Carowinds did auction off the first seats on the official opening of Furry when it opened.
Project 2022: Pantheon
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Tell me more about the Furrys at Carowinds.
Huh? I’m talking about the promotional shoots. Auction off some seats to sell raffle tickets. You don’t think parks would be able to raise $10-15K for a worthy cause?
Of course they could do that. Who’s going to do that though? People who only go to the park 1/2 times a year aren’t gonna. It’ll be enthusiasts bidding on it.
What's your point?
If Michael Jordan auctioned off a pair of game worn underwear for charity; likely only basketball enthusiasts would be bidding on it.
Does that take away from the proceeds benefitting a good cause?
If Michael Jordan auctioned off a pair of game worn underwear for charity; likely only basketball enthusiasts would be bidding on it.
Does that take away from the proceeds benefitting a good cause?
I don't think the goal would be to get people in the park for that specific event. But rather to get articles/stories in the local news.
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A couple thoughts on this. Often times these PR shoots are done on the downlow to keep up the myth that those first public rides on the coasters are really the first rides by anyone. Obviously a publicized auction kind of wipes that out. The other is the parks tend to look for a certain image for these pr shoots. If you auction it off you are stuck with the winner even if they don't fit the image that you want to convey for marketing purposes.
I participated in an ACE event at KD for promotional material this past summer. They brought in "professional" models/actors along with ACE. For I305 they put the models in front and the ACE members in back and after one ride the models got off but we got to stay on for a few more rides (they had to cycle the models so the trains were completely full). I hope we get to do this for Pantheon before it officially opens.
This is exactly what BGT did when they filmed promotional footage for a new Iron Gwazi commercial last week. They hired an outside firm to do the filming and they brought their own actors for the shoot.
My point is charity is good. But the only people bidding on it are the people who will write early reviews of the coaster before the park is ready. If one of the posters on this thread said “I was one of the charity riders” they’d be pestered for info so hard. This turns into info is out before the park wants it to be. Hired actors couldn’t care less.
Maybe the coaster will be a life-altering experience and the actors will come find us.
Ok? Why is that bad? If they are shooting a promotional video on a running ride then they want the word of mouth out there.
This.
Plus the enthusiasts are the most discrminating audience. Don't want to risk potential bad reviews before the ride even opens. "In-house" participants are "safer".
For what is worth, Kennywood did exactly this for Steel Curtain. @Zachary and I were on the first train (even before ACE), because we won a contest.
For InvadR they brought ACE in for the media event for the specific purpose of having riders for the media‘s videos and photos.
I fing it funny that they left the audio on with the clear sounds of a professional photo shoot
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