That's another reason why I've been thinking "theme park" lately... There are a LOT of complaints about there not being much of anything to do. I, personally, have been struggling over the years too. You know what happens when kids can't find anything to do? They get into trouble.

Let's think... as far as things to do that fall under the "services" category, there's putt putt.. go karts.. pool.. bowling.. movies.. and I think that really covers a big majority of what there is around here for kids (and adults) to do. Of course there are other things like bike riding, fishing, hiking, and things outdoors, but I really don't count those things. I can honestly say that when I was 16-18 years old I probably drove 40,000 miles pretty easily. It really didn't stop when I was 18, but driving always seemed like the best thing to do--or maybe even the only things to do. Now it's too expensive to drive around all day and night to keep yourself occupied.

It's always fun to take a road trip to go to a theme park, but think also of all of the people who buy season passes. I've known people that lived up to two hours away from a park who would buy a season pass and go pretty frequently. I'm sure it would be the same way here.... and then of course there are all of the local people who would go because it would be something to do, so they would go often.

I will agree that there are a LOT of theme parks in the general area, but I personally don't feel like the market for that could ever be overly saturated, realistically. In order for it to be successful, it would have to be different in some way or another, but that wouldn't really be that hard to do something different in a park. Busch Gardens chooses to do themes. I think that's a good idea.

The general concensus is that this could possibly be a good idea? I'm going to throw together a proposal outlining everything and maybe see if anyone bites. I guess you have to start somewhere.