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Grand Carnivale vs Bland Carnivale: how does 2024 stack up?

Another amazing piece from the FUN Food Blog: https://cpfoodblog.com/the-cedar-point-boardwalk-that-might-have-been/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3p5qMOPvYC7IzshRnz2bE2paHwxwNk_r5TyAM6N7hyl3an0TO4Axqu6LE_aem_ei1eWB55hwoMDw4td04p0A

I posted this photo in the other thread. Quality is hit or miss, but still good at its worst.

Or you can get the Big Pretzel at the Brewhouse. Costs a bit more, but you get much more bang for your buck.

For real it’s my favorite beer cheese!

Adorable.

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The integration was rough because they couldn’t integrate Gate Central that quickly. The acquisition was closed on July 30, 2006 and your pass worked at the legacy parks on day one of 2007. It wasn’t pretty, (if I recall, they hand-wrote your pass number at Cedar Point) but it did work. With how inept communication is from the park now, just imagine them trying to convey the message, “Your All Park Passport is only good for some of the parks until later this summer then it’ll be all of the parks, and by the way, your add one only work at some of the parks all year.” The Carnivale parade was at 9:00 this year instead of 7:00 and they even failed to get that message out properly. Good luck with the matter at hand.

If only they knew since at least November of last year that they were going to face this at some point this year...

It's fine. Someone else who does not get paid by the park to communicate with the public did the park's work for them and posted the times in that post. Glad they didn't bother to respond to me, and replied to the next poster, but didn't bother to directly answer their question. I know they're very busy updating their web site, updating the app with show times, getting the media out to the park, etc. Oh wait.

You’d think that a REALLY REALLY good blog would but the approximate times that the parade hits the various show stops. Maybe Don can do some sort of social post about that so they can copy/paste it.

I’m with you on the cards. I’ve bought a card every year for every event that they’ve had like this. I guess this year I won’t be participating in the tasting, and from the looks of it, others feel the same way. What’s scary is the park was PACKED. Presumably there were large groups. They’re big spenders, stereotypically speaking. The food at the tents being $8.95-ish should have given the veneer of a better value, but few seemed to have seen it that way. Also, I saw some people lined up for the parade around 6:50, which was incompetently miscommunicated/not communicated to the media last week. I hope the people who were waiting got the info before giving up. Of course, when I asked on their Facebook… well, they didn’t bother to reply, but when a former KI PR (not Don) responded saying that info would be nice, they said “check the app” in a very, “it’s not my job to deal with people like you” attitude. So much talent.. so much effort.. so much hard work… the people actually putting on this event deserve so much better.

Parkfans.net is SO not invited to my media day.

As of yesterday, they also didn’t really have a merchandise line too. They had the t-shirt bundle, but in years past it was a few shirts as well as some Mardi Gras stuff. Hopefully that changes.

So here is a good tale of inconsistency that they are facing. Two weeks ago, I went to the Brewhouse with a larger group of about 10 or so. Someone ordered the pretzel for the table. When delivered, it came out rock hard and burnt. The woman that ordered the food grabbed a supervisor and they agreed that it was unacceptable and took the pretzel back. A half hour later the supervisor came back to make sure our replacement was satisfactory and they found out that it never came. Frustrated, the supervisor went back and got one himself. I wish I had taken a picture of it. It was big, steaming, and was glazed in butter. Not blaming, the sup for the late delivery. I actually a applaud him taking ownership in the end. Anyway, I went last night and was bragging about this amazing pretzels. We ordered one and it came out not the same… As you may be able to see from the photo, the size was great, but there was no glaze. It also wasn’t as soft and steaming. Kind of hard. Not exactly “I want to talk to a manager” bad, but it was about half as good as the previous one. It tasted fine, but was disappointing compared to my previous experience. Just a lesson in consistency. I will say that the park’s beer cheese is superb.

No, all of the media articles said 7:00. Based on last year. The park didn’t bother to communicate that information to them so they went with historical info.

(Sorry to double post, the quote feature was being wonky) The one saving grace may be that the few people who still visit that aren’t season pass holders may see these items as a good value as opposed to the $22ish per meal that is at the normal restaurants.

I’ve bought a tasting card every year. One year I bought two. Seeing the prices, and with food portions and quality still climbing back to 2022 levels, I’ll take a pass this year and just use my meal plan. Thanks anyway.

I think they could get away with it now, but if it’s hidden in a fort and no one can go in there then why spend the money to tear it down at this point? I didn’t completely believe that clause either until Dennis Speigel said that he believed that it was true.

The winning streak continues as the park has posted about GC, where the link takes you to the GC landing page. Page says the info is “coming soon” but the link to the event guide has all that info.

From the Holi-blog. A familiar Holiblogger. https://holidayworld.com/2024/07/16/why-holidays-in-the-sky-is-a-cant-miss-show/

Thanks!!!

Let’s not forget that now they have like 20 more parks where GC would be a new an exciting event.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2024/07/16/kings-island-grand-carnivale-2024-parade-passes-tickets/74407072007/ Articles claims that the parade is at 8:30 and the information is from the previous year. If the info is inaccurate then this is a lesson in what happens when some people are far more concerned with blocking people on social media then communicating with the media.

Maybe it’s more or less an infrastructure test.