Interestingly seems to only be on facebook, Instagram and Twitter comments are entirely begging for a Backlot Retheme
Kings Dominion Kills WinterFest
- Thread starter Celticdog
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Jesus Christ. I understand the pain of not having Winterfest anymore but there’s gotta be something wrong with these people if they keep parroting #bringbackwinterfest on a post that has nothing to do with seasonal events.
Meh. People see something from the park, it makes them think of the lack of WinterFest, and so they post about it. Reasonable, in my opinion.
So this petition to Six Flags corporate has been making the rounds on Facebook today. Looks like it’s gotten over 200+ signatures in less than a day!
Nah, customers feel like the product they paid for has been devalued. There are few public avenues to express disapproval (at least legally). Social Media posts are fair game.
These are much different from something like Great Adventure’s comment sections being filled with “YOU BLEW UP KINGDA KA I’M NEVER VISITING AGAIN!!” as this is something that can absolutely be reversed, and should be.
Was certainly hasty to ship out/trash so much of the Winterfest setup, imo they should’ve held off on that at least through this offseason so they could determine whether scrapping the event was worthwhile or not on paper.
Was certainly hasty to ship out/trash so much of the Winterfest setup, imo they should’ve held off on that at least through this offseason so they could determine whether scrapping the event was worthwhile or not on paper.
obviously a lot of the decorations were sent away but where has there been any evidence of decorations being trashed besides a single strand of lights in a park trashcan?
That is the only thing I remember seeing. Those lights could have been broken anyway
Sending out the decor to the Texas parks makes me think they definitely won’t bring it back, unfortunately. It would cost the chain an insane amount of money to buy all new decor.
Speaking of comments, the post announcing opening day had a ton of negative comments about cancelling WinterFest. I will say I haven’t seen the level of guest discontent with cancelling any of the other Christmas events in the chain, including those before the merger.
Speaking of comments, the post announcing opening day had a ton of negative comments about cancelling WinterFest. I will say I haven’t seen the level of guest discontent with cancelling any of the other Christmas events in the chain, including those before the merger.
Opening day there lights visible in trash cans around the park and stuff that was still left hanging in trees throughout clearly breaking and becoming unusable from lack of care.
The Six Flags regional manager that oversees KD was at SFA's closing and sat and talked with many of the enthusiast that stuck around till they kicked us out around 9. The subject of Winterfest was repeatedly brought up to him. To summarize his response they are VERY aware that it's cancelation was not well received and are actively looking into possible options for some form of winter event in the future. It’s possible those plans don't ever amount to anything It’s also possible that he was just blowing smoke but from my observations he was sincere and the conversations were surprisingly polite and upfront given the situation.
Are you sure that’s who you were talking to? KD’s regional manager is a woman, Jess Naderman, who was previously Dorney’s GM.
Not doubting the sentiment, just trying to understand who in the decision-making chain it came from.