BeeastFarmer

It seemed that they were going to invest in Kings Dominion for the long term and elevate it back to a top tier park. That now seems to not be the case. Is it the new world's of fun?

You seem bitter

Extensive events lineup slated for Kings Dominion’s Golden Anniversary in 2025 « Amusement Today Everything but Winterfest is listed here.

I'd guess this is one or both shoppes at the front gate. If they are spending almost half a million dollars, it sounds like significant reno. Truthfully, they need to so this to Germany and Italy. Switzerland has been redone with Grain and Grill and Starbux, Spain has been redone with Sweet Spot, France had a light remodel with The French (Cajun) Corner Bar and Bistro and Worlds Greatest Funnel Cakes.

Which Hershey co sponsors Snowflake Lake with Kroger?

My theory is that maybe they wanted to try it at Kings Island and see the reaction. Then move it to the other parks. But Paramount happened. As for the present, it's an IP that Six Flags owns. Ki has the nostalgia factor that other parks don't, but if it were put in, I'm sure people would love it. Remember, when Phantom Theater was put in, it was replacing two rides that generations grew up with. So it has to overcome those nostalgia pieces. It's still beloved by many this day. I'm sure it would repeat at other parks.

Another laid-off employee who asked to remain anonymous said they believed the layoffs were company wide and impacted closer to 80 Kings Dominion workers. "We were called to be in a meeting that would take place five minutes later. We were given a brief speech about how appreciated we were and then handed our papers. We were told to turn in our badges and collect our items," that worker shared. "As we collected our items and ourselves, mangers remained in the room reminding us we had to leave and could not take long. It was very emotional for everyone involved but the lack of empathy from management was the worst. They knew about this decision at least a week prior and still decided to blindside everyone." Kings Dominion layoffs: 'This has caused panic'

You seem bitter.

The way the company is going, might as well put a Spirit Halloween ad on too!

Further eroding the guest experience. Not just with the reduced staff and the problems that will cause, but with the affect on morale of remaining staff.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/kings-dominion-layoffs-jan-23-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_avFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdrV5u5COt6ZLJpGy6Zm4dAukTufSQttkNPhG0SLp-0_mJFpvOM5s2skbg_aem_wybEC6P0z62hBKj9iK2HXA Six Axes is rampaging again, this time with employees instead of rides.

Absolutely not.

Thanks! I'm not a water park person, but I think it will be a decent addition for the water park crowd. Keeps them out of The Beast line

As an engineer, what is your opinion of the work so far? Given that it is apples to oranges, so not an ideal comparison, but compared to Orion and Soapbox Racers, would you say it's behind, ahead or about the same? (Remembering that since the waterpark opens a out 5 weeks after the dry park, the "opening day" deadline is in a different timeframe).

Six Flags has said this is a 2026 project. And anonymous source says that Kings Island is in touch with Vekoma about this ride. Strike one: anonymous. Strike two: the project will be opening in approximately 18 months, 20 if on the legacy Six Flags timeline. Strike three: in touch with...seems like contracts with designer, engineering firm, architectural firm, landscape firm, painting firm, excavation firm etc all would all be finalized at this point. Especially the designer of this attraction. There are less than 600 days to get this done. " In touch" seems like it wouldn't meet these demands.

Besides the pieces that have been in the parking lot, what else have they done? Difficult to tell from your video.

Fascinating things going on with Live E in Texas... Fiesta Texas has flipped from Holiday in the Park to the Mardi Gras celebration. In the past, they have had a parade, This year, it is the Spectacle of Color Parade. I saw video posted and it is the Grand Carnivale parade! New! - Mardi Gras Parade: Spectacle of Color - Six Flags Fiesta Texas Over Texas had the pre 2024 Park Lighting ceremony for their Holiday in the Park. Weird seeing Bugs Bunny welcome the family of the night and Peanuts music with Bugs.

As expected, the new land will run from the clock tower to Storm Chaser. Excited to see how the park evolves in the next few years.

Sysco make give a bulk purchase discount for coffee. The chicken tineys look like they come from there. (Vs the hand breaded chicken tenders we used to have)

Unless they decide to save costs and use a blend of Sanka, cigarette ash and unused mulch for the coffee.

You might be able to share Don's office by the Royal Fountain on International Street: That's a million dollar office, better than any corner office or Starbux lounge. (Photo from a thread here on KIC)

See text below. For some reason, the URL would not paste into this post. Not to sound like a harbinger of bad news, but I don't think this will be isolated to Cedar Point. I think they will cut this bonus out at the legacy Cedar Fair parks that offered it. IIRC, KI also did this. The potential loss of seasoned employees will further erode the guest experience. I shudder to think how cutting wages at the legacy Six Flags parks will shake out. It's a fine line, and I don't want to violate KIC TOS, so @IndyGuy4KIplease moderate or edit the following as you see fit: I am typically for free market driven initiatives. This is that. But they are driving so much to get the synergies promised to shareholders/unitholders. How much further will they degrade the guest experience? Cedar Point cuts pay By Justin Dietz Special to the Register Jan 15, 2025 3:00 PM Editor’s note: Justin Dietz is a Register correspondent representing cpfoodblog.com and @funfoodblog on X. SANDUSKY — Some Cedar Point employees will be experiencing a 25% drop in pay for the upcoming season. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Cedar Point struggled to find employees when the park began to reopen. At that point, the park increased payroll by offering to hire new employees at $20 per hour, something it promoted substantially. Pay consisted of $15 per hour plus an added $5-per-hour bonus that later became known as legacy pay. Some other seasonal employees who have worked at the park for years also received the pay increase. While pay for new hires at Cedar Point continued to fall post-COVID, employees hired under the legacy pay structure have continued to receive the hourly bonus if they returned each year up through the 2024 season. This month, however, returning employees hired under legacy pay have been notified that the $5-per-hour pay bump is going away. The Register has received several messages from employees that Six Flags, the new parent company following the 2024 merger, has cut employees' pay effective immediately. Employees are now expected to return to work at their base hourly pay. Since most of the 5,000 summer jobs at Cedar Point are considered seasonal, those employees do not earn overtime pay. Seasonal employees who chose to stay at Cedar Point dorms also pay roughly $300 to $500 per month for accommodations. Due to already low local staffing levels, Cedar Point relies heavily on the J-1 Visa program to hire seasonal help to staff the park. Hiring international workers allows the park to avoid paying taxes on their wages. In addition, since foreign workers have to be sponsored, it is much harder for them to leave the job once they have arrived. J-1 workers also pay their sponsor a fee to work in the U.S.

I could be wrong, but from installs like this, it's typically an agreement with the park to get some reduced electric, carbon credits and good PR. A holding company typically develops these and then sells it to a utility provider. It makes sense when there is a main trunk line. Six Flags doesn't necessarily use the power generated, but they get credit back on their consumption. The utility company gets a mini power plant, so they look good to the shareholders. The holding company makes a pretty penny on the sale to the power company, plus they can sell the "energy shares" on the market so other companies can use the carbon credits. Six Flags can also tout how clean they are becoming, while ignoring carbon waste in other places. Customers can get covered parking and probably some EV chargers. Around here, battles are going on between locals, development companies, and zoning boards. The development companies quietly buy thousands of acres of farmland for solar farms. Local government looses jobs and tax revenue. It's quite contentious. I wish we could scale up and use industrial/commercial rooftops and parking lots. That would preserve farmland. But the money evidently is not there to make this feasible.