Management at CF sister parks

Do sister parks have different standards? When I ask that I mean it in all areas such as public relations, maintanence, and hospitality. Does anyone know how it works?

Does anyone know????? Jeff, Walt, Tony Zamboni?

You seem desperate. Yes parks have different standards. Knotts is about theming. Former Paramounts are more about being classic and cp is all about the thrills.

What's a "trill"? ;)

^Oopsy! t h r i l l! Don't know why i spelled that wrong!

Good Lord.............

Last I knew, last year, the guy in charge of Michigan's adventure was a Cedar Point Area foods manager before he was transferred. I know he believed in standards and them needing to be kept from my experiences with him at CP. He was strict to say the least. I cant imagine he changed that thinking. But I also know a small staff, plus a company always following the CF guidelines will be different than a bought park with long standing employees who have a different view on things.

^^^^ Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a Trill

Oh gosh. Not Star Trek again!

901liveson said:
Last I knew, last year, the guy in charge of Michigan's adventure was a Cedar Point Area foods manager before he was transferred.

Last I knew, a woman was "in charge" of Michigan's Adventure.

I can tell you that managers are not nearly as scrutinized and micro-managed in the "colonies" as they are at Cedar Point. A lot of what is approved in the colonies would never fly at Cedar Point...not because of standards but because you don't have certain people micromanaging your every decision or idea.

"Last I knew, a woman was "in charge" of Michigan's Adventure."

After further review, you are correct, and I was wrong. I know he's high up the chain at MA.

Bart Kinzel (name ring a bell?) is the GM at Carowinds and he has a foods background. He also was the last GM at the Star Trek Experience in Vegas.

And didnt that close?

Kings Island had a different handicapped policy for a while during the summer, but we haven't been back so I am not sure if it is still that way. When I made a thread about it on CBuzz, someone said they also encountered a different baby swap system at Kings Island.

Hope that's the kind of thing you're looking for?

Actually I was wondering how much influence is put on maintanence procedure at the sister parks from corporate. I trust Cedar Point, but are the policies at the sister parks the same? What I'm getting at is: does a standard exist that is held by all of the CF parks in reguards to maintanence, and for that matter all park policies.

I think some of Cedar Point's policies are based or dictated by Ohio law...

I remember when that 4-year-old kid drowned at California's Great America... something about the pool policies and life guards was not as strict as in Ohio, and all of Cedar Fair's parks adopted the stricter policy afterward... i think.

I wish there was a little more cross-pollination with the foods... it would be killer to have Knott's Boysenberry Punch in other parks, or to have Elephant Ears and Frozen Custard in California.

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
And didnt that close?

You catch on fast!

Well, I don't think the Star Trek Experience closed because of Bart Kinzel...but he is over his head as a General Manager. If his last name is anything but Kinzel he is flipping burgers at TGI Fridays...if he hasn't been fired for something stupid.

Thanks Jeff. I was going to make sure it actually did close before I went on to say something sarcastic like "See... Bart knows what he is doing?" I couldn't remeber if it did or not at that time. Sorry for not knowing everything like you. ;)