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I suspect part of it may have been wait to see who actually relocated to Charlotte and we know the mothership employees would get priority over the local Charlotte park employees. And they wouldn't consolidate until the merger was completed. I doubt that consists of all of the layoffs, and who knows, maybe they will announce a removal of Winterfest25...

Shouldn't surprise anyone, except those that thought the merger was a good idea.

Taken from a FB page. They are so nice:

So they had two options - get rid of Winterfest or add more rides to the lineup. I am sure there is another reason that will present itself in due time. Or maybe it was simply a cost-cutting measure.

As the saying goes that someone made famous here, Caveat Emptor

Caveat Emptor

@BoddaH1994 posted this in another thread that all but confirms it at KD: https://x.com/MichaelPNews/status/1884569104679378975/photo/3

They are adding a bar

Yep being discussed over in this thread:

I would assume it wouldn't be The Hershey Trust Company, but rather The Hershey Company that is the candy maker arm of the various companies under the trust.

Isn't that just getting into weeds. Both the chocolate company and Entertainment and Resorts are owned by The Hershey Trust Company, and it is why you pay the big bucks to accountants to figure out how to make money off each "subsidiary" LOL

Or an unanticipated/unplanned expense popped up and the determination was made to remove prior to its planned departure and thus nothing was identified in the 5 year plan....better to remain empty and get a worthy replacement than to just shove something in there to appease those few enthusiasts upset that a piece of land is vacant....

I am sure the creator of that video would post here more if they were not muted and requiring their posts to be approved by a mod before showing up

And for anyone that visited KD last year or looked at any socials comments, the park was busy and clearly understaffed - a lot more food/drink places closed than at KI. Granted some of that lack of staff was a lot of seasonal associates that were not hired, but this will have a bigger impact. There are many times that full-timers chip in at KI when staffing is low. Same with KD and other parks. There were times Greg Schied, then GM of KI, could be seen checking parking passes/taking parking tolls at make-shift parking tolls on the south exit during busy days, along with Don. Wasn't uncommon to see Don checking restraints at The Beast. And I am sure they helped out elsewhere also. And many full-timers do similar things. Losing that many full-timers will have an impact. Even more so in this instance as it wasn't like they combined two parks into one and reduced because of duplicate positions. I expect to see more of this happen as the board attempts to make good on their promise of $200M in savings that they said would result because of the merger....more closures and reductions in staff is likely to continue. One thing that won't happen is their bonuses won't be reduced.... And the morale of remaining employees has an impact as well...

That's what the meal plan is for