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Isn't that the truth LOL. The number of people I have interacted with at KI that have no idea that 1. Cedar Point exists LOL and 2. that it is owned by the same company as KI.

One way to fill up the place during the season

It always amazes me the approach the chain makes - added WF and the passes didn't substantially increase. Give away 2 seasons for the price of one during covid and significantly increased associate pay and the price of the pass didn't substantially increase. Price of everything has gone up in recent years, except pass and add-on prices (certainly not to the extent of other goods and services). They have found the model of quantity over quality works. Sure there are some that don't renew because they say the quality went down, etc., but they always make up those that don't renew with new pass sales.

This is an opportunity for FUN to let the Starbucks policy be the "bad person" and drive the sales of more product that are not available on any meal/drink plans.... It would require a change like staffing an employee at the front or moving the register and queue such that one cannot enter without purchasing, but who knows anymore....

Wonder if/how this will affect the KI Starbucks. Many people go in there and never purchase anything. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/14/starbucks-open-door-policy-changes/77689669007/

^I guess the register isn't gonna be invited to media day (but they already knew that)

This is why they went with the Six Flags name instead of Cedar Fair - to take advantage of the name recognition, but with that comes an eroding of the individual/uniqueness of the parks as they try to capitalize on the Six Flags branding. They want someone to go to a park and know it is a Six Flags park. As a result, we will see more and more corporate look/feel than individual look/feel. We ain't seen nothing yet.... Except for the enthusiasts, the casual observer or just reader of park news wouldn't necessarily know the names of the Cedar Fair parks.

Or as @BeeastFarmer said:

Many of us thought that would happen after the July photo was pointed out, and yet here we are LOL....

Remember they used a similar picture in the Christmas in July 2024 sale And there are a few more places within the park itself that this picture or one similar is displayed for all to see....

It is actually FUN now LOL. So we either call it FUN, SF or Six Flags LOL But yeah I refer to it as SIX also LOL. So weird to have the Six Flags name but the Cedar Fair symbol.

Isn't it ironic that of all the photos they had to pull from, they pick one where Don is in it LOL. Paying homage to the creator of the event!

I guess the new PR trend is don't tell anyone a ride is leaving until the season is done.... https://www.wtae.com/article/kennywood-par-thomas-town-end/63400506?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2eXaQ-2A906Ymm38PXDLh_JC_fEOF1UrIfhmXh-ySuIIxEM7Vvhf8Kw9Y_aem_w8ZEEkGJEGP9fHliY_eAaw

That corresponds fairly well with the timetable my friend indicated. 2013 and 2014 were probably continuation of the foundation you set and by 2015 enough turnover and new direction went with the impersonal approach. It was certainly noticed by my friend.

So CP updated their FL page and it currently doesn't show the 1 ride limitation with the daily purchase FL like it did last year.

Yes they did the same year as KD, but I didn't include that one in my reply because I figured that one would have stood a better chance of making a go at it given its proximity to people, unlike KD that is kind of in the middle of nowhere.

It does stand a better chance than the "year round" experiment at KD last year.

It has been years since they had personal responses to general inquiries into Guest Services. My friend emails them at least a couple times a year due to medical issues with her daughter. She just did a search in her email and from 2015 to present (well 2024), it was the generic non-personal signature like above. She said 2011-2013 felt the most personal with names and direct line phone numbers and felt like the email was actually read and and a response thought out. Doesn't mean every response is like above. I am sure there are some that get a personal response based on the specifics of the issue or maybe a supervisor took the email, but I wouldn't read too much into the non-personal signature of your reply back.

I think there is enough demand and with the HW event already being sold out, it will potentially give those that have been shut out of Coasterstock in the past a chance to get in. But I am sure some that travel to the area will sign up for both.

Already a thread about it....

May 30-31. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2025/january/coasterstock-2025-dates-announced-copy-2

Take a page out of Cedar Point's playbook - let's take an already crowded park and offer a cheaper pass for the locals (granted CPs Gold pass wasn't marketed as for locals, but many locals that only went to CP got to drop from Platinum to Gold and then opened up the park to many that felt Gold was a cheap price point).

What about this post. One could argue the 2nd bullet is intended for 2025? Except for the legal folks that is...

What about this post...

Exactly! Their legal team will imply that was the rest of 2024 WF; conversely, since it is for a 2025 pass, the purchaser is assuming it is for 2025 WF. Caveat Emptor