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Nativity has some of the best vocalists that park has had, but one has to listen to them over the donkey braying and chatter of people interacting with the animals. Overall the lighting is improved some. Planet Snoopy looks much better with the LED lights in the trees instead of the dull toy lights. The blue and white striped trees behind/beside Festhaus look great. The lights in Coney change color but they are no longer synced to the music. Still way too many white lights in thd trees. CF does this at all their parks. The parade has backfired if it is meant to keep people in the park. There is a mass exodus when it is over. It’s nice that the park is peaceful that last hour.

in 2014 CF was actually giving KD some attention. Now they put virtually no effort into that park They gave up on being competitive in that region Hopefully KI Racer gets a full paint job. But if it does, it will be the only one of The Racers in the chain that has gotten fully painted.

Yes they quit painting wooden coasters to save on labor and paint, since the wood is treated. But they end up with ratty looking coasters. Thunder Road looked bad before they destroyed it, even though it had been rebuilt. All of Racer 75 is just as visible from the water park as Racer is from Coney I hope Racer gets better treatment of paint

When they repainted Racer 75 at Kings Dominion for their 40th (under Cedar Fair), they only painted the station and the pre lift turn around. The rest of the ride looks like crap as it has been getting the Thunder Road treatment…..no paint on replace wood Will The Racer paint job only be partial like that? They did not paint the new track last year.

At Carowinds, there are only 3 performances of Cool Yule, Drimmers and the Christmas Spectacular. Holly Jolly Trolly also ends early. The last one of them is at 8. To put the performers that dance in the parade at 9. All of the character appearances (Jack Frost, Elves, Sugarplum Fairy etc also go into the parade. The vocalist shows like Jingle Jazz, Nativty, Mistletones etc. still run after 9 pm. It’s a choreographed parade with stops like Carnivale but no original music I think it would be very hard to see all the shows in one night with the reduced schedule. The lighting at Carowinds is amazing even though it is mostly white. They have fully lit a large amount of their huge mature trees. It’s super immersive

Carowinds may be a test but KD isn’t. KD has had the shortest hours all season long. 8 hour operating days. They may have 4 extra Winterfest days, but their Winterfest hours are short 5-9. It’s a beautiful park with huge potential, but CF has decided to run it into the ground as a locals-only park. Short hours do not attract destination customers.

Carowinds is open 3 to 11 on Friday’s and Saturdays for Winterfest. That’s the appropriate time to experience most everything plus an extra hour of lights. It’s also open Mon Tue and Wed before Thanksgiving. At least Ki did extend Sat and Sun 1 hour in front this year. I would rather see it go until 11 and have more night time lights like Carowinds. I agree. Ki is one of the most attended CF parks. Plus they attract CP customers for Winterfest. It should have more time on the schedule. The Eiffel Tower painting could be part of the later opening but one would think they would stay open through Jan 2 the way the days fall.

Put the costume character show in the theater in the Boo Blasters building. The characters in the KI Theater show are purely cringeworthy.

The Snoopy show is a huge waste of the performers talent and the nice theatre.

Return of the woods that have been cut down. Especially around the station. The station used to feel isolated. Orion also did a lot of damage to the wooded feel. I agree it looked great with the water. Repair of the holes in the tunnel walls so they are total darkness. This is an easy fix. Elimination of the blinding spotlights on the lift hills. The 2nd one lights up the woods too much. These are probably there because people can’t behave. Not a return, but they should add another long tunnel at the end of the first segment. The train is accelerating there and that would be exciting. The tunnels are the best part of the ride.

It would require a concrete basin to have clean water and high and tight mesh fencing on the queue and exit to stop the trash. People are pigs as proven by the brake run roof by the lift hill.

People with vaccines are now catching it because of the unvaccinated allowing it to mutate Cedar Fair is now taking 0 precautions because they think they need the lowest level of humanity to turn a profit. Cheap season passes you know. At least at Winterfest one can walk around, see the lights and avoid the covid breathers at the buffets and packed indoors.

Carowinds and Kings Dominion have 2 or 3 more weekends of Winterfest opening earlier and closing Jan 2. Ki again has less operating time despite higher attendance. No thanks to buffets and indoor shows with current conditions. Mgmt is pretending there is no problem.

Isn’t it interesting though that is worthwhile crowd wise at the other parks, but Ki can’t make it work.

They also cut Haunted Homecoming from the live entertainment. The budget cuts in entertainment are purely to make more profit with a lesser guest experience. They sure didn’t cut live entertainment for pandemic reasons. There are no pandemic protocols left… All these cuts result in a crowded park with fewer attractions and a worse guest experience. They won’t maintain pass sales with that formula.

Avalanche at Kings Dominion is an excellent ride. It’s a great coaster for those that don’t like drops and it’s still thrilling with its high banked turns. It’s also fast loading. A longer version with more trains would be a good capability ride.

So true.

It’s interesting that Cedar Point and Kings Dominion are open until 10PM on Sundays this fall and Carowinds Canada’s Wonderiand until midnight. While KI, with its high attendance, closes at 8.

Planet Snoopy is run down. Hardly and trees. No quality dark ride. Poorly themed to the same handful of characters It doesn’t deserve an award. Orion was built for the 300 ft marketing but they only built 3/4 of a ride. Not deserving. Overall it’s not a very nice park. It feels dated, total lack of shade. Cedar Fair budget cuts are obvious this year. It’s sliding back into the Paramount days.

There was water leaking there all season long. They are just finally now fixing it. Probably because of their cash flow issues.

Cedar Fair list $47 million dollars in the 2nd quarter with their failed cheap season pass business plan

now we have coronavirus as bad as it’s ever been even though we have vaccinations And the theme parks have their eyes and ears covered like nothing is wrong. I believe that Cedar Fair, six flags, and sea world will be bankrupt within a year because of the continued upward trend of this virus And they probably deserve it since they are taking no responsibility to protect their employees and customers now

Why would they want to keep them open? Cedar Fair is all about cheap season passes and a low quality, overcrowded experience. If they have more drink stations open that means people on the drink plan will take more drinks and less profits for them. That’s how they operate now

They are underselling (price) /overselling (quantity = long lines) their product chain wide. I singled out Taft as where they have done some good things. Namely putting the theming back into the parks with their new additions. I guess Knotts could be added to that list. The others are more or less generic parks and WoF doesn’t get much love. Its a shame they are taking the Six Flags approach selling passes. Hopefully the parks don’t end up as crappy as SF parks.

The removal of Skyline, Subway and LaRosas replaced by ANYTHING that is barely edible would be an improvement