I just don't see how this event will not be a nightmare. Even at ideal staffing levels seasons before getting into the Festhaus for food was sometimes terrible
Christmas Town 2021
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Rhinefeld Gazebo will have blue and white lights for CMT this year. Pompeii is finished aswell. Many Christmas trees are up around the park.
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Unfortunately, it looks like the Christmas Town Express is returning.
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The big question is will it still be a round trip only thing or will it use multiple stations. With all three trains running I would think that only using one station might actually slow down volume and lead to stacking and wait time issues.
Looks like the ride line up is announced for Christmas Town........................looks like we have a noteworthy addition to the coasters this year! 
Opening Appolo’s means they moved Rudolph into Wilkommenhaus, which means that Cookies and Cocoa is no more, which makes me wonder where I’ll be buying cookies.
AC being open is nice but man its going to be a cold ride. Enjoy your voyage to the sun on the frozen wings of Apollo's Chariot.
There could days where it’s so cold that it can’t run. However I am excited that my number 1 B&M will be open.
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Shame, would be awesome to have it open that time of year.
Shame, would be awesome to have it open that time of year.
The flying machine is listed. Has that been open for howl o scream? Wasn't it closed all summer?
Wish DeVinci's Cradle was listed. Riding it is as good as going to a chiropractor. After riding it I'm good for walking around the park for hours more!
Also.... Not just no Marco Polos. No Grogan's Grill/O'Tators - which was open in 2019 CT. Also no restaurant in Holiday Hills (that pizza option was terrible, but we really enjoyed Dasher's Diner the first couple years of was there).
There really won't be enough options for food. How many people are going to wind up leaving early because the lines for food are just too long? That would be $$$$ walking right out the gates.
Wish DeVinci's Cradle was listed. Riding it is as good as going to a chiropractor. After riding it I'm good for walking around the park for hours more!
Also.... Not just no Marco Polos. No Grogan's Grill/O'Tators - which was open in 2019 CT. Also no restaurant in Holiday Hills (that pizza option was terrible, but we really enjoyed Dasher's Diner the first couple years of was there).
There really won't be enough options for food. How many people are going to wind up leaving early because the lines for food are just too long? That would be $$$$ walking right out the gates.
Flying machine still was in pieces 2 weeks ago. Currently closed.
Eh, you'll survive
(And Nitro doesn't even have a temperature limit. They can and have run it on days where it never got above 20 degrees.)
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Assuming the choice to open AC for the first time ever during CT stems directly from some of the impacts of pursuing year-round operations. Alpie has been running nearly non-stop since August of 2020 apart from smaller breaks, and it's definitely time for some much-needed TLC in order to run again in the spring or even early winter.
While Verbolten and InvadR have become staples of the CT experience it will be interesting to see how they choose to rotate out coasters based on their maintenance schedules during the event in the coming years. I wonder if we may start to see some trains become cannibalized in order to support year-round operations and alleviate the stress for maintenance during these winter months of balancing an operating theme park and annual maintenance, similar to what we see at some of the Florida and Texas parks.
Regardless of any of the logistics, I am ecstatic to ride AC in December. There's a photo floating around from the mid-2000's of the ride running in the snow and the thought of rushing down the banks of a potentially frozen Rhine River as the sun is setting and the park is illuminated on the return run is more than enough to bring me to the event. Although, this ride is notorious for running horrendously slow in the cold so hopefully the normal riding experience isn't greatly impacted by the weather and it manages to stay open for the vast majority of the operating days.
While Verbolten and InvadR have become staples of the CT experience it will be interesting to see how they choose to rotate out coasters based on their maintenance schedules during the event in the coming years. I wonder if we may start to see some trains become cannibalized in order to support year-round operations and alleviate the stress for maintenance during these winter months of balancing an operating theme park and annual maintenance, similar to what we see at some of the Florida and Texas parks.
Regardless of any of the logistics, I am ecstatic to ride AC in December. There's a photo floating around from the mid-2000's of the ride running in the snow and the thought of rushing down the banks of a potentially frozen Rhine River as the sun is setting and the park is illuminated on the return run is more than enough to bring me to the event. Although, this ride is notorious for running horrendously slow in the cold so hopefully the normal riding experience isn't greatly impacted by the weather and it manages to stay open for the vast majority of the operating days.
As noted earlier, they're definitely pitching Unto Us as the Jesus Is The Reason replacement, but I feel like "outdoors, by a non-functioning restaurant" is not going to be the Gloria replacement people actually want.
And yeah, echoing others, the food situation is going to be a repeat of Howl-O-Scream given how it's currently set up. I suppose the only hope would be that they are able to run more of the small snack stands, which would take SOME of the pressure off.
