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I think they actually made it just one price for everything, no matter the pass type nor what parks it can access (another reason they're "losing money" on meal plans). On to more about the Dining Points system idea: here's what else I've thought up. 3 tiers of Points (listed with price values even though they won't exactly line up) 1 Dining Point — A simple salad, burger, hot dog, or chicken tender basket. The Classic Chee from Tom + Chee would fit well in this category. $10-ish value. 2 Dining Points — A hamburger/cheeseburger with toppings, anything from Panda Express, or the Pep + Chee. The Chef's Special or any of the Festival Food items could fit well here. $15-ish value. 3 Dining Points — A funnel cake, cup of Dippin' Dots, ice cream cone, or . $20-ish value. No amount of Dining Points can be used for meals like the Mother's Day Lunch, Fright Feast, or Winterfest Buffet (should any of those return). Each park could have a Pass Perk of 1 additional dining point once or twice per season. Each meal comes with a side, but items like funnel cakes and Dippin' Dots (obviously) do not. Marked as it already is on menus. Generally the same as the current system. 2 tiers of Dining Plans (plan works at whatever parks the guest's pass works at) 1 Dining Point Plan ($99) — Each guest receives 1 Dining Point to use per day and an extra 5% food & beverage discount. Price reflects the possibility of getting 10 meals throughout the season to consider it "paid off". 3 Dining Point Plan ($199) — Each guest receives 3 Dining Points to use per day and an extra 7% F&B discount. Price reflects the possibility of getting a minimum of 10 meals throughout the season to consider it "paid off". The Single Meal Deal stays the same with no point totals involved. ($25) The All-Day Dining Plan stays the same, though the distinction between Meals and Snacks is removed and the price is increased. ($60) The Premium All-Day Dining Plan stays the same, though the price is increased. ($85) Points do not accumulate, nor do they roll over. I contemplated a few other ideas, but felt that they would either complicate the system too much or be too similar to the current system. If the new and old systems are too similar then I think guests will just see the changes as a money grab. The prices need to go up a little either way. Someone with more business experience can say more, but those are my thoughts in the moment. These don't really solve the issue of people using their meal plans to come get lunch every day, but I think it splits up the pricing more evenly compared to the current system where everything is one price. I still think most passholders barely break even on their dining plans based off of my personal dining plan tracking. There's not a great way to actually limit guests from getting $800 worth of food per season without putting a numerical restriction on how many times it can be redeemed. Legacy Six Flags tried that and it failed.

Something interesting I noticed during my meal at the Brewhouse today is that the receipt now lists the official Dining Plan "price" of each meal as $9.50 and the "price" of a Drink Plan cup refill at $2.75. This is down from $11.00 and up from $2.00 respectively. Before those prices (around 2024) they were $12.00 and $2.50 respectively. I'd love to know why they keep changing. This technically might mess up my dining plan usage spreadsheet, but I will continue to use the $11 and $2 "price" since that's what the season started out with. (I put "price" in quotation marks because in reality you don't pay anything at the register, nor is a number decreasing within an account.) My classic Pub Burger and Coca-Cola were really good by the way. The only complaint is that the patties were super misaligned between the buns during assembly, but I fixed it quite easily.

I thought it looked like a new roof to cover some equipment. Knowing what's stored in the giant tank next door and/or the building on the other side could be a clue.

World's second weirdest teaser campaign after the one for Project Purple.

I really like the idea of the point system and how it works. That said, it makes me wonder how idiot-proof it might be. ("Idiot" is a strong word, but the point is there.) The amount of posts I'd expect to see with people confused about the change would be a high number. The point system would also do well for fixing the Meal item vs Snack item division. A simple hamburger meal could be 1 point, a cheeseburger with toppings could be 2 points, and a funnel cake could be 3 points. I think anything above 3 point tiers would get confusing. It might also be nice for Pass Perks since they'd be able to give a +1 food point reward. I'll have to see if I can think more about your idea after I get home from work!

I think the billboard on the facade was used for HStM as well. It might've been the "Loading Dock" sign. The general cleanup they did to get all of the abandoned furniture out of the lawn makes it look a lot better. I really wish they would gut the interior and remove the exterior stairs like happened at Carowinds to give a lot more space to whatever goes in there. While I can't find a price for Carowinds' Action Theater project, it probably cost less than $600k. It's safe to say that the 4D theater concept is dead (for now) at most Six Flags parks. Here's a couple of screenshots from the video FYE Coasters got while riding WindSeeker (I believe the video is from yesterday). I definitely see the gas pumps, a cart with a striped roof, and the potentially renovated exit, though it doesn't look very enclosed. The fence in the center doesn't look like it has anything specific on it, though as always I could be wrong. Speaking of the exit, this might just be how it looked before/under other facade pieces, but it looks like there is a stylized skull painted to the left of the doorway. I wonder if those are boxes stacked up outside of the left theater or if I'm just seeing random items. Plague Productions did a really nice job with the facade for Order of the Dragon and I hope they can find a way to spruce up Action Theater like that. Whatever this maze turns out to be, I really hope they do something about the queue. Having two completely separate standby lines without a grouper causes chaos where there doesn't need to be any. Some new fences and a little connector path could easily transform it into one continuous line. (Side note: it looks like some new construction is going on backstage between the big storage tank and The Racer. It might just be a new shade structure for something, but it's always exciting to see stuff happening in the realm of park infrastructure!) It's entirely possible that this might be one of the video game IP-based mazes that were asked about in a past survey. Apparently some of the options included Castlevania, Cuphead, Dark Souls, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, The Witcher, and Luigi's Mansion. I think Left 4 Dead could be fun, but I'd also question the presence of a zombie game IP right down the path from KillMart. If that's the case then "Project 13" is definitely a code name.

We had a nice ride through the theater tonight with some surprising ups and downs. I'll try to limit my extra wording tonight by giving you all a list. Downs: Some of the flickering lamps in the station and the Audience Seating scene are very dim/off. Maestro's head appeared to be permanently turned instead of moving like it normally does. Garbonzo's cannon didn't fire at all and the crates were resetting as we rode past (the timing was off for the scene). Houdelini's entire scene was muted. Ups: We heard lots of music throughout the entire ride! The ghost notes at Larry's turntable have finally returned to their normal size. The gargoyle's eyes were on, the first boiler screen was on, and the constant radiant heat for the first boiler was on! They definitely need some fans in the queue for the hotter/more humid days to keep the air moving. The A/C works well, but it needs help just like in the Festhaus.

I'm going to use @The man's research as a jumping-off point for this, so thank you to Mr. The Man! The "Project 13" maze cost fascinates me since it has such a high price. It's lower than the $900,000 price listed on the permit report for Phantom Theater (PT:ON probably cost a lot more than that), but it still feels really high. What could we see for that price? A total gutting of the building (or one side of it) to allow for a larger maze? A redo of the queue line so it makes better sense? If anyone can find the price Carowinds paid to gut their Action Theater that would be helpful to know for comparison. I'd love to see this ready for 2026, though I'd understand if it's for 2027. As much as I enjoy Hotel St. Michelle, it's within one of the largest maze buildings in the park and only uses a relatively small portion of its footprint. I do hope the park has something new coming this Fall if they want to justify the continued upcharge for mazes. Some guests will see no reason to pay for what they experienced last year without something new, especially after parks like Kings Dominion removed the upcharge halfway through the event.

The new in-line ads appear to include themselves as regular text and/or a second link when you quote someone's post. It also changes the formatting of the quoted post a little. Not really a new or separate problem, but something interesting for documentation purposes. I believe these ads are just a new format for some ads previously seen on KIC that kept themselves within the pop-up boxes. Example below:

I don't think they will adjust any of the regions, especially considering the fact that each region officially contains 5-6 "resorts" (including waterparks). There aren't really any parks that can move regions unless you include one of the lower-tier East Coast parks. East Coast only lost LaRonde, Midwest lost four parks, and Texas lost one park — I think the regions were originally created with this in mind as they're all now much better balanced. The Midwest Region also has 4 of the chain's top 10 resorts in it, which should count for something (3 if you exclude Canada's Wonderland). See the regional breakdown below (a * denotes that the resort received a Park President position): East Coast Region (https://www.sixflags.com/east-coast-region) 6 Resorts Kings Dominion & Soak City Carowinds & Carolina Harbor* Six Flags New England & Hurricane Harbor Six Flags Over Georgia & Hurricane Harbor Atlanta + White Water* Great Adventure + Hurricane Harbor New Jersey + Wild Safari* Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Midwest Region (https://www.sixflags.com/midwest-region) 6 Resorts Gurnee's Great America + HH Chicago* Canada's Wonderland & Splash Works* Darien Lake & Hurricane Harbor Kings Island & Soak City* Hurricane Harbor Rockford Cedar Point + Cedar Point Shores* Texas Region (https://www.sixflags.com/texas-region) 5 Resorts Six Flags Over Texas + Hurricane Harbor Arlington* Hurricane Harbor Splashtown Schlitterbahn Waterpark New Braunfels Frontier City + Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City Fiesta Texas & Hurricane Harbor San Antonio West Coast Region (https://www.sixflags.com/west-coast-region) 7 Resorts Knott's Berry Farm + Knott's Soak City* California's Great America & South Bay Shores Discovery Kingdom Hurricane Harbor Phoenix Hurricane Harbor Concord Magic Mountain + Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles* Six Flags Mexico + Hurricane Harbor Oaxtepec

There are some loud voices who use the word in an effort to say why the parks should get rid of the dining plan, hence why I put it in quotation marks. It was just a thought to add to the list of facts This is a chain-wide flash sale (excluding Knott's), so I'm curious as to whether this is a reaction to overall visitation numbers or if it's something to precede changes to the upcoming pass sales — especially considering the fact that memberships are now on the table. Parks like Kings Dominion have the two days for just $35 while Cedar Point has them for $49. Maybe we'll find out during the next quarterly earnings call. I hope whoever becomes Kings Island's next Executive Chef is able to help advocate fixes for some of the issues we've noticed this season. Not enough indoor/covered dining, slow service times in the Brewhouse, and ensuring drink machines have ice throughout the day are just a few noticeable inconsistencies.

I'd love to know if the band organ music is a matter of flipping a switch or of physically feeding music into the machine. The placement of the pavilion makes sense with its proximity to Tower Gardens and the fact that it was further away from the IST than if it was across the pathway. I won't defend turning off the organ, but I also won't say there were many better options. (Kings Island please please please make a video about how the carousel's band organ works! I've been wanting to know this information for years.)

I've been thinking about how the chain might change or get rid of the dining plan a lot recently, and I feel like the safest solution would've been to make any adjustments under the "New Management" excuse right after the merger happened. Neither legacy chain probably thought too far ahead on that matter though. The second-best option at this point would probably be to raise the Dining Plan prices and offer a new set of options. Some of the parks now offer both a 1-meal/day plan and a 2-meal/day plan. It might help for the chain to also price things out depending on pass tier. Enchanted Parks decided to not offer a dining plan, and now they're being forced to develop a new DP program. Their meal prices also didn't go down much at all. It's still about $17 for a meal that doesn't come with a drink. It's worth noting that if the parks decide to drastically change their dining plans because guests are "abusing" them, then Six Flags should expect to see lower turnstile numbers after the changes are implemented. Anyone who popped into the park for lunch probably won't do that, leading to lower numbers. Maybe I'll look into doing a deep dive on various park chain dining plans... I know Six Flags (plus the legacy companies), United Parks, and Disney World definitely have dining plans. I believe Herschend and Universal mainly deal in event tasting passes. Enchanted Parks has nothing yet besides their one-time meal voucher tied to their passes. What chains am I missing?

No regular nightly performances in the Carousel Pavilion, please. They turn off the band organ for the entire day when there's a show on that stage. Keep it limited to special events like the recent Celebrate 250 event and Tricks & Treats.

Now that I've been able to properly watch the show, I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot more than the previous versions I've seen. The jokes and overall dialogue add so much to the show's pacing, which is something you don't really get with Nytewalkers. I'm not bothered by the lack of coordination between the music and the stunts. It would not be a good show without the music. The dancers add movement to the stage that would be visibly missing without them. One part of these shows that I cannot stand is the fake-out audience member (who wears KI merch and is actually a part of the show) who they have sit in the stands and come up on stage about halfway through the show. If you've never seen the show before it really looks like someone decided to hijack the performance. Something that concerned me was the fact that the audience didn't seem very responsive toward the end. I'm not the type of person who audibly cheers (though I clap when I like something) but everyone else was kind of silent during the performance. Part of that could've been from the heat and being tired after the long weekend. Overall, compared to other theme park shows I've seen I'd give this one 3.5/5 stars because it's better than average, but not quite to the four-star rating that I have for other shows. The cast was amazing and the beach ball segment was super fun. I hope the park can continue to bring back All Wheels Sports — albeit in a different venue — in the future.