CedarPointer

See, I thought the same thing, except the blast of air there makes no sense, and it seems like an awfully convenient place to reuse the mechanism from the gag in Boo Blasters where the curtain opened to reveal the ghost holding a teddy bear. But maybe the blast of air is supposed to go with Hilda's wailing and is just mistimed? I feel like it's a bit troubling that more effects seem broken each weekend, and they don't seem to be getting fixed (i.e. the first boiler's TV screen).

Conversations about the park cheerleaders attacking anyone who has valid criticisms of the park always brings me back to this blog post from years ago on a Disney blog, which seems very prescient now considering how social media has only made this type of thing worse. The sad part is that a lot of the criticism now comes from former employees, who know they would have been fired if they had, say, opened on Friday with the tables still filthy from Sunday night and trash cans already overflowing.

I think the main benefit at this point is the single use Fast Lane, and that now it's the only way to get a pass that works at all the parks. The lounge used to be nice as a place to get a quick drink, but since the passes were so oversold in the fall, the line to get into the lounge has been awful a lot of the time and you'd probably be better off getting it at the Freestyle place across the way. Some of the other parks have much nicer lounges that are indoor and air conditioned, so it'd be a lot better of a benefit there. The special entrance line is a completely useless benefit, and it amazes me they continue to do it. I think the real issue with the prestige pass is that SF can't figure out whether they want it to be a premium pass with premium benefits, or just the same thing as the old platinum pass, so now it's underpriced but still has downgraded versions of the premium benefits, which just leads to everyone being frustrated.

I think the main benefit of breakfast is that you can actually get drink plan coffee at 9:30am now. That building is just not set up for a high volume of people, and shoehorning an unpopular bar in there in place of the pickup window didn't help. If you've ever peeked into the kitchen, it's literally the size of a broom closet. I don't think they can/would, since it's right next to Starbucks, but I kind of wish it was at Grain and Grill instead, since that has a better setup for a high volume of people. I keep expecting it to get Brewhouse Chicken Sandwich'd and inexplicably disappear some day because it was "too popular", never to be discussed again. One positive change since the first weekend is that the potatoes come in a paper portion cup now instead of the little tin, and you probably get twice as much (and half of it isn't burnt onto the tin).

Soon to be replaced with the 100 calorie packs of Oreo Thin Crisps and animal crackers, I'm sure.

The new preferred parking setup is an absolute disaster. The weird nondescript lane it puts you into at the exit seems like an accident waiting to happen, and they've apparently been closing it and refusing to allow more cars in hours before the park closes even though plenty of spots are open. The snacks were also the only good part of the patio "lounge", so seeing those changed to a Costco sample size is pretty disappointing.

Unfortunately, the drop in temperature on Saturday seemed to lead to a LOT of people walking around with the ugly AI hoodies.

I'm just curious if they actually open it at the start of early rides like Cedar Point does/did for the breakfast at Grand Pavilion. It'd be nice, considering French Corner is the only place that consistently has fresh drink plan coffee. Hopefully it's also open more consistently... felt like it was barely open last year.

Must be from the "cancelled" photo shoot. 😉

I'm sure it'll be turned into a bar before too long.

Imagine how nice it would have been if it looked anything like the art they used to advertise it.

Why bother keeping trees when people will buy passes anyway? Sure, the park resembles a parking lot, but... 🙄

I think there will also be an increasing number of people who buy a pass, but don't spend a dime in the park the whole season since the in-park experience has declined so badly. Shame they decided to give away the gate.

I'm glad they're worrying about the important things. 🙄

I know people kept saying the Mack shuttle doodad wasn't the real Kingda Ka replacement, so I guess it must be this!