King Ding Dong

I need to see if I can find any social distancing apps for my phone to get me through all this. Oh wait......

Your hot takes are going to become a legend and not in a good way. Slow down and think about things a little before you hit Submit Reply. Try using Fiscally Conservative Giga. It is apparently more respectful.

Never been a Comcast customer, but good luck getting that installed within 60 days. But seriously that is an admirable thing to do.

That is true but you seem to still miss the point. A commercial daycare may 30 kids or home based 7 or so. Not 500 or 2500 like elementary and High Schools. This will/should/hopefully SLOW the rate of infection so those that do need intensive medical care without can get it. Otherwise someone is going to have the job of deciding who gets to live and who doesn’t. Sorry Grandma, you are old so this young person gets the ventilator.

If Dolly says it’s not appropriate, then it is not appropriate. You must respect The Dolly.

If I had to make the decision and the KI was scheduled to open tomorrow I would completely agree with you. But then again I don’t have to answer to unit holders or a board of directors either. There is still plenty of time to gather more information and make a decision. But it is critical to keep in mind that the time for containment is long past, this is about mitigation now and slowing the spread so the healthcare system is not overwhelmed. KI or any other entity closing is not designed to prevent you or I (vulnerable) from contacting Covid-19. Just so we have a hospitable bed or ventilator available if we need it. Because your source is State TV that has been claiming this whole thing is a hoax or a Chinese plot or something. Care to see the video evidence? I will gather and post it for you, but probably will get removed for TOS violation.

I don’t believe “I want to pay for my food” options were available for the Steel Vengeance Passholder preview nights 2 years ago. KI Passholder preview is completely different and has always had regular food and drink operations. The CP event is reservation only.

That is because they are giving out free food!

There are many aspects to the order that are not clear and confusing. My oldest attends Delaware Area Career Center and they sent an email last night stating they are not sure if the “Extended 3 Week Spring Break” even allows them to offer distance learning over this period. The programming and app development classes he is in are clearly excellent candidates, but many of the other programs are “do not try this at home kids” types like welding, firefighting etc.

@Kenban Granted this information is a couple of days old, but CDC representatives have stated there has been no evidence yet that covid-19 is impacted by weather conditions like many other virus strains including flu. They really just don’t have enough data to work with right now. It doesn’t help when the WH is threatened by data so blocks its collection. @Melody Knotts and SFMM are open. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Correct me if I am wrong but only universal/Disney parks have closed. SIX/FUN (Knotts)/Herschend are open or planning to. I think the regional parks will make the decision based on the regional conditions, community standards and governing authorities. Here in Ohio it looks like the DeWine administration will make the decision to allow them to open or not. The risks are high. If a major community spread is traced back to the park and mistakes are made (mistakes are always made) the short/medium term reputation of the park will take damage. The situation changes rapidly but at this point I think most if not all the regionals will open as planned, if they are allowed to open. Conceivable restrictions could be put in place like lowering maximum attendance to avoid shoulder to shoulder crowds.

Post the announcement online? Did you even read that article?

https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Dollywood-postpones-media-day-due-to-coronavirus--568744191.html

I take it the buy 1 week get 2 weeks free promotion wasn’t getting the expected results?

The People’s Republic of Orlandostan operates under different rules. It’s Magical.

+3. (hopefully)

Absolutely not, rides are a long term investment. This is a short term issue. Besides they would have to trash them, the whole industry is in the same boat right now so there are not going to be buyers.

Ok, Boomer.

Ultimately the source is the authoritarian communist government of China. So on a scale of 1-10 how do you rate the Chinese govt on truthfulness?

If you were ever interested in hiking the Appalachian Trail now would be a good time.

That is going to be a problem as well. School District IT departments are going to be in a world of hurt trying to implement distance learning on such a large scale so fast. They are going to need a lot of volunteer tech help to get all these students setup. Going send mine an email to see what I can do to help. Maybe I can make some housecalls to help people having tech issues, or spend some time manning the help desk. @IndyGuy4KI This is your field, correct? What do you suggest? For anyone that has not seen this chart, it gives a visual of what is trying to be accomplished with this mitigation tactic. We need to slow and spread out the cases so the healthcare system is not overwhelmed, unfortunately it does tend to extend the time frame of the crisis, but hopefully will save lives.

My kids were told to expect the first few days will be free as the teachers prepare online lesson plans but then it will be back to books. One is taking the SAT Saturday at a Westerville HS sure hope that isn't impacted but very well could be. Childcare and distance learning at the same time is going to be very difficult for the younger elementary students.

And yet Italy doesn't have a shortage of test kits like the US has.

I don't think assigning fault plays any factor in the financial solvency of a business. As things stand now whatever is at fault does not impact the single mom with two small children who looses her job due to the pandemic, cant pay her rent or any other bills and is evicted from the apartment and on the street. Any changes to laws or policies to provide protections for businesses, individuals or both are really political in nature and discussion of such could be considered a violation of KIC TOS, but I don't make that call.

I can't think of a reason they wouldn't just set new dates for opening events. There are just to many variables to make stab at precisely how long that would be. The longer the delay a big challenge could be lining up the workforce to run the park. I imagine training is starting soon or has already begun. Hopefully most of the hires will still be available after a possible delay.