It would be hard to pinpoint a date for any show next year until they know what operating might be like next year. Obviously they are hoping that they can open closer to normal next year than they currently are, but that is still too be determined
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Fair warning : Front gate mentions Griffon will be down today. Unknown reason and cannot confirm yet !
Called it
Plus on their website they have confirmed a new event for September
Plus on their website they have confirmed a new event for September
The Facebook update uses the phrase “cooking up something for September,” so it definitely implies food being a primary focus.
The impact of a closed ride, especially the “marquee” coaster for the event and the most efficient in terms of capacity and distancing, really amplifies in this case. Feeling bad for the $45 ticket purchasers today.
As of now the park is turning away guests (or making them wait until people leave) because they've reached capacity. Not sure how that works with a reservation system... ?
This is surprising to hear: maybe the forecast pushed them to open up more member slots this morning thinking that there would be a lot of cancellations? Either way, another situation where a person who paid $45 is getting particularly screwed.
Honestly, glad they’re enforcing the capacity limit, though.
I really hope that this wasn't driven by letting people in without reservations at other times and the word spread that they could complain their way in.
Hotels and airlines overbook, based on estimates of how many people won’t show up. We all know how well that goes for everyone.
This is why a no-show penalty needs to be implemented. There are few things more anti-consumer than promising a product and not delivering said product at the last minute. People are driving a LONG way to this event—I’d be livid if my reservation period was consumed by having to wait at the gate after a multi-hour drive.
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It certainly will be more food focused. I'm hearing it might be more like a particularly popular spring event than BierFest
Do we know if they are guests with a reservation or guests without reservations who are trying to get in?
This crossed my mind, but even if it was people without reservations, unless every reservation holder for that time had already arived and entered the park, wouldn’t letting people in still be taking slots from reservations? Maybe if reservations were only a guarantee of admission in the first hour of the time slot it would make the situation you’re describing more ok?
I'm not entirely sure. We asked the person at the exit gate when we were leaving why they had the entrance gates closed, and he just said they reached capacity and couldn't let anyone else in. It was just myself and my fiancée, and when we left two other people were let in. There were only two or three groups waiting to get in, but it seemed like there were still a lot of people trickling in, even almost halfway through the time slot.
It could be a possibility @Zachary but it could be possible they didn’t end up selling out and people rolled the dice or didn’t know about the system.
Of course this crossed my mind too:
We keep seeing random days and times open up, could it be that they are using real-time data to adjust how many reservations that they are taking? Ex if Friday had 1000 reserve and 800 show up, maybe they opened a few extra Sunday spots using that no-show data to anticipate how many extra they could sell.
Maybe the use of real time data is over BGWs head.
Of course this crossed my mind too:
We keep seeing random days and times open up, could it be that they are using real-time data to adjust how many reservations that they are taking? Ex if Friday had 1000 reserve and 800 show up, maybe they opened a few extra Sunday spots using that no-show data to anticipate how many extra they could sell.
Maybe the use of real time data is over BGWs head.