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    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    10 minutes ago, Benjamin22 said:

    Schools closed till 2021? What? I think you misunderstood what they meant, they meant school year. Not calendar year.

    If you listen/believe the mayor of NYC he's talking about 6-9 months. Which I think we can all agree sounds excessive. But it's out there.

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    12 minutes ago, radishman said:

    Looking more like this season is gonna be a wash. Regret buying the pass this early, but wonder if they'll give us an allowance for next year?

    You might be right, but we just don't know. Things are moving heavily towards shutting practically everything down to make this go away as soon as possible. If successful, perhaps a Summer opening is possible. Maybe hot weather helps too---nobody knows. We just don't know yet. So many unanswered questions, but time will tell.

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    37 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:

    Wait a minute, if you enlist with a specified start date they can get you a year early?  What is the incentive to enlist early?

    Struggling to find an appropriate link, but I believe once you have signed up, they can expedite due to 1) pending military deployment,  2) Extreme urgent situation,  or 3) Humanitarian situation

    EDIT*** And probably 4) Because they said so.  :-)

    EDIT #2) *** When the President calls a State of Emergency, special powers go into effect as well that probably also relate to thing like this.

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    34 minutes ago, disco2000 said:

    And Kroger just changed their hours to 7am to 9pm or 10pm (news channels are conflicting closing time at the moment (WCPO says 9pm; others say 10pm))...expect to watch the others follow suit...

    I have a daughter that is an assistant manager at Aldi. The hours she is putting in just to keep the store running are insane! Her store literally broke daily sales records each consecutive day this week. At some point these folks are gonna need a really nice break---and they'll have earned it! 

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    I figure at least by June most of us will have either already gotten it, and built up immunity/given up OR it'll just be gone/we won. We're not going to hole up endlessly. Just one dumb*** guess, but that's my 2-cents. Other option is it goes away in summer and comes back hard next winter. Either way, the park is gonna open at some point. Again, just one dumb*** opinion.

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

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    6 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:

    Not a god, just a King.  :lol:   
     

    Not being open for a few weekends, out of in many cases a 9 month season, due to a national disaster and then wanting some compensation seems....well I will just let it speak for itself.   Now if the closure becomes more than a trivial part of the season, then absolutely something needs to be worked out.  CF has about $1,600 of my family’s money.  

    I'm ALREADY getting all kinds of offers in my Inbox from businesses that I've done business with before that want my business to continue NOW. At a discount. I'm sure many of you are getting the same e-mails. Time will tell, but I figure Cedar Fair will be no different. Once Kings Island is open, they are going to do whatever they can to get people out of their quarantine/house and into the park asap. I can't wait. I can't wait for the discounts AND to get into the park.

    Coronavirus Impacting Theme Parks

    in Kings Island

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    Until the virus spread hits a peak and starts going down in US, it's a hot mess "out there". Much panic, despite the small numbers currently. Local schools are making preparations to close with one positive, so yeah, I figure amusement parks are probably top-of-the-list to get shutdown, too. I sure hope not, but when you see entire countries locking down that does not bode well for parks of a few hundred acres.

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    Vortex Removal Updates

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    42 minutes ago, Ben43065 said:

    Crazy to think tomorrow is the last time I’ll be able to see Vortex In person, still feels unreal.

    I've wondered if it won't still be there come April? Probably not. But if there's no plans for the site it still looks better than a huge empty lot.

    Vortex Removal Updates

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    2 minutes ago, kirbias1 said:

    Yep, and it's also back where no one really sees it and not in a prime location like Vortex. Plus, Banshee and Bat being in the way make it very difficult to build a coaster there.

    Son of Beast station is not in a prime location now...but it once was prime real-estate. Anyhoo...yeah, I think they might use The Vortex station for temporary or even long-term-haunts, might keep it later, might tear it down right away, or not...there's a ton of options for the land that Vortex occupies. Safe to say we dunno.

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    Vortex Removal Updates

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    4 minutes ago, kirbias1 said:

    I asked Don at the ACE Orion construction tour about The Vortex station staying or going. He said he didn't know, but he did say they will tear down the ride down in January. I think him saying that tells me that it probably stays  and will be reused somehow for the next ride. If it does stay, that will indicate it probably won't be a dive coaster as they would have to widen that station a lot to get it to fit. Seems more likely that an RMC would reuse the station before any kind of B&M.

    Son of Beast station still stands. Just sayin'.

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    Locals concerned that Kings Island is violating noise ordinances

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    8 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

    I guess some people can tune it out, not me.  18 years ago my wife tried to convince me I would get used to the sound of babies crying and it wouldn't bother me.   She. Was. Wrong.

    I will say airplanes are much quieter than they were in the 70's and earlier.  Back then you didn't need to live anywhere near an airport and if you were in your backyard all conversation had to end until it passed.  

    There is no safe haven in town anymore. If you need total silence you are hurting. We are a fan-family. Used to be basic 20" box fans, but now we run these at night in every bedroom.  https://www.walmart.com/ip/Vie-Air-18-High-Velocity-Floor-3-Speed-Fan-Model-VA-18-Black/199917647  If there's ever a fire, we're probably screwed, but we sleep well otherwise.

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    Vortex Removal Updates

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    11 minutes ago, Outdoor Man said:

    I think its a safe assumption that it's days were numbered, BUT- this wasn't the anticipated timing.

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    Hey, Mike Baxter here for Outdoor Man reminding you that the great outdoors has much to teach us.  For example, do you know something you’ll never see in nature? A millenial still living at home. And you know why? It isn’t good for them… . BUY YOUR OWN #&#@ MILK!  You see, it really doesn’t matter if the teet is attached your mom, an -almond-, or the government; if you suckle at it too long you won’t learn how to be a grown up in the real world.  Of course, in nature the parents don’t mess around… Birds will just launch the kid out of the nest. They don’t even check to see if the little bird can fly. They’re like, “well, you have a couple seconds to figure it out otherwise you’re going to get eaten down there…”  With people it’s a little trickier. Especially if it’s the very people your loving wife gave birth to. If you’re really lucky you get to take in a stray. It’s like- birth one, get one free.

    Agreed. But we don't see the numbers they are looking at.  (btw...wtf is up with your signature paragraph? might wanna tone it down)

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    Vortex Removal Updates

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    54 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said:

    I know the ride was at the end of its life span but I just wonder if something came up in an inspection one day.  It just seems like very weird timing to me as I doubt they have anything planned for the area for at least the next few years.  

    I figure it's like an old car. At some point you just gotta cut your losses and let it go or you're going to get killed maintaining it...aka diminishing returns.

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