electricsun Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 That is a great point Terp! Just a candid observation but in my line of work, I've noticed an increase in snow days in the last few years. Some schools that would never call a snow day, are doing so. It makes it harder for the teachers as they have so much to teach their students before the testing window starts. Also, by shifting the calender forward, they can still end in May if there are a ton of snow days to make up. Districts can pad their calender to make sure they have enough days/hours of instruction even if there are several snow days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 WMAJrKY - with the time you posted, it looks as though you were leaving as I was arriving. The crowds were very light the entire day. Everything, except T3, was a 1-2 cycle wait. Cleanliness from my eyes still leaves a bit to be desired - restrooms were dirty and looked as though need a good scrub down - as well as still trash in the ride areas. While most staff was friendly, it was very odd to see a few with their cell phones. Saw a safety/police officer walking around with a mouth full of chew and a cup...blech. A bit surprised that it was allowed while working. The two groups of ride ops at Skycatcher were the friendliest and highest energy I had seen all day. As for the kid at T3, he continued for about 5 more minutes and it stopped quickly when a supervisor came up. I did stop at guest services to say something. The girl was a bit surprised but a guy walked up and told her that she knew who it was. Apparently, from what she said, the kid is a regular and most of the ride ops around the park will let him talk in the mic for a sentence or two. Here is my thought. This kid's enthusiasm is great! He clearly spends a lot of time roaming the park (not sure if there were adults with him as he was alone on the platform). The ride ops were getting a kick out of him. However, as a guest in the park, that was not a positive experience. I can see people wondering about the ride ops attention to the ride. And if that was my solo experience at the park, that wouldn't encourage me to return. Based on the guest services response, this is the norm. If that is really the case, I'm good with today being my last visit to KK. Edited for spelling and swapped words. Someone is a bit too tired to type coherently. Just kind of amazed that this is the norm. Would KI, CP, HW allow a guest to hijack the mic on a ride? Also the mic while used for normal ride spiel is a safety device to notify all ride ops and guests that the ride is clear for dispatch or to recheck a certain seat/row. Do they let guests dispatch trains as well? For a park who has a shaky safety record this blows my mind, what if there is a ride accident while this kid is on the mic? Opening yourself up to this kind of liability is plain dumb, must be a Hart. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Closed for a buyout this coming Saturday. Open Sunday 11-7 (Waterpark closes at 6). Then closed for the lucrative boo season. My head hurts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yeah I don't understand the no Halloween thing. If I'm not mistaken, didn't Hellevator debut during Halloween season in 95? I would love to know why this isn't being done during the second reign so to speak. Rode T3 again yesterday. Those restraints are the key to making that SLC doable. Thunder good as usual. Skipped lightning due to 1 train operation and queue spilling out onto the midway. That was a little after noon. I hope that second train was transferred on at some point. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoF96" Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Drove by Storm Chaser today. There is track going all the way up the lift. I tried to get a picture but seeing it threw me off because I wasn't expecting it. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow if no one else has. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Oh, puh-leez. http://www.indystar.com/story/sponsor-story/kentucky-kingdom/2015/08/05/kentuckykingdom/31124217/ A six year old with such a writing style. Even the 14 year old's is preposterous. If you are going to make up crap, at least make it believable. Actually my 7 year old has a similar if not identical writing style to the six year old. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Screamscape has some recent photos posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Aaaandd for ease of access.. http://www.screamscape.com/html/kentucky_kingdom.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Ease of access? At Kentucky Kingdom? Be still, my Hart! There IS Justice. (If you can build a $15 million coaster, you can provide reasonable accomodation to the back side of the park, restaurants, restrooms and shops.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 For 2015 they did add an alternate route for disabled guests to get to the back of the park. They can now use the former employee only crossing that connects from near the Enterprise across the road to the back of the park. There is a crossing guard stationed there as well. It's not the most ideal situation but given the layout of the park isn't all that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 That's NOT what disabled friends have told me. Said guard was reportedly ONLY allowing wheelchair bound guests to use that route IF they were in a wheelchair rented from the park, not in their own. When the guests complained at so called Guest Services, they were told that is indeed park policy. Shameful. And greedy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 That is just plain stupid policy and should be changed. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 They were told it was a "liabilty issue." Horsefeathers. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 There is a lesson for Ed Hart in here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hollister-make-entrances-wheelchair-accessible-34005271 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 So apparently Hart didn't learn anything from the previous ADA lawsuit. I don't understand how someone who has so much experience in business can continue to wilfully ignore the laws. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It worked pretty well for Bernie Madoff for quite a while... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Because sometimes the bite of the law is cheaper than conforming to the law. Or if you don't plan on owning it for a long time it's easier to let it slide to the next owner. **All conjecture no real facts presented ** Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 As a reminder, tomorrow is The New Kentucky Kingdom's 2015 closing day. Closed for a buyout this coming Saturday. Open Sunday 11-7 (Waterpark closes at 6). Then closed for the lucrative boo season... If you can, go. Those were the days, my friend.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback96 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 There is a lesson for Ed Hart in here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hollister-make-entrances-wheelchair-accessible-34005271 "Only 218" out of 250? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 That could be one of the lessons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Surprisingly good crowds today for the last operating day of the season compared to last year. THIS is good news! Glad to see the park buzzing a bit today! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 The park was indeed busy today! Nice to see an active project like Storm Chaser happening in the background, too. See you in 2016, KK! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I really can't wait for Storm Chaser! because its the closest RMC to me, so i don't have to plan a trip to Six Flags Great America every time i want to go 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I've contacted both campaigns-Democrat and Republican. The Democratic camp has not responded. The Republican camp took three weeks to respond. The response was to the effect of: "Matt Bevin does not have a specific stance regarding the this issue but does support business and tax equity for all Kentuckians." Of course, this was done to probe candidates support or non support of Kentucky Kingdom. Even if the elected official did not support the tax incentives that are legally in place, I don't see how they could change something that was done legally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The response you received is far from being supportive....there IS a campaign going on. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMAJrKY Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 The response you received is far from being supportive....there IS a campaign going on. Very true. I'm surprised the Bevin campgain responded at all to this issue. They have much bigger fish to fry at the present time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The response you received is far from being supportive....there IS a campaign going on. I didn't intend to imply support. I was surprised to get a response, so I will have to give the campaign props for that. Interesting to note as well, that since I posed this question, I am now getting robo emails wanting donations. They appear to come from the candidate himself-"sent from my iPhone" mentioning my name specifically. Reminds me of some children's books my parents got me as a 6 year old that had my name mentioned specifically. (It's politics and any correspondence with the campaigns would prompt me to be added to a fundraising database. I just think it's funny but disturbing that these people would think that voters would think the candidate would generate an email from his iPhone to some unknown voter. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I've never understood why anyone using a mobile device for professional email would include "Sent from my <device>" in the email to begin with. I have no problem with them using such devices, but "sent from my <device>" looks unprofessional and almost lazy. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 It's a holdover from the time "smart phones" were new (specifically Blackberries) and it was a status thing to have one, and be "important" enough to use one for work. It quickly went from cool, to obnoxious and pompous, to hopelessly outdated and out of touch. See also "I'm calling you from my car phone!" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 If the 2015 attendance figures were splendid, shouldn't we have heard about them by now? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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