thedevariouseffect

The yellow structure is by WindSeeker, it's it's new mandatory evac system. two of those attach to the tower and evac two seats at a time in case the ride is stuck up top and cannot be brought down any other way

I would but every time I've went it has a line out the queue sometimes or almost full. If were going to wait for something its def not going to be that lol

Well CP did just redo their parking lot, new paint and all. Maybe not new pavement, but it did just get a new fresh coat of paint & stuff

I will say this, The burrito place over by Eifel Tower heading towards AE & whatnot was a nice reasonable cost and not too shabby (chipotle sizes, chipotle cost, just not as good as chipotle). Good bang for the buck considering other options Any funnel cake stand, get a funnel cake with blue ice cream, you will not be disappointed, it's..just...yum...so glad I came up with it, it was totally worth it. Also might I add while I'm thinking of it, Larosas in the park is ok, the two slices/breadsick combo is alright, don't buy a whole pizza though, it's overpriced out the ass, and honestly for some reason quality seems less there dunno why.

@kj Not necessarily, look at Gatekeeper. Every ride is a bit different at how they approach it. I will say most B&M's are actually a bit more sporadic & whatnot than other manufacturers. Take Intamins, they really don't venture too far out or go crazy with their supports (take Millenium force for instance, everything is with the track). Wheras B&M's do tend to be a bit different in their support structures.

Also this time of year, keep your mouth closed on rides at night...you were warned

That's the whole point right now...Right now the anticipation and tension is building, then when time is right they will probably make a press conference & give off a specific date, then bam, release, wait for it next year. Think about Gatekeeper. Gave last rides of DT to start off, put up a fence with stuff on it, took a bit, then bam, press conference, behold Gatekeeper, wait till next year. After talking w/ Don during KIC Day, he basically confirmed why. He basically in a nutshell said they release it at a point to get it out there and excite people, but late enough to make people come back next year.

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Try being on a military network, this even amazes me that I could go there

Well Banshee didn't work up at CP...I'm sure adding Hell and Burning scarecrows isn't too much more to ask

God do I not agree more, I really miss that park. What I'd do to walk through there again, especially seeing empty footers and the empty trough of Grizzly Run. I still would love to see the behind the scenes of that ride to see how it all truly worked, it still amazes me. Also just to see Dipper and see how she stands to this date. darn I miss that park

Hell's Banshee Burning Scarecrows?

I'd love to ride or at least cycle an old dingy coaster like that...just to see what happens...Or at least give it life again, just to see something like that turn on would be cooky and kinda amazing at the same time. I mean think that train has been parked there just sitting for how long ya know

Nice first visit. I will say I agree on alot. Only one is Drop Tower. I still have a soft spot for drop side of power tower, however the complete free fall to the ground is better than about 2/3'ds down and bouncing, but like I said it's a soft spot. She was my baby a bit of the season there . Is it sad to stay I've still never ridden AE?

Some rides go one train op, some have to shutdown. It depends on each individual ride, for instance my main ride Corkscrew can run one train op in a bit of rain, not heavy rain, however Gemini cannot run in ANY rain, not even a drop, as soon as it rains, get all the people off, call the ride down. The reason depends on their safety systems/failsafes/redundancy per every ride. I'm not sure also but at CP we can transfer off/on our own units as we need to, I think KI needs supervision to do so, not entirely sure but I've never seen them out on the transfers alone doing their own work, but not certain.

Things not taken how they were meant... The ride has a 40+ crew but can't get manning for platform, shame on them one Two if the guy gets fired or whatever when obviously not scheduling a good amount if people from their 40+ crew puts the undermanned into more turmoil. Three if he gets yelled at I doubt it'll improve considering his attitude. Also like I said, taking an extra half hour to hour at the end of the night at guest services to submit a complaint isn't worth my time. I usually come on a Friday after a full days work on base or by that time, I have another hour or so until I get back on base. Plus honestly their time is better suited for people who lost things, real complaints, need help, etc. Lastly I think if one person such as myself noted this another will and might go the extra time. Three. I make the comparison because here's the way I look at it. When you compare other parks in the same aspect most of the time they aren't in the same state or hell the same chain. These two parks are same company and same state. There are crazy state laws going from one park to another or chain park operations rules that change operations and hinder one to the other. There's none of it. To look at the industry leader in ride operations, why can't Kings Island do the same. I criticize because I want to see this park grow to that. Would anyone argue if they saw riders blast out interval and spiel like Cedar Point. Occasional stack from stuff already discussed but consistently hitting a perfect interval with no problems. I would love to see this happen at Kings Island, its one of my last large complaints about the park, other than that I have no issues. This to me is major though. If you could prevent stacking and increase ridership and get close to that theoretical, more people ride, and more time spent doing things through the day which is just awesome. Like stated, they're in the same state, the same rules apply to both. They are the same chain so they both follow the same rules and safety requirements. There's no reason they both can't have similar ride op situations and do the same excellent job. That's why it frustrates me to see this out of a park that has the potential to do so, but doesn't. Its like that guy you work with that's awesome at his job, but sits back and does **** half assed. You want to see him move forward and do it well, but you just dont. Frustrating isn't it? When you post, "Kings Island will never run ride cycles like Cedar Point." That kills me, because it shows that exact mentality I want to see broken. But I see this mentality from everyone I've come across, even my girlfriend admits to this, and it sucks and pains me. Why not, why can't things change, why can't the park grow up and instead of doing a half assed job go for the excellence? Stuff like that needs to go. This also while writing this also makes me think, if this is peoples view just like your post, why bother complaining, because no one is listening. I see solutions, I see fixes, I see all of this, but no one will listen. They aren't going to bring some 20 year old ex ride op from a company turn military to revamp their ride operations department. If that was the case I'd be amazed.

Making a complaint against a ****ty ride op or crew just either gets the one booted and causes more understaffing of a 40+ crew (obnoxious number already honeslty), or causes more issues. Also while I'm at the park I tend to be alot more relaxed and forgiving. Plus on my way out at 2230 or so I don't plan on spending more time to file a complaint when I want to make the drive back to base and get some sleep before the next duty day or whatever. We can complain here and vent, it's also allowing us to all take notice and voice our opinions (kinda what a forum is). Plus park officials/employees also review this site, so even if it's here, it can possibly take notice. Take yourself, a previous employee for instance. I'm sure you've scrolled through during your tenure. Hell I was on pointbuzz a few times a day checking when I worked at CP. Fact here is, the crew is overstaffed number wise which is ridiculous honestly (you don't need a crew of 40 for a ride that needs 9/10 people at minimum just to operate maybe 13/14 to be nice and rotate a few out for breaks/allow days off. Honestly 20-25 at most for that crew. Take Dragster at CP, it's like a crew of 30, and has more positions/jobs to rotate and whatnot, but not even close to 40+. Secondly the crew doesn't consistently hit interval, which was the subject of discussion for this thread. Third the crew has problem children, all of which is acceptable for this thread. Our conversation started with, hey DB is stacking...we're evaluating and lending thoughts to this discussion and figuring out what's going on and our thoughts about it, so all is relevant...however. To set aside all bs and be completely honest, if you're upset and all angry over some complaining and whatnot, take a butthurtnol or growacet and get over it.

^Actually agree with him... Dunno where youngstud got the troll reputation, as his points are pretty down to the point, cut the crap attitude

So many people are going there from my base that weekend lol...I've used my season pass going now it's already paid for itself. I'm ganna avoid this weekend possibly I think

Pretty sad still however...and I'm not sure about understaffed during our ert kic day, the woman at open said there was about 40 or so in the crew...it's bad scheduling at this point... there are 8 cars, that means four ops have to check 8 restraints each instead of 4 and yet again, easiest restraint except for large guests or difficult guests which happens every now and then, not every dispatch. This crew this year is sub par unfortunately and that is all. Especially this Howard kid that hopefully has improved since that day

Honestly alot of variables play and now summer is in full session for kids & whatnot. Best times are still midweek days. I also tend to go on days where it's 20 or so give or take because people get the "oh noez, rain" vibe and it isn't too bad. Also if it rains, it's just water, I bring my apecs gore-tex parka anyways so I'l good to go. Watch the weather, and watch the parks calendar and see what you can mix in

Shall it be named International Restaurant??

I will say though we haven't been "decoding" for quite some time however

I hate to say it but this thread just shows their winning and trolling you all even harder. yo gave them a thread that your complaining about their actions. Successful troll is successful, just saying.

Thedevariouseffect used facepalm against forum, it's super effective. I'm just ganna wait till an announcement and watch footers get put up and little tidbits that they out up around the fence and online. Until they do more there's nothing worth posting yet