You were a good man, Charlie Brown…
The Star Trib had an article today talking about the removal of the Peanuts characters from the Mall of America. What?!?!?!? How silly is that? Without a neat theme, that park is DOOMED. Supposedly the owners of the mall are going to be making an announcement “soon” regarding a new partnership. Many rides are not gonna be affected, but I am curious as to what they are going to call the Giant Kite Eating Tree once it has been repainted. Mostly, I’m just sad to see it the characters go. The article talks about how good a fit they were. I am a huge fan of the Peanuts mostly because they are home grown. It was neat to have a unique park that fit it’s surroundings.
Maybe this will give the mall a chance to reinvent the whole thing from the ground up. Right now, they are going to call it the Park at the MOA. LAME!!! They have to come up with something better. They also need to include a few more thrill rides. I understand the need to make it family friendly, but the truth of the matter is it is young adults and the 20-30 year old set that has money to spend frivolously on stuff like this. I, personally, wouldn’t pony up the dough to get an unlimited ride wrist band. I also very rarely spend any money on single ride “points”. It just isn’t all that interesting to me. Raise the roof a little and add a free fall. How about an underground high speed coaster? Maybe they need to hire some ex-imagineers from Disney…
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I agree, the Peanuts characters leaving is bad, and they really need more variety in the rides. I rode the Timberland Twister about a year ago, but before that it had probably been at least a few years since I’d been to Camp Snoopy. I think they could fit more cool rides in if they took out all of the restaraunts that are actually in the middle section, and whatever they have on the third floor of the North side. Then make a ride that flings you all over the park, and get rid of the sad rollercoater that is now like 14 years old.