Some Parks Are Serious About Linejumpers and Smoking Policies

[The Interpreter]

Listen to the announcement as you enter Great Adventure. They MEAN it, too:

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Personally I like the tough stand on the line jumping rule and the designated smoking area, just as long as they are providing adequate smoking areas (I don't smoke but respect others). The family who shot the video should be very happy that Six does not have a tough policy for sitting on hand rails.

[The Interpreter]

I wondered who would notice that! They actually do, they are just lucky they weren't caught!

[Justin_M17]

I'm glad that some parks actually do something about those two problems.

Now if only ours would.

[gigacoaster2k]

This girl tried to cut me in line for Beast last time I was there. What a brat since it was a walk on. I loudly yelled EXCUSE ME, LINE JUMPER and walked right in front of her. Her friend shot me a dirty look, but I couldn't care less.

[skaterboy22101]

^ Goah Angie, I love how you just don't seem to care about what other people think about you.

[VortexJunkie]

I ended up alone on opening day as the rest of the people i was with was waiting in line for Diamondback. I walked up to the fence to talk to them and they urged me to hop the fence and wait with them. I looked around and didn't see any reason why i might be "dealt with" for doing so. Except for the couple hundred people i'd be cutting infront of, though I doubted they would form into an angry mob because of one line jumper. Despite the temptation, I replied "no thanks. This is the last place in the world where I'd want to break the rules and risk being kicked out."

I don't think the park should spend extra money for line security. That's money that could be better spent to expand the park. I wish the honest people waiting in line would confront the line jumpers more regularly. But the problem is that most everyone fears the rest of the group won't back them up and they'll be left alone in confronting the cutter. The line jumper will most likely ignore a comment from one person, but if the majority of the line is telling the jumper to get to the back... he or she might actually go. unfortunately that will probably never happen.

[VortexJunkie]

just as long as they are providing adequate smoking areas (I don't smoke but respect others).

I do smoke and respect others, so I'm thankful for the areas where nonsmokers can choose not to be around smoke. With as many smoking areas as the park provides i think there should be a zero tolerance for smoking anywhere else. It's disrespectful and downright lazy to not walk to the nearest smoking area before lighting up. Last season i was smoking and someone walked up and asked for a cigarette. I gave her one and she said, "you know you don't really have to sit here. I walk around and smoke and they don't say anything to me." I said, "well they should." She rolled her eyes and walked right into the crowd smoking. It took a lot of restraint not to snatch that cigarette back out of her hand lol.

[Zorba]

I noticed the smoking problem a lot more at CP last year than I ever did at KI. It seems like people were smoking all over the place, in lines and everything.

Six Flags has always been tough on smoking, I was at SF Over Texas about 12 years ago with my brother and a friend who both smoked. They got caught smoking in the line for Flashback. They were both very respectful to the employee and put them out, which I think is only thing that kept us from getting kicked out.

[The Interpreter]

That was then, this is now. No matter how respectful you may be, if you are smoking in a non-designated area at Six Flags Great Adventure or Six Flags Over Georgia, you will be ejected from the park without refund. If you have a season pass, the park MAY void it (sometimes they do, sometimes they let you off the first time with a warning). Amazingly, there is little to no problem with smoking in either of those parks.

[violakat03]

You know Terpy, I was totally hoping to see someone getting booted in this videos. I am disappointed.

[The Interpreter]

Last year, over 1000 were ejected from that park without refund. I wonder how many were at Kings Island? A dozen?

[BoddaH1994]

Last year, over 1000 were ejected from that park without refund. I wonder how many were at Kings Island? A dozen?

For smoking out of a smoking section? Probably none.

[Erosarrow05]

would it be considered audacious to request the ole' terp-o for some of that good old fashioned proof regarding that thousand?

[The Interpreter]

It wouldn't be considered audacious, but the park itself has stated such many times. Not solely for smoking in non-designated areas, though, but for violations of various conduct and safety rules.

[HTCO]

Last year, over 1000 were ejected from that park without refund. I wonder how many were at Kings Island? A dozen?

For smoking out of a smoking section? Probably none.

I think thats another thing Kings Island really needs to be strict about. For example this sunday, I was in the DB Trading Post and I look out the door, right in the way of the exit, someone desides to light up.. THERE IS A SMOKING AREA LESS THAN 20 FEET AWAY FROM YOU. I just watched in amaze how even workers passed him and didn't say one thing!

[StalkerChick]

I'm with you HTC on opening day, people were lighting up right in front of me as we got at the end of the line by the crypt. Saw them, looked at them, talked to the one guy as he talked with his hands with a cig in it... I'm even a smoker and it drove me nuts.... I know at one time we got to talking to the people behind us about it oo... and they finally over heard us (on purpose ) and quit it. One of the guys behind us was a smoker too, and I know at one point after an hour and a half in the line, as you go by the smoking section outside nick u, the guy behind me asked if i wanted to walk across the path to smoke with him as the line moved. I avoided it until the family behind them said go ahead, we appreciate taht a lot more (still with the guys in front of us hearing it, and as we walked the not even 10 ft away, wouldn't you know the 3 guys lit up again!! I was beyond perterbed...

but i've quit now! (almost... cold turkey.... ugh...) lol so no more worries yay!!!

[markr]

Personally I like the tough stand on the line jumping rule and the designated smoking area, just as long as they are providing adequate smoking areas (I don't smoke but respect others). The family who shot the video should be very happy that Six does not have a tough policy for sitting on hand rails.

When I was at Six Flags Great Adventure last summer in the El Toro queue area people were sitting on the hand rails in full view of security and security said nothing.

[keiko_coaster]

but i've quit now! (almost... cold turkey.... ugh...) lol so no more worries yay!!!

Congrats!

[markr]

I ended up alone on opening day as the rest of the people i was with was waiting in line for Diamondback. I walked up to the fence to talk to them and they urged me to hop the fence and wait with them. I looked around and didn't see any reason why i might be "dealt with" for doing so. Except for the couple hundred people i'd be cutting infront of, though I doubted they would form into an angry mob because of one line jumper. Despite the temptation, I replied "no thanks. This is the last place in the world where I'd want to break the rules and risk being kicked out."

I don't think the park should spend extra money for line security. That's money that could be better spent to expand the park. I wish the honest people waiting in line would confront the line jumpers more regularly. But the problem is that most everyone fears the rest of the group won't back them up and they'll be left alone in confronting the cutter. The line jumper will most likely ignore a comment from one person, but if the majority of the line is telling the jumper to get to the back... he or she might actually go. unfortunately that will probably never happen.

I disagree with you. When you confront a line-jumper, you are risking a potentially violent situation in which you might physically get hurt. It is unreasonable to expect guests to risk their own and possibly their children's safety. Line jumping is by its very nature a safety issue and thus a security issue. I feel that regular police officers should be patrolling the queues. Nothing personal against the regular security guards but many of them do not look like they have the physical characteristics to handle a violent confrontation. At CP you see huge muscle police officers that are certainly fit to handle such confrontations.