teenageninja

The best year, IMO, of Haunt/Fearfest was the first and they had Phantom Theatre with actors inside.

Pretty cool!

Some do, some don't. Lakota starts 50% on Wednesday.

Why bother looking at the calendar, terms and conditions are subject to change at the parks discretion

Eh, the old train held 18, now it'll be 20. They didn't launch a train every 18 seconds, they'd launch two, then have to load, move cars into position, etc. It wasn't that efficient. Depending on how the switch track works, they might get a better average launch time than before, thereby increasing capacity. Also, LSM should be a lot more reliable than the hydraulic system.

Don't commit to anything you can't confirm from their stand point. They don't owe you daily updates. Just go to KD. If Fury is the only reason you are going, I wouldn't bank on it being open.

Ryan woke up this morning and chose violence. I love it. Haven't spent more than 2 hours in the park since they tore down Vortex. Not really doing much to keep me interested either.

Everyone blasting the communications department, but this was likely an Operations move. They have goals and targets for the year and they obviously are over their budget, this is a way for them to get back under budget by slashing hours on rides that have poor ridership during these times. I'd imagine you'll notice the park looking dirtier as well, because they probably slashed hours in Park Services as well.

I don't think you'd be able to fit a Darkoaster type ride in the Boo Blasters building, DarKoaster's building is around 39000 square feet and the entire building that Boo Blasters is in is 29000 square feet. The Boo Blasters bulding also contains a stage (that isn't used frequently, but occasionally in the past), entertainment space for the characters, as well as the Park Services staging area. Not saying all of those things couldn't move, but I think that's a bit of a pipe dream.

Steepest drop I believe.

It'll be busy. Saturday will likely be the busiest. I'd expect Sunday to be relatively busy as well with a lot of people being off work Monday. Weather may help the crowds a bit.

I was there yesterday, the water park was basically to capacity. Summerfair wasn't crazy busy.

If the component is Infinity Flyer related, I'm guessing something was damaged during testing, maybe a minor bump? Hard to really say. Seems like an unforeseen circumstance. As for the difference between this past year and this year for having things ready, could it be manpower related? Did they scale back working hours in the off-season? Did they get a late start after Winterfest? I know in manufacturing, basically everyone is hiring, and everyone is running overtime to try and keep up with demand. Probably a combination of a few different things to be truthful.

The lengthening of the operating season certainly doesn't help. The park used to start the seasonal refurbishments in November, not January. I would say the supply chain issues for consumers have been mostly fixed, but I work in manufacturing and getting material for custom parts/ low volume parts is still difficult.

Charlotte is also a hub airport, so easier to get to for a lot of people.

Honestly I think the brown supports fit the theme of Rivertown much better.

Do you put in your age when you get a season pass?

The amount of people that use Kings Island as a daycare or a babysitter is pretty insane. My mom is guilty of that as well. Especially now that child care costs have gone through the roof, it's much cheaper to dump your kid off with a meal plan.

If they are charging you additional for services, that should be their first priority, period. The park has plenty of employees to communicate those things, they have an entire department for it.

Been a while, but most of the Area Managers are trained ahead of time. They train the Supervisors as well as the Certified Trainers. The Certified Trainers and Supervisors re-train the returning crew and then they start training new employees. They generally train as a group, then they test individually on each position. Most new employees are limited at first, so you won't see a brand new employee sitting in the drivers booth for a coaster or even on their own flat ride. You have to earn the trust of the Supervisors first. It's pretty hectic especially with a lot of new employees.

In 2005 when they opened Backlot, they had the path between the Tower and Rivertown shutdown for a few weeks while they finished construction. When I was on the ride crew that is what we did, we stood there and guarded the pathway all day long. It was terrible.

Station to MCBR MCBR To Safeties Safety to Waiting Waiting to Unload Station Unload Station Unload to Station It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure there were 6. I miscounted the station as being it's own block.

I believe FoF had 4 trains at one point, the problem is the loading and unloading takes so long. Even when they ran 3 trains they would be stacking them in the brake run. If I remember correctly FoF has 7 blocks, so they could in theory run 6 trains, but it would negligibly increase capacity.

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