mtl2013 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ^^^^ hahaa Taylor. Definatley "K quality" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOF Guy Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 But you have a season pass? It markets itself that you can get into the park as many times as you desire during the regular season... What would the point of the 'Hand Stamp' policy, besides provoking the customer...? Cedar Fair (and many other parks) has this policy in place to prevent the same season pass or ticket being used by more than one person. Yes, season passes have photos, but that doesn't mean that the ticket taker is looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frisbeefan Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 But you have a season pass? It markets itself that you can get into the park as many times as you desire during the regular season... What would the point of the 'Hand Stamp' policy, besides provoking the customer...? Cedar Fair (and many other parks) has this policy in place to prevent the same season pass or ticket being used by more than one person. Yes, season passes have photos, but that doesn't mean that the ticket taker is looking. I would think it would have to do with attendance figures also. With a season pass, that same person's pass would be scanned in multiple times during the day resulting in inflated attendance numbers. With each specific bar code being scanned it might not count it as another person, but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchu Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 As I believe was pointed out earlier in this thread, in the switch to the new website, the page listing season pass processing hours seems to have have pulled a Son of Beast-Park map and vanished. Anyone here happen to know what the pass processing hours are for tomorrow? It's quite a drive, and I'd hate to arrive before/after processing hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan1980 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Here you go. Quoted from: http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/visit/today/index.cfm SEASON PASS PROCESSING This season, beat the rush! Don't wait until opening weekend to process your 2010 Season Pass. For your convenience, the Season Pass Processing Centre will open at the front gate through April 16 and we strongly encourage all guests to process their passes early, in order to beat the rush when the park is open! This is a great opportunity to purchase or pick up your Season Pass and get your photo taken before the park opens. Monday - Friday: 4pm - 8pm Saturdays & Sundays: 11am - 7pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverRided Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 Here you go. Quoted from: http://www.visitking...today/index.cfm SEASON PASS PROCESSING This season, beat the rush! Don't wait until opening weekend to process your 2010 Season Pass. For your convenience, the Season Pass Processing Centre will open at the front gate through April 16 and we strongly encourage all guests to process their passes early, in order to beat the rush when the park is open! This is a great opportunity to purchase or pick up your Season Pass and get your photo taken before the park opens. Monday - Friday: 4pm - 8pm Saturdays & Sundays: 11am - 7pm Thanks i edited the link hopefully it will stay the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastinNight Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Quick Question.... A few Friends, My Brother and I are Getting the 4 Pack Platinum Pass My question is when we go to get them processed do we ALL HAVE to be there?? 3 of us were gonna get the processed on the 16th but One of us has to work so he was just gonna wait till the first time he goes to get his processed... Can we do this or do we all have to be there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSonofBeast Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 are we able to use a season pass voucher to get into the park to avoid the season pass line like before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'd call the park and ask. At Carowinds this year, unlike in years past, a PROCESSED season pass was required to enter the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSonofBeast Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'd call the park and ask. At Carowinds this year, unlike in years past, a PROCESSED season pass was required to enter the park. i did, and they specifically said you could not, even though you could in previous years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan1980 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I'd call the park and ask. At Carowinds this year, unlike in years past, a PROCESSED season pass was required to enter the park. Really - seems that I read somewhere that even PROCESSED season passes didn't guarantee admission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yeah....processed Kings Island Platinum Passes guarantee entry to any Cedar Fair park on any public operating day.* *Except Carowinds...if you were there the day before...sometimes. Isn't it grand the privileges and the special treatment you get from Cedar Fair when you pay for their most expensive pass? At least some Kings Island Platinum Passes also require you to visit guest relations at Kings Dominion in order to gain entry...and do not scan in the parking lot..at least as recently as April 9, 2010... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 And today's 5@5 confirmed that except in very rare cases, only processed passes will get you into the park: ...Tanner Burns - Quick Question.... A few Friends, My Brother and I are Getting the 4 Pack Platinum Pass... My question is when we go to get them processed do we ALL HAVE to be there?? 3 of us were gonna get the processed on the 16th but One of us has to work so he was just gonna wait till the first time he goes to get his processed... Can we do this or do we all have to be there??You do not all need to be present to have your photo ID cards processed. Come when it works for you. But you should do it before you plan to enter the park. Only in extremely rare cases have we allowed guests to enter with an unprocessed pass. Early morning is the best time to process. It seems everyone always arrives at the same time!... http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20850&st=930&gopid=372332entry372332 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Just got my sweet platinum pass on Saturday. I got the one with all the rides on the front. New background for my phone! I got to the counter inside where you get your photo taken and the young lady working started to hand me one with the Delirium looking ride on the front of it. I politely asked if there was any way I could get one with all the rides on it and Kings Island in the lower corner, she gladly accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frisbeefan Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I got to the counter inside where you get your photo taken and the young lady working started to hand me one with the Delirium looking ride on the front of it. I politely asked if there was any way I could get one with all the rides on it and Kings Island in the lower corner, she gladly accepted. I wonder why they offer both designs? My only thought is it would save money for the parks not to issue new passes to people renewing, which harldy seems reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchu Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 The real problem is that there's simply no consistency to the pass-processing. My wife and I made the near-three hour round-trip on Saturday afternoon to renew and process our 2010 Platinum Passes so that we could avoid the typically long lines that are present early in the season. Sure enough, we were able to walk right up to the Season Pass Purchase window and purchase two 2010 renewals of our platinum passes. We were handed a receipt, and two tickets that said "Season Pass Renewal Purchase". We took these two tickets and our passes from 2009 to the processing center, and after 20 minutes of confusion and questions, finally had our passes processed. At first, the attendant thought that we were supposed to have large white forms that we had been given at purchase and filled out with our personal information. A supervisor finally cleared the issue up, saying the scan-tickets were enough since we were a renewing customer. That started the actual renewal process, which, oddly enough, got us new actual passes (even though I know other renewals kept there same card from the year before). My wife got the black and white design with all the rides on it, I got a new pass with the same design that was used last year (with the person on Delirium). And for some reason, we weren't required to take new pictures when everyone else was having their photo taken. Neither my wife and I look any different than we did when we had our photos taken last year, but the whole process seemed inconsistent. -Some people were given forms to fill out at the purchase window, others weren't -Some renewals were told to keep their old pass. Other renewals were given brand-new passes -Some people are getting version A of platinum passes. Others are getting version B -Some people are having their photo ID updated. Others are not I've kept my receipt just in case. From here, its just keeping the fingers crossed and hoping the passes work (everywhere they are intended to) on the first and all subsequent visits this summer. Certainly, Cedar Fair has some serious issues to settle in their pass processing, and it would likely help, as a starting point, to develop of specific policy and use it in the processing of all passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I got to the counter inside where you get your photo taken and the young lady working started to hand me one with the Delirium looking ride on the front of it. I politely asked if there was any way I could get one with all the rides on it and Kings Island in the lower corner, she gladly accepted. I wonder why they offer both designs? My only thought is it would save money for the parks not to issue new passes to people renewing, which harldy seems reasonable. Frisbeefan, here is my take on the situation. If you noticed the advertisements for Platinum Passes in the past, they all had the same design on them, the one I mentioned with the Delirium looking ride on it. My thought is that these are passes they have accumulated over the years and they are trying to get rid of them and usher in the new designs on the passes, the ones with all the rides on them and the park logo in the bottom corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frisbeefan Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I got to the counter inside where you get your photo taken and the young lady working started to hand me one with the Delirium looking ride on the front of it. I politely asked if there was any way I could get one with all the rides on it and Kings Island in the lower corner, she gladly accepted. I wonder why they offer both designs? My only thought is it would save money for the parks not to issue new passes to people renewing, which harldy seems reasonable. Frisbeefan, here is my take on the situation. If you noticed the advertisements for Platinum Passes in the past, they all had the same design on them, the one I mentioned with the Delirium looking ride on it. My thought is that these are passes they have accumulated over the years and they are trying to get rid of them and usher in the new designs on the passes, the ones with all the rides on them and the park logo in the bottom corner. That makes sense, but it's still puzzling as to why some people get the new design without asking, like I received, and others get the old design. I would think if they are trying to push out the old design they would issue those passes unless specifically asked otherwise. Just my thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastinNight Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 What time can we get in on saturday with a Plat Pass??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 ^ERT starts at 9:00 on Saturday for gold and platinum passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 What time can we get in on saturday with a Plat Pass??? From the latest newsletter: PARK HOURS10am - 10pm 7:30AM - Parking lot opens 7:30AM - Season Pass Processing & Sales Opens 9:00AM - Gold Pass early rides on Diamondback, Beast, Planet Snoopy & Boo Blasters on Boo Hill 10:00AM - Park open to the public 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3:30PM & 4:30PM - Charlie Brown's Hoedown in PEANUTS Playhouse 1PM, 2PM, 3PM, 4:30PM & 6PM - Way Too Much TV in FESTHAUS 10:00PM - Fireworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StalkerChick Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 What time can we get in on saturday with a Plat Pass??? From the latest newsletter: 9:00AM - Gold Pass early rides on Diamondback, Beast, Planet Snoopy & Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Guess what I'm headed for first!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 What time can we get in on saturday with a Plat Pass??? From the latest newsletter: PARK HOURS10am - 10pm 7:30AM - Parking lot opens 7:30AM - Season Pass Processing & Sales Opens 9:00AM - Gold Pass early rides on Diamondback, Beast, Planet Snoopy & Boo Blasters on Boo Hill 10:00AM - Park open to the public 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3:30PM & 4:30PM - Charlie Brown's Hoedown in PEANUTS Playhouse 1PM, 2PM, 3PM, 4:30PM & 6PM - Way Too Much TV in FESTHAUS 10:00PM - Fireworks I shot Don an e-mail asking him about what time processing opened Saturday because my friend needs to get his processed still and he told me 8:30. Looks like I am gonna be leaving a little earlier than planned because we all want to ride together when the ERT happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazyG Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Can an "off Duty" Employee get ERT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicDanTheMan Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 ^I was also just about to ask that. I know our employee id's act as passes, but do they act as gold passes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 That is a question for your employer. In the past, the answer has been no....they are passes, but not to events like ERT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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