Benjamin22
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That Eiffel Tower shaped French fry thread has now made me wish that park brought those back.
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Wow that’s surprising that it was permanently canceled. It’s even more surprising when you consider one of Cedar Fairs primary to grow revenue was to extend the calendar year. Wonder if any other parks will remove Winterfest.
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1 hour ago, jsus said:
Locals know the Skyline and LaRosa's brands. Many locals like those brands. Those guests are more likely to buy and even spend more money because it's a brand they know and like, rather than an in-house brand.
Cedar Point spent a couple years running an in-house concept where Chick-fil-A once stood. It did not go well. They brought Chick-fil-A back.
To be fair they also now have a chicken restaurant toward the front of the park.
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2 hours ago, MrSourNinja said:
Kinda feels like no new major attractions next year as we haven’t had a single teaser yet. Kinda disappointing. Would love to get a flat or some water park improvements.
Tbf weren’t the antique cars teased just a few days before the announcement?
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Website with more information
https://www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/attractions/dr-diabolicals-cliffhanger
Seems like a great addition to the park
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Has anyone else had trouble finding hand sanitizer inside the park? This has probably become one of the worst aspects to my trips to Kings Island. From personal experience nearly every hand sanitizer station I try to use is empty. It’s especially disappointing that even the stations located in or near the restaurants are usually empty.
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7 hours ago, super7 said:
It appears it was built on a California hyper coaster budget
https://www.coaster101.com/2021/07/23/orion-behind-the-scenes-at-kings-island-coasterstock-2021/
“Originally, Cedar Fair had a contract with B&M to build a hyper-coaster, dubbed “Megabite”, for sister park California’s Great America.
When the construction costs for that ride went up Cedar Fair decided in June of 2018 to move the ride to Kings Island and redesign it specifically for their park.”
I mean Orion costs just as much if not more than Fury 325 (which I believe had cost around 30 million dollars). Doesn’t exactly scream hyper coaster budget.
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Had no idea that the rails were red and not black.
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7 hours ago, NightlyBeast said:
Looks like its gonna take something really serious to happen for them to actually make a chaperone policy. Unfortunate.
The article says one of the attackers was in his 20’s, not sure what a chaperone policy would have done at all in this situation. As Brenthodge mentioned there’s a lot we don’t know about this situation.
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33 minutes ago, silver2005 said:
A Vekoma, Mack or Premier launch coaster (talking custom here, not Skyrocket) would fit in. CW could use a better launch coaster.
A premier launch similar to west coast racers would be an excellent fit since they don’t have a racing coaster.
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11 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:
Wow. CP is expanding Haunt to Thursday nights 6-12 and Fridays 11-12.
Anyone think KI might do something similar?
One can only hope for however I’d be surprised if Thursday nights are actually popular enough to justify being open.
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Wonder if they’ll just build a new picnic area or perhaps maybe even dorms?
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4 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
I was specifically looking for a Chef's Plate post. Thanks!
At the bottom of the blog it provides info about chefs plate
“The Food and Beverage Team here at Kings Island are so excited to present all this wonderful food for you to enjoy beginning this Saturday through Aug. 1. That being said, we will be postponing Chef’s Plate until after Grand Carnivale. Thanks for understanding!”
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1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
I have not seen a blog post about it yet. Maybe they are waiting to see what the weather was going to do today?
Also wouldn’t surprise me if they’re too busy preparing for grand carnival to do chef plate this week.
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I assume that the limited music selection is just due to the park cutting costs on music licensing? Could this also be the reason there is no more music being played in the shed?
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I had no idea squishmellows are so popular, they look like regular stuffed animals to me.
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8 hours ago, MrSourNinja said:
I still think I fall under the camp of these blueprints just being something they had on hand that is probably already complete and they are blurring them just because not necessarily because they are trying to hide anything.
Very few companies if any walk around throwing blueprints around like free candy.Except for the fact that Orion’s blueprints are in the queue of the ride. I don’t think the park really cares that much about old blueprints given the fact that they’re public record. I’d be willing to bet money that the blueprints showed in the video are for a new addition or attraction.
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Maybe it slightly contributes to it, but to be honest I think lack of enforcement of the no line jumping policy is more to blame for an increase in line jumping.
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Thoughts and prayers to his family and his coworkers.
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Wow really exciting information, a flat ride would be excellent back there! Thanks for sharing.
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7 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
Can you elaborate?
I presume he maybe referencing this?
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14 minutes ago, KI FANATIC 37 said:
Totally agree. Lots of people are hurting. Just sucks for anyone! I don't lose pity for people just because they are successful :).
I’m not going to lose any sleep for an executive quitting his job due to a pay cut (assuming that’s why he quit). I’m sure if he stuck with the company he’d probably end up with an even bigger compensation compared to his 2019 pay. Most of the time executive compensation is related to company performance so it shouldn’t have come as a shock an executive in an industry heavily effected by economic downturns would experience a pay cut.
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45 minutes ago, KI FANATIC 37 said:
Still a shame for anyone to lose their job; if you were in their position, I doubt you would be fine and dandy.
There’s a lot more people I’d rather give sympathy too than an executive who was earning 700k a year. I seriously doubt this pay cut would have lasted that much longer. I have no doubt that he’ll probably be able to find an extremely way paying job. Can’t say the same for the vast majority of people who lost their jobs this pandemic.
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7 hours ago, JimParker85 said:
Herschend is, in comparison to Cedar Fair, on another planet at this point. Robust (and regularly expanding) operating calendars, massive investment planned.
To be fair it’s a lot easier for a private company to make these massive investments compared to Cedar Fair. For starters since Cedar Fair is a publicly traded Company and because of that short term growth is prioritized often times over long term growth. Additionally FUN has to spend a substantial amount of their net profits on dividends, due to the structure of the company. Finally Herschend parks in general seem to have a lot higher revenue per park compared to a lot of the fun parks. If Cedar Fair spent 500 million at just one park the chain wouldn’t be able to invest in Capex for the other parks.
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Top Thrill Dragster Incident
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I don’t think this story is getting much media attention as a rollercoaster incident normally would. This is based completely off my own personal experience but none of my friends (who know I’m into rollercoasters) have mentioned the accident at all to me. If most guests aren’t that aware of the incident then I don’t think the rides popularity would take a severe hit. Personally speaking, I’m not eager at all to ride TTD anytime in the near future.