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He is looking for schells

Taking advantage of stuff just laying around to make a cool interactive feature.

I am reminded of a quote that Jason McClure (former GM of CP and now Senior VP in SIX) has said and I have used it on the forum frequently as to why something may or may not be said from Corporate: "It is important to remember that Cedar Fair is a publicly traded company and that affects the type and timing of our communication." That simple statement says it all. There are countless of real world, everyday examples demonstrating this same technique in other businesses and industries. At the end of the day, they are not under any obligation to tell us the whole truth and thus they control the narrative and how it is presented (unless of course someone leaks it out earlier). The fact of the matter is someone in the know will not officially come out and say something against the narrative the park is telling...unless they don't care about potentially losing their job LOL.

This will help them achieve their goal of being "comfortably crowded"

I think he just posted it as it shows on the webpage:

Didn't they tout some line to the investors about the merger would result in like $200M in savings by consolidating/eliminating positions, etc. Well, there were not enough positions/consolidations to eliminate to come close to $200M in savings, so they have to find it in other ways. Either cut capital expenditures or reduce operational expenditures....

So is announcing ride closures AFTER the season is over the new SIX norm?

8" lol I found the Turkey Ball to be a ton of shredded turkey and not enough stuffing.

In front of KillMart

Could the first 2 iterations have lasted longer had there been more rides.... My understanding is the 1st iteration attendance dropped every year to the point it wasn't worth doing. We all know why the 2nd iteration happened... I totally get the seasonal atmosphere and all that jazz, but people can get that from other places as well. Sure people would still want the event and a certain percentage would show up regardless (meal and drink plans LOL), but if next year they announced no rides, watch what happens to attendance. People think rides with KI. If rides were not important, they wouldn't be adding rides to the event.

I bet if rides didn't matter and they ran nothing, Winterfest would disappear. There is a reason they are adding rides to the lineup....

Like Family Feud, 100 people surveyed and the top answers were:

Sadly we have seen this trend coming for years, the "bait and switch" of the Prestige pass, etc. They get by on the fine print and caveat emptor.... Speaking of, have you been following the fiasco at Wonderland with their passes? They have many levels and had a regular pass that went on sale with the other passes in August for 2025. A little over two months later, they decided to eliminate the regular pass. They then moved everyone that had bought the regular pass (and the associated add-ons) prior to 11/8 up to gold free of charge and it became valid for WF 2024, including the freely upgraded add-ons. The Gold passholders are livid. They spent a lot more money for the gold and add-ons than they would have spent by buying a regular pass that then got a free gold upgrade. Passholders flooded Wonderland with complaints and requests for a refund of the difference between what they paid for the gold and add-ons and what the regular and add-ons sold for. They were told tough luck.... Now they have decided that IF, and only IF, you submit a complaint in writing, they will give you a BAF. But they are not offering that to everyone, only those that complain.

Isn't it sad that the level of trust is so eroded that you have to send an email asking this....

Scene75 type attraction in the KillMart building

Parks not mentioned in the press release are subject to closure

Didn't the current park GM call Orion a family thrill ride lol

Prestige pass holders are used to having things removed they paid for. Caveat Emptor

According to the website, FL is coming to Winterfest. But probably an oversight (or typical lack of review), it says season long not valid for Winterfest in the fine print, yet says it is valid every visit. Or maybe it is intentional and season long FL isn't valid because they already got your money....

And people complain about KI PR/marketing....

I was cross-threading a joke LOL

They are only available to 2025 pass holders

And people think our marketing is poor.....