"Free lockers" editorial on local news site

Found this linked from the front page of cincinnati.com (local newspaper site):

https://www.cincinnati.com/...4377727007

I know there's been discussions on lockers here, but found it interesting to see it hitting mainstream media like this. Wonder if CF will change policy in response or just wait it out?

What does the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (“The global leader in training and certification for professionals who work with autistic individuals and those with other cognitive disorders…”) have to do with lockers? Was the guest in the Banshee incident autistic?

I've worked with IBCCES at my current job and it's a great organization. But, I agree. A little context about how their standards apply would make sense. That reads like a letter to the editor that was parsed for brevity and maybe that context didn't make the cut.

I agree with this article. I hate to be told that I must empty my pockets before getting on a coaster, because I usually come prepared with zipper pockets, but not everyone does that. If it must be done for safety, I'd like to see the locker system like Steel Vengeance has on most every big coaster. It could be the future. Then you could have your phone for most of the line.

I hate paying for lockers, especially when they are what I consider t be too expensive. Busch Gardens Williamsburg had a price of ten dollar for an all day movable locker. Since they required you to put your phone, wallet, and keys in a locker, that was a reasonable price, I suppose. Free would have made my day ten times better though.

I can't state how much I love the idea of free lockers just before you board a big coaster. But they would have to be very secure. It makes me nervous to be away from the small things I need to exist, even for a short while.

I'm in the camp of "don't carry so much crap around," and in Orlando at least, it does seem like people have less stuff. But when I can't even carry a wallet and phone on to a ride, you know, you need to give me a place to securely put it. It's not convenient exactly, but at least Universal does it for free. Whether or not it is/should be a contributing factor to people going into low zones and getting killed seems like two not-connected things to me.

When I traveled Internationally, one of the things I was always told was to keep your passport with you at all times. Domestically, my wallet is the same way. With the exception of when I am in a hotel room, I don't really like it to not be within arms reach - the exception being when I am swimming, in which case it is locked away. I've never been quite as commanding of my phone, but now with MFA (and the pain it is to reset them from phone A to phone B) coupled with the need to use a phone to order food or navigate a park due to a lack of paper maps anymore, I really do not like being without my phone. The Universal system works great, and I have to say the system on Steel Vengeance actually worked smoother than I expected.

Paid lockers are the new FOL pass.

Paid Lockers > RRR

Just to point out: the headlines appears to suggest: "Add metal detectors so that no one can bring anything onboard, and then add free lockers because no one can bring anything on board."

AFAIK, all of the rides with metal detectors have free lockers--and that includes the ever-so-briefly-operating TT2.

And for those of you who can't imagine going anywhere without your wallet, how does that work in a water park?

I'm a zipper pockets guy, and am annoyed that is no longer good enough for some rides now thanks to people who can't follow rules. Even with free lockers, SV is a chore to ride.

Yeah, I never enter a park without zipper, snap, or Velcro pockets, all of which secure anything I’m carrying 100%. I think mandating keeping stuff in lockers is pretty asinine. Make them free or charge a fee, I don’t care, but don’t force me to use them when I’m perfectly capable of ensuring my stuff won’t fly off the ride.

My solution to the wallet in a water park is a lanyard plastic sleeve, with my ticket, License and two credit cards. However I only do that when my ticket is a plastic AP card.

Brian Noble:

AFAIK, all of the rides with metal detectors have free lockers--and that includes the ever-so-briefly-operating TT2.

I’m fairly certain TT2 is not in this group.

It was during previews. Did that change during normal operating hours?

Out of genuine curiosity, what do you all do about sunscreen? Standing around all day outside is just a recipe for sunburn. That’s the only reason I bring a backpack in to a park and increasingly have to rent lockers.

Brian Noble:

And for those of you who can't imagine going anywhere without your wallet, how does that work in a water park?

For me, I just continue to keep it in my board short pocket. I am never without at least one credit card and my drivers license. Not that the credit card matters much anymore since I always have access to Apple Pay on my watch.

Brian Noble:

Did that change during normal operating hours?

Yes. That was only a preview thing. For all 57 of TT2's normal operating hours.

Alluding to what LostKause said above, we always snag a moveable locker for all day at CP. I think it's $12. I've never felt ripped off by that.

What ended up happening with Steel Vengeance seems like a great solution. The idea that the park was somehow caught off-guard by TT2 not allowing anything in line seems ludicrous (I should say "seemed" ludicrous; Hindsight is 20/20). Then charging people for it just seems petty, especially when the only other ride like that offers a free option.

At this point, I'm almost convinced the original TTD was built on an ancient Indian burial ground.

As far as Sunscreen, I buy SPF 50 and heavily apply at opening. While I know it degrades with time I trust it to do its job for the whole day. I must admit at parks where there is a dry side and a wet slide I get a locker to store a change of clothes, and if my hotel isn’t a walk away I need a locker for my phone and keys.

Sunscreen... I bring a high SPF chap stick for my lips. I wear a ball cap to keep the sun off my face, usually buy it at the park the morning of my visit. My arm and leg skin is usually fine in the sun if I keep in the shade half the time, which sounds difficult at a Cedar Fair park, but really isn't.

I stay out of the parks in the hottest months. I love the shoulder seasons.

OhioStater:

At this point, I'm almost convinced the original TTD was built on an ancient Indian burial ground.

Makes sense considering the ride was the subject of a lawsiouxt.

Troika seems to be doing just fine, I’m trying to remember what else was back there pre 2004.