Tr0y Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Second trip to CP for Halloweekends. Day 1 On the way to Sandusky, made a pit stop in Lima for lunch at Kewpee’s, the food was good and the naked baby statue was just as creepy from my last visit. After lunch, and a couple more hours of driving we made it to Castaway Bay and immediately noticed how much busier it was than my trip last month. We checked into our room then proceeded to the indoor waterpark. None of the slides were opened, I inquired about it and had one supervisor tell me they rotate rides being open and closed, and after an hour I asked another supervisor when they planed on any of the slides being opened and was told they don’t have the staffing. Yet all the kid stuff was opened. The “hot tub.” wasn’t really hot, and only the outdoor portion had working water jets. I’m guessing the reasoning for the temperature drop was to accommodate the 3-4 year olds swimming with life jackets in it. Arrived at CP around 4:50pm for ERT and parked in my usual spot in the water park parking lot. My bad luck continued with Wild Mouse. Asked for the Cheese Cart and was denied even with a short line. Then proceeded to make my Millennium Force which went down just before getting on because of some bozo pulled their phone out. Afterwards ate at my go to restaurant at CP being Backbeat BBQ and got the brisket with Mac n cheese. It was excellent as usual. By now the crowd started to pick up and this Thursday was definitely busier than the previous times I’ve been. Rode the Boo-streak which had Mystic Timbers theme playing in the station. We finished the night doing CP’s new Midnight Syndicate maze, they had an annoying spiel on a loop in the queue. Something about “I am the darkness that is midnight! Blah blah blah.” Well I can tell you, the maze is anything but dark. I’ll leave it at that. Day 2 Checked out of Castaway Bay and Arrived early again for ERT but this time the gate attendants were in a mood on insuring non gold pass members were trying to get in. Watched a guy argue with the gate attendant about having to physically show his pass. I figure the gate attendant was not going to let me in because I don’t have my physical pass with me, as I keep the QR code on my watch. The gate attendant proceed to say “I’m just gonna trust you Troy.” And scans me in with the other guy standing there. LOL. The crowd level for a Friday before school lets out this was the busiest I’ve seen. It almost seemed like a regular weekend day during the summer. The crowd level really got bad around 3pm-4pm and we opted to bail and try our luck again at Castaway Bay. As we were walking out we made a quick stop at Sweet Spot as they were offering 50% off select items. Got back to Castaway Bay and this time they had the tall slides open, and the “hot tub” was a bit warmer than the day before. Then within 30 minutes of being there all of the slides were closed, with a supervisor showdown going on at the little desk they hover around. The wave pool was then closed too. With the only things operating is kid stuff and the “hot tub”. We decided to cut our losses and leave. On the way home because the warm weather we stopped at Toft’s Ice Cream Parlor. I got the Salted Chocolate Carmel, it was good although a bit too rich. Before we got home we capped off the night with an impromptu stop at Kings Island. In summary, next season we might opt to stay in a different hotel. Call it budget cuts, low staffing or whatever, if you’re going to rotate rides you can at least provide a time table that way I can plan my day or provide at the minimum one grown up slide at all times. It’s hard to justify spending more per night for a water park but only getting similar amities that other hotels can provide at a cheaper cost. That was the biggest let down of the trip, and everything else was fine. You couldn’t ask for better weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Haven't you learned by now that it only gives you access to the facility and they can do whatever they want (cross threading) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 1 hour ago, disco2000 said: Haven't you learned by now that it only gives you access to the facility and they can do whatever they want (cross threading) CaVeAT EmPtOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Don't tell dispatchmaster ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DispatchMaster Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Castaway is heavily geared toward little kids, so it's not shocking that they'd stress keeping the kids' stuff open over everything else. Kalahari is better if you're over the age of 8, which now that I think about it I am not confident you are... Although, I've heard that Kalahari has been facing the same staffing issues as literally everyone else, everywhere, has been. But we had a good time there last year in any case. Also, Kewpee is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, DispatchMaster said: Castaway is heavily geared toward little kids, so it's not shocking that they'd stress keeping the kids' stuff open over everything else. Kalahari is better if you're over the age of 8, which now that I think about it I am not confident you are... Although, I've heard that Kalahari has been facing the same staffing issues as literally everyone else, everywhere, has been. But we had a good time there last year in any case. Also, Kewpee is awesome. Speaking of heavily geared toward little kids, based on all the Haunt pictures on social media, it appears Haunt is geared towards little kids, so they might as well keep Planet Snoopy open LOL No, I haven't added them up so it is strictly my observation, but it appears the number of posts on social media of selfies with the scare actors and posts about how sweet there were to the little ones outnumbered the posts where people said they were scared LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 I was taken back by the amount of strollers I saw at Haunt this year. I refused to take my kids to Haunt until they were 12 or 13. I wanted to respect the park and other guests by not having a screaming and upset kid with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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