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Later in the year, the company I work for and all of it's employees and family get the whole park to ourselves for the weekend!!
No lines baby!!
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Just today, I cut a check to cover 35 tickets to King's Dominion in Va. - $15.50 each. Thing is, the park will be closed to the public the day (Oct 13) that we're going. It's Northrop Grumman day!!! Formerly known as Westinghouse day. I once worked for Westinghouse, and stayed in touch with friends after I left. Westinghouse Electronics Systems Division was bought out by Grumman a few years later, but the tradition continues. Employee appreciation day ROCKS. Instead of 50k - 70k guests, there are like 8k - 10k. All rides and shows are open, and since it's the last weekend the park is running for the year, all souveniers are 50% off. No lines, no dirt bags, no problems.
Anybody that goes to a theme park on a nice sunny summer weekend deserves what they get. For example, Disney world is best visited on a gray or semi gray weekday. Winter sunny weekends are potentially the worst time to go.
Go to Busch Gardens for 4th of July and live with the consequences. Last year at NG day at King's Dominion, I rode each of the good coasters a minimum of 8 times each, and the Anaconda I rode 14 times! Still had time for lunch and wandering around aimlessly. If I really wanted, I could stay over and go back on Sunday for Verizon day (I now work at AT&T). We won't bother though - Saturday will hold us for a year. Like Cartman, I HATE LINES!!!! If Grumman would just hold a shindig at Cedar Point.....