This may be a silly question but how do they clear the park of guests to ensure people leave?
Halloween Harvest 2020
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Just like the rest of the park it’s historically out of place. Kudos.
My guess is that they will probably close the queues for rides 30 mins before the end of sessions and maybe the food/drink stands at the same time or 15 mins prior to the end of sessions.
It would seem they could do rolling closures for areas furthest from the park entrance to encourage people to make their way towards the exits on time.
No, the rides advertised should be open untill the end of the posted times of the event. If they don’t have the idea they can clear the park in the 1 hour time slot they should have allowed more time.
Anyhow, I saw a post in Facebook that reservations for the event went live today when they were testing and the Park is going to honor the reservations made.
Anyhow, I saw a post in Facebook that reservations for the event went live today when they were testing and the Park is going to honor the reservations made.
Since there is no limit on reservations, if you want them grab them. If there were a limit, probably you'd be able to get more later, but as it is you don't know. Sometimes you can get some later esp. weekdays. I grab up the times I would normally go but no more. Gave one back.
Because that sucks. If it is a fixed time, it's like closing early; if variable you don't even know. Incidently SFA was doing that when they first reopened and now everything is open until close (which is only 7:00 so really?).
However HHarvest will be a simple case and mainly they need to look at the line for Verbolten since it's a hike out from there. Probably still a non-issue with 1000 people.
Because that sucks. If it is a fixed time, it's like closing early; if variable you don't even know. Incidently SFA was doing that when they first reopened and now everything is open until close (which is only 7:00 so really?).
However HHarvest will be a simple case and mainly they need to look at the line for Verbolten since it's a hike out from there. Probably still a non-issue with 1000 people.
Are these reservations/tickets refundable? I was hoping to buy tickets for 2 different days and then go on the day when the weather is better.
What sucks about it? That they won’t let you in line so they can ensure they have time for safety protocols?
I’m really failing to see the issue with that. There’s plenty of businesses that do this even in non-pandemic times. Things like last call. Retail will lock entry doors before they actually close. Kitchens that close before closing time.
If VBolts wait time were 10 minutes and they were 10 minutes from closing I have 0 issue with them not allowing others in line.
The reservations can be cancelled in advance and there is no penalty for skipping it, regardless. (This is not relevant to those to buy single-day ticket/reservation combos.)
The tickets, however, are NOT refundable. It might be worth looking at the Fun Card, which is for 2021 but includes this Fall, as well.
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Some businesses do it for good reasons but amusement parks usually don't. For one thing it's easier to run rides than argue and making people happy is their job. Plus haven't you done a good closing time mini-marathon?
However I would have no problem with them closing ONE ride a few minutes early if needed to make the whole event work.
Ive been turned away from rides at UO, Hershey, SFGA, SFNE, CP for the line being longer than the time to close. Right now Keeping people safe is the most important thing. If that means closing the entrance to some rides then they should do it.
They are setting this up with one hour to empty and reset the park. If they don’t do something like this what’s to stop someone to get in a 15 minute like for say Apollo about 2 minutes before closing. Get off the ride 20 minutes late. Need to stop to use the restroom. Well then they should keep concessions open in case someone wants a drink. Next thing you know it’s 30-40 minutes past closing the last people are walking out because “happy” is more important than safety.
We can’t keep making excuses for why theme parks should operate any differently from any other business. I’m sorry but if cutting services when getting closer to closing time makes sense for every other business it makes sense for parks too.
It makes no sense to close down the rides early for this event. There’s only a 1,000 people in the park and by the end of each session the lines are very minimal, mostly station waits at max based on my experiences. If the staff has to stay in between sessions, what is the gain of closing early? Most of the time when I get to the park, they’re still cycling the rides well into the park opening with empty trains and are unprepared for guests. This has happened for both the morning and afternoon sessions on multiple occasions. I don’t think the park is doing some intense clean-down of the rides between sessions that requires over an hour of cleaning. I’ve also never encountered the park closing lines early for this event, and BGW in general during the regular season is usually pretty good on closing lines at the listed closing time. I’m all for safety, and if the park does need that time to clean the rides or just do some general maintenance than I’m all for it, as in the words of the WCUSA safety spiel “Safety is our number one priority!” (I can just hear the blaring sounds of “THE BELT WILL NOW START!” blaring in my head as I typed that out.)
Anyways, I’m not trying to advocate for less cleanliness and safety measures due to the current situation, but I question if those extra ten to fifteen minutes that closing the line would give are truly helpful in promoting guest, and employee safety.
Anyways, I’m not trying to advocate for less cleanliness and safety measures due to the current situation, but I question if those extra ten to fifteen minutes that closing the line would give are truly helpful in promoting guest, and employee safety.
For the record, I don't think food stands stay open the entire time during a session. I don't know for the day time one bc I ended up leaving early. But the night time one? All good stands basically closed an hour-30 minutes before park closing. At least for Coaster and Brews, it may have changed for this month bc of the nature of the event.
I on the one hand, I understand why you wouldn't want the ride entrance to close early during these sessions. It's a limited amount of time, it's not a full day. You're prolly not going at a relaxing pace, you're prolly going a bit harder to fit in as much as possible. (Depending on distance from event, and group you're with)
But on the other, closing the rides even just 10 minutes before park close would still ultimately help. 1 hour turn around time isn't a whole lot. Sure certain areas will clear out faster than others, allowing the cleaning process to happen. But it's the cars in the parking lot that are the main concern. Personally I think a 10 minute before park closure is fine to cut the lines in this case. I prolly wouldn't do much more than that though, before it becomes a problem of "we're only here for a few hours, let us ride".
I on the one hand, I understand why you wouldn't want the ride entrance to close early during these sessions. It's a limited amount of time, it's not a full day. You're prolly not going at a relaxing pace, you're prolly going a bit harder to fit in as much as possible. (Depending on distance from event, and group you're with)
But on the other, closing the rides even just 10 minutes before park close would still ultimately help. 1 hour turn around time isn't a whole lot. Sure certain areas will clear out faster than others, allowing the cleaning process to happen. But it's the cars in the parking lot that are the main concern. Personally I think a 10 minute before park closure is fine to cut the lines in this case. I prolly wouldn't do much more than that though, before it becomes a problem of "we're only here for a few hours, let us ride".
Almost all the food places close at least 30 minutes before closing time during a regular season as well though.