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My wife, daughter (4 yo), and I went to the park this weekend. Saturday, we spent time in the dry park. We went to the water park on Sunday. Our daughter hit 42" with shoes on, barely. She leveled up. She was eligible for at least one new ride, the bumper cars (accompanied by an adult, which she really liked. Although, she gave me strict instructions not to bump her and mom too hard... I behaved. She's a princess. She was afraid to ride Howler again after last year. Good Gravy was a hard pass. We hit Gobbler Getaway for the first time this year and she liked it. For some reason I misread the 36" + adult height requirement last year. The front of the park had unaccompanied kid's rides, with most everything else being 36+ adult. There are a ton of options. The Log Flume was a hard crying pass when we tried to get her to ride. I followed it up with sitting her in an unpopulated area until her tantrum stopped. She's aware that shit doesn't fly with our family, and it's a rare occurrence. The park has a lot to offer for kids, but the hills are brutal. At least this was our first year without a stroller. Characters are out frequently in the front of the park and in Holidog Town (name?), trying not to die in the summer sun. Poor bastards. They also had dudes on stilts at opening in the front of the park, allowing parents to wait 20+ minutes to get balloon art. We went with her shorter cousin and bro/sister in law. My much shorter niece fearlessly rode almost everything she could but Good Gravy, despite ours being younger, but much taller. It's kind of a buzz kill watching that. Ours was even afraid to ride the slides at the water park. This has been cruel irony for me. We've tried everything. Everything. Pushing her hard makes it worse, so that was very short lived. I think Howler ruined it for her last year, followed by The Grand Exposition (name?) at SDC. I was able to coax her on Rookie Racer. Like a fool, I chose to ride in the front. Since then, she's shut down. In due time, maybe. I didn't ride any roller coasters. Thunderbird broke down as soon as I went that way. The park looked great. It was as clean as usual. The dining hall had a couple almost healthy options. Like... kind of... AKA some no dressing grilled chicken Caesar, side, or cobb salads. They had some preservative soaked fruit cups and carrots. Some fake healthy options were grilled chicken sandwiches and impossible burgers. I guess I could have tried the Thanksgiving meal place, but from what I recall, there was almost nothing for us. Until our four-year-old starts walking faster, packed lunches are a no-go. It was too hot to eat like shit. We saved that for a few paced beers and food at night. If you're in the area and don't visit Schnizelbank, you're doing yourself an injustice worse than not going to Roosters near Kings Island. It's a worthwhile 30 minute drive from the park I recommend staying in this incredibly clean community. The Fairfield is newer, and part of Marriots run at rebranding Fairfield's to higher quality option. It's worth the extra cost, and this one was of similar quality to a Hyatt. The time zone is an hour ahead, which is great for sleeping in until 6am... and hitting the decent small gym they have. On a random side note, Good Gravy is the dumbest name I've ever heard, almost to the point of annoying cringe. It's even worse than the dumb superhero names. Hills were mostly OK on my constantly abused injured knee from morning discouraged impact runs before the park. It's the best I can do with smaller gyms and no hockey nights. Pops be damned. Send it. The water park has multiple kids areas. Cheetah Hunt was down. I'm more of a pass out by the pool guy than a water slide guy, so I didn't care to ride any water rides. If you're ever looking for a short line, ride the racing slide. I used to always ride it at least once, and it hauls to the point of unease. We won't be back for a few years, despite being a cool 3 hour weekend trip from home. The girl needs to "find her brave." We don't hide this from her. I don't want to be too hard on her, and the more she's ridden, the more afraid she gets. Outside of a trip to SFSTL, she'll take a summer off, at least. If she's still afraid in her teens, there's a chance the carousel there will be open. This TR was too much about me, which is my pet peeve. Sorry about very brief proofreading and terrible flow. Sorry. Cheers

I'm not talking about currency... And no. There's pretty much nothing healthy at Six Flags.

Meanwhile, at SFStl...

Things seem to be getting overly complex. It's almost bait and switch.

The fact that the payment plan options are overly highlighted instead of the flat rate purchase is disturbing. Tiktok brain might influence people to skim over it quickly enough to miss the flat fee all together. There's a much greater cost in the short term and long term by eating that much park food. Or any...

I'm good with it. Keep the parks less crowded, as long as the service and pReMiUm eXpeRiEnCE improves. Lower prices won't feel so out of place compared to the cost of living increases and gas to get there. I hope they make sure to jack food prices up 30-40%, too.

That's very cool how it interacts not only with the surroundings, but also how it spirals through its own layout. Great addition.

Guys, we all need to forgive the parks for this. Don't be entitled bigots spewing all that hate speech. We need to fiercely defend them and honor/thank them for painting benches. After all.... COVID, right?

Dirt cheap season passes again. Nice.

Damn bruh. Just pull the trigger. You'll have fun, regardless.

??? wtf

Absolutely. They're really good for kids. (bad for parents.....)

This is good news, as they are sticking with the same theme for the CF parks. The latest strategy is still focused on bringing in more families. Is this the first splash battle to be added in a while? They almost seemed like a flash in the pan. SDC is the only one I have had recent experience with and boats are regularly half empty.

I'm curious to see what kind of changes we'll see at Breakers, if any.

Sadly, the included parking really pushes it over the edge. $40 for parking is a fucking joke.

My only points of reference are WoF, CW, CP, KD, and KI. Compared to SFStl, SFGam, SFGAdv, SFOG, and SFMM, they were much cleaner, more well kept, and had better vibes. Every SF park I visited felt more catered to teenagers. Granted, they're way closer in age to the target market than I am right now. I'm not trying to turn this into a SF vs. CF (prior) thread, but I prefer much more than SF parks. I'm not alone.

That's why a lot of Cedar Fair park fans are apprehensive about the merger. Those short downpours during the afternoons are great when they lower the temperatures and empty the park. I'm glad you had a good time. KI is wonderful.

Yeah, because those places are everywhere.

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"... then don't say anything at all."

Damn you for that.

I really hope they replace it with another water attraction.

So.... no one is talking about the new launched wing rider?

Glad you had a good trip. KK is a good park, but not somewhere to go out of the way to visit frequently. It's best to just pair it with Louisville in general.

So a Six Flags pass will include Six Flags parks? Nice!