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What contractor? Looks from the booking experience like a homespun operation.

^ Not entirely. The Blood Drums and Sideshow were playing when I went, and it was a nice surprise to stumble upon both. I was disappointed to miss DMP and Unleashed, though. All that said, if it's a $30-40 upcharge for haunts on a typical night, and $10 for admission including haunts on a power hours night (not to mention 95% walk-ons), I'll choose the latter and be glad it exists. It's ultimately way more in line with the value of the haunts.

I get that the principle is annoying, but I have to say it was easily worth the $10. Walk-ons for every ride, nearly every haunt, and surprisingly full staffing in the haunts and even a couple of the scare zones. Would do it again in a heartbeat.

Saturday looked bad, but not quite as bad as some I've seen in the past. Harry, what's the history of the park putting out a "We're at capacity!" notice like they did this weekend?

Capacity is why they removed Disaster Transport? In my experience it always had one of the fastest moving lines and little downtime.

Does anyone else know if Columbus Day has any Fright Fest activities this year? Historically it has had a limited amount, but this year it looks like zero are planned.

I'm excited for the SAW X house. I love the franchise, and the fact that it's being done by an outside company suggests it may be better than the amateurish, bare-bones houses we're used to. Glad to see they're featuring it so prominently – although it is funny that the Conjuring one isn't getting similar treatment.

Glad they've given the wave pool facade some attention. It's horribly cheap looking compared to what it once was, but far better than it was a year or two ago.

With the return to SORA, I hope they keep the rest of Camp Aventura. I love the feel of getting off there, exploring a bit, and getting on with a new guide. Makes the attraction feel so much longer and more immersive.

Are they really going to go through with this? Nitro is an iconic coaster, and it'd be a shame to lose the name and (being generous here) theme. I'd argue even more so than Ka.

I never thought of that. Any idea how it is that some water rides do have restraints?

What a fail. Not much better on a hot summer day than a trip through the flume.

I mean, I totally agree that it's not needed in theory, but there's clearly a reason that so many parks have put them up –– most likely just to cover their butts legally. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "If these places would actually fight" things like this, because parks' legal teams have definitely fought, and won, when they've had frivolous suits thrown their way for things like people jumping fences and getting hurt.

Wait, what is the big E? Impressed that this is the best food you've had at a SF park. I know Selim has been talking a lot about improving the food. I would love to see this level of quality more evenly distributed, and not just available from certain stands, and only on weekends.

Every time I see those 10-foot fences with the big red signs at parks I think of the idiots who made them necessary. I visited Kings Island earlier this month and was shocked that in a lot of spots, they just had standard six-foot fences. What a concept, that that should be enough to stop people from jumping over!