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New SOB - Sirens Curse in wood form

There aren't liquor stands within 50 feet of those dots, new alcohol stands confirmed

And years, and years LOL. Plus, per stormwater regulations, any disturbed land that will be left idle for more than 21 days needs to be seeded and strawed, even if they plan on doing construction 25 days from now...contractors complain all the time about that timeframe on active sites and have been known to occasionally move some dirt around to "loophole" that regulation LOL. So I think we see some of that as well.... Anything is possible, but they have had the chance for years to move the fireworks or drones to that spot, but then it would completely throw off the aesthetics that we get now from the front of the park. Being able to look over the fountain and past Eiffel Tower to the show behind it is what makes the show. Having everyone have to turn to look at Drop Tower for the fireworks and drone show would lose the aesthetic appeal they show has now. Just ask KD fans when they launch the fireworks from the front of the park to the left instead of near I305/Project305.

Um, your FB site since its inception in 2016 has given more park updates than the park has.... Jim is on top of it with his daily posts...

How did the customer not get anything out of it? Depending on their home park, they got an extra year to almost two years for the price of one year. KI did open in 2020 and all passholders got 2021 for free - how is that not getting anything out of it? Sounds like they paid for one year and got almost two years.... The parks had to take revenue for one year and spread it over two. The still had fixed costs even with a closed park. Remember that in the 2022 annual report released 2023 Q1, they noted that "In 2022, we sold a record 3.2 million season passes and generated more than $450 million in revenues from our suite of season-pass products, including all-season dining and all-season beverage....Operating costs and expenses for 2022 totaled $1.29 billion" Based on the most recent Quarterly call, 2024 is poised to set new records as well. So they have more than made up with new customers any they lost that felt they were not treated fairly by getting more than a year's worth out of their pass. Hindsight is always 20/20, but I bet looking back on it, they think they made the best decision in offering the next year free based on how well the parks have performed since. I think we would be looking at a seriously different park had they offered refunds in March 2020 - I think too many people shortsightedly would have asked for the refund concerned that the park would either not open or would go bankrupt. And then these same people would complain about now having to buy a pass in July 2020 when the park opened and having to pay more than they paid and was refunded 3 months prior due to the pricing of passes being cheaper in the fall when they originally purchased. We can knock the chain on many things, but most feel CF was more than fair in how they handled this extreme situation.

Do you feel the same way about all the tombstones of former rides? Parts of other rides sitting around as displays? I don't see the interactive station by SoB as trolling. I see it as a great way to re-use stuff from former rides just sitting around. If it gets people talking about a former ride, it is a good way for these families to pass on park history to their children and what is wrong with that? If someone wants to read too much into that, that is on them, not the park.

Since it appears the chain is going to regional PR instead of local, someone in Charlotte said Eiffel Tower is closed and the person updating the website selected the wrong Kings park

Exactly! Some act like the park has announced on social media every closure of a ride that that was for a couple of days or extended period. There has always been a sign out front of the park announcing rides not operating that day. The sign used to be closer to where the security checkpoints are, but in recent years these announcements moved to a TV screen overhead when your pass is scanned in (that most probably never even noticed LOL). Also, depending on the length of the closure, there will also be a sign in front of the ride and possibly a greeter telling guests the ride is closed for the day. Just since CF bought it in 2007, there have been dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of times that a ride went down for a period of time (days or more) and most of them never made it to a social media post. But they showed up on the board in front of the park and at the ride itself. The ones I recall that made it to official park social media posts include: Son of Beast closure Beast retracking delaying opening in 2022 Adventure Port delayed opening in 2023 (which ironically when it did open, the website said opening date TBA for almost a month) Camp Snoopy delayed opening in 2024 Obviously the permanent closures of rides like Vortex and Firehawk. Again I am sure there are a few more, but probably nowhere near the amount of times rides were down for a period of more than a day. Let's look in recent memory of some extended closures that I do not recall social media posts on from the park (but they made fan site pages): Vortex chain breaking in 2012 (maybe 2013) time period and closed for extended period. The various extended closures of Delirium over the years waiting for parts. The various extended closures of The Beast over the years waiting for parts. Diamondback getting temperamental after Orion was announced in August of 2019 and in addition to several days being down, it was down the final weekend of 2019. Drop Tower closed last two weekends of Fall 2021 for repainting. Backlot closed August -September 2022 waiting for parts. Almost all of Action Zone had a delayed 2023 opening: Drop Tower closed from August 2022 thru May 2023. Delirium closed until May 2023. Bat closed until end of April 2023. Congo Falls delayed opening. I welcome someone to prove me wrong that the park made social media posts about these closures with links to the social media posts....maybe your all memory is better than mine, but I don't recall many extended ride closures being announced over official park social media channels...

Some rejects can go for higher value. A few pennies that were a reject/misprint from the mint and got out are worth a lot as an example. Not sure what to make of this one, especially so many years later after just sitting in a field lol.

It was open on Friday. I rarely recall the park making a big deal or even announcing about a "short term" ride closure on social media...

Especially after they wait 1.5 hours in Maverick FL and 45 min to use the restroom, they aren't going to spend any more at that place

We used to not even get Haunt on Sundays. KI only started that in 2022 and has always been just 3 Sundays (Columbus Day weekend and the weekend before and after that weekend). Probably staffing plays a role, and maybe the numbers haven't supported extending it.

Sign up for your 5 bucks once the lawyers take their share.... Dear 2020 Cedar Fair season passholders, The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently certified a class of Cedar Fair 2020 season passholders, to seek refunds on 2020 season passes for park closures during the pandemic. See Walker v. Cedar Fair. L.P, No. 3:20-cv-02176 (N.D. Ohio). Based on Cedar Fair’s records, we believe you are a class member. Our law firms were appointed by the Court as class counsel, to represent class members. Later on there will be an official notice process, with more detail about the case. We write now because we are looking for more class members to actively participate in the case, as class representatives. Serving helps other class members and, if the case is successful, can potentially result in compensation for your service. If you are potentially interested, please complete the brief survey linked here. Because the class includes over 100,000 passholders, we cannot respond to individual emails. Please fill out the survey if you are interested in potentially being a class representative, and we will individually contact those with the potential to serve. Sincerely, Class Counsel Jonas Jacobson Dovel & Luner LLP Nicole Fiorelli Dworken & Bernstein LPA

Regardless of when it was planned, it is evident walking around that they staff the alcohol stands and leave drink refill stations closed. Best example is the new alcohol stand by the train is open yet the drink refill station 30 feet behind it is closed more times than not. As terpy used to say, they already have your money....so they will open a stand that has no pass add-on opportunities first as that is the one bringing in money compared to a long purchased drink plan.

And by many social media posts, many feel KI's Halloween event is better than CPs event this year by a lot, so it appears CP is taking a page out of the KI book on how to cut back and do just enough, and they have no problem flooding the park with guests either. I saw pictures people posted over the weekend of the CP sign at 1pm saying their main parking lot was full. As long as people show up regardless, to what many feel is too crowded to begin with, what incentive is there to improve the offering...

^Will it be carpeted LOL

And $40+ lanterns

For those interested, it is two train ops.

Journalistic integrity was gone long before the days of Six/CF content creator policy.....

That would be hilarious LOL.

Watch it just be the paint job and a name change with no theming LOL

Banshee has a nice long one train operation line as well.

I agree. As enthusiasts we want to know every little detail, but I don't think the GP really cares. Look how surprised the GP is about a new attraction announcement even though it had been decoded on social media channels for days/weeks/months... Regarding the differences between the Raptor and Banshee incidents, the difference though was initial rumors of Raptor was that someone was ejected from the ride. The park wanted to get out ahead of that. And it was the "infancy" of social media where there was more interaction from companies because social media was a new thing everyone was wanting to be part of. Whereas the Banshee death this summer, from the very beginning it was rumored that a guest jumped fences into restricted areas, and that was factual. That story ended at the very beginning. The park issued a statement to the media and the media reported on it and the GP accepted what the media was reporting and it became old news quickly. There was nothing to gain from the park issuing a statement as the GP had already moved on to other news. When Banshee reopened, its ridership was like nothing happened. Had the park made social media posts, it would have been flooded with what we saw flooding the news media posts - "Darwin award winner" "Stupid idiot" "Can't you read" and much worse stuff. Then the park is put in the situation of do they let some of these types of comments (and some derogatory comments people made elsewhere) sit on their official social media channels, or do they delete those and then get beat up for censoring posts and then the story continues to have stay relevant. They wanted it it behind them. If they don't engage, the story goes away.... A lot has changed in the social media landscape since that Raptor incident. As Tr0y pointed out, many companies are taking the silence is best approach to negative issues. Boar's Head has 10 deaths associated with it and no comment about their thoughts are with the families of those that died, blah blah blah. Just some generic posting about they take health and safety seriously. Just because we think companies should be transparent and spill every little incident, they are paying people big bucks that have apparently decided that silence is the better long term strategy. Take the lumps quick and move on. Maybe legal is telling them or maybe the marketing folks above the park level have decided, who knows, but that is the trend we are seeing if we look big picture at different industries. Many companies are cutting back their posting frequency in general, then when they are silent when an issue happens, it doesn't look odd because they don't post frequently to begin with. The GP have short attention spans. Let it run its course in social media, usually a day or a couple of days and the GP moves on. Once the company starts engaging, the story lives on and stays relevant and on the top of people's minds. There is a reason why when Elon or Trump attack people, the people don't engage in a response. It will be old news tomorrow unless the company engages in a back and forth. Take the bump this weekend. It was the chatter among guests on Saturday and yet they still got in line to ride it. Many were talking about the bump while in line to ride it. Didn't bother them in the least. Same with Sunday. KI posting about it will make it sound like a bigger deal than it was and may actually do more harm from the GP perspective. We are enthusiasts and want to know every minute detail. The GP doesn't. Do you know how much goes on behind the scenes we are never made aware of....Do they have to report to us about every popped nail hammered back in or split board that was replaced on The Beast as part of the daily inspections....What good would it do.... While we want to know every detail, the park isn't under obligation to post about it. I am sure there is stuff that happens that our curiosity would love to know about, but there is no good that comes out of them posting it.

KI made the list of budget attractions. https://www.wcpo.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/fall-activities-in-cincinnati-on-a-budget-we-looked-at-where-to-save?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpfB9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHV6H3Sv9v0bqQijDKfBxn5Q_puTyzBRTajuxr50rgeyBj8X3xXiUcwtmqg_aem_HHAPR7Q2iewuQZMsi646eg

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