might be built for you if your lucky. They are supposed to add roller coasters, build bigger rides and possibly buy a lot more vacant adjacent land if the

first season or two is successful – at least that's what the guy giving the inside scoop and taking the pictures on facebook is saying.

 

Also, he reminded his followers that this is a one-man business venture, and his name isn't Disney.

 

But rushing to judgment based on as little information as possible is what HAIFers do.  ;-) 

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To editorialize a little bit:

Damages to the tune of $800,000 for the amount of work listed in the above legal doc seems way low for the scope.  Programming and budget issues clearly seem to've really plagued this development.

Strange to've settled on a "Wizard of Oz" theme, stirred in with Pirates and a train ride...  All after the promising original vision of a Downtown Disney-style attraction.  See again:  

 

A cohesive Wizard of Oz-themed attraction could've been achieved to the tune of something like $500,000, through an entity like LSI:  

Watkins Regional Park | Wizard of Oz Themed Playground (playlsi.com)

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