Six Flags asks Jackson, NJ to legislate smoking ban

Guests are susposed to get one warning at the SF parks this year and if they choose to not comply to the warning then they are to be escorted out, the parks have been told to be very strict with the rules.

"Chuck, who just don't see minnimum wage workers povoking potentially violent situations."

Haha, tell me about it. I certainly won't be going out of my way to stop people from smoking this summer.

That's because you're about as thin as a cigarette; They would just pick you up and smoke you instead. ;)

Kinda think that moreso than protection from lawsuits over the smoking in specific, the last line of Jeff's summary gets RIGHT to the point.

"The park says the ordinance would give them a legal basis for the ejections."

You're basically being ejected for breaking the law...not only can you be ejected, but your pass can be revoked, the police can be there at the park to escort you OUT, etc., and you don't have any real recourse - those are the benefits the PARK would get from this being made into LAW.

First of all I think if you were to read my post again I never said that smoking was a trivial matter, I said that I do not think being ejected from the park (implying for a first offense) does not seem like proper punishment. Most people from this country understand that smoking in queues is against the rules, but do not realize that you're not allowed to smoke in the park. Some people are oblivious.

Also, I really do not appreciate the analogy of coming to my home and blowing smoke on my family. Let's try to keep this civil.

And rollergator I hope your post was to point out what's wrong with turning this into a law, and not trying to back it. Smoking in parks ordinances sometimes mark it as a misdemeanor and attach a fine to it. Hopefully this will not be the case at the park. Being kicked out of the park, fined, having a misdemeanor, possibly being dragged down to the station; it seems like a bit much for (in most cases) making the mistake of starting smoking and are unable to break the addiction.

Congrats Six Flags. I think it's great they're actually enforcing rules now. But, at Great Adventure, I found line jumping to be WAY more offensive than smoke. I'm very sensitive to smoke and I've never noticed someone smoking in line. Cedar Point is another story though. I think they should start ejecting people for line jumping too. Those are way easier to catch than the smokers. But, I guess this is a step in the right direction.

My problems at SFGADV had nothing to do with smoking but a general lack for following rules to begin with.

Went to get a drink once and what was basically a GANG was sitting on the water fountains just kinda protecting their turf. Being smart, I just walked on.

Rampant line jumping and of course. Massive amounts of closed rides.

I hope they get the majority of the problems fixed. All I can ask the park to do is to provide the opportunity to have fun and provide a safe place to do it.

Chuck

"Guests are susposed to get one warning at the SF parks this year and if they choose to not comply to the warning then they are to be escorted out, the parks have been told to be very strict with the rules."

We'll see how this works at Magic Mountain. They would probably have to kick out half the park each day. Of course you would actually have to find security to do this.

mike okay said: ...I hope your post was to point out what's wrong with turning this into a law, and not trying to back it.

Neither! ;)

Not arguing for or against, just pointing out why the park would find it in the park's best interests... ;)

I want to know if GAdv with continue with the no smoking policy. GAdv is known for enforcing the rules for the first few months, but by the middle of June, they are back to their old ways again.

There is no excuse for ignorance of the rules. Especially if they are posted everywhere throughout the park and printed in the park brochure. Getting ejected from the park lets a person know that they should pay attention to the rules just like everybody else and not be so "oblivious" to them . Most of the people who smoke in line Know that they are breaking the rules. This is the behavior that Six Flags is trying to discourage. If an oblivious smoker is made aware that smoking is not alowed, how can they still be oblivious? A sign that says NO SMOKING should be enough warning. If you can't play by the rules you have no right to be in the game. ( I hope that analogy is more civil).

Hey Buna, Go to Jackson, watch how many out of staters attempt to pump their own gas at the pump. THATS AGAINST THE LAW THERE TOO.

Bet you were ignorant of it. HUH?

Chuck

I am a former smoker who was asked to "put it out" once while in line for BTR at GAdv in '93, I took that as a sign to not smoke in any of the other queue lines at any park from then on. That same year there were several instances of marijauna smoke lingering in bathrooms (I was earning that exta 15 cents per hour on Grounds... woo) and a few instances of people in the act of smoking it on the Big Wheel and most commonly on the Sky Ride. Taking it ahead a few years, I was at BGE waiting in line for (my favorite) Alpengeist and several people commented around me that they smelled crack/cocaine burning. That was probably the worst smelling stuff I have ever caught wiff of, not to mention it could kill a person who is alergic to it.

Could it be that SF is trying to cut all forms of smoking in an attempt to control the uncontrollable and that tobacco users are just caught in the middle?