I have been following this forum for a while, but this is my first post. Growing up in KC, I'm just very excited to see WoF possibly going to the next level.
I wanted to comment on the location of WoF. It doesn't matter where it's at. All that matters is if the park is a destination or not. Yeah, it's sort of in an industrial area but there is nothing really wrong with the area either. Actually WoF is only a few minutes from the fastest growing part of all of Metro KC and that's the Shoal Creek area of the Northland. But again, that doesn't matter. Even if driving from Olathe, it's only 30 minutes. That's nothing. I live in the DC area now and the theme parks out here are all hours away from everything. (I'm sure the average visitor drives hours to Kings Dominion, Bush Gardens, Six Flags, Hershey Park etc.)
KC is not a small market at all. 2.6 million live within 60 miles of downtown KC and the city used to be a major tourism draw from a region of millions (Omaha, Wichita, Des Moines, OKC, Springfield etc). There is no reason that WoF could not be in a top tier park in the Cedar Fair chain.
Anyway, I hope this is just the start of great things for the park. It's a nice park and with just a few new high quality coasters, it could easily jump up to one of the better parks in the midwest and the cedar fair chain.