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    Interesting security observation

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    So we went to winterfest last night just for dinner and walking around a bit.

    Left by 7:00.

     

    As we left, my kids noticed 3 different pocket knives near the base of some bushes.

    Not all together, and it wasn’t like they were walking in the landscaping pulling back branches.

    This was as we walked out of the park we could clearly see these knives just sitting there.

     

    Although there typically aren’t issues with winterfest… knowing the history this season of teenage fights; I picked up the knives and brought them back to security to deal with (they locked them up on the lockers… so hopefully the owners could describe them and get them back???)

     

    I believe if you do have a weapon, security will allow you to turn it over to them, they lock it in a locker, and then give you a “valet ticket” of sorts to get it when you leave.

     

    Should the PA announcement as you enter better explain this process? Currently it just says “weapons are not allowed, please return them to your vehicle”… and apparently people are too lazy or just don’t value their knife enough to justify the 5 minute walk back to their car at that point. Or should security sweep the nearby landscaping with a metal detector throughout the night to locate dropped weapons (and maybe add some small signs by common hiding places telling people to not leave items in the bushes)?

     

    Or am I an over paranoid parent who should have just left 3 knives in plain site along the path?

     

     

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    How is no one talking about the parking lot finally getting repaved?

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    They may not actually be repaving the lot right now, just preparing to repave.  Most asphalt plants shut down in the area for the winter and reopen in early spring.

    They are indeed repaving right now.
    A section near the entry gate (sort of as you drive to preferred parking) is now completed. Repaved and new yellow lines painted.

    The parking section signs (Ie row numbers) were still removed when I went last night, but surely they will be reinstalled when the project is done.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    I noticed in chefs Twitter he makes reference to looking for a golden ticket for food.

    While I LOVE the chef plate, it doesn’t have a mass appeal for most guests.

    I really think if they allowed you to use a meal on a snack instead (ice cream, funnel cake, etc) that would be the kind of improvement that the masses would respond to.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    Last Chef's Plate I was talking to Don and Chef Major and Chef said through Haunt (I'm assuming weather permitting).

    I was told the same… although they didn’t sound positive.
    It’s Friday and they haven’t put out anything yet… so I’m not sure if I should plan to be there or not tomorrow.


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    What food would you like to see added to the park?

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    The mobile ordering, snack inclusion and 50% off all dining for the top membership tiers help SF make up for some of their food quality deficiencies. 

    Exactly. So if Kings Island could maintain food quality while adding mobile ordering (shouldn’t really cost them much and it spends up the ordering/payment process for everyone, so it could actually generate more via shorter food lines)…

    Likewise if they would allow meal credits to be used on small items INSTEAD of a meal… they might also save (Ie if I use it on a $6 ice cream instead of a $13 pizza meal)


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    Do you consider 2 small chicken wings a “meal”?

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    I’ve gone to island smokehouse many times, and I usually get the wings. It’s always been 4 wings. If they changed it to 2, that would surprise me… and I agree that I would stop ordering it.

    If I’m heading to the park just to eat, I like island smokehouse as it’s usually east to park and walk to in a short amount of time.


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    What food would you like to see added to the park?

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    Just came from a week of six flags parks.
    Kings Island does tons of stuff better than six flags… not notably the quality of options on the dining plan.

    That said, some things I enjoyed about six flags dining were:

    Ability to use a meal credit on a snack instead (ice cream, funnel cake, slushee, candy from the candy shops)… in addition to including one snack a day with their two meal deluxe dining plan. (I’m not even asking you add a snack… just allow me to use my meal credit on a snack instead would be really nice sometimes)

    Online ordering and dedicated lines. I know KI has experimented with this… but the six flags system actually worked really well.
    You order in the app and select your time, and then you can “pay” in the app with a credit card or just apply your lunch or dinner credit to your meal. Then the locations have a dedicated online order pick up line. Not only was it a lot faster to get my food, but all the payment is handled by the app, so the process is just faster for everyone.
    The six flags locations could turn this off at any time if they got too busy… but having pre set reservation times I think ensured that not too many people were trying to order for the same time.


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    Cash less is coming mid-July

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    My question is how does the park plan on dealing with kids/teenagers who have been dropped off at the park with say $50 cash on them and they don't have a credit card? If everything is cashless, then how are they supposed to purchase food, drinks, etc. since they don't have a card?

    That’s exactly the point of the cash to card machines.

    Teen puts cash into machine
    Pre loaded debit card pops out
    Teen uses card
    Value left on card and be used ANYWHERE outside of the park that takes credit cards.


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    Mystic Timbers Theming Down

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    A big part of the problem is that ride operators are not trained on show quality. They are trained on whether or not the ride is running correctly, etc., but not trained on what speaker should be playing what sound and so on and so forth. Talking with employees, they had no idea that Mystic’s plaza or Orion’s station ever even had music…

    The ride ops shouldn’t have to even think about things like this. This should be part of the maintenance team.


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