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Nick was featured on Tower Topics: https://x.com/tower_topics/status/1745831282641121622?s=46&t=Zl4tfOSUx8ou9AWrqZJlzA

Weird. Your link isn’t working for me either.

Right, but you can certainly sell season passes. In fact, it’s critical for the quarter.

Found this on LinkedIn of all places. Very cool! https://youtu.be/VM3cMb3uYIM?si=AoauuEcjbQvA8ki9

For the consumer, yes - good idea. From a business standpoint, a bad sign. There’s a reason they never really did this. Now they can’t plan around the numbers, diminishing the experience for all FL people. Plus they are terribly disrupting their dynamic pricing model with this. Looks like they need revenue, and they need it now. They’re also promoting the Silver Pass, which is a first. This may indicate that certain avenues of Q4 didn’t go so hot and they are scrambling to make up ground now.

It’s a little coincidental that this thread was bumped. Tomb Raider: The Ride is the subject of the latest Tower Topics: http://www.towertopics.com

There’s a reason why it’s not labeled with a person’s name, just “KI Team.” This way one person work cannot be compared to a previous person’s - for better or worse. Notice that the sister parks don’t seem to do this consistently, like KI appears to be doing.

Hey now - you don’t know what they were doing the day that they had the ground breaking. Maybe their kid had a soccer game. Maybe they were on a cruise. You never know.

Gaskins has the longest KI streak. Congrats on a good article! https://www.fox19.com/2024/01/03/tri-state-mans-perfect-kings-island-attendance-record/

Just creating a thread to talk about the most high-energy night of the year at KI. Some notes: Park was cold and crowded. Maybe our good luck stretch of post-rain 60 degrees on NYE is over. But to be honest, being warm on NYE is like spending Christmas on the beach. The parade did not do shop stops due to the cold (I presume). I had heard about this happening but had never seen it myself. What’s weird is they still stop momentarily when the show stop is supposed to occur and then go again after a few seconds. Must be a timing thing. The fact that the parade didn’t feel terribly lacking without show stops is a testament to how good the parade is! The balloon drop worked perfectly for the first time in my memory. Such a great event and the kids LOVE it! The DJ on the stage was very loud, but you need that for the energy. Fireworks show was amazing! I really enjoyed it! They advertised several times, including the DJ’s spiel, that they’d have a countdown on the tower. They’ve done that in the past. Instead they had the tree “climb” kind of like the tree lighting and it hit the top at midnight. Clearly this was intentional, and it worked very well. I wonder what was up with that.

Obviously if you live in the suburbs then you wouldn't get away with it, but I've always wondered if I live on a farm and owned my own flat ride like flying scooters if I could get away with having it operational for personal use.

Six Flags (NYSE:SIX) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) pulled and refiled their premerger notification and report under the HSR Act. The amusement park chains withdrew their respective notifications on Wednesday and refiled them on Thursday, according to a proxy filing Friday. The waiting period has now been extended until Jan. 22 https://seekingalpha.com/news/4050284-six-flags-cedar-fair-pull-refile-merger-notification-with-antitrust-regulator

Regardless of the crowds, I would recommend it. NYE has a special energy to it. One of my favorite nights of the year at KI! Honestly not trying to turn this into a selfish plug, but we did a Tower Topics about NYE that goes over a lot of what goes on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tower-topics/id1698426928?i=1000637919029 Spotify:

Totally see what you’re saying. But I don’t think that the SP holders are the ones most rattled… or at least making the most noise. My concern would be the overall sentiment of CSO could take a hit, which wouldn’t be good for a donation-based organization. But you’re likely right-it won’t really matter. And no need for a tin foil hat. Releasing negative news at a time when it’s unlikely to be run is a very common PR tactic. I do not, however, think that is the case here. Up until just a few days before the announcement Coney was trying to sell season passes. This tells me that there may have been a “will they / won’t they?” situation and as soon as they either came to an agreement or CSO secured funding, they made the announcement. I truly do think they were trying to do the right thing.

Only took 5 years to build! Who has ridden? I’ve ridden it twice. I honestly think it’s underrated. That first launch is great! Many argue that it’s too short; however, I think that many would take issue with that crouching position for a long period of time.

As with anything, the loudest were the least active, I’d guess. Some questions that need to be asked are: 1. Could the music venue and Sunlight Pool co-exist? 2. Are people not going visit the music venue because of this? My guess is no. 3. Are the ride removals what drew people away, and if so, if they reopened Sunlight Pool, would those people be enticed to come back now that the threat of closure is looming? 4. If it’s about history and not the community, then where can they meet you in the middle? A landmark sign? A statue? Keep the pool as ruins?

On one hand, this is a done deal. On the other, CSO can’t afford to have a ton of negative sentiment. I doubt anything comes from this, but it’s still interesting.

KD: If you want to have more rides open for Winterfest then you need to expect them to not be ready for Opening Day next year. BGW: Hold my beer.

I got mine at the Five & Dime shop. It's the exit gift shop for Bourne.

Could you “snap” the Flying Eagles? This historic attraction was a Cincinnati staple from its origins at Coney Island in 1940 until it was moved to Carowinds after the 2004 Kings Island season. In the latest #TowerTopics, Don Helbig and I discuss the wonderful history of this ride and our frustration over its departure. Listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/towertopics

I have the Preferred Pass. It’s nice getting special perks, benefits, surprises, giveaways, etc. Instead of suffering a bait-and-switch and the phrase, “their complaint is as adorable as it is predictable” is tossed around internally by one of our favorite employees when people bring up that the benefits delivered did not match the benefits advertised. I got a UOAP magnet and had a special viewing area for the parade the other day. I felt valued.

That’s so cool! I just got back from WDW so I wish I had seen this a few days ago. I’ll have to check it out next time!

I’m always torn. The speed is way better with your watch but I also enjoy the novelty of MB+.

Woah. I do that all the time and I didn’t know it made an animation! Does it do it when you scan into the parks too?

There are two types of parks: Park 1: Guests: “Hey, I paid $400 for this VIP season pass and the benefits are only about 40% of what was advertised.” SPX: “You got to get into the park didn’t you? What else do you want? You’re so entitled. Your complaint is as adorable as it is predictable.” Park 2: Guest: “The park has been really busy for the Christmas event.” Park: …just remember that Park One greatly reduced hours in 2024 as well.