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Great, now we have murder hornets invading the US... would hate to get hit by one of these suckers on TTD! Ironically they showed up the same time as covid? Why does that remind me of Fury325

Here is an interesting article headline - Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model So if a graduate of that school comes out and discredits this model and analysis, does that mean they are discrediting the educational value of such an institution... and by inference discount their own education...stay tuned...

Not a so much a brighten, but more a giggle during this time... Imagine the looks he gets with that name being a police officer LOL

Critical thinking cannot be stressed enough. In general, most of our society has lost the art of critical thinking and instead relies on being informed through click-bait, sound bite news articles and headlines, or worse, stuff posted on Facebook and reddit. How many actually read the click-bait article - most do not. They go by the headline and assume it is accurate and start sprouting it off as fact on their own social media platforms. Often times when I read the article, it actually contradicts what the headline is leading you towards. Does the media care, absolutely not or they wouldn't do it. Sensationalism sells. Brings them the revenue. Here is an example. Came across this headline article today on reddit: Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly bad. Somebody somewhere is now posting and using this as a reason why flattening the curve works and why the shut-downs were needed. Heck, I was going to bring this headline here proving why the shut-downs were needed and work. Fortunately I research, so I found the actual and full article on a more "reputable platform" expecting to see unbelievable death statistics and scenes worse than anything New York City experienced. Guess what, a country with a population of 209 million people has had 6,300 deaths attributable to Covid-19. New York City alone is double the number of deaths (13,365) with just a population of 8.3 Million. The headline is the complete opposite of what the article is saying! Now maybe Brazil is heading towards worse, maybe not. The article is inconclusive and doesn't provide enough narrative. They do not paint the full picture for someone to gauge how bad. But the snapshot in time numbers they provided are not representative of that headline. Maybe that will be an appropriate headline in a couple of months, but it certainly isn't the appropriate headline at this moment in time! I get criticized for my documentaries on this forum, or wall of text as someone calls them LOL. That is fine, in many cases it simply proves my point that people do not want to read and prefer click-bait headlines... I do my research and read as much as I can and for the most part I follow what @Joshuaposted above about how one should go about reading and analyzing an article. I have also been known to find the actual data and graph it myself to confirm that the graph in the article is accurate and not some "not to scale" representation to favor their slant. I even go one step further and try to find the differing opinions or views. Let's use politics as the example - I read left and I read right. Often they disagree, but sometimes there is a little sliver they both agree on - that is probably the fact or the accurate part to hone in on. I present my research, cite my sources, why I agree or disagree with it, and try to formulate an opinion that is not one-sided. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't. Same as the experts or the meteorologist lol. But I lay it all out there in detail for someone to understand why I came up with the conclusion I did. One of the problems with social media platforms is that it gives all voices, regardless of how ridiculous, the same equal standing as the intelligent voices. And what is worse, is that when someone questions a ridiculous viewpoint, instead of the person with a ridiculous statement being able to cite reasons and research for their position, they tend to take the ranting and raving approach. One of the things that makes our country great is we are entitled to our own opinion without fear of being locked up for having a differing opinion, but if one can present their rational for their opinion, it allows for a much more civil discussion on the merits of that opinion. TL:DR - don't be educated by click-bait headlines - do your research!

It takes skills to get banned while Disney is closed due to covid https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-arrested-camping-disney-worlds-141823689.html

The picture, yes, but the tweet he sent out this week is not because he lost a bet! PS: it is actually the phrase for his new team LOL...but buckeye nation sees it differently Since you want every post here covid related LOL, here you go: Tom Brady was busted for working out in a closed park. Park was closed due to covid. Tom Brady walked into the wrong house. I am sure someone could say that is a violation of the covid order somewhere. I doubt the order is you cannot visit friends, but accidentally walking into someone else's home by mistake is an ok thing to do If the NFL doesn't play this season, you can thank Tom for that LOL, Let's blame him if Disney doesn't open as well while we are at it since his missteps took place in Florida LOL Either that Michigan education isn't all it is cracked up to be or he has had one to many concussions

A former Michigan player must agree and supports Ohio State https://twitter.com/i/status/1255534619581128706

Or flew out or tossed from the ride.. CF is self insured so they determine the liability policy and risk...

To ride The Beast with just that buzz bar that didn't touch your legs at all and no seat belt and no divider and be the only one in the seat was a fabulous ride. I loved sliding back and forth LOL

Seat belts were optional in the disco era Oh the good ole days when The Beast did not have seatbelts were the best. But I did say I never had anyone pull on my seatbelt to be sure it was buckled properly. Sure the light may come on, but unlike a roller coaster, someone can drive with that pesky light on..no wait a minute, for a roller coaster the light needs to come on to be secured...why isn't there consistency lol

Now if CF only had a park in IN You are right a lot will change, but based on actions to date, I do not see DeWine having no restrictions by July 4th. I am sure they will be greatly reduced, but I am sure something will still be in place, either capacity limited or employees wearing masks.

Under the current Order, employees are required to wear masks... Regarding restraints, they could make that contactless and that is a possibility for many of the rides. The reality is because of the lawsuit crazy society we live in is part of the reasons for these restraint checks. It is posted and should be the rider's responsibility to know the rules and guidelines of the ride and obey them. I know the lapbar came down the required amount and that my seatbelt is secure and having a speed check by an employee doesn't make me feel any safer. Yet I witness on almost every trip a rider that thought the seatbelt was optional on one of the rides I am in line with, thus slowing the process down. I don't know this for a fact for every ride and I am sure there are exceptions, but I know most of the newer roller coasters cannot dispatch if the lap bar/restraint is not secured, so the employee speed check is more for checklist and liability reasons and redundancy than anything else. Now I do realize that none of the seatbelts have this feature, so they are checking that. I get into my vehicle and strap my seatbelt on and never has anyone done a pull on it to insure that I secured it properly, yet statistically, one is more likely to be injured or die in an automobile accident than an amusement park ride accident...

But you already said you will not go if KI requires face masks for guests...is that @King Ding Dong fault

That is an indicator though. The surrounding states have all had somewhat similar outlines and timelines, give or take, so I think Ohio will end up with something similar. However, as pointed out previously, people are starting to recognize that just because a state opens up a sector, doesn't mean that companies in that sector will open. It also doesn't mean that customers will visit companies if they are not comfortable or unwilling to comply with whatever requirements are set forth for entry into their establishment.

Really, explain away the 19 parks on this list that closed...several of which are indeed theme | amusement parks...Looks like a lot shut down in Korea to me... https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AKR/FU_EN_15.jsp?cid=2648107

And let's not forget if they do allow the souvenir bottles, in all likelihood we will see a return (hopefully only temporarily) to the days of the employee filling said cups. Many recommendations elsewhere for food establishments are that customers do not fill their own drinks to remain contact free, so no FreeStyle machines for awhile either probably... What this will mean is the employee with gloves on is making the dudes food in front of you in line. Dude hands employee their nasty germ ridden cup that has followed them into the bathroom and left not washing their hands, etc. Employee with gloves on takes said cup, fills it up, returns cup to dude. Maybe they dipped the cup into the ice to save time (I have seen that happen too in the past). Employee wearing the same gloves, but now all germ ridden, then asks you for your order and proceeds to make it. I avoided the places that this was common place at. Some of the food places in the past were set up in such a way this was the norm. This scenario happened a lot in the past. I would make complaints to guest services as that is a Board of Health violation. In the unlikely event I happened to be the recipient of that happening to me while in line, I would take the food to guest services with me and tell them what happened and was like "here lunch is on me" and watch their reaction. One of the few times you would actually see action happen to a complaint and they would immediately call someone high up to come speak to me to hear it themselves. I would look first for a supervisor at the food place, but a lot of times there wasn't one, so I had to go to guest services. Eventually they went to the guests fill their own drink cups. Generally sped the line up in the process. With the return of Winterfest, it brought this scenario again refilling hot chocolate cups the first year. I went to guest services. Procedure was changed.

You got that right

This information was from the SIX conference call with investors about Q1 results today. FUN has theirs May 6th, so I expect it will mimic some of what SIX has said...

Congrats on the call back! Keep us posted about how it is working a shift with a mask on in heat!

@Zexeos- you gonna be famous

Staffing on a hot summer day, or even a cool day may get tough for some of the more labor intensive rides or other jobs wearing PPE. First aid runs will increase. Increased frequency of employee breaks will occur as well, probably resulting in more staff needed at rides too. People do not realize how much Oxygen content is lost by wearing a mask for extended periods. It can result in 20% reduced lung capacity or more. This guy found out the hard way in an ideal setting - https://6abc.com/n95-mask-car-crash-medical-ask-coronavirus-news/6129475/

They have been trying it out But in all seriousness, sunglasses stay on, so I think a mask with a strap that goes all the way around a head will be secure. But just like some sunglasses fly off, I am sure some loose fitting masks will come off as well.

So if one wants to read what is in the Governor's order and interpolate what that could mean for an amusement park, the big item is the requirement for an establishment to operate at under 50% capacity, plus comply with PPE for employees and social distancing measures for guests. Now who knows when and if the Governor will allow amusement parks to open, but if he does and doesn't lower the 50% capacity requirement, then based on numbers above, KI is pretty much in the clear to open at that point and not restrict attendance during the summer. They will certainly be under 50% between people not coming out for their own fear of crowds, Soak City probably wouldn't open, and company outings and daily admissions probably seeing a decline. The big question will be come Haunt time...in all likelihood the covid will be back in full force by that time, so it may be a moot point regarding Haunt and capping it's attendance as they may be forced to be closed regardless. So the two big questions are when does the Governor allow it and can KI adhere to the PPE for employees requirement and keep guests in compliance with social distancing requirements? And of course, even if they get 25,000 at the park, the experience will be different and we should all expect longer "waits" for rides to deal with social distancing. At this point, capping capacity isn't going to be the issue for KI, it will be compliance with the PPE and social distancing requirements. Certainly makes their decision a little easier to justify opening than the projections and analysis a month ago...

I smelled that from a mile away

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