*** This post was edited by Dan on 7/31/2001. ***
The park can even say that the length of the guests in their park must be higher than the minimum coasting regulations. This is total insurance. The people who gets in and are a little bit smaller than the regulations can go on the ride. The check up doesn´t have to be so precise and the staff is faster because they have to check less.
The guest who gets into a ride are always talles or a tiny bit to small for a ride. You don´t get riders who are a lot smaller then the minimum length. The pressure on personel and mechanics are extremely high and most of the times a park is sued (or how you write it) it is for a too large amount of broke rides.
René
excuse for my writing mistakes
I think he actually does have some of it right though... they are very anal about things, such as the turnstiles on the rides. By not allowing re-rides, they make every person that rides the ride go through the turnstiles, and that way, everyone who rides gets counted. That lets them know what areas get the most attention, so they know where to put more staff members.
Small things like that are things that help them convience the customer, and ultimately, make them the best park.
I hope that made sense.... :)
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Joe - Drill Man, Elite Eight
Screw laps: 13 and counting
*** This post was edited by Intamin2k on 7/31/2001. ***
The part timers are important...don't get me wrong. The park couldn't run without them. But it is the 300+ full time employees who hire the seasonals, train them, and in some cases parent and become psychologists to them, who really make the Point a success.
On the Big Show you saw Dave from the laundry who spends most of his waking hours in the laundry during the season. For one of him there are dozens more doing the same thing.
Some people think, "oh it would be fun to work in a park." Well let me tell you...it is a lot of work, more than you would ever understand if you have never done it.
Cedar Point is a success because of it's staff...and I don't mean Kinzel and the big boys.
What keeps people coming back is probably as varied as the people themselves. The park has tremendous beauty, a long history, and most of all, class. You can't buy a parking pass at Six Flags Ohio (or whatever they're calling it this month). CP honored their passes even for Millennium Mania last year. The class goes way beyond not nickle-and-diming their guests to death. It's about Joe Cool ERT not fast pass. It's about three first rate coasters, not zero. Not just the most coasters, but truly the best. Its about quality guests who are friendly, not belligerent hoodlums. Its about ride hosts who know their ride - who built it when and for how much. It's second to none safety whether it's Demon Drop or Chaos. It's about watching the sun set at Break Water Café with friends on the fourth of July. It's about people like Don Meirs who actually talked to guests on his way from place to place. It's a lifetime of memories, no matter how long you've been going or how old you are.
During the first part of Cedar Point's second century a great park became a legend in its own time, and we're there to watch and enjoy. I've been to other parks, but never in love.
Before the end of this season, I'll have my 100th visit to Cedar Point, and my 600th ride on the Raptor. Maybe they'll coincide - who knows? I know this, though - my next hundred visits is going to come a lot faster than my first.
Long live the Queen - the Queen of American Watering Places.
*** This post was edited by CPDave on 8/1/2001. ***
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