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There used to be a skybridge for White Water Canyon when the queue went through the area that's now taken up by Mystic Timbers. My guess is that when they rerouted the queue back in 2016, they probably didn't have the budget to build a new skybridge and opted for a train crossing instead.

Peoples main focus needs to be the fact that the quarterly INTEREST on their debt is over $250M….yes MILLION… dollars per quarter. The “B” word of the reorg variety will be spoken in 2026 if not before, along with more cuts, ride closures, and shopping smaller parks like WoF and MA. Just my take

$58.70--July 8, 2024. $32.15- July 3, 2025. If I were an institutional investor right now, I would not be at all pleased with the direction of this company. And it looks like attendance will not be the best for Q2. Q3 has waning of daily operations and the closure of a park. Busiest days of the year with Halloween events. At least one WinterFest has bit the dust. One of the new board members has quite a bit of experience with Disney, so maybe he can provide perspective. But Disney sounds like they have their own problems with customer experience.

Trailblazers X-treme! 2025

There were still 6 nozzles not working yesterday and a few not at full height. I hope they get the rest of them working correctly.

Kings Dominion’s Railroad used to have a level crossing for Grizzly. Actually, if you look their old railroad versus ours, Grizzly’s placement would be almost similar to how Mystic Timber’s is except the station was inside the track so riders would have to wait at the crossing before proceeding to the ride. Heck you still have to wait for the crossing at Soak City but at least you have the option to utilize the overhead skywalk if you do not wish to wait though the ramp itself, though is not ADA compliant like white water canyons old entrance was. I argue that the implementation of the gate not only kills wait times but also wastes an associate- as there always has to be someone there to supervise crossing. There have been complaints online about the park running three car operations per train. A typical six car train consists of two conductors – one on each end. The front conductor supervises the first three cars, runs the spiel, as well as communicating with the engine crew whereas the back conductor supervises the last three cars and communicates with the front conductor via hand waves and radio during certain points of the ride along straight track along the bridge and near the engine shed. The reason why one conductor cannot supervise a whole six car train is because the various curves along the track obscure a conductor’s view of the whole train. This is why when staffing is short you can only run a three car train. If you break down the staffing for a full train you need an engineer and a fireman, and two conductors on either end of the train: 4 total. If you’re running two full trains then that number doubles to 8- that’s not to mention the brakes at the engineers have to take so probably more, but I’m not sure the engineers schedules. Back to the matter at hand – when they removed the overpass to Whitewater Canyon to make room for Mystic Timbers, and did not choose to rebuild it- instead opting a level crossing and thus sacrificing an associate. If they had just rebuilt the ramp else where, then they could’ve kept six car operations on a more consistent basis. I guess another way around this is if you have somewhat of an HUD display at the back or front of the train that has cameras for the conductor to be able to view the whole train but that just seems too cumbersome and inefficient should a camera prove to be faulty during a trip. If any of you go to other amusement parks and noticed that their railroads feature one conductor and they have a tray longer than three cars it’s typically because their track layout is straighter and doesn’t have as tight of curves or obstructions like Kings Island does. If you take Disney, for example there are not a whole lot of obstructions that would prevent the back conductor from viewing the whole train, the same for Cedar Point, Busch Gardens, etc. I understand that there are budget cuts, employee shortages, and so on, but I argue that transport rides of any kind need to be operating on a consistent basis, even if that does mean one train with a full set of six cars. It does become a real inconvenience for parents who use the train as a transport ride to go to and from the waterpark when they’re running at bare minimum.

I'm still seeing a lot of people talking about Cedar Point's next coaster and how some props/decorations were set up around Snake River Falls. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think we'll be seeing any major additions there (or anywhere) if the "B" word happens. Even with reorganization, I can't imagine anyone coming out of this doing well enough to add a major coaster.