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Seems to be the same items as last year? I had that smokehouse mac & cheese last year and it was great.

Just about everyone is in agreement on this. There should be a restroom either there or next to the Area 72 entrance (where it could also serve the center part of Coneymall) Are we only counting restrooms within the park? That small one outside the entrance usually seems decent. In my 40+ years of going to the park, I don't know that I've ever been in the Festhaus restrooms.

RIP Vekoma Flying Dutchman Outlived...by the SLC

Giving away the gate, in and of itself, is not a terrible strategy. In fact, its a tried and true strategy that parks started a long time ago because the real money was in concessions and merch, etc etc. But now they basically give food away (to locals that visit often at least) and that's a big chunk of the revenue. Of course if we're being honest: It's not like KI or CP or KBF or the other top parks are losing money. The real problem is that successful parks are being used to pay off a debt that they didn't create to and to subsidize struggling parks. Since the dining plan came up, I think it would have been smarter to offer a food discount add-on instead of the dining plan. That is, to pay like $70 or something to get 50% off any and all food items in the park up to a certain amount per visit. I doubt many would see the appeal but it would work better for those of us that can't visit the park as regularly and it guarantees that the park gets not just up front revenue but revenue for every use.

Months back the chain said they would focus on their top 15 parks and yesterday I heard something about the top 16 parks account for 90% of revenue or something along those lines. Over Georgia and Over Texas are easily in that category, though I believe both are owned by a holding company and not completely owned by the chain? As far as the top 15, I'm assuming these 14 are included: Cedar Point, Knotts Berry Farm, Kings Island, Canada's Wonderland, SFGAdv, SFGAm, SFMM, Carowinds, Kings Dominion, SFOG, SFOT, SFFT, SFNE, SFM I recall Dorney being the more profitable of the lower tier CF parks but that may have changed. No idea about Discovery Kingdom or St Louis or LaRonde.

If you really like pepperoni and don't mind grease: yes.

Excited to see how it turns out. I am a bit conflicted about the character designs though. The Maestro seems Disneyfied but I get that they want to keep the ride family friendly. Also hoping the flashlights are just actual, focused flashlights that you shine on things to interact with them. That would be a good way to avoid taking the interactive nature away from kids who like it and pleasing those of us who didn't like that we miss scenery because we're struggling to hit those targets.

I was there yesterday (8/27) and had a similar experience. Pleasant weather, mild crowds, a lot of down rides and limited staff. When we got there, it seemed like half of the coasters were down. Millie was open for only a tiny bit during the day and I didn't get a ride. GateKeeper and Valravn both had a noticeable shakiness to them that I hadn't experienced in the past. TBF, I was on an outside seat on Valravn but I was on the inside, near the front, on GK. A number of rides were running with at least one train taken off including TT2. Skyhawk was only running one side. At least the park was clean, as you said. Its almost like CP sacrifices operations in favor of cleanliness while KI does the opposite. TT2 had the same shake that it had when it was open last year. I personally prefer it over the original, though, in spite of the launch. The backwards launch up the spike and getting yeeted over the top hat more than make up for it imo. I still can't believe, though, that they had an entire year to be put free lockers in the queue and failed to do so. Siren's Curse shocked me. From what everyone has been saying, I expected a decent, smooth ride with a neat gimmick but instead it might be my favorite ride in the park. The onboard audio makes the ride a little more fun. The theming and scenery work well enough and grape-soda-looking water makes for nice atmosphere. The layout is fantastic with great airtime moments and snappy turns. It even has a sideways bunny hop similar to the one I like on Toutatis. The restraints are just a tad tight on my shoulders but way better than B&M vests and Maverick vests. Previously, I disagreed with people who said this should have gone to KI but after riding it I've changed my mind. Not only does it have a similar gimmick to Valravn but the rest of the ride is a lot like Maverick. It would have made more sense at KI and I think it would be getting more fanfare there.

I've decrypted all the clues. The reason they show the Crypt building is...because the ride will encompass both buildings! It will be connected by underground tunnels made by The Boring Company which is desperate to do something that isn't a completely terrible idea.

I actively avoid riding it except maybe once a year and would pick it as the next coaster to go, but we still don't have a replacement for Vortex.

I've always felt like the scare actors are wasted as "roamers." They could staff more mazes if they just ditched the roamers and have a more family friendly atmosphere to boot. Then again, they wouldn't be selling as many of those glowing necklaces. Honestly, they really should add more weeknights to Haunt as well, at least as we get closer to Halloween. The park has so many passholders and other people nearby who would be willing to show up on a weeknight and it would help distribute the crowds to different days. Of course, we all can imagine why they don't do this.

Are you confusing GCI with Gravity Group or Skyline Attractions with Skyline Chili?

Honestly, these day I don't trust what people on the internet say about Disney parks. Many people don't seem to get that the experience will never be as magical as when they were kids and that going every year is just going to make it less and less interesting. Plus many people will convince themselves that everything is worse for other cultural reasons. That's not to say Disney doesn't have reasons to be concerned, but I have too many reasons to ignore what people say on forums and the like, especially Disney forums. A park's biggest critics are its longtime fans. This very site is evidence of that.

Okay guys. Why didn't you tell me we got a sweet, new dueling RMC this year?

When queso was included at Enrique's/Hank's I would say a chicken burrito bowl. I suppose it still counts even if you have to pay extra for the queso... I think the pub burger is just okay. I always preferred the burgers at Jukebox, at least until they "streamlined" that place.

Got my first visit of the year in yesterday. I'm fine with the new shade/festival structure, personally. Not happy that drink stands/restaurants don't open until 11 but I survived. And neither freestyle was open at all during the day. Especially annoying since every drink station had a line all day despite being a mild, early June weekday. I noticed they opened up more of the queue inside at FoF. So I ended up waiting longer than expected in the morning. Operations were on point at least but I still think they need to switch the fastlane system up (like using RFID?). I saw too many empty rows on rides, especially DB, because of the delays filling the gates. What really caught me off guard: the Cicadas. I know the park has had them in the past but I've never seen them so bad. There were all over the place, landing on everyone, smacking me in the face on Mystic Timbers, etc etc. Leaving The Bat I saw young kids covering their ears because of the noise. But hey...I didn't see any of the usual bees hanging out the drink stations.

That's my motto for 2025. I've been pelted with these silver pass notifications too. It's not uncommon for apps to have a separate notification channel for the app in general and users signed into the app, so it shouldn't be hard for them to fix this. Of course I also get "buy a membership" notifications from the Six Flags app but currently that app just sees my pass as a "daily ticket" or whatever.

Would be nice if our country clamped down on "service fees"

Not just the investment that they get but the fact that CP has no shortage of flat rides. Does anyone in the chain even come close in that regard?

Hard to imagine any of the flat rides being straight up demolished aside from the Drop Tower. Some are fairly new including a star flyer, a NebuluZ and a discovery. Looking at what they have I realized the park technically has two "flying dutchman" rides, which is kind of funny. Ragin' Cajun probably has a shot too.

When they talked about offloading or closing parks, this is the one that popped in everyone's head. So yeah, not a huge surprise. Always a shame to lose a park though and I feel terrible for the people nearby who actually enjoy SFA despite its reputation. I've never been there, so I may have to see if I can get there before they close. Sounds like the county wants them to find a buyer and keep it zoned as entertainment but the corporation would rather redevelop it and get some people to drive to KD, it would seem.

I hope everyone gets a chance to ride. I was lucky enough to get 2 rides a year ago and it was fantastic.

I believe they would need one more along with Siren's and TT2 to match Energylandia.

On one hand CF was wanting an excuse to close TTD which was expensive to maintain and while I imagine X2 isn't a great ride to keep running, it doesn't seem to be TTD level of problematic. But on the other hand, they've been on a spree of closing down rides and SFMM, probably more than anyone, needs to cut out some fat.

We're definitely reaching a saturation point with B&M models but that probably won't stop them from putting a B&M dive everywhere they can.