Swiftdrawer

This reminds me of the last time I went to SeaWorld Orlando. My mom got her, myself, and one of my siblings a 90 minute meal plan each and we were at the park for quite some hours.. We made so many stops to get food. It was genuinely ridiculous, all that food getting thrown away while I made it a point to eat all of it and thus “felt it in the morning”. I think we got meals with the meal plan like 6 times at least. My mom made it a point for us to stop at most of the major restaurants in the entire park. We could have just shared one meal plan. Oh well, I got to have a bunch of the foods I like most at least. So by Knott’s having a “no sharing” rule, some interesting consequences may happen on occassion like someone staying in park with their family for hours and just munching on a whole bunch of entrées with sides. I can see some people redeeming the meal plan and just giving the meal to someone else out of sight. Actually, thats definitely bound to happen. Especially amongst groups who visit a lot.

Nice Haunted Mansion reference

Ive never been to a Buc-ee’s so it is REALLY funny that I independently came up with a similar layout for a restroom in my Minecraft theme park resort project. Its all because the building I put the bathroom in is a recreation of a building from another of my Minecraft worlds and it isnt long enough to have more than 2 stalls but it is wider than the bathrooms I typically build are. So I was able to put sinks in the center and stalls on either side. The original building has a funny story to it but I can save that for another day. Also, its worth mentioning that Kings Island has been a huge inspiration for a bunch of things in my project. The reason all 45 haunted houses(and counting) Ive built exist and are genuinely good is because of KI’s Haunt. Back on topic, that really is a good idea. Feels like the bathroom with its 1 stall was an afterthought when it was put in. I exclusively use stalls in bathrooms as I like the privacy of them so I know all too well how “fun” it is for there to only be one stall. Sometimes, youre better off going to another bathroom if you dont want to/cant use the urinals. As for my thoughts on KI Essentials getting a refurbishment, I love it so much. Looks really good. Will look even better in person. Refreshing shops, restrooms, and such is an underrated task for parks to do. After all, the things that are of lowest quality in the park are as important as its best offerings in weighing overall park quality.

Maestro looks perfect! A blend of cool, creepy ish, and cute! I love this so much! The presentation, the IAAPA exclusive lines from Maestro and No Legs Larry, the way they revealed them with the curtain and the people dressed as ushers.. Just absolutelu splendid!

At last, my conspiracy theory that the joke in What The Dickens at the expense of Six Flags was what got it axed from last year’s lineup. Looks like theyre going all in. They must be really be banking on Winterfest to succeed.

Its exciting, they have quite a lot of space to work with still from what was once the area home to T3 and such. I got a birdseye view of that area 3 months ago via some of the water park’s slides. The whole area has a lots of dirt obviously but they havent cleared everything out just yet surprisingly. Theres also a clear view of some building behind it and I want to know whats in there. Probably storage for the park. I dont know. But the fact that this is going to be a multi year project means they have a LOT planned. I can see them adding new water slides somewhere eventually for sure. I also wonder if theyll be moving around anymore flat rides for whatever else is coming and what else may come down to make room. The park has been awesome at putting in great things in small spaces so there is that to consider too. Kentucky Flyer really packs a punch for its size for example.

I’m getting my perspective in here because there are extents to which I disagree with your statement. The problem with the AI slop/generative stuff that has emerged since roughly 2021-mid 2022 is that those who have developed it and made it so popular worldwide do not have the best interests of anyone but themselves in mind. For example, Midjourney and ChatGPT have literally stolen works published by authors, artists, animators, and so on online to train on without giving credit, compensation, or even a heads up or asking for permission to do so. Darth Vader’s now deceased voice actor apparently gave permission so the Darth Vader in Fortnite thing could have been worse. I have learned more information about what this AI hype has been causing than I ever wanted to know so it’s all like a information overload when I think too much about too many details about it all that I know about it. I haven’t watched Tower Topics as I literally have so many things and interests going on but still. Things would be different if all of these AI programs were actually built on ethically created training sets, ie, people whose works get into them giving explicit permission for that to happen. The truth of the matter is that the overall current AI movement or whatever you want to call it is a scam and a grift. Its biggest proponents legitimately hate and envy creative people for well.. being motivated and driven enough to create works of art and such. This is a multi billion industry that they have built and yet, the big tech companies pushing this all in such evil ways keep burning through billions. It’s like a huge circus act. Anyway, 300 episodes for a podcast? That’s really impressive. That is so much time, effort, and dedication.

Yeah, it is weird. Someone put up a compilation of them which is what I watched because some of the POVs are either lacking in audio quality or in video quality. You’d think it’d have been more documented.

I did on Saturday night after I took my last ride on Boo Blasters! I also looked at POVs for Scooby Doo and The Haunted Castle because I barely remembered it’s differences from Boo Blasters as it became that when I was just a little kid.

It’s pretty good, I like it. It’s better to just get the actual ice cream instead of it tbh.

I think you’re right. As time has gone on, there have been certain image “styles” that AI slop seems to most often put out. The worst looking kind of AI slop generated images is the kind where it looks hyper realistic and cartoony at the same time. I’m thrilled they confirmed it’s not AI slop and now I gotta know how designed the poster because whoever did deserves all the props. After all, creatives are usually underpaid for their work in every creative industry and deserve more recognition for the hard work they do. That’s most glaringly in writing and animation. I find this confirmation to be really exciting. It’ll make hardcore PT fans and BB/Scooby Doo fans happy. A best of both worlds situation, combining the most popular aspects of attractions that have been inside the building over the years. With all the bad stuff that is going on on a daily basis to the point it’s probably hard for someone to fully process everything that has happened in just the past week in the country alone, this is really really good news to have. This along with the revivals of Regular Show, Phineas & Ferb, and Gumball feel like it’s just what we needed. Returning what was once over but doing it in a way that makes it new all over again.

Hope not either. There are so many things wrong with things generated with AI slop. For starters, it’s highly disrespectful to the literal thousands of years of human creativity. It’s a slap in the face for just about every artist who has ever lived. Ai slop is also the worst example of plagiarism out there. Not to mention how much water it makes dirty and unsafe to use in areas where data centers have been recently built. Feel like we need to speak out more about the new Six Flags’s use of AI slop and do things like wear anti-AI slop shirts as a regular thing at the parks and write to them about it. The use of AI slop for a Phantom Theater revival would be hugely disrespectful to the original attraction, Encore, and those who were involved in them as well as their many fans. If they really want to go cheap, they could always try to reuse whatever posters and such are still left from Encore and the original attraction. I don’t know how much commissioning artists who work in the amusement industry to create graphics these days costs but I’ve seen some artists in like the furry community charge a couple hundred dollars for logo design.

All of this! And I hope there’s a reference to Larry’s Happy Feet song somewhere because that’s the goofiest bit of the entire Phantom Theater Encore show in my opinion and it keeps making me think of the obscure movie of that name I haven’t watched in many years.

*gestures to things like the character dining at some Disney restaurants* You are spot on. It’s often expected that the more you pay, the better experience you’ll get. That’s an obvious standard.