u/combonickel55

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I saw a lot of people in the park and online losing their minds about opening day being busy and chaotic. Not just on opening day, but on every visit, I think it's important to be flexible and open minded. I think a lot of people set themselves up for failure by walking into the park with a mindset of "I absolutely have to do X, Y, and Z or I'm going to be disappointed."

There is a tremendous amount of fun to be had in the park, but I think it's important to be mindful of wait times, anticipating groupthink (i.e. don't try to get on Raptor first thing after main gate opens), and be willing to try something you might not otherwise have been interested if it wasn't available. Even something like petting a camel or watching a glass blowing demonstration or some live music can be entertaining if you come in with the right mindset.

I understand the frustration of an adrenaline junkie who wants to ride all of the most exciting rides in succession as many times as possible, but I just don't think CP is the park for meeting that goal unless you are willing to spend a pretty penny.

Yes, Saturday was a bit of a shit show for obvious reasons which have already been discussed here. Sunday, however, turned out to be an absolute dream of a day. Without early entry or fast pass, my son got TT2 done in 45 minutes, we got on Sirens with even less of a wait, Iron Dragon was a virtual walkon for most of the morning, food lines were moving as fast as humanly possible, and everyone in the park was having a good time.

I do have an interesting story from Saturday to tell. I walked up to Rougarou to measure my daughter, as it is a 54 inch ride and she didn't make the cut last year. As I was talking with one ride op in the exit area and she was trying to get my daughter measured (they had lost the measuring stick) another ride op who I hadn't seen before and was apparently coming down from the ride via the exit path walked up right behind me and with what I interpreted as a snotty and loud tone said "Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, get out of the way!" He had on a red shirt and EMS was nearby doing EMS stuff, so I assumed he was EMS and moved aside. I then realized he was just some teenage ride op who had yelled at me.

I am a supervisor in a correctional facility in real life, and I subconsciously switched into that voice and told him as he was walking past me "You shouldn't be yelling at people if you work here." probably louder than I should have. He apologized twice and kept on walking. In hindsight, I get that he probably had just had a hard first day, but also I'm a grown man and if you yell at me - let alone in front of my wife and kids - something real better be going on or it's about to be. The original ride op passed my daughter as 54 inches and we started toward the que.

A supervisor walked up and cut me off, and asked what had just happened. At first, I thought he was trying to cut into me for barking at the op, but he actually had witnessed the whole thing, wanted to apologize, and offered to walk us up the exit for an instant ride. The wait was only 15 minutes, and I was honestly dumbfounded. Initially, I didn't want to do it. I don't want to take a free pass, and prefer to wait my turn like everyone else. I wasn't upset, but the supervisor repeated that he would really like to give us something to make up for the mishap, so I figured we might as well just roll with it and take the gimme. Props to that supervisor for going the extra mile. Hope I didn't hurt the kids feelings or get him in trouble, but you can't go yelling at the guests, either.

Anyway, all in all, a really fun opening weekend. Looking forward to the rest of the summer.

Is this just my crappy connection or is the app junk?

EDIT it was jist my crappy phone :)