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are The Racer shirts online only, or are they available at the Emporium in the park as well?
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A commissary tour led in conjunction w Chef Major would be really interesting.
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The explanation given was that they wanted to avoid large crowds congregating at the entry. The simple fix for this is to bring back the season pass gate just inside the main entry, so those with passes can ride early, while everyone else can spread out just inside the entry as was the case before last year.
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On 6/8/2021 at 3:38 PM, robintodd said:
As was clearly stated on the blog it is every Wednesday at 5pm. They are using it to bring in people on a normally low attendance day this year so hopefully the line won't have to form an hour and a half before service.
From the blog: Back by popular demand (you have asked for it) and starting Wednesday, June 2 at 5 p.m. is Chef’s Plate at Wishbone Grille on International Street. So, tell all your friends and come on out and say hello. (Yes, it’s on the Dining Plan.) The first week for Chef’s Plate will feature Smoked Pork Belly with Peppered Whiskey Molasses Glaze, Zucchini & Corn Fritters, Brussel Sprout & Onion Skewers.
clearly stated?
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On 6/7/2021 at 11:42 AM, chad_1138 said:
So far a really excellent day! Low crowds as of now.
Lines were low all day. longest wait was for MT and BBOBH which were each about 30 mins by mid afternoon. DB was only running 2 trains all day. There were a couple of pop up showers about 130 and 3 that each lasted 10-15 mins. the first one shut the outdoor rides down while the second only caused about half the ones I walked by to close.
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On 6/2/2021 at 5:45 PM, chuck norris said:
Disappointed.
Went today, rain and all, specially for the chefs plate.
I knew about it from their advertisements on Facebook, specially from chef majors Facebook page. Apparently they put a notice out on Twitter that it was canceled, but I only checked Facebook so I didn’t see that.
Wish they would have made more of an effort to let people know it was canceled (or at least an equal effort to what they did to promote that it was going to start today)
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI too was confused when I went there about 5:30 yesterday to get dinner and saw it closed. At first I thought it was only going to be on Saturdays like last year, but apparently it's every day, except apparently on days they don't feel like doing it, when there a couple of pop up showers in the early afternoon or when Venus is in transit.
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From the Dback park cam, it looks like the line is only at the bottom of the stairs, so only looks to be about a 10 min wait for it. I've checked the 3rd party sites for wait times and, aside from Tues, they don't seem to be in sync with what I'veb een seeing.
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21 hours ago, Twirly said:
Why are the wait times on the app always so off?
Disney (I know, I know) manages to keep theirs accurate.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalknot always and for deliberate reasons...
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20 minutes ago, SonofBaconator said:
I think it all depends on how popular a ride is. People don't necessarily like Hulk because its a B&M but more so because its a very popular IP.
Whether Busch Gardens keeps Montu or Kumba depends on how popular they continue to be with guests. If they were the top two most ridden rides in the park, there might be incentive to retrack them out of popularity. Dueling Dragons wasn't necessarily a popular ride and when Harry Potter came in, they tried to tie it in to the wizarding world the best they could. Not to say that it was unpopular, it was just a coaster that lost the dueling feature.
If the Hagrid's ride could have been built elsewhere, I don't necessarily think Universal would have scrapped Dragon Challenge at that time. IMO when it comes to themed rides, its not the manufacturer that makes the ride popular, its the park. Case in point- look at who manufactured Expedition Everest.
Vortex was still enjoying high ridership in 2019..in the end, maintenance issues are what determines a coaster (or any ride's) fate.
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Popular enough, yet cant be bothered to fix the main attraction of the ride!
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Don't think that means park reservations are going away, though...they are still required, tho park hopping after 2 isn't an issue.
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i vote for covering the tower in a birthday cake motif..cough cough..lol!
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Having been to Animal Kingdom more than I'd like (2 weeks ago being the most recent), I can say their dino area is neglected at best. Dinosaur is a good ride, but there's nothing else there. The crazy mouse coaster is SBNO (has been for a couple of years) and the dino-themed smaller version of Dumbo isn't very good. Granted, the eateries in that area haven't reopened, but the park really only has 2 E ticket rides, 1 D (Dinosaur) a C ( Avatar boat ride the other) and a kiddie ride. That leaves the safari ride. Eventually, after they're done w Epcot, Disney should revamp Dino land. Uni with Jurassic is about the only park that can pull off dinos and make it consistently work
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On 1/14/2021 at 2:21 PM, Outdoor Man said:
We're going back at the end of Feb. I hear they've increased capacity- is that right?
There are reports that park capacity has been increased to 40% with the reintro of park hopping (you can park hop again, but can't enter a new park until 2 give or take a few mins, assuming the park has capacity. You don't need a reservation for any park after the first, but do need to check the app to make sure there's capacity (most of the time, yes)). Disney hasn't said officially whether capacity has been upped.
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Used to be on premise signs could do anything. since the advent of electronic signs, the industry and the state highway departments have enacted a set of standards applicable to electronic signs. Eventually, I'd imagine KI will redo their sign to allow for a bigger led panel.
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Indiana has now been added to the list of states from which people are advised to quarantine when visiting Ohio. Just an advisory, but it does reflect the backwards trend lately.
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17 hours ago, Dane said:
To tag onto what Shaggy said, when the marquee was replaced out they actually opted for the better hardware and software system at the time. After install, they were then told of different regulations on what they couldn't flash, show video, animate, etc etc and had to draw back a lot of the cool stuff the sign could do.
But yet there is an organization on I-75 that sign gives you epilepsy as you drive past it.
Yep; even on premise signs have to be under a certain lumen at night, must display each message for 8-10 seconds and can't have lots of animations. Congress hasn't updated the Highway Beautification Act to reflect electronic signs, leaving it to the states and locals to handle. Luckily, the big companies have banded together to put forth standards of their own that others have abided by. If anything, I'd like to see them with a bigger LED panel.
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I'm curious if someone could post a pic of the ride with the area in question circled?
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Correct, but Ohio has not done that (nor has any state I know of). Business owners want to be able to control their signs. Here in Indy, some examples that come to mind of signs that otherwise wouldn't be permissible are the Indiana Grand sign in Anderson off I 69 and the Nestle Quick bunny sign outside the Nestle plant also off 69 in Anderson. Eventually, I'd love KI to get a type of sign featured in Back to the Future 2 haha. Imagine the possibilities! The Banshee clawing at you, etc. ha.
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22 hours ago, disco2000 said:
Actually ODOT has authority under ORC Chapter 5501-2-2-03 (A) - Restrictions on outdoor advertising adjacent to the interstate, federal aid primary, and national highway systems: all advertising devices erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way. The KI sign is 245 feet away from the nearest edge of the ODOT right-of-way. There is a lot more to that statute that would fill pages here that I am not going to copy it here, but there are zoning laws, sizes, etc. that all come into play, along with variances as well. But to say that ODOT has no authority regarding that sign is inaccurate.
And it is not uncommon for ODOT or any other local jurisdiction to require changes to existing signage based on updated regulations, even if the sign is already existing and has been for years. Sometimes they fight to get it grandfathered in; other times they are not successful. I remember many years ago a local ice cream shop, Zip Dip, fought to keep their existing signage where it was because it was in violation of the code by like 2 feet something.
That's true for signs that are outside the ROW but AREN'T on premise. On premise signs are exempted from the Highway Beautification Act (which is what all state laws emulate). I will reiterate-ODOT has NO authority to dictate what happens to the sign. They did add the big LED panel a couple of years ago, but otherwise the sign is the same one that Paramount erected. Below is the applicable law. No state has a bonus agreement with the Feds (which provided for more $ for enforcement in exchange for more stringent regulations.)
23 CFR § 750.709 - On-property or on-premise advertising.
§ 750.709 On-property or on-premise advertising.(a) A sign which consists solely of the name of the establishment or which identifies the establishment's principal or accessory products or services offered on the property is an on-property sign.
(b) When a sign consists principally of brand name or trade name advertising and the product or service advertised is only incidental to the principal activity, or if it brings rental income to the property owner, it shall be considered the business of outdoor advertising and not an on-property sign.
(c) A sale or lease sign which also advertises any product or service not conducted upon and unrelated to the business or selling or leasing the land on which the sign is located is not an on-property sign.
(d) Signs are exempt from control under 23 U.S.C. 131 if they solely advertise the sale or lease of property on which they are located or advertise activities conducted on the property on which they are located. These signs are subject to regulation (subpart A, part 750, chapter I, 23 CFR) in those States which have executed a bonus agreement, 23 U.S.C. 131(j). State laws or regulations shall contain criteria for determining exemptions. These criteria may include:
(1) A property test for determining whether a sign is located on the same property as the activity or property advertised; and
(2) A purpose test for determining whether a sign has as its sole purpose the identification of the activity located on the property or its products or services, or the sale or lease of the property on which the sign is located.
(3) The criteria must be sufficiently specific to curb attempts to improperly qualify outdoor advertising as “on-property” signs, such as signs on narrow strips of land contiguous to the advertised activity when the purpose is clearly to circumvent 23 U.S.C. 131.
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1 hour ago, standbyme said:
We both know that comparing the reselling of a house and this are worlds apart. With a home you either have years of extra maintenance cost invested, or if you are flipping houses you have remodeling expenses...that is not the case here.I do not have a problem with anyone selling something they own at a profit...I have sold stuff I no longer want/need on eBay many times. I have a problem when someone takes away someone else’s opportunity to buy something the same way they did purely to make an obscene amount of profit.
I think that there is a difference between reselling something that has appreciated in value over time, compared to price gouging/scalping. For example, in the early stages of this “wonderful” COVID madness, sanitizer wipes did not truly appreciate in value by 800% overnight...yet they were selling for that...that is price gouging/scalping. (I am glad that the government and Amazon attempted to stop it.)In the case of these Vortex kits, when someone knowingly bought an extra one just to scalp, the outcome was that another fan who just wanted to own one for themselves had one less chance at succeeding in their quest due to someone else’s greed.
Yes, I know there is a BIG difference between the need to buy sanitizer wipes during a crisis and a piece of a coaster, but all of the same excuses people have listed above could still be used...”they were in the store, everyone had the same chance to buy them”...”the seller was using the extra money to pay off their debts”...at what point does it become morally okay to gouge someone?
I’m curious, if you wanted one of these and were standing in line and the person in front of you bought the last two...are you telling me you would not be upset to find out that one of them was just to be resold on eBay within’ hours?
I followed this sale pretty good...I feel so bad for all of the out-of-state fans who were posting how bad they were hoping some would be left to be sold on line...only to be left with the option of paying WAY over twice the asking price if they want one.
I know no one is putting a gun to their head to pay it...I was just giving my opinion on how I feel...right or wrong...and I don’t know why I let the subject get to me so much because I know in my heart it is a battle I can never win! guess in life, we are only “in this together” on the big things.
I will now step off of my soapbox!
To counter, the park could have limited it to one pp, or, to be more equitable, split the number in half and sell some in person and some online. Disney puts out limited edition merch all the time and while it does limit it to one pp, they still find their way onto ebay.
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I meant to post this last week, but I had bought 2 tics and 2 FLP passes during the President's Day Sale....I didn't even realize that the FLP was only good through Labor Day as stated in the fine print (which I didn't read until I got home!). I'm assuming the expiration was quietly extended given the long shutdown since the Guest Services rep said nothing when he scanned the barcode when I was at the park on 9/26 with my daughter.
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17 hours ago, CoasterJack said:
I noticed this as well. While I couldn't exactly see them relocating or replacing the sign, especially right now, my theory is...
They're doing parking lot work this off season to fix the flow lanes into the rows, and they're just marking the electrical to the sign to avoid confusion.
Also if anyone says ODOT required them to take it down as a distraction, if I'm driving by on the highway, I'm already gonna be looking at the park regardless of the sign, so I see this as highly unlikely.
ODOT has no authority to make them remove the sign, since it is an on-premise sign. About the only thing ODOT can do is to ask KI to turn down the brightness at night, which they likely do anyway.
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They should build on the popularity of this sale when they retrack major sections of the woodies in the park. Take the old wood, put it on a plaque and sell it. Much like college and pro teams did when they put new turf down or redid the basketball court.
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Thanks Don; good to know!