Shuttle gets its start
The Hard Rock Express carted more than 50 people between downtown Myrtle Beach and Hard Rock Park on its first day in operation Friday, said The Coast RTA's director of marketing and customer relations David Bodle.
The express is a public shuttle that charges $4 each way for adults and nothing for children under 17 with an adult.
Bodle said the shuttle hasn't been advertised much yet because The Coast RTA wants to make sure any possible kinks get worked out.
"We're kind of doing our own soft opening,'' he said. "I wanted to make sure that we've driven the route over and over, but we still were anticipating some traffic this weekend.''
He expects more than 200 riders per day during peak summer months, he said.
The buses have spots for 18 passengers and four people in wheelchairs and run every half hour from The Coast's transfer station across from City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
IM not surprised. The Park is terrible. The price is out to lunch and the cost of a family of 4 with food can easily top $300....A day at Broadway at the Beach is a far better value and you actually can have something to show for all that money......not broken rides and $7 hot dogs'
The HRP has a long way to go to command $10 for parking and even $30 for admission. The locals have already reached their verdict.
I don't think any local musicians were hired only college kids who were not around during the time the park emulates. Where there is no "edge" to Hard Rock its simply Bubblegum music and Disneyland,,Perhaps the Hard Rock and family themed park should be mutually exclusive terms.
Posted by: Tom | June 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM