DonHelbig

He’s ridden over 4,000 times in a week. That’s impressive!

Appreciate your honest opinion on RiverRacers.

At most 430.

There is a better chance of the Eiffel Tower getting an RMC conversion than there is of this guy having 43,000 rides on The Beast. If he was a true story, the PR folks the park had in place from April 14, 1979 when the ride opened to October 15, 2017 would have known about him and he’d have been international news. It wasn’t until 2019 that he showed up wearing the t-shirts. Nice guy? Yes. Over 43,000 rides on The Beast? No.

There aren’t people anymore at either park that want to do these events. They now only do them because they feel they have to. As long as the camaraderie is there with the attendees, they’ll still be a good time.

Love the advance notice they give guests.

Cedar who?

If I had a dime for every time someone said they weren’t renewing their season pass if Kings Island did this or did that, I’d be living on a yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

You’re not going to cancel your season pass.

A queue for a new Haunt maze is going in the Xtreme Skyflyer spot.

I’m going with 2028 for The Vortex spot.

What they accomplish most by peppering those with a pass with pass messaging is opt-outs for the text alerts and uninstalling the park mobile app. After extending the 20% off on a Silver Pass to June 2, they’ve now extended the offer to June 8. Multiple extensions across the company are not normal.

Historically, they have not done as many extensions as they’ve done this year. That tells a story.

If they’d gone longer with a true water coaster, where you didn’t have to carry your raft up a flight of stairs, the capacity would be higher. Go to Holiday World and ride each of its three water coasters to compare.,

The Mother’s Day brunch sold out with very few moms with their kids in the room.

They have the technology to do that.

I just received another message through the Kings Island app today (June 2) is the last chance to save on a 2025 Silver Pass. They must really want me to downgrade from Gold with the All Park Passport to the Silver Pass as many times as I have been pelted with Silver Pass messages the past 30 days via the app and text messages. There’s no reason to be receiving these messages when I’ve already bought a higher level pass. Instead of the plethora of Silver Pass messages, I’d like to receive info on the Food & Wine Festival, RiverRacers, new menu items, the new nighttime fireworks and drone show. That’s the kind of email, app and text messages I’m receiving from other chains.

You’re wrong about that, Ronny. They would not have been cut from the event if I was still at the park. It’s a collectible for many attendees. And nobody forced them to be cut. That’s being real, Ronny.

They are not. Someone who’s never attended an event in the industry thought they were unnecessary.

They could have put it somewhere else. They chose to go small.

Cedar Point is laying off full-time staff as part of a broad wave of job cuts by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., just as the summer season kicks off at the Ohio amusement park. https://sanduskyregister.com/news/591734/cedar-point-hit-by-layoffs/

Lanyards? They cut lanyards this year.

Yes, and no.

All of the park presidents and GMs across the company were given until May 31.

Jason has had Kings Island and Cedar Point among his parks as the regional general manager. Nothing changes there.