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In this case, it would not have. The guy assigning seats got distracted and failed to fill the rows.

If there were a way to modify the original ride to load the entire ride at once, I would support that. But its one of the original rides relocated from Coney and its still fun. And while the capacity sucks, that's not as much of a problem on lower crowd days and it would be less of an issue if simply more flats were added. Anyways, one operational change I would like to see is going back to keeping water rides open until close. Also, continue to encourage fast dispatches by coaster crews...but find a way to discourage them from allowing a bunch of empty seats. On my last visit you could hear the Diamondback op talking about their dispatch count for the hour...right as a train left the station 1/3 empty (despite there being plenty of people in line).

I didn't even know Magnum was up early in the day. I'm not a big fan of it, so I didn't check often. Maverick did open, just very late. So I guess the Millie and Magnum downtime weren't just weird planning but actual, long lasting breakdowns?

Sounds like the park could benefit from its own energy storage and solar panels.

Went with some family to Cedar Point on what, in past years, has been a very light day. By CP standards it was still light but definitely not like I got in 2021 in the final full week of operations. -Wild Mouse was better than I expected. Some decent but not crazy spinning. The restraints were comfy and the ride makes for a good family, step-up type ride. -The Grand Pavilion is a nice building. Large, spacious...almost "bougie." I had steak, which was decent but a little dry and tropical fried rice which was good. Nothing special but still better than my experiences at KI's new restaurant. -Most of the ride operations during the day were pretty good. And for once they were pretty open to letting us wait for front row (nephew kept wanting to ride front). -Got around 15 total rides (including 3 flats rides) which is okay but lower than what I would expect on an 8 PM close day at the very end of August. Some bad things: -Magnum, Millennium Force and Maverick were closed most of the day with a "delayed" sign at the entrance. All three opened around, I think, 5:30 to 6 or so. Keep in mind the park closes at 8. I find it strange to do this with these 3 rides. -MF was 2 trains. I think Maverick was 4 instead of 6. I will say that those crews were rolling trains pretty well at least. -CCMR was running 1 train. Maybe a maintenance issue but that line moved so slow and my niece wanted to ride. -Snake River Expedition: The group had not ridden it before, so I recommended it but now that I think about, I think others have mentioned the ride being watered down. To make things worse it was running with 1 boat (and each trip is like 15 minutes). So it took almost an hour to get on. No actors, just the animatronics and a boat pilot knowingly making bad jokes. Some of the effects didn't even trigger. The whole thing was a bummer. Are these permanent changes or just a late season thing? -The free lockers in the Steel Vengeance crew were completely down. The attendant at the entrance was saying you can't even get in line with any loose articles (that would normally go in the free lockers) and that you would need to use the blue pay lockers near the entrance. We weren't about to do that so we just took a couple turns holding on to the group's things. How hard is it to at least come up with a temporary solution? It's not acceptable to make people buy lockers to ride what some consider the park's premiere attraction (especially considering the three M's were down most of the day). -I can't help but be reminded how uptight the staff is compared to KI. Nothing against the staff. It's clearly a top-down thing. It was still a fun day but some of those operations made the recent cuts at KI seem harmless by comparison.

It's like the ride has its own plaza...but there's nothing in the plaza. I never understood that. I don't think they would have to turn it around to have a better Rivertown entrance though. You could easily divert the entrance to enter on the side where the big queue area is left of the restrooms. Maybe even divert it to be across from the Killmart building if you're okay with making people walk a little bit.

Railblazer could be a possibility because of its size but I know the thing has had a lot of major problems and people say its not really built to be disassembled easily. Patriot is over 30 years old. My guess is that the trains will end up on its sibling at Carowinds instead. But I'm certainly no expert on these things. I'm kind of going based on what some more knowledgeable people have said.

Honestly the only coaster at CGA that seems like to be relocated is a model that both VF and MA already have.

I never thought it was good. The concept, maybe, but it was always just a big bunch of concrete and some rides named after movies with no actual theming. It still humors me that they were able to keep the Congo Falls name and didn't have to really remove anything significant (if at all?) A theme that fits Banshee and The Bat would be good. Then later on we could throw in a dark ride...

Yeah, the lines basically disappeared around 6. You're right that it was never that bad (maybe 5 to15 minute lines on the major coasters, 20-35 on the low capacity ones?) but I'm just used to these final weekdays in august being even lighter.

Went today and while it wasn't packed like people said Tuesday was, it was definitely more crowded than I expect on these 8 PM, mid-week days. Lots of family groups. Honestly, maybe I'm wrong but it seemed like an awful lot of the people were either new to the park or haven't been in years. Lots of people unaware of normal procedures (not that there's anything wrong with that) or you could tell it was their first time on a particular ride. Also noticed the cuts to some of the ride staffs that has been discussed. Mystic was running with 2 restraint checkers. Orion and DB had 3 early but were back to the normal 4 in the evening. Either way, there wasn't a lot of stacking to be honest. They were still pretty efficient. AE was back to 2 trains. Banshee ran the first half of the day and then closed. No other coasters were closed that I noticed. Lastly, the pork loin at Coney BBQ was pretty good.

Not necessarily related to NFC but I've been thinking for a while that we're to a point where everyone in the park (single day or passholder) should probably just have a wristband that gives them all of their add-ons (except probably FL as that's more likely to slow things if those have to be scanned). Could even be used to access the free SteVe lockers and the like. Side note: it seems almost inevitable that I get stuck behind people struggling to scan their phone at the parking gate or front gate. Not that I'm that impatient but the cards weigh nothing and take no significant space.

Festhaus on the burger/pizza side but you have to ask for it specifically (or at least I did).

I had it about 11:30 this morning. However, I didn't realize it would be smothered in peppers. I'm not a pepper lover. The au jus had a nice flavor to it, imo, but was also a bit hot for my taste. No quality problem like yours though. The bun was nice and the meat was decent, though there wasn't a lot of it. I think my brother liked it, as he likes peppers and spice.

My sister lost her phone on Banshee and didn't even know it until she went to pull out the phone later on. It definitely varies by the type of clothing and the restraints, etc etc. Like others have mentioned: zipper pockets are the way to go. Though I've always found that when I wear jeans (full length), the front pockets are too tight for anything to ever come out, when sitting.

I know people on this forum are prone to overreacting to every thing the park does but based on this thread you would think they were closing half the rides all day and running one-train on coasters like a Six Flags park. I'm already used to seeing Racer run with one train on weekdays and I was surprised to even see WWC running after 9 PM last season because its pretty common to close those rides in the evenings. If it gets worse, then you start to have a real concern argument but that's not guaranteed (see: slippery slope fallacy). Considering the big debt that CF currently has, the serious inflation of the past two years and the way many other parks are ran (ie. way worse than this), these changes seem pretty reasonable to me.

Imagine if SFMM built a 300 foot tall larson loop. I would die laughing.

Some have argued that there's just enough room, without a spike, for an LSM launch (at least with LSMs on part of the incline). Even if that's not true, the spike wouldn't have to be that tall to give the train some decent initial speed to be boosted enough to make it over. Pretty sure the spike is more about breaking a record and garnering attention.

..does anyone want a Larson Loop?

The park should be grateful that someone caught something that they didn't but the way the guy went to the media and added to the sensationalism would make me not want to deal with him. He acted like Guest Services should be running around in a panic and that the train was about to fly off the track and kill everyone. I doubt any parks plan for when a guest reports something like this. Side note: drone inspections is a good idea but I also wonder if its possible to put sensors the detect movement of the structure over a certain threshold.

It's been discussed on KICentral but apparently the seatbelts were added to make sure the restraints close to a certain distance. Before that it was much easier for a larger person to ride but the gap between the OTSR and the seat often left too much room for someone to slip out. Or at least, this is my understanding of things.

I, too, rode Sol Spin for the first time today. I will echo sentiments that the seats are uncomfortable. It helped to move my hips a bit forward though. My issue with the restraints is that they mostly move on their own and with the tiny hole for your head, I had to be careful not to let it knock my glasses off. I do agree that they are not as restrictive as Drop Towers restraints but remember those restraints are so restrictive because of the CGA accident in '99 and were never replaced with improved ones.

Good question. I'm wondering if its worth it to the company to just quickly get an identical replacement part installed to get the ride up and running while they wait for it to be reengineered.

I had it it today. Fries are included on dining plan. The girl who took my order said she's new and wasn't sure but it rang up fine. Not sure why I got it. I'm not a fan of blue cheese outside of salad dressing and I knew it would be overpowering. Also noticed Coney BBQ changed their fries again this year. Not sure if these are the old sidewinder fries or a new type? Still good.

Fury was ran during Winterfest in 2022, I know that much. Though manufacturers do give parks a minimum operating temperature for their rides. One thing I wonder (for anyone that might know) is how redundant are the supports on these coasters? There's a clip of a train successfully navigating that curve with the support broken, as the ride obviously had enough supports to keep it in place. Do manufacturers plan for the possibility of a certain number of pieces breaking?