Oldschool75 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Diamondback's second train is being put together right now. Only 24 more days!Anyone know if Banshee's trains have been put back on?Yes. Banshee has been testing for a couple of weeks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Apparently "the future of KI games is here." I can't really be sure but it looks like the front of the Coney Mall games building (like down from the classic football throw game). https://twitter.com/kigamesdept/status/711312143380041729 I originally thought it was related to the soccer game until I looked again at the picture. Now I have no idea. Could this mean a ball inflating station? http://i.imgur.com/0vRoAgt.png Picture from Kings Island games twitter Photo just posted by a friend on Facebook (not sure of his source) (EDIT: malem found the source, which is the Kings Island Games Twitter account): Looks like games workers will no longer be handling cash. Of course, for the cynical, this is also a way to encourage people to load a bunch of money at once, thereby trapping them into having to spend that money on games and being unable to spend it on anything else. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Looks like the whole parking lot is getting a make over. Trucks everywhere. Cleaning up and getting ready for paving. Looks like new signs will be going up for each parking row too. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks for posting those pics! You know you've got it bad when you're glad you renewed your Gold Pass just so you can drive through the new entrance. I've come close to making the 2.5 hour round trip to drive by and check out the construction, but I didn't because the money I'd spend on gas can go towards another trip during the season. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 ^^^ Park-provided photos need to be linked back to the original source, even if you found them somewhere else unsourced. That photo of the game card station was posted via the official KI Games Twitter account. https://twitter.com/kigamesdept/status/712702542682202112 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 ^^^ Park-provided photos need to be linked back to the original source, even if you found them somewhere else unsourced. That photo of the game card station was posted via the official KI Games Twitter account. https://twitter.com/kigamesdept/status/712702542682202112 Thanks! I didn't know whether it was an official photo from the park or not, and a quick check of the main Kings Island Facebook and Twitter pages didn't show it. I forgot about the KI Games account. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Meyer Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Judging by those pictures posted, where would you get your game cards as well as recharging them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Probably the game rooms. They already have machines that will process credit cards in return for tokens, or take tickets and return vouchers (receipt-sized pieces of paper that show the number of tickets). I don't know if either of those may be replaced or adapted to deal with the game cards as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ...from those machines by the games outside (just like a Metro card). See the side and top of that machine in the picture by the basketball game above: "Get Game Card Here" It sells cards. It recharges cards. (It cuts costs, reduces theft, reduces cash and credit card handling and eliminates jobs.) For more, see: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/31860-kings-island-2016-new-game-cards/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonbackandbeastlover Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 There was a video of KD opening day somewhere on here where they showed off the game cards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ...from those machines by the games outside (just like a Metro card). See the side and top of that machine in the picture by the basketball game above: "Get Game Card Here" It sells cards. It recharges cards. (It cuts costs, reduces theft, reduces cash and credit card handling and eliminates jobs.) For more, see: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/31860-kings-island-2016-new-game-cards/ The main line there is "eliminate jobs". I can see both sides of the coin. I hate it for the employee, though. Gotta love technology sometimes. Helps the company, starves the family........... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 There will still be a need for game attendants with merely adding a card system. Sometimes an employee will monitor multiple stands already on slower days. In this case, I don't think it hurts the employee staff that harshly.Luckily, a theme park will likely never be completely replaced by robots.. as long as robots aren't able to move and act like as humans.. I suspect I'll be dead by the time that is possible AND they are cost effective to adopt. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 There was a video of KD opening day somewhere on here where they showed off the game cards. The video I think you were referring too 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ^^Yea, I wasn't really talkin about KI. Just business in general, I guess. My dad, god rest his soul, would have been Replaced by a computer. Had over 25 years In. How do you start over after that long? I'm just using that as an example. Sadly happens To people all the time. And it is just crippling To them and their family's. Sad. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Think of all the employees ride sensors and computer operation have already replaced... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yea, and the more it happens with entry level jobs, the worse it is for the kids. Hard to build a resume, or "move up in the world" With no job experience. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yea, and the more it happens with entry level jobs, the worse it is for the kids. Hard to build a resume, or "move up in the world" With no job experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Speakin of technology, sorry for the double post Don't know how to delete one of em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Without specific workarounds, unrelated job experience will have to suffice.. or working internships will have to suffice.. which.. is useful, but it sucks that you are giving free labor or often under-minimum waged work or sometimes fully paid internship.. As if your investments in classroom education isn't enough Soo.. then i have NO idea what you do when you're decades in and then suddenly let go... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ...and then can't find a job as they are "overqualified." (or, secretly, not hired as seen as too old or would likely get hurt and file worker's comp). Terp, glad to work for an employer that offers a broad range of experiences in a large geographic area, and who not only allows career diversity but encourages it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Fortunately, with architecture, I had co-ops, which were paid and helped me graduate with less than $10,000 in student loans with my Master`s degree. I have since paid them off. There are days where I question why I went into architecture, but that could just be related to my current position at a very small firm. If given a choice between a full time job in architecture and a full time job at an amusement park, all other things being equal, I would totally ditch architecture. Amusement park jobs, especially the front line jobs, are typically people`s first jobs that they get in high school. From the company`s stand point, it makes sense to stream line things with this card. They are still going to have games employees, but with less work needed to oversee the cash and collect it from all the game locations. As an aside, speaking of amusement park workers, at the end of last season at Coney, we were hard pressed to find enough workers to staff all of our rides. And we couldn`t pull more applications and bring people in as there simply were any new applications coming in at the end of August. We are hoping to get enough employees in the department this year. If anyone is interested in working in the rides department at Coney, please let me know. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 And on the flip side of it, there are alot of people out there that don't wanna work. Sadly, they'll have a very hard road ahead of them. Besides saving a company money, I think that's part of the whole movement to use computers for anything they can. Darned if ya do and darned if ya don't 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ...from those machines by the games outside (just like a Metro card). See the side and top of that machine in the picture by the basketball game above: "Get Game Card Here" It sells cards. It recharges cards. (It cuts costs, reduces theft, reduces cash and credit card handling and eliminates jobs.) For more, see: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/31860-kings-island-2016-new-game-cards/ I do believe they always have a shortage of workers anyway. So maybe redirect some of those would be workers to somewhere they are needed.....food service. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 They need waay more people to perform as the entrance gate photographers too 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 They need waay more people to perform as the entrance gate photographers too I'd prefer fewer of those. They're very annoying. Who wants a picture with the dark entryway in the background anyway? Most of them don't even have the sense to turn the group around to put the fountains in the background. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 No, they're the best aspect of the park! It's really easy to miss getting a chance to be asked for a photo. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 ...really? I'd prefer to be able to enter the park without being immediately pestered to stop for a photo that I'll never buy, especially when I already have a destination in mind (e.g. ERT) that I want to get to quickly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeast1116 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I'm with jcgoble3 , it's very annoying. Right when you walk in the park they're all over you. Besides I can just get my iphone and have someone take my picture then add stuff to it , for a low cost 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Exactly. In this age of nearly everyone having a camera in their pocket, having teenagers pester you for low-quality pictures is obsolete. There's a case to be made for something like Disney PhotoPass, with actual professional photographers scattered through the park to take unique shots (like in front of Vortex's batwing), so that Dad can be in the photo as well. But why should I pay for a single low-quality shot when I can take dozens of low-quality shots myself? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan73 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It will be a sad day when you can walk through Kings Island's entrance and not be asked to have your photo taken. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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