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Good thing park closed at 8pm

So full on 2019 in 2022

True, a single ride goes down at a CF park and FB users lose their mind LOL. Whatever approach is done, someone will be infuriated by it. Move park hours from 1pm to 10pm and those that like to go early will be mad. The different closings of rides makes some sense if it means longer opening hours, but even a well publicized schedule and people will still go and be infuriated. Parks are in a tough situation this year, more so than previous years.

Just a little different approach! Time will tell which approach results in return visitors next year. Or maybe both ways still results in record attendance next year...

And yet we haven't heard of an outbreak from any of the parks that opened in 2020, nor have we yet in 2021 and many parks by now that are open have dropped (or not enforcing) all social distance and mask requirements. In the past week, Kings Island has basically removed the remainder of any social distance markings except for the show by the fountains, and the majority of the hand-sanitizers around the park are not being refilled, or at least not refilled as fast as they were last year. You may agree or disagree with the operations of the parks, but they are following whatever guidelines are in place (or not in place) and it is your decision as a consumer to attend or not based on what they are offering for your entertainment dollar.

Two different approaches, and in both instances, attendance is still doing well for all the parks. Time will tell if one approach over the other has a negative impact on attendance in coming years, or if the GP has short-term memories and none of the chains suffer from guests taking their discretionary dollar elsewhere next year based on the experiences from this year...

Love the facial expression! Looks like he is holding on to you for dear life. Glad to hear he loved it and joins the enthusiast community! Great picture! Thanks for sharing.

That would be what Six Flags does LOL. And we saw a little during the Paramount years...

They made the announcement on Twitter yesterday and about an hour ago:

Being discussed about in the 2021 thread.

They already do your great points...Mason police, as well as park security, are in and out of the park and the parking lot quite frequently even before this all started, and have had a bigger presence and it still happens. And they have cameras in that area. In a statement, Kings Island confirmed surveillance video footage showed that a group of juveniles were verbally harassing a boy and his father Saturday evening around 8:10 p.m. Law enforcement summoned to the scene determined the father, who was picking up his son, was in possession of a firearm. However, Kings Island's statement said the man had a valid concealed carry permit and never brandished the firearm. As you said, you would just go off property to fight... so if the police were at an unrealistic ratio of 1 officer to every 10 guests LOL, then the delinquents will just go to Great Wolf Lodge parking lot or go down a little further to the next hotel like they did on May 22nd..... Usually these types are the ones that authority is not a deterrent and they have no qualms about mixing it up with a police officer as well and that is part of the adrenaline rush for them is can they do right under their nose and not get caught.

You don't want to buy a vowel first But sure go ahead and solve.

They have had pop up lighting in place at the drop off for a couple weeks...

Yep all is good. The Bob Ross plush dolls stayed on Orion and the rides are tested with legless water dummies, so your kid will be fine. Look at all the kids over the years who had parents that had them wear platform shoes or stuff their shoes with stuff to make them reach the magical height and none of them flew out. There is a factor of safety inherent in the rider specs as well. Believe me, no park or manufacturer wants to be responsible for some little kid flying out because they just barely met the rider requirements. Keep in mind when rides like Racer and Beast opened, they were just buzz bars that didn't go down very far with no seatbelts and no middle divider. No little kid flew out of them. We had a lot of freedom in those seats back then. Now those rides have seatbelts, adjustable restraints to better fit to the person in the seat, and a middle divider so a single rider doesn't go sliding back and forth around turns. You know all the fun stuff when we were kids lol. And of course you will be sitting next to him probably holding on to his leg as well LOL. Enjoy the day. You will create memories for you and your son that will last a lifetime. These are the fun moments of going to the park. Enjoy them. Tell her to stay home if she will be a debbie downer

I like that you can redeem your drink plan when you order a meal with mobile ordering....um I mean I would like to be able to redeem my drink plan when ordering on the mobile app

So you all getting a nice big check then LOL.

I think those porn shops simply look for recently expired domains and snatch them up hoping that if even 5% of those looking for the old site then partake in their offerings that they come out well ahead LOL. I have seen so many sites that turn into porn sites when a domain expires LOL.

One would think that by simply purchasing the pass that they would have been informed of this, but then again someone getting a cup of coffee should know that "Caution: Contents are Hot" without the need for the label.... And as usual, who is the typical winner of these class action lawsuits - the attorneys getting a third of that settlement... Granted the passholders in this instance are getting $200, which is a lot more than I ever got from previous lawsuits like this. Usually it is like 25 dollars LOL. But this certainly will have an impact on capital expenditures. At $200 the passholders will take the money and run. If the settlement was $25, I think most would rather the lawsuit didn't happen and the park instead put that money into new rides?

Or is it a further indicator that Haunt isn't returning as some suspect? Or it could be that attraction has ran it's course and will either be repurposed for another attraction or not used at all for Haunt? Stay tuned as someone once said...

Article doesn't say much about a situation last night (6/12)...but at the same time not every incident is newsworthy... https://www.wlwt.com/article/police-investigating-unruly-juvenile-behavior-at-kings-island-saturday-park-officials-say/36708876

WOW - I guess they won't get a new ride soon as that settlement could purchase a few rides LOL https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/theme-parks/2021/06/12/six-flags-settle-lawsuit-class-action-36-million-fingerprint-scanner-gurnee-illinois/7668690002/

Crowds are on the thin side for a Saturday, probably heat and inability to just jump over to Soak City to cool off is a deterrent to many. They knew @King Ding Dong wasn't there today, so they opened that Freestyle

Row 4 of Banshee does. The test seat out front has two belts - one for the other rows and one for the larger row.

Unfortunately, this isn't the first park fan site to shut down and unfortunately it won't be the last either. Social Media like Facebook and Reddit sites are taking over and has a bigger audience. It allows people to only have to use one platform for all of their interests instead of several. Personally, I find forums like this easier to navigate and find information. Facebook and Reddit is filled with dozens of the same questions every week as apparently the GP do not know how to use a search function LOL. How many posts per week does the KI Season Passholder page get asking the same thing: "What is the best day to go to the park"; "What are the wait times today"; "Should I get a Fast Lane for a Saturday"; "What are the hours of the park", etc. Certainly the layout and organization of a FB page contributes to the constant barrage of people creating new posts asking the same things over and over again, but it is clear very few people use the search function of FB before asking a question. Contrast that with a site like this that has a wait times thread, so it is easy to find and people can post and see right there. We don't have to scroll through dozens of the same question asked 50 different ways and 100's of responses to flip through. The layout and organization of a forum is generally better organized and easier to navigate and find what you are looking for, but apparently the GP likes them some FB lol. I don't know the numbers for this site, but my observation is that the number of new members and posts per year have probably gone down in recent years as the FB groups and Reddit sites have grown and people start going to those sites. They look at it as being able to get the same information as they can get here, but instead they can get it in one platform that they get information for all of their other interests and thus one less app or site to have to navigate and use. Hopefully this site is one that can continue to stick around in the ever changing landscape of social media opportunities to find information.

That in a week they will cut it again