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As mean as it sounds, with an incident like this, the whole group should be ejected. That would prevent the abuse you took in line that could have ended much worse. Or they follow and harass you around the park.

He would have turned right around lol! Approaching a Saturday crowd.

Anyone thinking Tuesdays are light will find that not the case today.. As of this post, Skyline is out past Starbucks and chicken shack halfway to Drop Tower. Rides all healthy queues as well. And this is an 8pm close...

It doesn't have to be for a coaster. Is HC325 gonna fund the concept I think Shaggy nailed why we will not see it continue as a main act venue.

Cedar Fair should feel slighted they were not mentioned as they are offering way more than Kennywood! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/business/economy/pandemic-jobs-teenagers.html

^ It sure is.

@flightoffear1996 - was this your first time to Carowinds? Your experience this weekend was different than this?

Interesting - in another thread someone said how bad the operations were and how understaffed Carowinds was? 20 trains in an hour and Gold Rush only had 2 employees and 10min dispatch times?

^this! Many will make more per hour in their chosen career field as a co-op or intern than the park can pay. And fast forward to graduation and that results in higher starting pay compared to the graduate that didn't work in their field during college. But on the flip side, there are also many demanding jobs that some of my RN nurse friends have said CP or KI is paying more per hour than they make and they have joked about working their for summer. So what is the answer? More full-time jobs to entice people to work there? Bigger outreach to high schools? Couple positions to internships within their chosen field - for example a ride op majoring in marketing would have x% of their time within the marketing department? And then of course how does CF pay for all of this? Increased prices or reduced prices and make it up on volume?

^ yep and I hope I am wrong, but I think the typical slow days at KI will be slammed, especially with CP closed on Tue and Wed in June and reservations, KI will pick up many people that would have been going to CP. Plus all the pent up demand and so many passes sold that people want to get their money's worth... The 8pm closes may deter some, but apparently not today lol!

What is considered a midway and gatherings in large groups that block midways

Personally I would rather attempt the jump than ride up and down the starting ramp he used to get up to speed LOL. That looked more scary to me! If you didn't pay attention to that part, watch some videos again of him going up that steep ramp at enough speed to get up it yet not shoot off of it at the top or go off the side. The jump is all about getting the right speed LOL. Going UP the downward ramp was more impressive! Who am I kidding, it was all impressive! I remember he said he learned about the landing ramp idea from his dad and I know he felt that early landing by landing on the flat part and it was impressive not losing the landing coming in. Those shocks absorbed a lot, but that wasn't much different than landing on the ground at that point so his back took some of the hit as well.

I found it interesting, but not surprising when you think of it, that clearly someone had to have made and tested that jump a few times. Look at all the tire marks on the landing ramp! And yet he came up just short when it mattered, not that most realized that though!

Change pen to computer and you get the idea (this commercial is a little old LOL)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlhFwFxi2Do (in case anyone doesn't get the humor - CF only has one computer for social media so they cannot get to everything as the Twitter employee didn't get their turn due to the email employee crafting an email )

They will be closed tomorrow due to a staffing shortage oh wait wrong park...

Guess what...just as many of us predicted...the park calendar now changed to show Soak City NOT opening tomorrow...where is a tweet or FB post about this change? Hopefully at the very least they notified those that had reservations! Will the 2 hours be added back now

So they just kick the staffing problems into next year... If the parks don't offer at least the same amount last year, I see the shortage being even greater then. Who likes doing the same job for half what they got paid last year?

At this rate, CP may have been open more hours in 2020 than they will be in 2021

What about large groups stopping to watch a performance by the entertainment department? I guess smoking in the park and in queues and phones out on rides are not ejectable offenses since it wasn't on the list...

What a nice deterrent

Usually, in this part of the season it is because a lot of their staff are still in school LOL. In Planet Snoopy they rotate around the closed ride until staff arrives, um I mean get out of school LOL. Historically it has been this way and some years are better than others in when the rides open. Or maybe they are still hung over from the associate event last night

Time to use your secondary twitter account

So did anyone get an email that said this or is this typical media misinterpretation: "In an email to season pass holders, the park said daily operations will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. until June 10. After that date, the park will be open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m." The calendar has shown since it was published that 10pm daily would start June 25th and the current modified calendar still shows that... https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio/kings-island-shortening-hours-due-to-staffing-issues-offering-more-than-50-full-time-positions/530-fda4f07a-a110-46ff-8c77-cede2bb73611

Not so fast, they may pull a Cedar Point and decide to close on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in June emailing us of the change is optional

Looks like they finally remembered the Twitter account password and posted something