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And yet it was Summer in Australia and just turned to Autumn...why do they have cases then...

And that will probably include giving away the gate like we have never seen before...

Maybe they can add hours to each operating day, like midnight or 1 am closings (cross threading LOL knowing that will not happen due to noise...)

Miami U just followed suit for rest of semester that ends mid May. Museum Center and Art Museum closed.. This will be the new normal for awhile....

Not all, but yeah most end before K-12. Miami goes until mid-May. Many districts are notifying their staff to assume they will not return this school year... Latest projection is this thing peaks in May...most schools in Ohio end late May and why start it back up for a few weeks... If we shut schools down for three weeks for 4 confirmed cases, do you really think they will re-open in 3 weeks when we have thousands of confirmed cases...

I know that - I posted the Governor's order here LOL... I mean K-12 out the rest of the school year beyond the 3 weeks like the universities are starting to do as I mentioned in that post...

University of Cincinnati just canceled in-person classes rest of term. Spring break extended until Wed, March 25th with online starting up on Thursday the 26th. All students need to be out of dorms by March 25th and UC will reimburse pro-rated for rest of term on room and board... I suspect we will see that happen to K-12 as well beyond the initial 3 week order...and will trickle into when amusement parks open...

Imagine the foresight Cedar Fair had to make this the year of the giga EDIT - it was funnier when I typed it, but apparently budget isn't allowed before giga on this site LOL...

And look how quickly it has changed...

I think because we were the first state to do mandatory school closings and our Order was more directive than others...

IndyGuy - you moved where the link is at, so this now comes up as an error...feel free to remove this post after you correct the link!

This statement cannot be stressed enough! The whole idea is to have the resources available (hospital beds and doctors and nurses, etc.) so that healthcare providers can take care of the sick. Otherwise, projections are that there will be a demand greater than 20 patients per available hospital bed. That means 19 people per bed per hospital do not get treated. With almost 790,000 beds in hospitals around the country, over 15 million people sick enough to be hospitalized would be turned away due to capacity issues... and that doesn't take into account other health issues competing for those beds like cancer and other ailments... We all expect and take for granted that if we are sick enough to be hospitalized that a bed and room will be available... The side affect of this approach is that it comes at a cost of delaying the peak time when everyone is sick as well as lengthening the time the virus sticks around. But if that allows everyone that does get sick to be able to be treated and reduces the number of deaths, it is worth it. This is why it was reported yesterday that because of all these measures being put in place, it is not expected that the peak will occur until mid-April or early May. Because of this, it is strongly likely that any state Governor Orders or additional Orders from the Federal government could be extended or implemented or strengthened based on that data available at that time...and once we get to the other side, things will re-open slowly and be re-evaluated...we may see things like parks not open this year...

True LOL but I would bet there are also gonna be other food stand open for those that don't wanna wait in the "I'm entitled to free food" line I guess we will find out for KI passholder preview that in the past accepted meal and dining plans (if the event happens..cross-threading)...

Here is the order https://governor.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/governor/media/news-and-media/bans-mass-gatherings-of-100-or-more "Mass gatherings are defined as any event or convening that brings together 100 or more persons in a single room or single space at the same time such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, theater, or any other confined indoor or outdoor space. This would include parades, fairs, and festivals. Mass gatherings does not include normal operations of airports, bus and train stations, medical facilities, libraries, shopping malls and centers, or other spaces where 100 or more persons may be in transit. It also does not include typical office environments, schools, restaurants, factories, or retail/grocery stores where large numbers of people are present, but it is unusual for them to be within arm’s length of one another." It includes outdoor events in this ban... Park guests are packed in at queue lines unless we virtual queue...the order doesn't exclude amusement parks (yet)... But like I mentioned earlier, there is still clarification being made on this Order. If the Order is extended to overlap KI and CP opening dates, I suspect at that time clarification will be made in that Order... Scene75 announced last night they are closing, so we could see other entertainment places follow suit as well... Is season passholder preview an event? Lots of clarifications that will be forthcoming in the following weeks if the order is extended/strengthened...

And the doctor at the Ohio press conference reiterated that fact and said they do not expect this to peak until Mid-April or early May....so if it doesn't peak until then, it is very well this order could be extended or strengthened... This probably went into The Ohio State University decision last night to eliminate in-person classes the rest of the semester (previously they would resume the last few weeks of the term)...and I expect others will follow that lead...

And that maximum attendance number could be deemed too small to justify a park opening... It could bring to parks virtual queue lines limiting lines to under the 100 person threshold... sorry Fastlane... Could force a park to not open if threat of bad weather as they couldn't open up weather shelters as that would exceed 100 person threshold... Would Flight of Fear, Boo Blasters, Festhaus, etc be impacted... We are in unprecedented times and things are changing rapidly. Nobody would have predicted on Monday want we waking up today..

Personally I would rather see this as a poll question if at all posted.... PilotDude nailed it - "it is too early to make guess and spread false information with all of the speculation." Given the Ohio Governor's Order yesterday (some passages still open for clarification and interpretation), a question posed like this without the facts of this Order mentioned will simply add to confusion and frenzy as many people will offer their thoughts without even knowing about the Ohio Governor's order and it's impacts if extended or strengthened...if an order says it can't open, it can't open... Take for example California, their Order specifically exempted Disneyland, yet Disneyland made the decision to close...

Wonder if the new norm going forward for passholder only type events are that meal and dining plans will not be valid?...

They will give away the gate like we have never seen before...

Hollywood now too and movie premiers delayed and some shows shutting production

They do not expect it to peak until mid-April or early May...but all closings could be longer as data becomes available... Governor order will impact KI because this will be extended...

All ohio schools public and private shut down at least 3 weeks after school ends Monday. Most major sports have suspended including basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey.

Summary of other park responses: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/how-disney-universal-and-other-theme-parks-are-responding-to-coronavirus-205923602.html

Didn't see this posted anywhere here (or I missed it)? https://www.cedarpoint.com/play/events/just-for-fun-weekend

One could argue if they had the event then someone wouldn't feel the need to trespass.... ...um wait yeah someone would still do it...