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A boat or a small train ride indeed. You can time the movements of the robotics to line up instead of hoping for really poorly prepared motion sensors. Honestly I was REALLY hoping the old fashion cars would use that path, would have been great.

An entire rail system into downtown Cincinnati? Benefits the Tennis Tournament (which is leaving), the Golf Course, Kings Island and just nice for commuters

It is called the Sol Spin, not the Luna Spin

services and costs are a never-ending battle. "How much can we charge before people stop thinking it is worth the money for as little as we can offer" and "How little can we pay for as much benefit we can gain" I am all for hustling to get maximum value out of a company, they are doing the same to us. But at some point it does kind of become cheating, going in and getting your meal and eating there seems to be one thing, bringing the means to save it for later doesn't seem like cheating to me unless someone else outside your group eating it. I mean they offer it, the two meals, why shouldn't you eat it as much as possible in whatever means you decide on. Even if it isn't an issue of people "abusing" service they paid for in a way which is perfectly allowed in the way the rules are written, I wouldn't put it past some bean counters to simply start pulling back on quantity or quality or just bolstering the price just to save. They could be making money hand over fist on the meal plan for all we know, and they'd still want to milk it for more. It is up to the individual customer to adjust just as the company is. I will say though, at the rate the food is going this year, if the price goes up again next year. I won't be renewing all the meals plans next year.

I used to be able to swap the fries on a cheese coney meal for a 3rd coney. I asked their year, they said not on the meal plan I would have to be a paying customer to get it. Thanks

The one time I rode I was the first person in line for my cycle, in the Fast Lane. I was the 13th person to get a seat. Somehow the barrels still manages to be worse.

They closed the front location, then completely forgot how to make Skyline at the other. The portions are smaller all around, and somehow they manage to take longer to make.

It is unique in that I haven't been on those others... Also it is a fun ride, and very quickly makes me very dizzy. The change between looking forward and "not moving" to looking to the side and "wtf I am upside down" disoriented me greatly. That said though, it is a fun ride, better than expected. And those seats are HELLA uncomfortable. I hate solid shoulder straps, makes it impossible to take deep breaths and are panic inducing.

So far my Enhanced Pass Perks looks to be more surveys about how disappointed we are with the Prestige Pass. I've gotten 3 of them so far this year. But they did send one pass perk which according to the email was specific to the Enhanced Pass Perks. Your latest Kings Island Pass Perks Reward We did the savings for you! Bring up to four friends for $24.99 Each.* VIP lounge access and single-use Fast Lane included! Offer expires May 31, 2023 Here's how to redeem your Enhanced pass perk: NEW for 2023! Save time and redeem online using promo code KIPRBAFLOY. Don't forget to redeem your Single-Use Fast Lane at any in-park Fast Lane location.

Might be worth mentioning as well, if you enjoy it like I do, the whole place smells really nice fresh cut pine

New VIP area is nice, same kind of setup as last year. Couple of seats, few TVs, no couches this time though but some adirondack chairs instead. Interesting enough less static shade though with the trees more overall. Still just water, though some with lemon and some with lime. Larger bags of chips again.

The glazed pork was dry, but the sauce saved it a bit. The perogies and naan are phenomenal Side note; what the heck is with the cheese amount from Skyline this year? It's supposed to be a mound of cheese and I'm barely getting a heavy sprinkle. I shouldn't be able to see the chili and spaghetti through the middle of the cheese.

Yeah sad times

I really liked the Disney pin culture they set up, I'd like to see something similar with CParks.

Have an NFL review style screen at the Linekeeper, and wait for the offenders to come to the front and just be all "this you? Getouttahere"

Like some others have posted i think the issue with reusing the chic-fil-a building is that Skyline's kitchen is usually set up cafeteria style and Chick-fil-A is not. It's a lot of remodeling for not a lot of gain. What they really need to put in this stupid mobile ordering system so they can just text me when the food is ready and set up a second pickup window.

Surprisingly lenient honestly. I would have expected less people, possibly even "stay with" or vaguely "nearby" for the chaperone. I wonder what the policy is for if a chaperoned person gets caught out, do they kick everyone in the group out? As unfair as kids tend to find pack-ruled rules, I like them. Let the group kind of help support itself, if Karen or Kyle are going to act out, they will ruin it for everyone so don't encourage the behavior.

I might just be misremembering I thought I remembered seeing the VIP tents set up in the 2021 season. Either way, it was thrown together.

Yes, the permanent structure brings small hope (but hope) that they might have a more refined set up. Even the old area seemed hastily put together even though it was there for like 2-3 years? I am perfectly happy with just asking the check-in person (which I confused so much by asking for a burger and fries when I checked in) for a bag of chips (downgrade small bags). Again, just imagine what all could be done if they just tied more things to your passes. What about a soda machine/chip vending machine that didn't take cash but simply needed you to scan your pass and make a selection. Just so they can find out that Karen Jones for some reason is trying to eat 45 bags of Cheetos a day. Even if this leads to a small limit on how much free crap I can get out of it, as long as it keeps the stuff from just disappearing.

Blue Ash Chili closed the nearby spot, it is now what appears to either be Indian or Indian Chinese fusion? But yes, the setup for Coney Mall's kitchen did get reset and does look to be a bit more in-line with standard Cincinnati Chili building. One person was running ways, and one person doing coneys. Also an expediter, fry person, and wiener chef. Everything they need to blow through a lot of people from what I saw during the rain on Sunday. Hopefully with some practice they can get an order out every 30-45 seconds or so, as I snobbishly cannot imagine any order really taking much longer than this. Though my Fast Food experience is more from Wendy's and making 20-30 Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers a minute during rush.

I give them a month before a new guard station is set up over in the Timberwolf road

My favorite thing they did at the old Skyline is have 1 person running the line and 2 cashiers. Then I can just watch the manager and at least 3 other people roam in and out of the back door, where they did... something? maybe.

For the longest time I always thought it would be a cool idea to have a check-in, check-out thing at each of the major rides. A little pipe with a QR scanner, or RFID the passes right at the entrance to the big ones. Then a 2nd one right as you get to the end of the line. As you walk by just scan your pass to check-in and scan again to check-out when you get out of the line. It can be a little thing for you to help count your rides, maybe an incentive for CP to give you those Pass Perk things that they say they will use but never do. But the real purpose is to count ridership, AND give real-time updates to line length. If it took Gold Pass holder 12-098754392017 thirty minutes to walk from Pole 1 to Pole 2, the line must be 30 minutes. Dump the data that is twice the current average, and you get actual useful data for riders and the park to see what rides need help and which are running smoothly. So much data to be gathered in this un-intrusive way for the park. Where are guests going, how long are they willing to wait for things, what rides are running well, are some rides struggling at certain times of day. But instead they have the linekeeper stand there with a button clicker to simply count people.

I was told last year they discontinued paper maps, which makes me and my collection sad