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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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    Mystic Timbers Theming Down

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    That would be a shame if it was a copyright issue with the shed's specific playlist.... When I rode Friday, I didn't hear the radio either, which I thought was odd...
    ...so I started singing parts of the songs myself!

    My kids and I have done this the past few weeks. They pick a song (from the Former playlist) and we sing away.


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    Mystic Timbers Theming Down

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    I’m sure it costs money to use those songs. Maybe that’s it?

    Maybe… if so, that’s too bad… as they play copywritten songs all over the park, so it’s hard to imagine the right to a few more were a deal breaker.

    If they had to change the songs, that would actually be a fun upgrade… but removing them altogether was sad for me.


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    Mystic Timbers Theming Down

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    The shed theming has been back working for a few weeks now… however the shed “fun” music never returned. The “radio” still turns on… but it just plays “creepy sounds”.

    Does anyone here know why they stopped playing the music?


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    Cash less is coming mid-July

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    I may have missed it - and I know there are two conversion machines in the front..  does anyone know where the others are located?

    There are two right after you enter the turnstiles, at the front.
    There is one by each of the spots where paper maps used to be.


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    Cash less is coming mid-July

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    I have a few issues with this. First and foremost,  my cash says right on it "this note is legal tender for all debts public and private"
     
    What that means is they cannot legally reject my cash payment. 
     
    Next, will everything in the park be switched to a flat $ amount after tax? I can't put an exact amount on the card at a kiosk. 
     
    I don't think its fair to be forced to add $10 to a card for something that costs $9.75.  Will there be ways to get $ back off my card if not used or does the park get to keep that?
     
    Worse yet would be the card issuer charging me for $ deposited that I can't use during the 4 months the park is closed.  Winterfest ends, park doesn't open until spring... thats more than 90 days. 
     
    Just a few issues I have with cashless.

    I don’t think the legal tender argument is valid.
    Kings Island as an establishment will still accept cash… just only at their cash to card machines.

    In this way, it’s no different than Dave and busters game card or Chuck E Cheese tokens… as they exchange cash into a system that’s accepted within the place.

    And even better, it’s not like they are only giving you park credits in return… it’s a legit cash card.
    So if you do end up with 25 cents on it, just use that card at the next place you shop and get the full amount off of it. It’s not like Kings Island is stealing your money… it’s on the card, which you can use anywhere that accepts card.


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    Kings Island 2021 Discussion

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    Interesting experience today on wind seeker.
    After multiple attempts to check the seats of larger riders, they announced that there was an issue and that a few riders would need to exit the ride.
    They then proceeded to ask ALL the larger riders to exit (there were 5 different seats that were asked to exit) I’ve never seen this before for one person, let alone 5.

    My question… does wind seeker not have the ability to alert the ride ops to exactly what seat isn’t “closing”? And thus they have to try to guess which seats… and if they can’t guess it right after a few tries they just have to remove all the larger people and then they know they “got it” when they ride says it’s all ready?

    It really didn’t seem like the coasters, where they can call out a specific seat number and then they check it and push on it until the main operator gives them the thumbs up… it’s like they had to get everyone right… then check…


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    Coasterstock 2021 Updates

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    Posted

    Flight of Fear is only comfortable with people with extremely small feet.  There is no room in the floorboard unlike back yard.  Premier trains like on full throttle are even better.

    The second row on each car has more foot room, As it isn’t over the wheel.


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    Kings Island 2021 Food News and Reviews

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    We enjoyed the Ham and Cheese Croissant, but I hated those fries. They were like the awful mini potato sticks from salad bars of old. I wish they would swap them out with a nice kettle chip bag. 

    I like the “fries”… although I think it helps to think of them as skinny potato chips… and if so they taste like what you expect (a potato chip)


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