AmyUD06

They did. And Ohio's Governor isn't requiring masks for everyone. Parks are being overly cautious.

Well that sucks if true. I could definitely see them not pre-selling it online, though.

Me too. A shame (for me) about the date though...just misses my 4th of July vacation time.

EDIT: You know what, it's not worth it to try to talk sense into doomers. Let's keep it to theme park talk please?

Poll answered with the first choice. To your specific questions: 1. Yes, absolutely. 2. I reserve my right to not answer this question. 3. If parks reopened without a majority of their rides/without their signature ride operating, I would likely pass. For example, let's say CP says they're "open" but the only coaster they're running is Blue Streak. Yeah, not going.

EDIT: Better judgement says I should delete this.

Nope, not gonna take the bait. EDIT: Better judgement tells me my initial reaction of non-response was best.

You also can't buy single day tickets, so I wouldn't read too much into that.

A little extreme reaction, don't you think? If masks are important for people to wear (I'm not saying they are), they're important for kids to wear, too. One's age does not affect their ability to contract/carry a disease. Just because they will naturally fidget with the masks, it doesn't make them exempt from biology. Thus, if masks are necessary at Location X, but kids can't wear masks, you obviously can't/shouldn't take kids to Location X. I fail to see what about that statement garnered your reaction. Sorry if the truth hurts. That is, if you buy into the whole "masks will save us all" ideology. My secondary comment about them being the harbingers of doom was obviously sarcastic. Maybe it's a shame that your non-sarcasm-detecting genes have been passed on to future generations.

That said, I think a lot of people (both in the general populace and government) are realizing that "number of cases" isn't that great of a metric for how bad things are. Obviously, as testing capacity increases, there will be more positive cases. At least around me, the semi-responsible media outlets (amazed that there still are some) have started focusing on "number of hospitalizations" as their scorecard for what's going on.

I regret nothing.

Then don't go with young children until this fiasco is over. Problem solved. Otherwise, those kids could become asymptomatic carriers and lead to the death of the entire world. Just like everyone else.

1. Upgrades Online - No, must be done at the park or possibly over the phone. There is no mechanism to upgrade a pass of one type to another type other than at renewal. 2. Can be done at another park? No idea, but your theory of them not knowing how much was originally paid seems to lead to a sensible "no." Do you still have you receipt from the Carowinds transaction? 3. No one knows how the reservation system will work yet. Judging by what other parks are doing, the best answer anyone can give is "maybe." Technically, they haven't even formally said that there will be a reservation system, but it's very likely.

Posted in the KI thread too, but provides some input on when exactly the parks might open. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/cedar-point-kings-island-water-parks-can-reopen-june-19-says-ohio-gov-mike-dewine.html Two weeks is when they're allowed to open, the 19th; three is June 26th.

Well, this helps solve the "when" debate: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/cedar-point-kings-island-water-parks-can-reopen-june-19-says-ohio-gov-mike-dewine.html Two weeks is when they're allowed to open, the 19th; three is June 26th.

Hopefully Morey's, Casino Pier, Six Flags, and the others, follow suit (pun?) in NJ. Gov. Murphy needs a slap upside his head the way he's been handling reopening.

You know that the inspection process hasn't happened how? Do you think they've just been running test cycles of the rides for the hell of it? Take your negativity somewhere else.

Their lawsuit wanted them to "open immediately." They'll be ready in two weeks.

They won't say they need until to July to be ready, given how they were suing to be able to open immediately, and if they tell you to wear a mask you suck it up and do so, or don't go. Their business, their property, their rules, regardless of how silly one may find them. Edit: Given that Ohio does not have a "mask required for customers" rule as part of it's emergency orders, it will be entirely up to CF if they choose to follow that guidance or institute a more severe policy requiring them.

Sadly, from one of those articles, it said Gov. DeWine plans on vetoing the bill if it makes it to his desk. Allowing indoor FECs and movie theaters but not amusement parks makes no sense. Back to planning alternatives...

Sweet.

Here's where I got that idea: https://energylandia.pl/en/about-us/subsidies/ Converted to US Dollars, that's $10,665,283.88 and $8,685,504.90. Not sure if that's EU or Polish finding, but it doesn't matter, they're not small figures. Also, from the attached image posted during the Hyperion expansion, they received $1,599,953.36 direct from the Polish government and $9,066,402.48 from the EU, which might as well be the same source. Also not small figures. And that's just what's being disclosed publicly by the park; if you don't think there's other incentives behind the scenes (which the fact that the Hyperion project numbers are not listed on their "subsidies" page, it virtually confirms that there are), you're blind. I'm sure their independently wealthy owner has a lot to do with it, but you can't say that the government (either Poland's or the EU) wasn't highly involved in its success or massive growth. The park would look a lot different today if it didn't have the financial support of Poland/the EU. I'm sorry if I offended your national landmark, but it is what it is.

Well, I had been deciding between Vegas and Tampa for my 4th of July vacation...this about settles it. Are bars back to normal (edit: well, close to it...meaning a single guy can walk in, sit at the bar, and have a drink) in Ohio yet?

It's easy when the government is funding the project with tax dollars, which is also easy when your federal income tax is 18-32%, social security and "sickness tax" is 13.71%, and you pay a 23% sales tax (they call it VAT) on everything except food.

I was at KI during the Haunt, October 4 and 5. I believe I rode it on the 5th. I could have possibly just had a glitched run where nothing worked.