Tr0y
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The webpage for the NYE celebration is up. No info yet on whether or not they will be offering the party in the international restaurant.
https://www.sixflags.com/kingsisland/events/new-years-eve-celebration
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On 11/7/2025 at 6:22 PM, Losantiville Mining Co. said:
A survey has been sent out by Cedar Point gauging interest about potential changes to the Fast Lane priority access system. If I understood correctly it would change the Fast Lane and Fast Lane Plus systems in the following ways:
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- was Unlimited entries to most FL lines
- would be One entry to any FL line
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Fast Lane Plus
- Unlimited entries to any FL line (no real change here)
This would cut down on the amount of people who "abuse" the Fast Lane system by lapping rides and forcing standby line guests to wait longer. I'd be all for this if it is implemented correctly.
I didn't receive this survey and only heard about it from today's Beachcliff Studios, but it seems to be real.
It cost roughly $45 dollars to have lightning lane multi pass (Fast Lane) at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for one time use on each ride. And CP is wanting to charge $100 for essentially the same thing???
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Fast Lane (standard)
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I’ve noticed at the bottom you can scroll through the food brands they have within the park and Panda Express was not listed:
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Mamba closed at Worlds of Fun due to safety violations:
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Noon closures this weekend for Haunt. What’s the best place to take a nap at for the all nighter at the park?
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1bCm2yBEfH/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:
Found a photo from a Costerstock that will work.
The red supports there have the numbers. The concrete is under those supports marked in yellow.
The entire bowl was numbered from what I recall. Here are some photos I gathered while attending CS:
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Did the park forget where it was located today? I’m confused why they are posting about the KC Chiefs???
**photo edited because fans took exception.**
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Chef Major announced his departure from Six Flags:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1RyrWwfvdp/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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On 8/12/2025 at 12:49 AM, Tr0y said:
Not related to KI, but I don’t see KD’s Haunt up-charge mazes surviving past this season. They’ve attempted an up-charge haunt before and BGW’s Howl-O-Scream beat the brakes off them, and KD switched back to the legacy CF model.
Heck BGW’s Christmas Town made KD’s Winterfest no longer an event.
Adorable as it is predictable.
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6 hours ago, DonHelbig said:
Worth noting: Marilyn Spiegel has experience with REITS and land lease agreements from her casino and hospitality background.
The land that currently occupies Kings Island would be a great location for a new Bengals Stadium.
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Did anyone else catch that Tower Topics a podcast for Kings Island was being sponsored by Kings Island’s competitor??
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1 hour ago, disco2000 said:
It's actually fairly busy and as of 8:15 many food lines are out the entrance with some decent lines for rides and mazes.
Goes to show that the haunt mazes don't matter. Ditch the mazes and scare roamers and decorate religiously like Dollywood.
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2 hours ago, DiamondbackFan said:
Activist investor, Land & Buildings, is pushing the company to sell off the land under the parks again. They sent out a letter to shareholders today.
This scheme worked really well for Frische’s
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10 hours ago, flightoffear1996 said:
I I didn't do the haunts but I never did them when they were free but I noticed a lot more scare actors walking around. We a had a great time and an awesome night beast ride.
Must have got bored standing around doing nothing in the mazes.
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14 hours ago, rexpostal said:
This is crybaby stuff. If you don't want Halloween Haunt, don't go to Halloween Haunt.
Yep, boo-hoo I think the event would be better without the roaming scare actors. Id much rather see decor on the likes of what Dollywood has during their Harvest Festival.
Besides since the parks are now charging for mazes they shouldn’t be giving out free scares. No wonder the lines for them are short.
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14 hours ago, shark6495 said:
We went up Saturday and my son rocked his 2024 Ghost no boos necklace. We were there for only the rides and avoided the haunt stuff (and it makes him feel better). One of the scare actors outside of Stunt coaster pulled us to the side and said that the park told them to ignore the 2024 no boos necklace, but some actors will treat the ‘24 as the same as ‘25.
So we are now proud owners of a 2025, but figured I’d give you all a heads up just in case you plan on going with little and have the one from last year.It’s funny how you have to pay to not be annoyed by the scare actors just to walk freely around the park. However if you annoy the employees like Logan Schell did, you get banned.
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9 hours ago, KI Guy said:
What I'm proposing is novel at large parks which is why I didn't provide any examples of large parks doing it.
If you are again trying to conflate what was done at Cedar Point—the license deals for the park to sell Chick-fil-A, Johnny Rockets, Subway, and Chickie's & Pete's with what I'm proposing—again, that is not at all the same thing.
Separating the park from operations is entirely the point. Was the Kings Island Chick-fil-A ran as effectively as a real Chick-fil-A? No, not at all! Each restaurant has to stand on its own two feet. If you know of a large park that has third party food vendors not operated by the park I'd like to hear about it.
Your assumption is that my model would not work because no large parks are doing it. You are trying to somehow disprove the viability of something before it's even been tested.
You also assume that scale and reduced cost of goods sold provide a nearly insurmountable advantage in the restaurant business. If that were the case, you there would be almost no independent restaurants out there today.
Lastly you are not seeing or are dismissing disadvantages of the park's current model. The current model crushes flexibility that might be beneficial in the restaurant business. For example, a private business might decide it is in their interest to pay its employees more than Kings Island's existing food server wage. It might decide that it will have waitstaff that will work on tips. It might decide to have sales or promos. It would have expertise in its business and allow for specialization of its staff that the current model doesn't support.
Most importantly the human factor is big. There is next to nothing that incentivizes performance under the current model. A private business might offer employees bonuses for throughput or seasonal bonuses. The manager and owner will truly care how the business does since they will be personally affected.
There are a lot of benefits by having a centralized food service that @DispatchMaster has mentioned, but the main reason the parks do it is for a better profit margin. An independent vendor is essentially a middle man taking a piece of the profit pie.
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1 hour ago, DispatchMaster said:
Because, as mentioned, serving food at scale is a challenge, regardless of the model used. Parks like KI and CP serve thousands of guests per day. That comes with serious logistical challenges, such as supply chain management, consistency, quality control, throughput, infrastructure, etc. How does decentralizing food service address those challenges?
That there exceptions that prove the rule further proves the rule.
Whether they are chain restaurants run by franchisees or independent local vendors does nothing to mitigate the logistical challenges of serving food at this scale. Could independent vendors produce good results efficiently? Sure, it's possible. But it's not as though being an independent vendor has enough built in advantages to make up for the logistical issues involved.
There is a reason parks the size of CP have been moving away from small window serve eateries and toward fewer, larger cafeteria style locations (Grand Pavilion & Farmhouse at CP, Harmony Hall at CW, Plymouth Rock Café at HW, etc.), and it's not because these companies like spending millions of dollars on infrastructure for the heck of it. It's because centralizing these efforts leads to overall better outcomes.
I think the main reason they do it is because of the significant savings at the scale that SF operates at, by centralizing its food operations.
By eliminating independent vendors they essentially eliminate the middle man. Which gives SF more control over the overall product and what it cost, good and bad.
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5 hours ago, Gordon Bombay said:
You just know that some LinkedIN Premium user in Charlotte took their kids to Disney, saw their merch, and said “we should be charging more” without any sense of irony for how poorly comparable the SF product is.
$77 generic shirt from Disney? Doubtful.
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5 hours ago, Gordon Bombay said:
You just know that some LinkedIN Premium user in Charlotte took their kids to Disney, saw their merch, and said “we should be charging more” without any sense of irony for how poorly comparable the SF product is.
$77 generic shirt from Disney? Doubtful.
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42 minutes ago, CoasterJack said:
I think most of the stuff is contractually secure at this point. From photos, seems like the design is already in motion, and there's a good chance this project started awhile back, potentially even pre-merger. Also Sally Dark rides is domestic, so it shouldn't run into some of the delays and other issues the overseas manufacturers have had. So I think PT: ON should be safe from what I can assume...
Remember the renderings of Camp Snoopy from the announcement versus what we actually got?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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I think a dedicated popcorn store like what Magic Kingdom has in its Main Street Confectionery would sell like hotcakes at KI. You get to pick the popcorn flavor, and select toppings you’d like with it. There is also seasonal flavors and flavors for special events. It’s a perfect take home snack and as I’ve witnessed, line speaks for itself:
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Cedar Point Survey to change Fast Lane functionality
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Based off this year’s pricing.