Re: [RC] Just curious about LD's entry price - Kristen A Fisher
Here's the way I look at it - I figure if you
spread the "reqts" out, LDs have 3 total VCs, 50s have 4 or 5 depending if there
are 3 or 4 loops. In this area LDs do get the same prizes, and we have LD
BCs. So the required resources are not exactly half.
The 2004 TX rides were priced:
$55 / $75 - High Roller
$50 / $75 - Frigid Digit
$50 / $75 - TX Grasslands
$45 / $65 - MBATR
$60 / $80 - Old Glory
$60 / $85 / $135 - Unicorn Hunt
$55 / $75 - Llano Estacado
$60 / $90 - Ft Worth Skyline
$50 / $70 / $110 - Armadillo
$55 / $80 - Lone Star
Avg: $54 / $77 with LD's costing 70% as much as
50s. I think that pretty accurately reflects the difference in resources reqts
between the 2 distances.
I noticed that it costs nearly as much or in some cases as much to enter
the LD as to enter the 50. Why is that? Does this happen in other
regions or just here? I have never done LD's (maybe shouldn't have said
that here) I am just not familiar with the current pricing. A long time
ago, back in the 70's and 80's, if I remember right, they were usually around
half of the price of the 50. I mean it is half the distance, half the
fun, should it not be half the price? Do you people out there that ride
only LD feel like that is fair? (Ok, I just started a stink on RC with
that statement.) Well, food for thought. Maybe the backlash won't
be too bad. :))
