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    http://trekmovie. com/2008/ 07/01/star- trek-the- experience- closure-follow- up-cbs-hints- at-a-future/

     

    Star Trek The Experience Closure Follow-up + CBS Hints At A Future

    July 1, 2008

    by Anthony Pascale

     

    On Sunday TrekMovie first broke the news that Star Trek The Experience

    in Las Vegas will close this September. Today we have a follow-up with

    statements and exclusive comments on the closure from Cedar Fair and

    CBS. Plus we have reactions from some of the fans who were trying to

    save The Experience as well as Borg 4D (and Voyager) star Robert Picardo.

     

    Yesterday Cedar Fair, who acquired Star Trek The Experience when it

    purchased Paramount Parks in 2006, issued a brief press release stating:

     

    Star Trek: The Experience, Las Vegas' premier interactive

    attraction will conclude its historic 11 year run at the Las Vegas

    Hilton on September 1, 2008.

     

    Since 1998, millions of guests have gone boldly into the 24th

    century to battle Klingons, Borg, and other hostile aliens. The

    original complex featured the Klingon Encounter, an interactive

    adventure and ride. In 2004 Borg Invasion 4-D was introduced and the

    Secrets Unveiled Backstage Tour was unveiled in 2005, making Star

    Trek: the Experience the stomping grounds for fans around the galaxy.

     

    Chad Boutte, Operations Manager and Director of Marketing for Star

    Trek The Experience is quoted in the release giving STTE a Trekkian

    farewell:

     

    Hailing frequencies open. We'd like to thank all the fans and

    friends of Star Trek, whose constant and amazing support we've enjoyed

    throughout our tenure at the Las Vegas Hilton. As we boldly go into

    the futures that await, know that we take your love of Star Trek: The

    Experience with us. We share the memories of time spent in the most

    unique place in the Galaxy, and we carry those memories into our

    futures with us. Live long, and prosper.

     

    Hailing frequencies closed.

     

    Boutte also talked to TrekMovie and said he was personally saddened by

    the closure. He joined STTE before the Cedar Fair acquisition and his

    first job there was as a Borg Drone, before he assimilated his way

    into management.

     

    Boutte says that that due to the closure he expects the Experience to

    get a big influx of fans wanting to see it and Quarks Bar for the last

    time. In fact his has already started, and some fans are even trying

    to take home makeshift souvenirs, especially menus from Quark's

    restaurant. Boutte is confident that they can handle the influx, even

    during the August convention, noting that they handled over 6,000

    visitors on the 10th Anniversary in January (the free tickets for

    Nevada residents helped that one).

     

    Boutte says that what he will miss most of all are the 160 full and

    part time employees, of which he stated "I have never worked with a

    more enthusiastic and devoted crew in my life." Boutte said that even

    though the staff were prepared for it to potentially close, many took

    the news hard. Boutte hopes that they can do some special events

    between now and the closing on September 1st, and he is going to be

    looking to his dedicated team for ideas so they can be involved in how

    The Experience says goodbye.

     

    CBS holding out hope?

    Although CBS Consumer Products, who handle Star Trek licensing, has

    confirmed that Star Trek The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton is to

    close in September and that their relationship with Cedar Fair will

    end by December 31st, there still appears to be hope for future. A

    spokesperson for CBS Consumer Products tells TrekMovie:

     

    We're extremely proud of the 10-year run Star Trek The Experience

    had in Las Vegas. We're currently exploring several options to

    continue The Experience for the public to enjoy for years to come.

     

    The spokesperson would not provide any detail on what these options

    are. However, the spokesperson did confirm that the original props and

    costumes at the Experience (which are owned by CBS), will not be put

    up for auction. It was indicated that these would be needed if The

    Experience is to find a new home sometime in the future.

     

    Picardo will miss being `attraction'

    Robert Picardo (VOY: The Doctor), who appears in the Borg 4-D motion

    simulator ride which was installed in 2004, is also sorry to see The

    Experience shut down. As reported by SyFyPortal, on a conference call

    promoting his new role on Stargate Atlantis the actor lamented:

     

    It breaks my heart a little bit to no longer be my own theme park

    ride. Once you have an action figure for years, there are only a few

    ways to go up, and being a theme park attraction is one of the only ones.

     

    Fans not surprised but hard to let go

    Since TrekMovie first reported that the future of The Experience was

    in doubt, many fans and Experience regulars have been trying to do

    what they can to save it. One of the more active ones was Steven

    Biggs, who been has posting contact information of people at CBS and

    Cedar Fair at various forums around the net to try and gin up support.

    Biggs tells TrekMovie that he has been campaigning to keep it open

    "because it was the last bastion of Star Trek and a great presentation

    of the whole 40 history of Trek, and I just didn't want to see it go."

    Biggs, who worked at The Experience, starting as a loader at the

    opening in 1998 and ending his career as a Klingon in 2002, visits

    once or twice a year since moving to California, but has been going

    more often recently due to the closure. Even though he has been a

    strong advocate for The Experience, Biggs says he understands it was a

    business decision and he has now given up on his 'save The Experience'

    campaign, saying "I was hoping to nudge them, but now that it is

    decided…that' s it."

     

    Brad Siegel, an advertising sales executive from New Jersey and

    frequent out of town visitor, has also been actively advocating The

    Experience. He tells TrekMovie that that he will mostly miss the

    community that grew up around The Experience, especially at Quark's

    Restaurant, noting:

     

    There is no place like home at Quark's. Bartenders Jeff and

    Shannon provided more than beverage service. They offered great

    conversation and companionship that truly made a visit to Quark's

    something special. And then there are the characters - among the best

    - an Andorian named Kastron and a Borg named 3 of 6. Where else on the

    planet Earth could you turn around and see Klingons, Andorians or

    Ferengie getting along side by side with Humans?

     

    The fans who will be impacted the most will be those who live in and

    around Las Vegas. One group that will especially feel the pain is the

    60-member USS Las Vegas fan club who hold their monthly meetings at

    Quarks Bar. `Captain' Paul Walker tells TrekMovie that his members

    were all regulars for both the attraction and Quark's and well known

    to the staff. Walker says they are "saddened" over the closing and

    they aren't sure where they would go next for their meetings. However,

    Walker says even though he is "discouraged, " he is not surprised that

    The Experience is closing.

     

    I understand the economics, the attendance has dropped. As others

    have commented, they are not advertising it. They are not promoting

    it. Cedar Fair bought it but doesn't know what to do with it.

     

    Walker feels that the lack of promotion, rising admission prices (Gen.

    Admission is now $49.99), and especially the lack of updates were all

    factors in why attendance has fallen. He and his fellow regulars feel

    that if The Experience were to be extended, some things would have to

    change, noting:

     

    Klingon Encounter is so outdated that there is no reason to ride

    it again. The Las Vegas cityscape footage is totally outdated…and in

    Quark's they haven't changed menu enough to keep it fresh… All in all

    if they were to keep it open they would have invest a lot more capital

    in refurbishing and new rides, and also make it more in line with the

    upcoming movie focusing on the Original Series.

     

    Let's hope that if CBS does find a new home for Star Trek The

    Experience, they take this time to revamp it to reflect the entire

    franchise, and better capitalize on the both the Classic Trek as well

    as the new `Abrams era' of Trek.

  8. Posted

    If you follow the books Chakotay become Captain of Voyager. Paris and Torres got to one of the klingon planets. Seven of nine lives with her aunt. And the doctor continues writing novels about holograms.

     

    Havent read the books since the The Farther Shore so not sure what happened to all the other characters apart from Chaokotay becoming captain.

  11. Posted

    In Last Place with 7/10 it's Lt Van Roy

    Next with 8/10 it's Alterego

    Joint Second with 9/10 it's Smith and Mrs Picard

    And in Joint First *Drum roll*

     

    It's Derek and David V George III

     

    Congratulation to everyone who took part and hope you take part next time. When I will get some hard questions.

  12. Posted

    1599 In the Tholian Web was is the registry of the orignal USS Defiant

     

    Answer: NCC -1764

     

    1600 What was the name of Harry Kims Girlfriend he left on Earth

     

    Answer:Libby

     

    1601. Who says this "you, going after impossible women. A hologram, an ex-Borg, the wrong twin, and now a girl from a xenophobic species?"

     

    Answer: Tom Paris

     

    1602 In which Episode are the Vorta first seen in

     

    Answer: The jem Hadar

     

    1604 On Which ship did Lt Riker serve on as second officer.

     

    Answer: USS Potemkin

     

    1605 Who is the captain of the USS Reliant in the Wrath of Kahn

     

    Answer: Captain Terrel

     

    1606 What Episode do we meet Lt Tom Riker

     

    Answer Second Chances

     

    1607 Which Episode does Tora Ziyal first appear in

     

    Answer: Indescretion.

     

    1608 Who Says this "Don't you see? We're going to get a second chance."

    Answer: Jake Sisko

     

    1609 Name the Aliens in Insurrection on the planet

     

    Answer: The Ba'ku

  17. Posted

    1. Peanut (I sometime have the chocolate ones but never heard of the others)

    2. Don;t have a Fave colour

    3. No

     

    I don't know why they say melt in youe mouth and not in your hand because they have melted in my hand a few times

  21. Posted

    There is one thing Trek never explained about the Gorn.

     

    When we saw them in Enterprise they were very animated and fast-moving. Yet when we saw them in TOS about 100 years later they were slow and lethargic.

     

    What could have happened in 100 years to slow them down that much?

     

    They took up smoking :cheers: