Will Pay-to-cut come to Kennywood?

I have no problem with that. It's not like Six Flags should prevent people from purchasing a service that they offer. They can't be expected to not sell you cotton candy because you just ate and you could be full after only eating a quarter of it.

mfivsdarienlake said:

EDIT: I think have a bigger problem w/ the parks that offer the q-bot when the lines don't warrant it at all. At opening day at Six Flags New England, there was not a single line greater than 5 min (minus pandemonium), but yet people still had q-bots (but then again, the did skip 5 min lines... and granted bizzaro was closed). That seems "wrong" to me. I am sure those people were not happy when they found out the stations were empty anyway, and just got done paying an addition $90 or whatever it is, for their group. Adding different prices for different days of the weeks / weekends / attendance would be a nightmare. and I get that.

I have seen that a lot at Great Adventure where the park is dead and people are still using Flashpass. I saw a group with a Platinum Flashpass a few weeks ago when the station at Nitro was so empty I was able to get a re-ride.

They have different pricing depending on the day. Weekdays are cheaper then weekends by a few dollars and then at Frightfest, they raise the prices even more to over the weekend prices. It should be interesting to see what Platinum will cost during Frightfest this year considering right now it is $112 for 1 person.

mfivsdarienlake said:
At opening day at Six Flags New England, there was not a single line greater than 5 min (minus pandemonium), but yet people still had q-bots...

YoshiFan said:
I have seen that a lot at Great Adventure where the park is dead and people are still using Flashpass. I saw a group with a Platinum Flashpass a few weeks ago when the station at Nitro was so empty I was able to get a re-ride.

And there's your proof that this is becoming a 'normal' thing. Both of those stories show that there's now a segment of guests for whom FlashPass is just part of a day at the park.

It's also proof that there is a sucker born every minute.

mfivsdarienlake, I've been here under a different screen name before this one, so it is much more than the number that you said...

And I really haven't decided to drop the argument. I still dislike it, and from time to time, I may decided to point that out...ESPECIALLY when a park decided to offer line cuts at the same time that they decide to leave a lot of their rides closed. That doesn't seem right to me.

Kennywood will probably not see a problem like that though. I hope that Pittsburgers decided not to allow something like this to go on in their home park, because when a park offers something like this, their is a monetary incentive for them to run the rides at less capacity and make the stand-by lines longer.

mfivsdarienlake said:
Adding different prices for different days of the weeks / weekends / attendance would be a nightmare. and I get that.

Universal Orlando has different pricing levels by day depending on how thick they think the crowds will be. Anywhere from $26 - $70 per person. It's doable.

I was curious at with your post, Swim, so I checked their website. I can't find $26 tickets anywhere on their site. Can you reveal the secret to getting cheap Universal tickets during non-peak days? I'm sure that a lot of people here would find that info valuable.

He meant for the Universal Express system, not entry tickets.

Oh. That makes much more sense. lol

:)

Thats discounting the hotel Universal Express, how many "lines" are those guests using at one time ;).

My last visit to UniOrlando in Sept was out of season, I had a free ticket I won from the SB promo that got me 7 days in both parks (I only went for one), and they were offering the pay to cut for $25 for both parks. Granted, they didn't think the park would be busy enough to really warrant them, and they were right, but the reason I got it was because I had very limited time for both parks.

Had I not had to wait so long on to exchange my pass for a ticket, and wait in long lines for Posideon's Fury and Disaster! and Rockit (three rides I'd not done last time), I would have had a chance to wipe out both parks before my 4 o'clock leaving time.

I like that Universal makes them cheaper on days they're not needed, because since I was already getting in for free, had I really had a chance to spend an entire day at both parks, I'd have paid $50 to skip the already small lines and had a day of skipping lines and taking my time about the parks ;).

Oh it is quite easy to do both parks in one day with an (unlimited) Express ticket from the hotel. Ive done that many times and still had time to do (multiple) re rides on Spiderman, DD, the Mummy and MIB.

That is one great perk especially because I know I'll want to ride each side of Dragons more than once and The Incredible Hulk multiple times. I have yet to go to IOA (didn't have enough time in January to go to any non Disney parks) and next time I go to Orlando, I am considering staying in one of their hotels just for 1 night and getting 2 days of unlimited express, especially since I used my credit card rewards for 4, 2 day 2 park tickets so we wouldn't be paying out of pocket for admission.

I was impressed with the regular pay for Express in 2003 when we were there the week between Christmas and New Years and everything was 90 - 150 minutes standby and with Express, nothing was more than 10 - 15 minutes (including preshows).

Last time I was at Universal, we had the "blue pass." (I think you need to be VP level to access it?) It was quite the awesome experience. Valet parking, free entry to both parks, cheap-ass food, no waits for anything. Did all of the Studios and most of IOA in about 5 hours including multiple rides on Dragons, a nice meal, some baby swapping, and some wife swapping.

Didn't really care until the last perk. Now I want a blue pass too. :)

Ha ha

mfivsdarienlake said:
Piss off a few, and make a whole lot more $$$ in the process... then who cares, right? They can always go elsewhere.

I STILL completely fail to see how anyone can have a legitimate reason to be pissed off with someone who has simply elected to use - and has paid for - a service of which they have had precisely the same opportunity to avail themselves, but have declined.

It's as ridiculous as me feeling pissed off with someone who drives by me in a car which is newer and/or faster than mine, when I have elected to NOT buy a newer/faster car but to instead spend my money on other things.

I'm not pissed at the people using it. Hell, I'm one of those people. I get pissed off at the parks for offering it in the first place. It is still blackmail.

My initial reaction to line-skippin' services was just the notion that the parks have rules against line-jumping, but you can pay for a service that allows you to break that rule. Like, maybe the parks could sell S-Bots that allow you to walk around the park without a shirt on, and R-Bots that allow you sit, stand, or swing on the silver hand rails (along with liability insurance). :)

I'm not saying it's a good argument... in fact I'd dare say it's a horrible analogy. I'm just saying that's what my initial reaction was. I don't actually have a problem with Q-bots.