King Ding Dong

The start up and mothball cost must be significant. Less so without the big rides, but still.

Businesses must have a license and insurance information on public file. Several times I have seen business acting improperly change their tune very fast when citizens have informed the insurance policy issuers of said behavior. In some circumstances this can be a faster and more effective hammer than govt. regulators. Just sayin.

TP in the restrooms.

I would send both parks a Request For Bid and see which comes back with the better offer.

I see they went with the "distressed look" with that paint job. It is all the rage right now.

^^ Post of the Year nominee.

Obviously we don't know the terms of the corporate buyout days, but for any number of reasons those could get cancelled. Like company X is now facing bankruptcy can't pay the bill or just needs to cut costs.

This is not directed at anybody, but before posting your disappointment and say something you may regret later, please at least consider what I posted on the first page when this was announced. Well something happened, something much larger than Orion.

It was like the 4th and 5th right before 9th and OSU day on the 8th. I suspect it will all be just be delayed. Those are like practice runs for the hard opening.

As I posted last night when announcement went out to the employees of all parks and offices closed until April 5th, the opening had to be pushed back because of training. Don’t see on-line ride op training working so well.

It does have to end at some point. This is all an experiment and we don’t really know if it will work. The thought of millions and millions dying is just to much for most modern society to handle. Post WWII we have become to believe it just couldn’t happen with the exception of a WW III. We are about to test that belief. What we view as untimely death was just a way of life for the older generations. These days we expect everything to go well with childbirth, that wasn’t always the case, it was very dangerous for the mother and infant. All my grandparents had multiple siblings that died by birth or at a very young age.

This. I think most anyone that was an adult for 9/11 can attest society changed significantly. Though not all for worse, definitely different. For those younger Sandy Hook was a major turning point as well.

Very true, I would *expect* more rural areas to fare far better than urban. However age demographics tend to be older in rural areas and complacency can set in with a false sense of security. The usual social gathering places such as churches, the general store in town, barber shop, greasy spoon diner etc. can still be spreading grounds all it takes is one. With the older populations we *potentially* could see small towns devastated with very high infection and mortality rates. Add to that the long existing problem healthcare access with rural hospitals folding at an alarming rate. Many of those needing intensive care will have to be brought to the cities further overwhelming the system. One thing I really started to notice when I moved to Ohio and our travels up to CP or south to scout camps is how much different rural Ohio is compared to rural areas farther west like Missouri. It feels far more dense and developed here.

We should all make that quote an auto text shortcut to respond to any post along the lines of “The Park needs to say something about XYZ now!” It is easy to forget sometimes.

It can always get worse. For instance those two criminals that bought Maui Sands in Sandusky and were exposed on that Hotel Impossible episode on Travel Channel a couple of years ago. That was just jaw dropping.

@MDMC01 Starting to see a lot of “How to Cook” articles online right now. It is often said it takes 3 weeks to learn a new habit. As restrictions eventually ease will be interesting if the it sticks at all, which could be bad for the restaurant industry, or pent up demand and boredom with home cooking staples like meatloaf causes a sustained increase going out. The economic distress many will be in for some time may tend towards the former. The weather hasn’t been very conducive to outdoor cooking recently unfortunately. I hope to get smoker fired up this weekend. Sleep schedules have gotten out of whack in my house and that needs to be fixed ASAP. One class started a 7:50AM online checkin with a group chat which is helping force the issue. Keeping to a schedule is important. Also the need to schedule some exercise breaks. A lot less walking occurs when you are home all day and don’t go out. A good idea to get out that pedometer so you can see how much.

There it is This is a CP post but applies chainwide. Parks and offices close at 5:00PM, work from home until April 5th. Going to be some interesting training going on.

My 14yo is trying to get into OSU next year to take some math and CS classes. Mom was really not liking this idea until I explained that with just math, programming and maybe a stats or physics class eventually, between 8 and noon how much trouble can he possibly get in?

Hey, sorry no one responded. Call Guest Relations and see what they can do for you. We can’t really help you with that.

Soooooorry -UAlberta

Well since it is a slow night...as the father of two aspiring engineering teens that have absolutely zero interest in any high school social functions I just can’t stop laughing at this. (obviously doctored)

Maybe the tan box will finally be put to good use.

I suppose opening the park to FL only guests would help with social distancing.

My sister works or the State Dept in Paris. She says this happens every night all over the city. (This is not her tweet)