From lunch, through 2pm, when I was at the park today, I noticed the booths were still ghost towns. As
@rswashdc noted, I agree on why the booths were empty for last night's soft opening. But today being the official opening of Carnivale, I would have expected more.
On any given Saturday, when BGW does a food event, their lines are impressively long. Of course, discussed at length in this forum, a big part of that is likely due to how many other restaurants are closed at BGW - whereas at KD, just about every single restaurant (and a reasonable percentage of their food/drink stands) are always open, every operating day.
At KD, I imagine their (incredible) All-Season dining plan really cuts into the food event sales - where of course neither BGW nor SFA still offer an equivalent.
So though I absolutely love the Cedar Fair All-Season meal plan - as it is in my opinion one of the best values in the industry, which I add to my family's platinum passes each year, without hesitation... and especially for the past couple of years where the food at KD has
greatly improved - I do often wonder how it impacts these food events, like Carnivale and Taste of the Season.
But back to Carnivale... as I noticed quite a number of people purchasing daily tickets today (so excluding the season pass holders who
may have the meal plans), I would hope the food booths to receive more traffic... and especially once Soak City closes for the evening, which has a big impact on how much traffic the dry park restaurants receive.