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I imagine that early queue will look even better once those trees grow in.

^Yeah, the point being that I thought this was more of a way to update, modernize, and give new coasters new life, thus spreading out the lines. Putting VR on coasters already immensely popular seems kind of unnecessary and arbitrary.

Without breaking the 11th commandment of course.

This probably tells you how much I eat Skyline in the park, but do they have hot sauce in the park's Skylines?

Didn't SFNE slap VR on their Superman hyper coaster, aka, one of the highest ranked steel coasters in the world?

Question regarding CP dining- are the on-property restaurants like DQ and Quaker Steak as good as their off property counter parts? Also, do I get Platinum discounts at those restaurants?

There's a bit of space between Racer and Flight of Fear that they could use as well.

So here's how I'm gonna handle Pittsburgh. I'll book the hotel and get admission to Kennywood now. I will wait until the week before, or at least when I'm comfortable that the weather is accurate, to get the ticket for the Reds @ Pirates game I want to attend. The Reds' series in Pittsburgh I'm going for is August 1-3, so the actual trip will be leave on the first, do whatever combination of Reds and Kennywood on the 2nd and 3rd, and return to Cincy on the 4th. Ideally I wanted to do the game first, but with Kennywood's early closing stuff, weather will be the determining factor in when I do both things.

I get why SIX is doing this because money, but how does a 400+ ft free fall tower attached to the side of the world's tallest coaster not hold your attention enough to warrant using VR?

^Yeah, I'm nervous about booking that week because weather can screw that up a ton (along with the Reds/Pirates game). I may book the hotel early, but I'll wait to buy the ballgame ticket until the week before or even the day of if I can help it (hopefully, the Pirates are mediocre at best this year). I nearly got royally screwed over by weather during my HW trip last year as well.

You guys are making me miss the trams.

That is, unless you're malem.

Hotels all booked for Michigan and northern Ohio! I did contemplate skipping a night on a hotel stay, aka, pulling a malem and going straight from my house to MIA, thus, only staying the one night in Muskegon, but then saw I'll be on the road for roughly 7 hours, so that's a big nope. Oh, and my hotel in Port Clinton on the shore of Lake Erie. Just out of curiosity, given the nature that MIA is Cedar Fair's smallest park, are there any types of policies regarding early closure for low attendance or other such not well known park policies I should be aware of (for Kennywood, too)? EDIT: Day by Day Itinerary of Trip June 18- Leave for Muskegon June 19- MIA June 20- go from Muskegon to Port Clinton June 21-22- Cedar Point June 23- back to Cincy

I can't really say I had many funny memories working in food, but there were the hardships. Anytime leaves clogged the drain during a rain storm, the stand (RT Potato Works) flooded with about an inch of water on the floor. Same would happen at the very back of WINGS' (now Reds HOF Grille) kitchen (I closed there a few times, even on weekdays I didn't get out until well after midnight). Also, from what I remember, the storage areas of RT LaRosa's weren't kept up very well (we got rotated to Happy Days as well and on rare occasions, Festhaus, that place is the worst place to close just on its sheer size alone). We did have a few incidents involving customers. Example, the park had a system where if you spotted anyone drunk ordering alcohol, you had to report it to the food department HQ and describe the person where it was told to every stand that served alcohol. We've also had lost and stolen credit cards, plus fake $50 and $100 bills. The worst time of day was while the water park was closing and that train rolled in and gave us instant midway crossing lines (at least on weekends). We also got a lot of trays of food from WINGS and LaRosa's for people who wanted the big fries with it. I also saw that not a lot of people fully finish those fries. Lots of salt, pepper, ketchup and malt vinegar everywhere as well. It's amazing to see how messy people can be with a simple cup of fries (this is before they added cheese and chili cheese fries). Also of note is that they used to have registers which didn't print out receipts unless you paid with a credit card, so memorizing orders was a bit of a chore (you'd be surprised, though, our stand also sold popcorn shrimp and chicken along with a chicken sandwich). The worst part of it was the fact I was working there in 2004 when they were slowly taking out Antique Cars within a stones' throw of the stand which was heartbreaking enough, but one day, they hit a sewer line which sent a pretty strong smell through I-Street around the Eiffel Tower and Carousel, and half of RT and CM.

Aside from Spiritsong, when was the last time Timberwolf actually hosted a high profile band/artist? I'm honestly surprised Spiritsong puts up with Timberwolf given the severe lack of upgrades to the place. It feels like an arbitrary relationship because KI offers a great experience on top of it with having the whole park at their disposal, but hasn't felt obligated to throw Spiritsong a bone by giving them a nicer venue. Overall, I don't think the removal of Timberwolf would be as bad as we might believe.

In addition to what shark6495 said, the park has had better food and service therein. I feel its been going downhill within the last 5+ years. What made those previous seasons different than now? As much as we bark about the bad stuff Paramount did, they trained their food staff much, much better than Cedar Fair and they staffed food venues better. Other parks go through the same thing and still have better service than Kings Island. There are employees at Holiday World younger than the average staff age at KI that were much more professional and confident in their jobs than KI. As for training them before they get working, couldn't KI partner with local restaurants that are already in the area that are in the park (Skyline, LaRosa's, Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, Subway) and let the employees train there before the season starts? The Glenway Skyline has perks for working up at the KI Skyline (which I just found out yesterday). When I was trained at Potato Works (at the actual stand right after they did the mass training during their orientation style training), I felt I was prepared and confident about my job with a few days. Granted, its easier food to make than most stands, but that also includes the areas like working register, interacting with customers and such.

I can do coasters in a light or misty rain. Anything harder than that gets uncomfortable. It's like being shot with a bunch of needle guns.

Just bumping this thread for use this season.

^Yeah, I got the day plan of CP down to a science after previous visits.

^A giant noodle supporting the radio playing X-mas music with pictures of Vortex strung up behind.

After glancing at CP's Fast Lane prices, I'm more likely than not avoiding Fast Lane.

^I'm guessing it'll be something Goble won't appreciate.

^Part of it is also to avoid or get the tail end of mayfly season. I got a cut across my forehead from hitting one at 120 mph on Dragster during my last visit. Also hoping for just enough wind to keep TTD open and a bit of rain beforehand so I can attempt a roll back ride.

Just out of curiosity, I just realized we can attach photos to posts now. Is that okay to do or do you guys still encourage use of 3rd party sites like Photobucket?

We're playing that in the West Side Community Band at our concert this Sunday as part of a Jersey Boys medley. I get a solo matching the first verse, which, I get to play around with the melody a bit (aka ad lib).