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Stylez

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  1. And the park is ALREADY short staffed.

    How is excluding a source of labor going to HELP?

    Terp, whose head hurts.

     

    It does seem they either refuse to staff the park with more employees to get labor costs down or they can't hire enough.  Lots of the food staff does seem slow, unfriendly and just not interested to even be there.  I can't say that for the rides people, they greet you and seem happy to be there.  

     

    Is it a minor issue or just poor hiring decisions?  Maybe KI has to pay more to attract better food workers.  I suspect they are only making minimum wage.  You get what you pay for.  Pay cheap get cheap labor, and that translated to cheap product and cheap experience for the customers.  

  2. The food service at Kings Island is some of the worst I have seen.  

     

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    Kings Island needs to look to the Past, and re-institute. Good food, Happy Themed Music, Trams in the parking lot, Fresh Baked goods, fix up paths and walkways, paint , etc. 

     

    It is simply very poor quality reheated food from the freezer.  Nothing is fresh and seasoned there at all.  

     

    They did make a great step this year in redoing the candy shop.  The freshly made items, and you can see them make it every day, is quality, fresh and seems to be run by professionals.  Not sure how food service can get it right there and no where else in the park.  

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  3. I went to the Cincinnati Zoo today, first time I've been there in a few months and it was kinda nice to get quality food service, Kings Island could learn a few things from them. I went to the Skyline at the zoo, there was a line, it moved fast, the cashier knew what she was doing, and I got my food less than 30 seconds after I paid for it. Amazing how that works...

     

    I am sure they hire above minimum wage.  You get what you pay for.  

     

    Also, I am not sure how much food is cooked verses reheated via fryers and ovens.  

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  4. I saw a sign at one of the booths this weekend about unlimited  photos from any of the 8 rides for the same day.  I did not purchase it, but I think for the price of 3 photos at the regular price the day pass would be totally worth it.     

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  5. There's a shop that sells awesome "snakeskin" mugs, with ceramic snakes in the middle of the cup, so that it "emerges" from your drink as you sip away. It's in the strip of shops that connects to the Emporium. Most unique thing I've seen in the park in awhile. I don't remember whether it was branded Diamondback or not. Anyway, that's the kind of thing you can find there.

     

    This is sold in the Diamond Back Trading Post store right at the exit of the ride.  I think they have a few designs like this, they are unlike anything else you can find.  

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  6.  

    Thank you everyone, I truly can't wait to get started working at The Best Job Ever!

     

    I hope you have a ton of fun. I'm sure you will. :D Who knows, maybe I'll see you working there at least once!

     

    I also hope I can eventually get a job at KI someday. Living an hour away makes for quite a commute, which is part of the reason why I'm not going for it now.

     

     

    I know several people that live an hour+ away and work every day at KI.  The commute is a killer they tell me, but they don't mind.  

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  7. It seems crazy to me that a hotel would entirely shut down for maintenance. I would think that they would stagger and do sections of the hotel in stages.

     

    Then again, I am not a hotel manager. And it is entirely possible that there's a good reason for that.

     

    It is a shut down only for the waterpark and they generally do not try to book rooms.  This year, it is fully booked for a conference type event, but the pool is shut down for that time.  

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  8. Guest services would be my thought, if you are unhappy with anything in the park.  

     

    I did this once with a very very rude ride operator on AE and went to guest services.  I told them of my problem and they did not write a single thing down, the person's name or what my complaint was about.  When I asked them to take my name and number to have a supervisor call me about this, they told me that was not necessary.

     

    I had very little confidence anything was ever said to the employee, maybe they just let me vent.  They were all very, very nice as I shared my complaint, and I felt heard.  

     

    Being this is a potential safety issue, that might be different.

     

    I suspect they are doing this to get people through, not to make some sort of quota.  

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  9. He also noted that one was indeed not printed out and simply tossed.  A supervisor even explicitly stated that there are no receipts under $25.  The communication may have come down from above.

     

    What kind of POS system has no method for receipt reprint, anyway?

     

    The set up for their POS does not allow for a copy receipt.  I don't know why either, but when I asked for a copy of a receipt for a big ticket item, they were not allowed to print a second one out.  

  10. Back in the day I went to Great America in Gurnee IL.  This was the park of my childhood.  

     

    My mom simply put me in line and I road ever coaster in one day.  She did not give me a choice, I just was expected to ride them. After the first one, I was hooked, but still a bit afraid.  By the end of the day, might have been 10, I went on every coaster they had and loved them.  

     

    Short:  My mom did not give me the option, she made me ride them.  I did this with each of my kids as well.  :) 

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  11. Perhaps the employee or supervisor did not correctly understand.  

     

    You do not have to sign for anything under $25.  

     

    Also, a receipt is automatically printed for any purchase, no matter the sale price.  

     

    They are not able to print a copy or extra receipt nor are they able to force the machine to print a receipt to sign.  

     

    I suspect they thought you wanted an extra receipt or thought you wanted to sign for the purchase, they did not communicate well.  

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