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I assure you, it is not the only company that operates in this manner, the sheer nature of the job demands one to test their ethics on at least a semi-regular basis, which is exactly why signature says what it says.... DON'T ever sacrifice your honesty and integrity for a paycheck and a nice office. If I was ever offered a position anywhere that I had to slap on a nametag and a fake smile every single day and worry about how I was going to creatively turn facts into chocolate sprinkle covered bull**** in case something happened, Id tell them to shove their office, their "decent" salary and their name tag or desk name plaque. Also, as foolish as this act was, there is NO way I could ever be as cold as CS was, whether he was told to respond in this manner or not, at the end of the day its a human life that was lost.

And you SURE as Hell dont say "The boat floated safely to port and the passengers walked away"! This is exactly why I DONT like spin-doctors in any fashion unless they are carrying a Pocket Full of Kryptonite, the entire nature of their job is BS, be it good BS or bad BS, its ALL BS and so many of these problems could be averted if spin doctor positions were A)Dissolved or B)ALL parent companies grow the balls to tell the truth when things happen, be they good things or. bad things, period. So the shareholders get a little ****y when bad events occur or bad news is reported, they can stuff it and take the bad with the good like all regular humans have to on a daily basis. What @brenthodge and @SonofBaconator said in their statements would be "doing it right". I applaud the employee for talking to the Fox outlet and if I knew who it was Id throw him a $20 for doing it!

"We saved hundreds on power by switching the rides off and still allowing people to come in and spend money". Their version of a popular insurance commercial.

It isnt the weather, their weather isnt much different than south central Indiana and/or the KI area. Your statement from 2021 is absolutely correct, and CF knows it WONT get the ROI from that park, I promise you I know this because I considered it my home park from 95 when I started all of this park jazz, until 2006 when we moved to Indiana. I then went back ONCE in 2011 for the disaster opening day, then again last year and oooohhhhhh how things have changed. It would have worked back in the early-mid 2000s, it wont work now, which was proven when they tried.

That is theming I can get behind!! Also, after watching POVs ov both, I can see why HW demanded the "First open" clause, because instead of "Good Gravy" that thing is "weak sauce" in every way compared to SSBR. I will know how well this runs either this coming Sunday, or July 14th.

The next time you ride it, look on the metal base in the center that covers the motor and all of the hydraulic pumps, etc. It will have a name plate on it somewhere quite visible, and it will very likely have the date of manufacture clearly stamped into the metal. EDIT: Also, the one at WoF is dope because it runs like a scrambler at the end of the ride cycle for quite a while with the cars at ground level, I wish SR and R or Troika did that.

"They already have your money", and mine this final season for that matter, and until people stop freely handing over said money, CFSIX (sux) actions and feelings about us will not change. It was no different the 19th, there were more closed than open by far unless you wanted to waste 30+ minutes in line at one of the food joints. Hell, they didnt even open the concession stand that they paid all that money for over by Orion until 5pm!!

And thats why it fails, repeatedly. If its verified… ESPECIALLY if a ride op or other associate sees it… the people caught need an escort to the parking lot, the back of the line is a joke. I know, as an associate at your level its not an issue you can do anything about, but that IS the issue and no member of Management at CF wants to address it because they are too worried about bad PR from a group of people who dont offer any positive contribution to the park

Im sitting here laughing way too hard right now, because when I first saw the image before reading the Xpost and replies, I thought CF's new low was digitally blacking out everyones faces unless they paid for the Funpix

No..... it would increase lines tremendously for MT and Beast in particular, and even the B&M FL lines would be a ton longer. Will the company do it? Yeah... wouldnt put it past them for a second to further dilute the $1000 that people pay for ASFL... but it is 100% not the correct thing to do. I will hopefully have odds on my side that they dont introduce that kind of mess until next season, when I will no longer be a passholder feeling like they paid for an iPhone and got the wish "equivalent".

And that is exactly why the meal plan was the ONE thing I didnt get, and never have. Yes, they can (and given the chance, will) screw every other add-on up, but that and the all-season FL are the only two Id be really pi$$ed about. The FL I find crucial enough to actually enjoying the park that I will "discuss" things with a gold tag each and every visit if I have to, as much as I have to, in order to get things right. The meal plan I do not, and all it would do is make me angry enough to simply walk. Further edited to address BB1s above post.... I dumped my CC membership about 8 years ago for many of the same reasons.... immature garbage, and all I really wanted the memberships to the various clubs I belonged to from 09-16 for, was the ERT. I had also made the decision mid-season last year that this year would be my last, and that was before I had been made aware of the CF/SIX merger, or the myriad of garbage that CF has pulled with this latest iteration of the "We already have your money" pass. Now, as you mentioned in your last sentence, Id be adamant about this one being it even if I hadnt already made that decision.

Put this on the list of places I MUST go this year!

Hey, Carowinds has Denny's, KD may as well have Ricky and Wonder Bread!

Are you kidding me? I'd dig this and it would be pretty cool, but If they wont pony up the dough for the Intimidator likeness and GM Goodwrench for their licensing, they sure arent going to pony up for royalties for this! Hell, I think they should get ahold of Steve Earl's people, pay the royalties to use Copperhead Road, and theme it to running shine but they wont spend or dont have the $$$ to do so.

It is admittedly a positive effort, but coming from a BIG BIG Geauga Lake fan, there isnt a single D amn thing that will change their planned course of action.

That weekend was bananas, Ive still got the big group pic we took on The Beast walkback tour. I definitely dont go as hard as I did back then, but for certain rides (SV, MT, Raven, and Voyage especially) I will marathon past the point of where my body says “Ummm, yeah, you should have stopped about 3 cycles ago”.

New logo design being revealed for the release of the new merch.

Not if they are Premier unitholders.

Here's a good one. With the new pass structure, I wonder when/if they will start having pass processing days prior to opening day? I certainly hope that A)They do that as they did in the days of new passes/photos every year or B)Have gate central set up in a manner that will allow current passes to be used once before having to get the new card/photo to avoid Hella long waits at processing on preview day.

The soccer game has been converted to an axe throwing game which is actually pretty cool, but I am 1000% in favor of dumping all 3(?) of the basketball games.

I thought that same thing about the length when they compared it to Thunderbird in the comments. Ive always liked T-Bird, just thought "If it had a few hundred more feet". To your point, it certainly wont deter me from hading down to ride it by any means.

OK, first, Ive watched plenty of testing videos from what I believe to be Battery Park Marina and have done the numbers with a graphing and scaling program and every...single...time the train went up the tophat and rolled back the front of the train was at minimum 220'. Second, I know the numbers for the backwards run across the flat track and backwards through the station as Ive figured those as well using time/distance. Third, as Brad said, I was/am referring to the loss of the 0-120 in 4 that can only be felt now through either of the examples I gave. I have plenty of Friends with cars that run sub-9 second 1/4 mile times and even they.... as exciting and thrilling as they are (especially behind the wheel).... dont give the same feeling because their 0-120 isnt in the 4 second range and Im behind a windshield. Every point I made was backing up the points disco made, hence this part of my statement "100% this on the acceleration element". I was agreeing with his point. Thank you Brad for getting it.

This entire response is how Ive been wanting to express my thoughts and feelings on the ride, but I declined thinking no one would relate and Id come off as the jerk I can definitely be at times. Falling backwards at 300+ feet scares the Hell out of me, but knowing that 98% of the time it wasnt going to happen kind of made the 2% chance exciting, despite the fear. Now, I know it IS going to happen every time. 100% this on the acceleration element. 0-120mph in 4 seconds is equivalent to an F1 car and a half-second faster than the fastest road going vehicle in the World, the $2.2M Battista, and I dont see any of us getting a ride in one of those any time soon. Again, Im not saying TT2 will be BAD, it just wont give that same level of "unobtanium" experience. The best way I can explain it, is comparing Mel Blanc Looney Tunes voices to post-Mel Looney Tunes voices. Its cool they didn't demolish the ride, but its just not "there" in terms of experience.

The people that do the most whining are usually WoF, ValleyFair, or MA fans who don't understand WHY KI (and CP) are "spoiled" and don't understand that a park has to make money to take money, and there is a GOOD reason it had been 14 years since WoFs last coaster, and 16 and counting for Valleyfair's last in Renegade. To your point, we noticed the cuts a lot more than any of those three I mentioned did, which is a little downside of being a regular at a park that is performing and operated properly.

I am likely going into a crowd hornet's nest with the very nice forecast temps next Sunday, but I am going to enjoy a few hours in the park recording the tree lighting and taking pics around the park, food and hot chocolate, and maybe enjoying a ride or two on MT and Sol Spin without having to be any more bundled up than I was on closing day.