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3 minutes ago, chibul said:
Indiana still holding steady - despite that, we're pausing reopening where it is other than some select outdoor activities. We were basically supposed to go to full reopening on July 4. Impressed with our leadership for having the courage to do this DESPITE our numbers being steady.
But still allowing the IMS to have 175k people in house for the Indy 500, as of today.
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1 hour ago, Shaggy said:
I'm just tossing this out there as a precaution to folks vying for a ride on Orion on the 2nd...
I'm no numbers guru... but bear with me as I just play with numbers out loud.
If they dispatch a train every 2 minutes, that's 30 trains per hour.
If they limit it to, say, 12 people on each train, that's an hourly capacity of 360 people. (I have no idea how many they plan on allowing on each train, I just "supposed.")
If they let in 4,000 people before noon and 2/3 of them head to Orion...
Well, again, just be prepared for a long, long wait. Take sunscreen, sanitizer and drink lots and lots of water my friends.
Just sayin.
My coworker keeps asking me to get a pass so we can go up and ride Orion at lunchtime, I think that'd be taking a half day, minimum.
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I mean there is definitely a spike in the Greater Cincinnati area, but Florida, Texas, Arizona are having SIGNIFICANTLY more cases than Ohio.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see them cancel Haunt, but continue to keep the park open and do Wintefest as previously planned. They could probably operate more rides as well during Winterfest.
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55 minutes ago, bbygurl said:
Horrible shouldn't be so strict. An no face masks . Sorry but not trying again an take my business somewhere else this year
Go enjoy Holiday World then!
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10 hours ago, plaikies said:
So we can only visit once during the whole 2nd - 11th time frame and that's it?
Let me spell it out a little more clearly.
You are allowed one reservation at a time.
You can only reserve on day between July 2nd and July 11th, as of today.
Based on capacity, they may change that requirement.
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On 6/20/2020 at 2:17 AM, Captain Nemo said:
Didn't we already have a ride with a Jeep at the entrance?
#TRTR
It was a Land Rover.
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11 minutes ago, FOFirehawkFAN said:
Still makes me wonder how early people will arrive and start lining up
They said that you won't be allowed through the tolls until 10:30 am, so anyone lining up before then is just wasting time.
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On 6/20/2020 at 1:25 PM, IceePirate said:
Probably keep some in a flask or vodka in a clear water bottle. I wonder what it would be like to ride a coaster drunk lol
Back when I worked in Park Services, we would find beer cans, cheap vodka bottles, etc out in the parking lot, usually not in a trash can. Most Halloween Haunt nights, I won't call it what we used to, because I got in trouble for it on here, I would find pints of vodka and other things in the toilets, garbage cans, etc.
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13 minutes ago, jimlaheyscar said:
Skip a row between groups.
And spend more sanitizing? Who cares if the rest of your group is right behind you or right in front of you, you aren't going to interact with them on the ride. It saves them time and effort and will likely increase capacity.
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23 hours ago, flightoffear1996 said:
People who are worried about cloth mask should ask some of the characters who walk around deal with the heat.
Not sure if the policy is still the same, but the characters would only walk around for 15 minutes at a time, then have at a minimum of 15 minutes of break in the cool before going back out.
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The tellest fastest meenest spray King Island has ever seen.
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8 hours ago, IceePirate said:
KI actually draws most of its guests from Hamilton county since it's much bigger.
Source?
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Coney Island, like Strickers Grove, makes most of their money on employee picnics, I would guess. Sunlight Pool is typically pretty busy in the Summers, my wife had a pass last year and went quite a bit. Coney will be fine.
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It's the tallest fastest longest Swinging Boat Ride ever to strike King Island.
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39 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:
I question 3.5 hours between parks, you are going to have to go through Columbus and use 71 at some point and will likely hit some construction delays. I do not recommend speeding on the two lane highways out of Sandusky, either route 4 or the 250 and 13 route. I find both within 5 minutes of each other but route 4 is much simpler and can be mind numbing.
Even with FLP Steel Vengeance, Maverick and Millennium Force can take some time depending on crowds. Then of course there is TTD, which may not be cooperative at all.
To add another challenge see if you can get 3 All-Season Meal Plan baskets in. I have seen the possibility discussed but don’t know if anyone has actually attempted or been successful.Call it 4 hours then, it's not going to make it significantly harder than it already was.
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Not a chance, but I'd love to see it done.
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7 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:
I'm thankful that the FOF trains now aren't what they used to be. I heard it used to have hard over the shoulder restraints. I think those would've hurt on those transitions.
The ride was almost unrideable before switching to the lapbars, which are also extremely uncomfortable.
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9 minutes ago, Imperial79 said:
Diamondback is currently testing, I hope they fill the splashdown soon, we're 20 days into the countdown.
You meen Dimondback the talles fastest coaster to ever strike King Island?
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16 minutes ago, coaster sally said:
"Theme park expert Dennis Speigel, of the Ohio-based International Theme Park Services, said he is advising his clients with big new attractions to keep them under wraps and wait for the next normal vacation season to have a splashy debut."
Thoughts on Orion being pushed back to next year?
Not a chance it happens. Less than 0%.
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7 hours ago, KIghostguy said:
They were still working on specific plans for the theming in January. Unfortunately, I think it would be one of the easier things to cut. I sure hope I’m wrong, but I’m not that optimistic with so much capital getting eliminated in both 2020 and 2021.
Even if it wasn’t cut, I seriously doubt it will be fully installed by whenever opening day is. The Notice of Commencement from 2018 listed Daniels Wood Land, and they’re based out of California. It took me almost a month to get a single book from Amazon; who knows how long it would take to ship potential props or other elements from California?
Buying a book on Amazon and buying items direct from a company of which you have sent a Purchase Order to are two completely different things. If Kings Island hadn't received any of the theming items prior to the start of COVID, they would likely still be on the hook for them by that point. There were contractors working in the park up until late March and the park was due to open in April. I find it HIGHLY unlikely that these things wouldn't have been installed. Maybe not 100%, but I don't see the same argument.
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A destination year round restaurant like a Rainforest Cafe or something the common Masonites would eat up, like an Outback?
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37 minutes ago, robintodd said:
"Yea, and I'm not going back till they stop making you wear shirts, I hate when my pits sweat." The virus numbers are up in 24 states. Important to watch the next couple of days to see how the memorial day weekend affects the spread.
Virus numbers are up because they are doing more testing, what's important is hospitalizations, which are significantly down in Ohio. Memorial Day was 2 weeks ago, you would have been seeing the spread by now.
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7 minutes ago, chibul said:
So interesting. I wouldn't think KI would be hiring ride ops if they didn't have an idea of when they'll be able to reopen....and yet the lawsuit says otherwise.
Very strange.
Being prepared for when they are allowed to be open.
Discussing Land and Space in and around Vortex
in Kings Island
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The general public doesn't care who makes roller coasters.