At Kennywood in Pittsburg, they have no set closing times. They close based on weather and crowds. It's kind of an interesting concept. Would that be a good idea for PKI?

No.

I am actually surprised that Kennywood would do that. As a customer, I paid for the hours that a particular park has scheduled. With the excecption of "Acts of God" (major power outage, severe weather, etc.) a park should remain open. I am not insulting Kennywood in any way, but if they would close because of lack of attendance, that is their fault for not marketing the slow days properly, they should not punish the guests that did come.

I have known that Cedar Point has actually stayed open longer (midnight) because of too many guests on a particular day, or a ride has been down for a good portion of the day (TTD and MF), and I'm sure that PKI has either done the same or at least considered this.

It's really not what you think... I mean, I think the earliest they close is 10. If the park is still rockin' at 10, they stay open until 11 or so.

It's interesting how they do it too, they simply start shutting down rides and people know it's time to go. They're the masters of the whole "Thank you for coming, now get the hell off my property" concept. At PKI, people would stick around until escorted out.

Ryan

Now thats a really cool way to due it.

I kind of like that idea I wouldnt mind being at PKI at 11 at night with out crowds.

That would be hard to do considering the Ohio Minor Labor Laws Restrictions, Not IMPOSSIBLE, just tougher to do sometimes.

Remember just cause the park closes at 10, doesn't mean the employees get out then, I usually get out an hour to hour and half AFTER closing, and I'm on a super easy shut down ride!

Its gets really creepy closing really late at night but as PKI fan yeah it would be kinda cool to stay after 10pm.

Go to fearfeast and you can stay till midnight.

Nah I will pass on FearFest last year was a waste of time and money Iam never going to another FearFest ever!

If I was going to stay late at the park it would be during the 4th of July weekend.

I was at the park form 10AM to 11:30 PM THursday, which was over an hour after the 10PM closing

I actully like the idea of a set closing time, so that way you will have people know the exact time the park will close. What i do want PKI to do is that i know at Cedar Point they close the lines at closing, for example the park closes at 10, you get in line for Millennium Force at 9:59 and the line is say 2 hours. They wont cut off the line even if it is midnight when you get on. I know the KI policy unless it changed is that they will close the lines so it clears by 10, is this still true?

-rctfreak-

My favorite days are the ones that they close at 11 or 12, but they do the fireworks show at 10, people flock out of the park thinking that its closed, which means more Scooters time for us!

Actually we do close the lines at the first burst of the fireworks, always have, always will.

I was at Kennywood this summer and the park was open till 2 in the morning. I got to ride also all the rides but when it got late alot of people come from work to the park. The park is different that you have to buy tickets or a all day pass to ride the rides. Its cheep just to get into and the people are very nice. The coaster are great but small. The longest coaster line was for the Jack Rabbit that day. I think Kings Island should have some of the rides in the park. It was nice to ride Ski Lab again and also the Tumble Bug. They have some very nice flats like 360 you guys would like it.

I think that they also have a Rotor and Bayern Curve. Can't be sure though. I like the idea of a set time. And, even though I am not or have never been an employee, I wouldn't like staying until 1 or 2 am when your day has already been too long.

the first BAFFD PKI stayed open an extra hour. It was not cool since I had to work an AD anyway for it.

You should also consider the workers. They have to put up with us all day long. I know when I am at work I look forward to the end of the day.