They don't want any additional attention brought on how often they close early these days. Same reason they'll spam you with irrelevant notifications for upsells with their app but won't send out any sort of notification there either (even if they can tell you're in the park).

Was almost going to travel up from Lexington today to go hoping for storm breaks and light crowds, but looking at weather this AM I decided against it.

 

I dont judge the park for closing, I judge them for lack of announcement. 

 

Have only been once this year. Not feeling strong to return any time soon

One of you may know better than I do on this: What are the odds that the legacy Cedar Fair parks stop using the current style of plastic shopping bag next year? Every bag I've gotten with a purchase from Kings Island this season has had all of the old Cedar Fair parks on it, including Michigan's Adventure, Valleyfair, and Worlds of Fun. Would it be standard practice to just use them into next season until they run out — even though those parks are no longer in the chain — or is there a chance that Six Flags has to now redesign/buy new bags?

I still have a bag from years ago with Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom on it, but I don't remember when I would've gotten it. Some of the legacy Six Flags parks could also use new bags. The one I got from Chicago's Great America is from 2017 and very much looks the part. I did get a nice brown paper bag from Six Flags America last year, but it had the old SF logo on it which I would hate to see more of in the Cedar Fair parks.

Festhaus has new menu screens (not tvs, but the design/artwork on them), they look great, French Quarter does also. Not sure if all of them have been done throughout the park but the look much better than before.

Unfortunately, at least some of them, like Grain and Grill and Snoopy Grill, have extremely unappetizing AI slop images of the "food".

6 hours ago, CedarPointer said:

Unfortunately, at least some of them, like Grain and Grill and Snoopy Grill, have extremely unappetizing AI slop images of the "food".

It’s less expensive than doing a photo shoot.

17 hours ago, DonHelbig said:

It’s less expensive than doing a photo shoot.

Wouldn't a photo shoot have a higher sales return than using AI and defeat the purpose?

20 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

Wouldn't a photo shoot have a higher sales return than using AI and defeat the purpose?

Does it matter LOL. My Big Mac never looks like the ad 🤣

1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

Wouldn't a photo shoot have a higher sales return than using AI and defeat the purpose?

Who knows...

But I know a lot of people, myself included, are turned off by AI generated images. In person and on social media. I'm absolutely sick of it.

1 hour ago, RollerColt said:

Who knows...

But I know a lot of people, myself included, are turned off by AI generated images. In person and on social media. I'm absolutely sick of it.

AI is here to stay and brands are going to use it because it saves money.,

19 hours ago, disco2000 said:

Does it matter LOL. My Big Mac never looks like the ad 🤣

Fair point, but was wondering if there is any data on this yet other than, "oh look, we can do it this way real quick and no one will notice."

On 4/18/2026 at 11:48 PM, Losantiville Mining Co. said:

I've been hearing that the seatbelts were also shortened for FOF.

A few months late lol, but I can confirm the seatbelts were not shortened. I think the confusion stems from some rows being more accommodating. Even numbered rows have more leg room than odd numbers. I’ve seen many times how the even rows are drastically more accommodating for taller and larger guests than odd rows.

On 8/24/2026 at 2:07 PM, DonHelbig said:

AI is here to stay and brands are going to use it because it saves money.,

Truth. My corporation shoves it down everyone’s throats as much as possible.

And I know I’m in the minority here: but when I see a company use AI for any graphic, I immediately move on and stop reading/looking. It’s here to stay, but I’m stubborn. I’ll forever and always dislike it… just like my distaste for the Steelers and Pirates.

WinterFest lights are either going up in the trees, or getting tested if they were never taken down.

Anyone here know why the Snoopy webcam is off?

10 hours ago, RollerColt said:

Truth. My corporation shoves it down everyone’s throats as much as possible.

And I know I’m in the minority here: but when I see a company use AI for any graphic, I immediately move on and stop reading/looking. It’s here to stay, but I’m stubborn. I’ll forever and always dislike it… just like my distaste for the Steelers and Pirates.

You are not the only one, mate. I can't keep all the generative AI out of my life, but there's not a chance I'm going to support any new to me thing that uses it.

20 hours ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Anyone here know why the Snoopy webcam is off?

It's so that webcam watchers like us can't see them replacing all of the Peanuts items with cheap Looney Tunes props from Six Flags America! /s

My actual theory is that the something related to that webcam got jostled around in a storm and they haven't sent anyone to fix it yet. Park staff seem to be going slower than in previous years (as seen by the fact that Pumpkin Eater is almost entirely assembled but nothing else for Haunt or Tricks and Treats is). Meanwhile, Cedar Point have a ton of their HalloWeekends decorations up already and are visibly building new items as well.

There's been a lot of doom and gloom online about the Six Flags parks within the past week between the new news about X2, the guy saying he worked for Carowinds' ride maintenance and now does not trust their safety, and the people who are rumoring that Haunt will see some massive cuts this season. I'm not going to think too hard about it lest I go into a spiral, but for now I'll take all of those with a grain of salt. The company is currently in hard times and is trying to get through it. I'll just keep looking forward to going to my happy park.

1 hour ago, Losantiville Mining Co. said:

It's so that webcam watchers like us can't see them replacing all of the Peanuts items with cheap Looney Tunes props from Six Flags America! /s

My actual theory is that the something related to that webcam got jostled around in a storm and they haven't sent anyone to fix it yet. Park staff seem to be going slower than in previous years (as seen by the fact that Pumpkin Eater is almost entirely assembled but nothing else for Haunt or Tricks and Treats is). Meanwhile, Cedar Point have a ton of their HalloWeekends decorations up already and are visibly building new items as well.

There's been a lot of doom and gloom online about the Six Flags parks within the past week between the new news about X2, the guy saying he worked for Carowinds' ride maintenance and now does not trust their safety, and the people who are rumoring that Haunt will see some massive cuts this season. I'm not going to think too hard about it lest I go into a spiral, but for now I'll take all of those with a grain of salt. The company is currently in hard times and is trying to get through it. I'll just keep looking forward to going to my happy park.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PUY2pYWZHvM?is=nNxFOVS_XckOxwiX

1 hour ago, Losantiville Mining Co. said:

It's so that webcam watchers like us can't see them replacing all of the Peanuts items with cheap Looney Tunes props from Six Flags America! /s

My actual theory is that the something related to that webcam got jostled around in a storm and they haven't sent anyone to fix it yet. Park staff seem to be going slower than in previous years (as seen by the fact that Pumpkin Eater is almost entirely assembled but nothing else for Haunt or Tricks and Treats is). Meanwhile, Cedar Point have a ton of their HalloWeekends decorations up already and are visibly building new items as well.

There's been a lot of doom and gloom online about the Six Flags parks within the past week between the new news about X2, the guy saying he worked for Carowinds' ride maintenance and now does not trust their safety, and the people who are rumoring that Haunt will see some massive cuts this season. I'm not going to think too hard about it lest I go into a spiral, but for now I'll take all of those with a grain of salt. The company is currently in hard times and is trying to get through it. I'll just keep looking forward to going to my happy park.