Apply online: https://jobs.sixflags.com/job/mason/executive-chef/42509/96527403440

LINK:
https://www.imaginemason.org/download/PDFs/monthly_permit_reports/2026/MONTHLY-ISSUED-PERMIT-REPORT-JUNE-2026.pdf

Let's review a FEW of the problems, from the customer's point of view:

Last year, when you had a 2006 season pass from any Paramount Park, it got you into all the Paramount Parks and it was supposed to do that for the ENTIRE 2006 season (a privilege you had PAID for). (And a 2006 Cedar Fair season pass from any parks BUT Cedar Point or Geauga Lake got you into all legacy Cedar Fair parks...at CP or GLP, you had to buy a combo pass to get the other park, but all the other Cedar Fair dryparks were included).

Yet, the moment you bought a 2007 Cedar Fair pass, either for the park where bought OR a Maxx pass, they took your old pass (at some parks, but not others) and your new 2007 pass (which was a temporary card that had to be exchanged later) got you into ONLY the park where purchased. Meanwhile, holders of legacy Cedar Fair park passes who renewed got into all the legacy Cedar Fair parks the rest of the season, and by many reports were allowed courtesy entry into the legacy Paramount Parks as well. I know many Dorney passholders who got in free last year at Kings Island and at Carowinds.

Meanwhile, your new 2007 Cedar Fair pass, regular or Maxx would NOT get you into the other Paramount Parks the remainder of 2006. Never mind that you had already PAID to get into them for the entire 2006 season. Never mind that people who NEVER paid for the privilege were getting into Kings Island and other Paramount Parks with 2006 Cedar Fair passes that never included that privilege. And never mind that no one told you that buying a 2007 Cedar Fair pass, you were forfeiting your right to go to the other Paramount Parks for the rest of 2006. And never mind you had already paid for that privilege (and may have even planned your family vacation around it).

Meanwhile, at Carowinds, users were allowed to keep their 2006 pass, but a hole was punched in it. IT still worked at other Paramount Parks. At Kings Island, some users had to surrender their 2006 pass to get a 2007, others did not...kind of like parking at another Cedar Fair park...sometimes you get charged when you have a Maxx pass from elsewhere...sometimes you don't...or Joe Cool...a privilege Cedar Point passholders must PAY for, yet Maxx passholders from other parks have reportedly gotten the same privilege at Cedar Point without paying extra...and others...have not). Worse, sometimes you COULD get into other Paramount Parks with that next year's Maxx pass (I know several people who did this at Kings Dominion), while sometimes you COULD not (I know others who were told at Kings Dominion's gate they would be CHARGED to go to Kings Dominion when they tried to use a 2007 Maxx pass...even though they had paid CBS for a pass for 2006 to get in ALL the Paramount Parks...you see they were so silly as to renew, and somehow LOST that paid-for privilege? By the way, my firends who were told they would be charged had already paid the parking fee...it took over an hour to get it back, after which they disgustedly left and enjoyed their day at Busch Gardens Europe...and they have not been to KD again since. Last I heard, they are NOT buying a Cedar Fair pass for 2008. Surprise, surprise.)

And if you complained to Guest Relations, as I did, you were told, so very sorry. How nice. CBS took your money in 2005 (for 2006), promised you could get into all the Paramount Parks for the 2006 season, but when Cedar Fair sold you a Maxx pass for 2007, you couldn't get in the other Paramount Parks for the rest of 2006, just the park where you bought your Maxx pass. And the more people I explained this to (after it HAD happened to me), the more blank looks and "I'm sorrys" I got. Did they tell you when you bought a Maxx pass for 2007, you could no longer get in the other Paramount Parks in 2006, even though you had already PAID to do so? Of course not.

Just like their websites, TO THIS DAY, do NOT explain you cannot buy a parking pass to a legacy Paramount Park unless you have a pass from THAT park; nor an Ohio parking pass unless you have an Ohio Cedar Fair park based park or Maxx pass. And when you DID buy a voucher for a parking pass (but your pass was from a non-Ohio park), they at first were not even going to issue a refund, much less honor the voucher they SOLD without revealing all their limitations and terms (such as, you can't have this because you didn't also buy a pass from OUR park in addition to a Maxx pass...which I was blatantly and angrily told the first day of the season at Kings Island, by someone who should have known better how to handle the public). I eventually got my money back, but only by going up three more levels on the management chain. Sigh.

And they wonder why people think it is too complicated? And not just overly complicated but unfair? Customer satisfaction down this road does not lie. (even though THEY may as well have lied and some would contend they did when they took away Paramount Park exchange rights on season passes for the rest of 2006 when you bought a Maxx pass last year. Same when they sold parking passes to all comers without saying you must have a pass from OUR park or an Ohio park to buy this pass...a Maxx pass is not good enough...you have to buy several of our passes to have parking in more than one park if you don't buy your Maxx pass in Ohio. How unrealistic. How unfair. Pardon me, but how STUPID. And to say, sorry we can't give you your money back, either? Who trained these people? A 1950's Department of Motor Vehicles office?).

I'm a bit amazed they never got a class action lawsuit on this one. I am SURE they annoyed a lot of people who may never buy another Cedar Fair pass again. Passes are supposed to be a handy convenience, not a source of aggravation and frustration.

Speaking of parking, at Kings Island, renewing passholders got free season parking. At Cedar Point, season parking was at first $50, then raised to $70. An Ohio parking pass was later announced, and you could upgrade to it, but at first ONLY at Cedar Point itself. Many paid for parking at other Ohio parks because they didn't know they could go to Cedar Point (or by mail) and upgrade. Do I need to mention that some Kings Island passholders got a $34.95 credit towards Ohio parking (even though they had not paid for parking at all) while others had to pay the entire $75, even though they HAD paid the $34.95 but had unfortunately lost their receipt (while the free ones didn't NEED a receipt?)

And, a Cedar Fair season parking pass is supposed to be good ONLY at the park where purchased (or throughout Ohio, as the case may be), yet many have reported here, as recently as in the last two days, that their Maxx pass HAS gotten them free parking at other parks in the chain. Does this mean those of us who paid for parking are chumps while others who have NOT paid for it are getting it free? Like those of us who got Cedar Fair Maxx passes and paid for Joe Cool are chumps who get no gold pass privileges at Kings Island, but at least some Kings Island Maxx passholders get Joe Cool treatment at Cedar Point (and have posted about it here)? What's up with this? Do people at Cedar Fair who administer these programs not know their own rules? The rules say home park perks are only good with passes from that park...Maxx or not.

Inconsistent rules, inconsistently applied, with widely differing results, and beneath it all a veneer of barely caring for the customer, if at all. Sigh.

I've posted way too much here already, but SOMEONE at Cedar Fair ought to think about all this. I tried telling Guest Relations, but honestly, I was told in these EXACT words: "Yes, it's a mess. You are telling US?" One shouldn't need to be a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out the terms of their season pass program. And heaven knows, the people they have administering aren't, and due to the highly complex terms, it is being administered unevenly, unfairly and even capriciously (for those who don't know, capriciously means in an abitrary fashion...what happens to you depends on who is applying the rules and how much they know and even what they want to do, it also means WE make the rules and YOU, little one, will live by them...most of all, it means unpredictable...if that doesn't explain the Cedar Fair season pass program and parking program, I don't know what does. It should be simple. It should be easy to understand. Situations such as do I have to pay to go to park X should be easy and reasonable people should not be able to differ as to the answer. It shouldn't even be possible to write this much about all the opportunities for inconsistent application of the program. In a word, it should be predictable. And fair. Right now, it most certainly is not.)

To be honest, the 2007 season pass program at Cedar Fair worked fine. As long as you didn't go to any other park other than your home park. Well, except for the exchanging of the temporary passes for permanent ones...a step that turned out to take hours and hours at Carowinds the first day...and turned out to be absolutely unnecessary to boot. It appears that very little thought was put into developing this year's program. They can do better. And for their sake, I sure hope they do.

We would go for the 2 PM show.

What do you think of this year's show? Let us know below! 👇

A key statement:

The coaster is definitely moveable," wrote Darren Torr, president of Rocky Mountain Construction. "Based on ranking by coaster enthusiasts, it's a top 10 coaster in the world.  It has angle iron structure, which means it will require new hardware.  It has some topography changes, so a new site will need to be modified or the structure will be need to be reworked to match the site elevation. Ballpark, the cost to move is probably ~$10M less than building new. I have no idea what the future holds for AF1, hopefully, it continues to deliver smiles for guests."

This tells me that relocation is in fact feasible for AFO. But while many want it to come to KI (and this could be in The Vortex plot), I wouldn't consider it a certainty that it will happen.

There's other parks for consideration, including within Six Flags and from other chains including Herschend, United Parks, and Enchanted Parks. I'm not going to look into detail at all of these, but any park that has the capacity for it (and doesn't already have an RMC like it) could be in the running.

• 2026 will be the second full season under the new Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, with all-park add-ons now working across every North American park in the chain.
• Kings Island will open for the season on Saturday, April 18th, 2026. A Passholder Preview event may be held on 4/17, but I haven't seen anything official on that matter.
• Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare is set to debut this Spring as a revival of the classic Kings Island attraction that occupied the same building from 1992-2002.
• There is hope that Monster will reopen after being down for all of 2025 while a little further north Invertigo has received a new lift chain, hopefully to also reopen in 2026.
• The 1926 Grand Carousel will celebrate its 100th birthday this season. Similar carousels at Carowinds and Kings Dominion received informational plaques and an anniversary horse design for their 100th anniversary.
• No plans have been released about other park projects, but we may see survey markers and site clearing for a potential 2027 or 2028 attraction. I believe we might also see some upgrades elsewhere in the park like we have in previous years with the Festival/Carousel Pavilion and other retail location renovations.

With new leadership at the helm of Six Flags and changes being made across the board, I will be very curious to see how this year turns out for Kings Island.

I was at the park Thursday through Saturday. During that time of me just relaxing and enjoying the park I was posting on the KIC socials.

I highlighted merch, promoted the outgoing magic show, mentioned Congo being back open (with over 113,000 views and still counting as of this post), made 5 posts about the Opening of BeachBlast.

All of this is just fun for me to do and I enjoy it. I looked at the Kings Island Facebook page and saw only one post about the Halloween haunt. I thought that was odd timing with it being a holiday weekend. 

I don't understand why the outgoing magic show and the opening of the BeachBlast show were not highlighted. It seems like that would have made a great social media post over the weekend. As much as it cost them to bring those two shows to the park, you would think they would want to get the highest ROI on them.

So my question would be, has PR and marketing changed in the industry, all industries? Am I wrong in thinking that a social media promotion and highlight of the outgoing and incoming show would be a benefit for the park, or is that not how PR works now? Is data showing it not benefit the parks to do such things any longer?

It seems they're relying 100% on fan sites and Facebook groups to do the promotion for them? I realize SIX is trying to save money and may not be the fault their PR staff themselves for I don't understand all they are doing. 

Any PR majors want to jump in here and help me understand? Obviously this is to spark conversations so everyone else give your thoughts as well. 

Well comment down below if there is a food or restaurant you would to bring back to Kings Island. 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/six-flags-parks-in-12-states-from-coast-to-coast-celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-with-spectacular-fireworks-festive-eats-historic-thrills-and-patriotic-summer-fun-302802608.html

I personally didn't mind the renovation and the changeover to the in-water jets, but it seems the system they used as replacement is problematic.

Kings Island just released this awesome video on social media showing the 30th Anniversary Of Flight of Fear!

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17heZ1mLr1/

So we are only a day away from passholder preview how have they not released the meal plan items and menu for all locations 

I find that kind of ridiculous. With very little too no new food items announced for this year the dining experience is starting too worry me if it’s gonna take a hit this year. Thoughts ? 

Yes, she is levitating in the air. This is not AI.

So far the 2026 events calendar includes the following group events:

• Physics, Science, and Math Days — April 24 & May 1, 8, 14, 15, & 22, 2026
• Performance in the Park — Any Public Operating Day During the 2026 Season

Unless something changes — which there is a chance that it might — we now know that the season will start by Friday, April 24th, 2026.

Could we see Grand Carnivale return in 2026? How do you think the park could improve the Food & Wine Festival? When do you think the rest of the 2026 events will be revealed? Next year might be big for new seasonal events as the United States celebrates its Quarter Millennial. A number of parks have already revealed special events, shows, and rides as part of the America 250 campaign. Exciting times await Kings Island in 2026!

Check it out here: https://kicentral.com/current-shows/hot-rhythm-nights/

What do you think of this year's show? Let us know below! 👇

This is also true on the Cedar Point site.

Yet I found a site that does show all cameras and a weather map for each that works.

So those that bought Prestige with add-ons would have benefitted by waiting....

They really are trying to encourage people to wait until the day before they visit the park with these constant revisions...

And they will wonder why sales are down during the August rollout for 2027....

Lot's of chatter in other socials about class action lawsuit, but we know that will go nowhere.

And Prestige will still buy Prestige.

HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!! I had a gut feeling this was coming soon!