Everything posted by super7
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Markers Placed by Old Columbia Rd.
Cedar Fair is in a cash situation. Most of their parks are closed and they need their current cash just to make the company survive through the end of the year. After the end of the year they are going to pull on the line of credit. I highly doubt if they do any major investment for several years. This is most likely necessary infrastructure if anything Most of their parks are closed and they need their current cash just to make the company survive through the end of the year. After the end of the year they are going to pull on a line of credit. I highly doubt if they do any major investment for several years. This is most likely necessary infrastructure if anything
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International Street Soundtrack
Oktoberfest definitely needs polka style music instead of being on the Coney soundtrack
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Beast & Orion night rides
The lights in the helix have been on all day long on my visits. The lights in the helix have been on all day long on my visits They are up lighting all of Orion, which looks great......for Orion. However (for any one that wrote The Beast at night last weekend) Does this now light up the area at the covered brake run on The Beast? Orion was built too close to The Beast there. There’s many things that have been done right in the park over the last several years, It’s a little disappointing how the isolation of The Beast keeps disappearing little by little. It’s a disappointing how the isolation of The Beast keeps disappearing little by little with almost annual tree removal and now lighting.
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International Street Soundtrack
It’s not the songs themselves that i necessary like. Several of the songs one really has to listen closely to identify exactly what it is. What I like about this soundtrack is It is 100% instrumental and definitely upbeat The symphony style of music, plus it is layered music that builds up as it plays It is extended versions of the songs, no just short snippets There are a lot of songs on the loop It’s a while until it repeats
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Thoughts on the Current State of Soak City
As long as people still buy season passes to the ride park, having a separate water park gate still generates more revenue. It doesn’t matter if people don’t go to the waterpark and still buy season passes for the regular park. That actually just means less use of the water park and less cost.
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Haunt and Winterfest Canceled in 2020 Open through Nov 1st
I’m very sad about Winterfesr. I was hoping that maybe it would be a lights only event with a few rides. But the fact that they gave away a years worth of revenue with season passes doesn’t make this event worthwhile Also the fact that they could not do any of their up charge attractions like the ice-skating or cookie decorating, further reducing the revenue from the event. For those that complained about the up charges, they helped make the event financially viable. Cedar Fair absolutely cannot lose money on an operating basis at this time. They have enough cash to last until the end of the year and then the line of credit to last until the end of 2021. So overall I would rather see Cedar Fair survive That have the parks operate and lose money. It will be very nice to go to the park in the fall when it’s cooler. It will make wearing a mask much more bearable. It will be nice to enjoy the park in the fall without all the gory decorations
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Thoughts on the Current State of Soak City
Rebranding it to generic Soak City was idiotic. It was reasonably themed (at least the names) as Boomerang Bay. This was previous Cedar Fair mgmt that didn’t care about theming and wanted uniformity across parks. The water park should have been a separate gate. . They missed a lot of revenue including it all admissions. A small upcharge would have not turned anyone away that likes the waterpArk (Something like $5 on a daily ticket Amy and $25 on a season pass). The precedent was set by previous ownership and its hard to charge for something once it’s included.
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Scrub Club
It’s short but great. The vocals are great and all of it is choreographed. It’s well put together for a short show.
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New topiary in front of Festhaus
With closer inspection, I don’t think the bell is coming back soon. They planted A small tree under the arch.
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Orion Reviews
It’s a great ride but short. Wait times today were 20 mins around noon then 5 mins at 2:30ish. The ride is about sideways hills. Which are great. Amazing view of nothing but trees ahead at the top of the lift hill. The helix is a little tight and causes some graying. I prefer the long swooping helix on Fury. Crew is top notch. Little or no stacking with 3 trains running. The first train I rode never stopped and was out of the station just after the previous train crested the lift hill.
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New topiary in front of Festhaus
Sometimes it disappears during the season. Probably hanging in the air requires special care At times. It’s been very dry this year.
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International Street Soundtrack
The soundtrack is spectacular this year. While I’m not a fan of the pop music in country style, the pop music in instrumental symphony style on I-Street is fantastic. It’s powerful and goes well with the fountain.
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New topiary in front of Festhaus
It looks amazing. The park is well landscaped this year. Full flowers in the normal areas. Plus the addition of this. The calendar looks great. The clock also looks great despite its inability to keep time lol. The liberty bell is missing today. Has it been there this year? The mini Eiffel Tower is there.
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Oktoberfest in Oktoberfest during Oktoberfest
Exactly
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Boo turns 10!
That ride is an embarrassment to the building that housed 2 previous world class dark rides. 10 years of plywood cutouts.
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Celestial Sausage now available for a limited time only
THIS is the kind of food these parks should have. Original food that you can’t get elsewhere
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Michael William to perform at Kings Island
LOL. WHAT exactly were those things supposed to be? Every use of them so far is just weird and out of place.
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Michael William to perform at Kings Island
Kings Dominion and Carowinds still has theirs. For some reason only Kings Island removed theirs long ago. The structures do need rebuilt over time and the other two parks did so.
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Orion Reviews
It’s just trashy but it says something about the people that do it All the need to do to stop it on The Beast is install a solid wood wall on the brake run side of the lift hill so the brake run roof is not visible.
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Michael William to perform at Kings Island
The biggest flaw of Cedar Fair is they don’t like shade. Constant tree removal and unshaded queues. That poor policy is costing the money now. With the lack of shade and hi temps, wearing a face mask is miserable. The facemask itself isn’t the reason that I have avoided Kings Island so far this year, it’s the lack of shade.
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Michael William to perform at Kings Island
That’s a great point. It’s a great venue and would be easier to guarantee distancing as the audience would be seated versus on a main walkway.
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Michael William to perform at Kings Island
Since they renovated Inter Since they renovated international Street, the daytime shows are absolutely miserable for the performers as well as the crowd. There is absolutely no shade and the sun is glaring directly on the performers and right in the face of the crowd. In general, having a live shows is not a good idea right now. As much as they are an Important part of the park. I think the Kings Island is just trying to capitalize off his Voice appearance. There are a lot of highly talented entertainers our Kings Island but never have gotten the publicity that he is getting from the park. He isn’t even a long time performer. Maybe one previous season.
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Racer’s Original Design
The design of Racer 75 and Thunder Road is/was highly improved from KI Racer. 1. 3rd hill after the drop is/was a great floater hill on 75 and TR vs. the higher hill on Rscer that the trains just get over. 2. The split turnaround on Rscer really takes away from the racing aspect as you lose sight of the other train. 75 and TR stay/stayed together. 3. Drop into tunnel finale on 75/TR. Racer never had the tunnel even before they removed the final drop. Racer 75 is one of my favorite coasters because of the train interaction. Especially now that the lift hill is synchronized.
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What's your favorite Kings Island memory?
This will date me. But my favorite memory is riding Zodiac and hearing the music from the Coney Island Disco. Every time I hear a disco song to this day I think of that ride and Kings Island.
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Cincinnati Themed Coaster?
That’s a great idea. That area could definitely carry its own theme. It really isn’t continuous with Coney anymore. Especially now since they took out the islands from the walkways when they added the antique cars.