Spent a fun, if expensive, six hours at Hard Rock Park in June this summer. You could see the quality in the $400m. operation, especially the Led Zeppelin roller coaster. But there was a shocking lack of actual rock n roll at the rock n roll park.
I mentioned this to several friends after we got back and the more we talked it over, the stranger it seemed. It would have been a minimal cost to hire bands to play at the three or four in-house bars all day and night. They could’ve done a mock battle-of-the-bands thing, anything. As a result, without live music, there was little reason to linger amid an actual interesting scene. You rode the rock-themed rides and went home. Odd. I think I even emailed this observation to the park’s feedback link.
With that, I also said the park could go either way, depending on the cash owners had. It could turn into a roaring success for Myrtle Beach in a few years or it go belly up at the end of summer. Neither outcome would surprise me. Turns out the belly-up outcome it is.
If the park is to be brought back in the spring — and I do not know how you could not try it, given the amazing sunk cost of the first-class rides — this lack of rock absolutely positively must be addressed.
