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Maybe they mixed up the Kings parks and was looking at Kings Dominion website lol

Except they say Steel Vengeance holds records that will stand a long time and Iron Gwazi broke most of them lol...

That's a big IF....

What is up with the past tense? Did the event already happen? Are these not available now? Where is the spokesperson name in the presser?

Last time I rode it, it looked like one train flew off the track and monkeys have taken it over lol

Thanks for letting them know so they can turn them all off

FunTV still says Slingshot is the fastest ride at KI lol

They will always claim a high financial impact, and of course the illegal POVs from the tennis stars LOL

Maybe they learned from yesterday lol

Is that why Steel Vengeance usually opens late But that is a different scenario - CP posts that it will open at 11am. KI made this change for budget cuts mid-season and these reduced hours do not show up on the ride write-up on the website.

How did the duck make it past the height checker. Clearly not tall enough

Unfortunately, it isn't rare now as this is part of their budget cuts for weekday operation....

I find it interesting that they are keeping a racing theme. I would have thought they would have tried to distance the ride from that. What if it ends up being a racing coaster and two trains race up the top hat (but obviously don't go over LOL).

Here is another example from FB of the inconsistent messaging from parks as it relates to passes and add-ons. It is this kind of frustation that lead to the trust issues people here and on social media are expressing regarding changing a pass program that has been around for many years: At Cedar Point today and I had read that our All Season drink passes would work at all Cedar Fair parks. There was no mention of being a platinum pass holder. Guest services says no, but both park websites say differently. Has anyone been able to use their Kings Island all season drink pass at Cedar Point?

Just ask Kennywood...that now closes on Tuesdays....Or Idlewild that closes on Wednesdays... Let's bring Chic-fil-a back and close CF parks on Sunday LOL

Well to be fair it was Mike that made the announcement that ride is gone

When you don't race The Racer on a random Tuesday lol

Nah they have been doing this a long time lol. Who remembers the time duration of meal plans changing during the off-season lol. Who remembers food options changing for the worse mid season until uproar lol.

Exactly. And the same chatter is going on in other park forums. Parking is ripe to make it an add on additional fee. Do three year olds need free parking lol. Or anyone under 16? Maybe they do not sell parking pass to those under 16? This would force parents to buy a pass for themselves and maybe actually spend time with their brats lol.

Like what they should have done for our giga LOL

One shall not see a parade before its time (unless of course you are in the park during a dry run lol)

And there are over 85 comments on the FB page now, most of them questions....

And yet the amount of questions here and on Facebook make you question the education some have got lol. I agree it seems simple but comprehension seems to be a lost art lol. Spend 30 minutes looking at questions and comments and there is a concern for our society lol. But even then there are still concerns about the terms and conditions changing.

What you are missing is benefits vary across parks for the same pass. One example - gold gets you ERT at KI but a gold pass doesn't at CP. They have a caveat to contact park for your eligible benefits. Look how well that worked out for Prestige. Are they going to make gold benefits consistent across the parks? Basically folks are saying based on their experiences using the existing pass system that had been around for many years that there is lots of confusion with the existing program, so this will have as much or more. Based on what was seen so far, a lot of questions haven't been addressed and the concern is they will make them up as they go long after people bought passes. Just like they did Prestige. So what if they say gold is just like it is now and someone from KI with gold and Passport go to CP. Will they add Passport to ERT or will they leave that to Prestige to encourage sales of those? We don't have those answers. With change comes confusion and maybe it will simplify things down the road, but next year will be a hot mess. Wait until we see the questions on FB lol. They are comical and stupid now, so this will just add to it lol. If they wanted to simplify things then just have one pass and everything else is an add on. But someone will find exception to that too lol.

But next year Gold will get you parking at Cedar Point if you have the passport pass...or would the gold still scan at the toll regardless of the passport? Not only will it be complicated for the guest, but we have seen the nightmare issues some have had with the pass now - works all season and then one day not at all. There will be lots of visits to guest services. What we will see short-term is that CF will sneak quite a few sales of Prestige next year for people that don't know better and assume that is now the platinum. And then many of them will be ticked off they were scammed and not renew the following year. It will be interesting. Many people I know have said they are not getting passes next year, and I believe them. Let's see how many do the same.