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But isn't that the problem? Management isn't training for the professionalism? In years past everything from employees standing around to making up facts.... the blame falls completely on who lets it happen.... Also once you learn the ins and outs of differing communication intents and theories you'll see the world in a whole new light. This place for example is just an echo chamber reaffirming beliefs without challenging them (to a point) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks VT. You said it better than I could. However Zootopia Flume.... that's an idea... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So last year the way we were told the "license works" is as follows. The individual rides won't allow for the license. But what the license does allow for is you can skip he line of being measured to be handed a wrist band for the right color. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Awe yes the trams.... just a little slice of the pie but it did wonders. Grandma and grandpa didn't have to walk as at the end of the day. Sleeping kids could be put in a seat for a moment..... I miss the trams every day haha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks your inspirational message on these boards hanged my life and were not totally calling me out or anything. I really appreciate it. I'm glad you did it this way versus doing it in private. . I will chill. I won't expect top notch service or Disney level interactions. Namaste.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Buy doubles. Fixes everything! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you are under the age of 18 and are engaging in conversation/discussions with groups of people you don't want your mom to know about, you need to have a discussion with your mom. Or listen to her. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's not even a being mad thing. It's annoying and just comes off unprofessional. And it's not just the train guy. It's the same thing when The Bat guy calls it Top Gun...... nothing more just an annoyance. What set me off is some yahoo in another thread telling me if I want things to work well to Just go to Disney.... sorry. Should have had a snickers and stayed away longer.... back to the shadows for me! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agreed that whole left side of the park feels very open and empty. Maybe it's the lack of trees and gaps in between the start of the area and where The Bat is.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I have a 4 year old and 6 month old this year... could totally see springing for the parking upgrade if the whole crew comes a few times this year Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And you pick the one ride that purposely has a script done that way. Wasn't Jungle Cruise also the same ride that changed the script after the gator accident? And hey maybe I'm way off base or being the cranky old man.... but I think the original thing I replied to was the train spieler Mia among MT for SoB.... but I was also remembering previous things hat have been said in here from the crews of The Bat, The Beast, the screamers, the ones hat make up fake state etc..... Don't mistake my professional line for not being fun. There was a great spieler on TTD who was professional and entertaining. He didn't have to make up stats or do silly screaming stuff to energize the crowd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You are right this isn't Disney. We are reminded constantly by some on this board who expect that if you want top notch service you must attend the Disney branded parks. As others have said, why is it that Ki food Service for the last half decade or more has been going down the tubes while other parks in the chain get it right? Why is it other regional parks can figure it out but maybe ours can't. Maybe according to some on here if we want that service we should go to those parks? And Chugh I get what you are saying. You can't control for all scenarios but you can control for the most likely. Before opening day you need to have staff that can run registers, plate food, wash dishes etc. on soft openings of restaurants the problems that creep up on them are not ones of training but of unforeseen circumstances. I've worked in food service. I have done the not 50,000 crowd but the 3-5,000 crowd. But that was directed at one restaurant and not multiple. I get it. But you have to make sure your strongest are in their best spots. I hope food service improves over years past. I hope I don't have to go elsewhere to get good service (and really are we really going in that juvenile of a direction telling park goers to go to a different park to get better service?) Also I never cut down an employee to their face and always report poor and good service. I'm too old and spent too much good money to be served a product that doesn't match the value of my dollars. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I refuse to give the park any benefit of the doubt for opening day food issues. It's not like it has 30+ years of data to look at. It's not like there's not enough time to train. If you have to replace most of the staff that means you're not doing enough to keep the staff from year to year. If you can't find enough bodies to work that means you are not paying enough. From everything I read it seems last weekend was good for the most part. But KI is a business, we love it but it's a business. If we don't expect the best we won't get it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes or when the health inspector shows up.... sees food go back on the counter and shuts down the restaurant or gives a good ol fine..... things get changed Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I say both. Nothing causes Changes quicker than a quick hello from the health inspector Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's actually really gross... and confirms why I ask for fresh food... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love the look of an open air Skyline. About time they did this.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And to cross thread a bit.... this is why the ride ops need to be professional and just say the facts not make things up. Now I understand why Terp used to always cross thread stuff. Good examples just show up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agreed. But it's silly to ask people to be patient because we know lines are going to be long. It's silly (cross threading) to say if we expect professionalism and such to go to Disney. It's silly to say that we shouldn't expect the best from Kings Island and be okay with that. I have been on these boards for almost 8 years. I have seen and read that what we expect from KI happen at other parks.... so no I'm not going to "whine" I'm not going to be rude to the employees... but for sure I'm going to let managers know when they screw up. If have to warn others on here as well. We give this park either $100+ a person each season or $40 per day plus food plus gear plus whatever. But yes management may be a bigger problem as we have heard it all of the time each season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hoss you are a treasure to the park, to this ride, to the thousands of families that get to enjoy it. Also rock music on he organ would be fun to say the least Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The waiters did add to it. A nice family dinner with someone bringing you your food and drinks. Refills! And maybe the smoke house. But isn't that in the water park? So for full service with the bathing suit crowd? I don't think it will be there.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So the park no longer has a full service restaurant then..... that's terribly sad.... in another post talked about KI becoming a go to resort again.... not sure that's the way to go Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I almost forgot how much fun this place was..... look there Is nothing wrong for expecting the best.... if you just want to fight then i can do it. But just cause you point out a flaw doesn't mean you hate something. This park is the park I grew up with. For many of us we remember when Kings Island was a top park. They did the little things right that made it a top spot. You didn't have to "go to Disney" to get the good service. You're "go to Disney" comment rings hollow. A park isn't defined by how many rides it has, it's defined by the memories it makes. As an aside I do go to Disney. Probably every other year on average. Why should I expect top tier service to end there? You don't walk into an Outback and say "well if you wanted good service you should have gone to Jeff Ruby's".... first day or last day people expect the employees to be professional. To be courteous. To be knowledgeable. Making up stats on a coaster, changing the names, singing on a mic... these may all seem fun to the young teenagers but to most adults. It's not. It's annoying. It's brutal. It's not professional. If you have to engage in infantile jokes to have fun then that person needs to mature..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As compared to Busch, Disney, and Universal? I missed where they purposely call rides the wrong names.... Also at those 3, they have bigger crowds and yet find a way to have quick service at their restaurants..... They are professional and have fun.... it's a juvenile mindset that to have fun we must all fall to the lowest common denominator..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The waits not the problem.... possibly the under staffed, under trained, poorly managed, stuff is the problem.... if you don't complain to the management then they assume every thing is good. If you don't tell about the rude employee they can't get trained to be better. There is a difference between being patient and being complicit..... Also you assume people are upset because they make observations... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk