Considering how DEAD the park is (and has been so far this year), how do people suggest Towers make the monetary targets set by Merlin (and incidently, Blackstone, owners of the Busch parks as well as Merlin)?
It's a situation which is extremely difficult to remedy in the current climate... And many ideas will be incredibly hard to put forward in a business portfolio... As much as people might think that lower entrance fees, longer openings and what not would make things better, thinking on a monetary side of things is the MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT of the park... Herein lies the issue, money does indeed make the world go round, and a park that doesn't make money will decay worse, get no investment and see worse days... I'm sure no-one really wants Towers to be in a situation where it might shut, especially in a time where buyers will be difficult to find (unless people make a football club, then we might find some rich Arab/American/Russian)
I think longer opening hours MIGHT also have an issue with the local area, just based on the traffic situation that would happen... But that's another discussion...