pki_rulz

That is awesome..... if you think 1/3 less of people will use it a higher price then this whole topic is null and void because it will be nearly unnoticeable. Next subject please.

first off... i would pay $100 based off my Cedar Point Fast Lane experience. Next, everyone thought $50 was way to expensive for Fast Lane yet Kings Island (the test park) proved for the entire Cedar Fair company that people will pay whatever to bypass the line. Less people may use it at $100 but I promise you people will still pay it. You guys should be happy if they charged it to $100... it will ultimately result in less people using it but people would still use it.

I really do not care what the specifications are on the program. The company has figured it out that if they charge $100 to skip the line, people will pay. And they will. No amount of complaining will stop that. The park makes BIG money while everyone complains.

I have visited Cedar Point this year and utilized their Fast Lane program and I will pay whatever the price is to do it again. It was probably the best day I've had at any park. If you can't afford it, then there is a line for you. Amusement Parks are businesses. They have found a customer need that will result in BIG money for them. If you do not agree, don't go. Simple as that. Stop complaining on websites like this. The park will always choose BIG money over your complaints.

I worked for PKI from 2001 to 2004 and the park had a Parent Swap program then. It has been around well before CF.

i worked at PKI for four years and have visited several times since Cedar Fair's ownership and one thing I keep seeing that i have to disagree on is employee's attitudes. under Cedar Fair, one thing i do not believe has changed for the good is employee attitudes. i have not been impressed yet and continually see instances (especially in rides and Guest Relations) where i think the attitudes were much better under PKI. I do believe Cedar Fair has done good overall but do not think they are better in guest relations.

I work in Ops.

Store 267 Salem Mall....well there isnt really a mall anymore so its either called T-Wood or Dayton...company still calls it Salem Mall.

Dayton...same store as Dane

I work for Best Buy. I wouldn't think that they would build one in Lebanon seeing there is one near Kings Automall, less than 10 miles away. I do know there is one coming to Colerain (less than 10 miles from Tri-County), opening next month and have heard about one in Newport and Kenwood. It would be more feasible to put one up near Wilmington instead... I had heard there is a BBY planned for the Lebanon area. So, I may be incorrect.

There is a Best Buy planned for the Lebanon area. Not sure if this is the same development we are speaking of.

Wow, great news here. The off season seems to be flying by. Man oh man, I miss stealth at PGA.

I worked at the park for four years and every year the first weekend is like everyone has described. I know it would seem that it shouldn't be that way but you have to realize that these rides have sit idle for months and have not been consitently ran with people until opening weekend. It sounds like this year has been no exception. It isn't that PKI does not care but rather it has always happened like this on opening weekend. It will take a couple weekends to near May before the rides are all reliable running. One person described the frustration of the ride operator when Delirium broke and I assure you from personal experience all ride ops and escpecially the ride sups/managers are more frustrated than you when these rides do go down. One last thing, I have also had the joy of visiting CP during their opening week the past two years and even they too have problems to the same magnitude we do. Last year it seemed every ride that we got in line for went down. So, I guess you could say it is normal for this to happen at seasonal theme parks. One last note.....SOB will not operate until later this season. No official date yet.

Dayton Daily News: PKI 2006 Season Check out the price listed for parking. Is that correct???

Yea new owners make a difference. They can and may send the parks right down the tube as well. So I am not sure everyone should be jumping for joy just yet. It could be a very gloomy future.