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silver2005

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  1. Most of the things working in the food department are things most people should already know how to do like cleaning the patios and trays, etc.  Register operations and a bit of people skill training should be taught during training.  The actual food prep is really the only thing that has to be taught on the fly due to the variety of food, and even then, most of that is simple.  I can't think of a single food item at KI that requires all that much hassle. 

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  2. I wouldn't think that KI would be setting up for Haunt this early.  Usually they wait until September.  I know when I went to the GE and P&G (had family members in both companies) buyouts that they had the props at the ready to set up.   

  3. As a former food department employee at Kings Island, its been surprising to see this downturn in service quality.  I don't know what Cedar Fair is instilling into the food employees now-a-days, but Paramount emphasized quality of food and service during training.  At R-town Potato Works and from what I saw filling in at the stands formerly known as Happy Days and WINGS, as well as the RT LaRosa's, we took some pride in our job and we had a decent time.  Sure, there were bad spots, but we worked together to make the most of things, including helping iffy customer situations.  All the food employees have resembled deer in headlights on nearly every encounter I've had with food services this season (I know I'm reading here some have gotten good service, which, you guys must have had some really good luck, but its still incredibly inconsistent).  Lines shouldn't stretch across the midway on less crowded days. 

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  4. I can sort of semi-relate.  My condition isn't visible to anyone, but it feels weird having to explain how it impacted me when those moments arise.  At times, I feel a bit behind where I think I should be for my age and how long I've been in school, and sometimes its a struggle to remind myself that people aren't judging me.  I tend to overthink social situations quite a bit, but in the end and more often than not, things work out for the better.  I'm simply playing life with the cards I've been dealt with.  However, I do quite a bit of research about things I can even fathom bothering my health, particularly anything involving food.  I wouldn't go to a restaurant and blame the staff about something random I might eat there that happened to bother me.  I find it so strange that people don't bother to do research about things when we have the vast knowledge base that is the internet (or heck, a simple phone call in some cases), especially in the case of those with medical conditions.  I feel a lot of people either don't know how to use the internet properly, have become too reliant on it, or are just downright lazy about doing basic digging around for information.  

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  5. I wouldn't start at Waffle House to begin an assessment of the businesses along Kings Mills Road.  There are better places to eat than that.  Often after a day at the park, I try and get some water to sip on for the drive home and I always see places like Taco Bell, McDonald's and Wendy's very busy.  I imagine most people want to eat on their way home or something easy to bring back to a hotel rather than a sit down restaurant.  That'd be my guess.  

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  6. I'll be including defunct rides on my list, marked with asterisks (and I dislike ranking wood with steel coasters).

     

    Beast

    Diamondback

    Banshee

    Vortex

    Racer

    Bat

    Flight of Fear

    Adventure Express

    Firehawk

    Son of Beast w/loop*

    Invertigo

    King Cobra*

    Backlot Stunt Coaster

    Woodstock Express

    Flying Aces

    Son of Beast w/o loop*

     

    I don't consider Surf Dog a coaster.  

  7. Past Diamondback crews (like between 2009 and 2012-ish) were able to hit intervals even with the bins.  They load the trains pretty quickly, but for whatever reason, they wait (even with a loaded train sitting for 10's of seconds) until the train is at or past the splash before dispatching.  It has 0 to do with the seatbelts or bins, at least from my observations.

     

    It makes me wonder if its an operations thing they're doing purposefully, whether its to sell more Fast Lane tickets or something mechanically with the ride (maybe a block issue with the MCBR?).  

     

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  8. I don't care for Skyline in the park.  Sans the chili, everything else is radically different.  I'd rather leave the park for Skyline or Blue Ash Chili than stay in the park.  Higher quality and cheaper, plus Skyline in the park doesn't have that wonderful finely shredded cheese that the Skyline restaurants have.  

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  9. I remember back in the 90's they'd open up International Street about an hour before the rides and I-Street had several bakeries that sold breakfast-y items.  It was heavenly at park close after a Beast night ride and just smell all the bakery smells along I-Street.  

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  10. I can at least rule out a flying coaster due to the catwalk support studs that are on the lift hill pieces.  B&M looks like they're making slight adjustments to the track compared to previous dive coasters (dive coasters usually have straight cross ties, this has them bent in a little bit), but the label still has me at dive machine.  CP has most of the other B&M types covered as well, whether they're B&Ms or not.  

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