disco2000

Absolutely! The ride ops and other front line associates are doing the best they can with the limitations handed to them from above. Sadly, those making these decisions collect their big bonuses and never interact with the guests....

Is this a new prize - 2 FL wristbands for landing one ring on a bottle?

Glad they can change this poster out frequently. Now if the ice and cups can be replenished as quickly

^The kids Halloween stuff was in Soak City for many years, not just one year, and was well received by guests... While I love the ideas proposed, the same reasons they moved Halloween stuff back to main park would be an even bigger driver for Winterfest - how many million lights would they need to do so in Soak City so that people don't complain? What about entertainment over there? Do you remove lights from main park to place over at Soak City? Never say never, but it seems unlikely Soak City will be used as they still have enough area to expand with in main area and better crowd control.

^That mentality contributes to the problem - I guess you steal if the odds are in your favor? Sounds like victim shaming on a corporate level...Blame the park for the theft... You realize retail loses BILLIONS annually to theft even with loss prevention personnel. Companies spend millions on cyberand still get hacked. And sadly it is a level higher than the companies - the law is in favor of the criminal. Watch what happens when a store loss prevention employee touches or tries to physically stop the thief... No place is immune from theft. People get creative no matter how much restriction is put in place. Could the park do more - yes - could the guests do better - yes. Like I said, the park must feel that the cost to prevent is higher than the loss due to theft. Still doesn't make it right to steal. What we may see is removing self serve drink stations and requiring the employees to fill them. That would stop a lot of it. The moral/ethical compass is completely out of whack right now and using KI as an example people seem to be perfectly content with the stealing cause pop is just pop and they are a billion+/year company... We see the same arguments when someone posts about a big screen TV being stolen from Best Buy or a generator from Home Depot and ignore the lost prevention personnel commands and people say they are a billion/yr company so no big deal.. End of rant lol https://capitaloneshopping.com/research/shoplifting-statistics/#:~:text=Stores lost an estimated %2445.0,cost retailers %24461.86 in 2020.

Speaking of unsupervised teens (let's hope the KI chaperone policy prevented them from showing up at KI instead!): https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/blue-ash/pd-arrests-made-after-roughly-400-juveniles-set-off-fireworks-at-annual-ride-white-blue-ash-celebration

And let's not forget no ice or cups or ICEE straws

^While that all makes sense, sadly, until they estimate the loss is greater than the cost of loss prevention, they will let it continue. Speaking of, did you see the FB post where someone was calling out a mom that had her kid steal pizza at Festhaus and the comments were either trolling and/or thieves themselves as so many jumped on the OP and telling her to mind her own business and it is just a pizza. This is a business, not a charity. Theft is theft and will result in higher prices.

Now that the wine fest is over, what better place than a pop up beer stand behind Eiffel Tower next to the new seating area... I bet they have cups...

^This right there. As long as it sells out, that is all they care about. As they have alluded to many times on the conference calls, they are creating a sense of urgency and Fear of Missing Out - hey better be at KI in the event they do any day of special events....

Stuff like this will just make more rides get the TT2 treatment. https://www.wtrf.com/news/person-taken-to-the-hospital-after-being-hit-in-the-head-with-cellphone-while-on-roller-coaster-at-kennywood

Its happening LOL:

^as Terpy used to say, they already have your money and must figure the money made by non drink passes isn't enough to justify more open.

They already got your money!

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/power-outage-impacts-kings-island-some-rides-closed-until-power-is-restored

If we don't hear it on the Q2 call, I think we would certainly hear them loud and clear if Six Flags doesn't follow thru on the planned $1B in capital improvements that was previously announced.

Didn't take long for this to happen LOL Stuck on Tilt

There is a reason why the chain doesn't publish the per park attendance numbers....

I wonder how many were daily purchases versus season long....

We had them....they became the Fast Lane line. And apparently the single rider line trial during Winterfest didn't work and they went back to making them Fast Lane.

It is clear in recent years that their approach to new attractions doesn't care when they open and they seem to have no problem with stuff opening well beyond the season opener, so that could impact some of what we see, but based on the list below, typically park goers would have seen some evidence of some of these new attractions by now - either permits, land clearing, etc. How many of these below have you seen their respective park fan social media sites talking about seeing any activity towards these?

Sounds like a good buy or sell topic for the podcast if they haven't done that yet LOL.

Bankruptcy will likely be the answer to get out of the monster debt they are in.

That just look the other way like they do with all the stealing of people sneaking thru exits to refill...

It has been 3 trains more times than not.