BeeastFarmer

Banshee replaced SOB. That was in 2014. Orion replaced Firehawk in 2020. Mystic Timbers didn't replace anything. Vortex hasn't been replaced. This would be an opportunity to fill in the gap of a thrill coaster. Kings Island is a family park. That is what they cater to and will continue to do so. I'd love to have a major thrill coaster as well, but if we get rides that are the caliper of Mystic Timbers and Orion, I won't be mad.

Beautiful show in the Royal Fountain today! (sarcasm)

I wonder how much of the Q2 missed targets will be blamed on the Canadian wildfire smoke?

Just guessing, but I would think that River Racers, even with it's capacity, will move more people through than the surfing ride did.

I would feel better about spending that $50 if the shirts weren't mass produced in overcrowded factories paying very small wages. But, that is a much bigger problem than KI. Hypocritically, i am typing this on a phone where many components were made in such a fashion...and I fall victim to the trap of thinking I need to upgrade every year or two which perpetuates the problem .

Exactly! But I think investors are seeing a sinking ship. Stock price is in the tank and the dumpster fire of an investors meeting at CP probably did more harm than good. Regarding HFE, I just mentioned them as a dream. They are in no position in the foreseeable future as they just took out a little over a billion dollar loan and will have spend to bring parks up to their standards. But I think, wisely, they will carefully get to know the markets before steamrolling ahead.

They are counting on KI to produce attendance and revenue with minimal spend. Currently, people will buy and renew without regard to the experience. When the numbers fall, they will invest. Or we will be in the hands of a private equity firm ...or in my dreams, HFE.

I might be wrong on this, but I think pizza has always been in The Italian Building, Fudge/Saltwater Taffy in The Spanish Building, a Patisserie in The French Building, a sausage had and some sort of bigger eaterie in The German Building, and the Rainbo Bakerie in The Swiss Building. I don't remember much about the merch from the early years besides the glass blower who actually made his wares in front of you, the character and fruit sippers, and going out to the car to eat because we were poor :).

If I had any position in this company, I would be making a back up plan. How stable are these park level social media positions? How stable are the executive chef positions? Logic would dictate very stable as food is seen as a key metric for future growth. Will they say " hey Chef Major can handle everything east of the Mississippi River, and Chef X can handle anything west if it. On the park manager position...if that person knows the market very well, but the regional person doesn't, would they be targeted for advocating for their park vs a copy/ paste from another? Have you noticed how much the stock price is down? Are investors unhappy with the direction? I watched about half of the investment day video, and besides horrible audio, it looked like a dumpster fire to me.

If I had any position in this company, I would be making a back up plan. How stable are these park level social media positions? How stable are the executive chef positions? Logic would dictate very stable as food is seen as a key metric for future growth. Will they say " hey Chef Major can handle everything east of the Mississippi River, and Chef X can handle anything west if it. On the park manager position...if that person knows the market very well, but the regional person doesn't, would they be targeted for advocating for their park vs a copy/ paste from another? Have you noticed how much the stock price is down? Are investors unhappy with the direction? I watched about half of the investment day video, and besides horrible audio, it looked like a dumpster fire to me.

It was placed there, but in recent times, they put The Beast canyon cold drinks sign back up. Has it been switched back?

Why is The Royal Fountain off this morning? Is this another budget cuts?

^ No, not mad and you weren't rude at all! I'm looking forward to hearing your experience with it.

Roller coasters experiences are subjective to the individual. My post was poorly worded--it should have stated something to the effect of "To me, it is a snoozefest." The best part of the ride for me is the lift and drop. The anticipation and then the fall. The rest of it, for me, was again, a literal snoozefest. No grey out. It wasn't intense. Many people had built it up for me. However, I had recency bias because I had ridden FURY 325 during spring break that same year (I was at KD in June) and it was only my second GiGa. I also rode Volcano: The Blast Coaster several times before I rode it. When sitting on the brake run, my thoughts were--hmmm, that's it? I rerode it once that trip to make sure and it was the same opinion. I focused the rest of my time on the other coasters, especially V: TBC. I'm glad I did because the next visit, it was gone. And on this visit, I had the same thoughts. By this time, I had ridden all of the north American GiGas. It fell squarely at the bottom. But then again, I enjoy The Beast more than The Voyage and, to me, Maverick is ok, but I'd rather ride Magnum XL-200.

Racing to get the attendance back to 2019 levels!