Park Surveys
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I got one too....seemed to be more about animal encounters than halloween.
I thought there were sheep or goats out grazing on occasion until that program got cut. Were the wooly bulls ever over there by VB?
Yes, they used animals to maintain the lawn under Bolt for a while. I thought it was a super-cool program.
I just got a survey from BGW (I can post screen shots in the right threads); but I ripped them hard on safety and staffing.
Sounds like they finally updated it to the current issues.
Got a survey today. I screen shotted the whole thing. These were a couple of the questions I was most happy to answer.
At the end of the survey they let me know that reservations were no longer required to enter the park. That one never bothered me, as they rarely enforced that anyway. The reservation requirement I hate is unused reserved seating for the shows, while everyone is packed into crappier seats. This has gotten really obnoxious during CT.
At the end of the survey they let me know that reservations were no longer required to enter the park. That one never bothered me, as they rarely enforced that anyway. The reservation requirement I hate is unused reserved seating for the shows, while everyone is packed into crappier seats. This has gotten really obnoxious during CT.
I remember when reserved seating was a platinum feature
Yeah I'm willing to be crucified for this but my "friend" thinks that having the employee enntrance open for guests totally sucks. It slows down things for the employees and brings it to a hault when a guest who doesn't have the ability to enter that way shows up. I am very pro having a member only lane or two upfront however.
Given the fact that entrance had no signage before or after, I m gonna go ahead and say that not allowing anyone to go that way has a negligible effect on people trying that gate anyway.
Also, that gate is manned anyway and it isn't rediculously busy ever, so this could just be ignorance but what could possibly be interupted for those folks other than twiddling thumbs between cars.
The employee entrance is setup to accommodate more than one lane of traffic. I've always thought that forming two lines (employees stay right, platinum guests stay left) with a pair of staff members during busy times would make sense. In fact, BGW did do this on particularly busy days pre-COVID, just without the signage.
I really don't like the dedicated line(s) at the main parking plaza solution. Many guests will ignore the platinum exclusive signage and use such a lane whether they qualify or not (see: Disney or Six Flags member entrances). Unlike at the employee gate, it's very difficult to make anyone turn around and get back in line at the main gate. Plus, dedicated lane(s) at the main gate doesn't do anything to help on any of the (many) days where parking booth traffic is backed up towards the overpass making getting to said lanes impossible.
I really don't like the dedicated line(s) at the main parking plaza solution. Many guests will ignore the platinum exclusive signage and use such a lane whether they qualify or not (see: Disney or Six Flags member entrances). Unlike at the employee gate, it's very difficult to make anyone turn around and get back in line at the main gate. Plus, dedicated lane(s) at the main gate doesn't do anything to help on any of the (many) days where parking booth traffic is backed up towards the overpass making getting to said lanes impossible.
Or, or, or, BGW doesn't even NEED a cast member to do this. Take one of those old fingerprint park entrance turnstile things out of the storage shed, use the software they already have that scans passes and sees what type it is, throw the fingerprint part straight in the gahbage, and have a turnstile lift a gate on the other lane when a membership is scanned (they can argue about tiers later). That way you can put ton of signage up and it is clear as day that nobody without a membership is getting through, and they can't just drive up and ask the person a question. Think Kingsmill entrance method of having two lanes.
And this is where you'll see a traffic jam at the one entrance where the perk is avoiding such things - don't underestimate the power of unobservant or entitled people when it comes to things like this. Otherwise, the idea makes sense