PARKS
PARKS ARE
PARKS ARE GETTING BIT
GETTING
GETTING READY TO REOPEN IN THE NEXT MONTH. AND HERE IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA, SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY
KINGDOM IS READY TO ROLL ITS
WORLD-CLASS ROLLER COASTERS
ONCE AGAIN STARTING THIS
WEEKEND.
MARK MARINO JOINS FROM LOUD TO
TALK ABOUT THE REOPENING AND
WHAT GUESTS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
ON THEIR NEXT VISIT.
HEY, MARK.
LOOKS WONDERFUL WHERE YOU ARE
NICE SUNNY.
YEAH.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY AND
IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY
ON APRIL 1ST AS WELL, WHICH IS
THE EARLIEST DAY THAT THEME
PARKS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA CAN REOPEN AND
WE'RE PLANNING ON BEING ONE
OF THOSE THEME PARKS WE'RE
GOING TO BE OPEN ON APRIL 1ST
FOR OUR MEMBERS ONLY.
AND THEN ON APRIL 2ND FOR
MEMBERS IN SEASON PASS HOLDERS
AND THEN ON APRIL 3RD TO
EVERYONE.
WOW.
EVERYONE. WOW. >> SO HOW EXCITED ARE YOU GUYS
THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS GREEN
LIGHT AND YOU'RE ABLE TO REOPEN
?
WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN
A LONG TIME COMING AND I KNOW
THAT A LOT OF YOUR VIEWERS AT
HOME ARE PROBABLY MISSING OUR
RIDES AS WELL.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
MANY LIKE LIKE MANY OTHER THEME
PARKS IN THE STATE THAT WE WERE
GOING TO OPEN SAFELY AND WE
HAVE A LITANY OF GUIDELINES IN
PLACE AND SAFETY MEASURES TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHEN
PEOPLE COME AND VISIT THE PARK
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
TIME BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO
HAVE A STATE VISIT AS WELL.
>> SO HOW ARE YOU GUYS CAN BE
ABLE TO CONTROL CAPACITY
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T OPEN UP THE
WAY YOU NORMALLY WOULD AND THEN
WHO IS ABLE TO ACTUALLY COME
AND VISIT YOU?
>> SURE.
SO RIGHT NOW CAPACITY IS
LIMITED TO 15 PERCENT BECAUSE
OUR COUNTY IS IN THE RED TIER
DARNELL INCREASE.
AS THE COUNTY MOVES THROUGH THE
TIER SO IN THE ORANGE HERE IT
WILL BE 25 PERCENT YELLOW TIER
35 PERCENT AND THE WAY WE'RE
GOING TO CONTROL THAT IS
THROUGH A RESERVATION SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR
GUESTS TO GO ONLINE IN ADVANCE
OF THEIR VISIT, CHOOSE A DATE
AND TIME.
THAT WAY WE CAN CONTROL WHEN
THEY COME TO THE PARK AND
SPREAD THAT OUT SO THAT
NOBODY'S COMING AT ALL AT THE
SAME TIME.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING OUR GUESTS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE A
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT.
SO PART OF THE NEW GUIDELINES
ARE THAT YOU MUST BE A
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT IN ORDER TO
VISIT A THEME PARK WITHIN THE
STATE.
SO SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT AGAIN
EVERYONE HAS A STATE VISIT WHEN
THEY COME TO THE PARK.
YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN
MORE THAN A YEAR I CAN BARELY
BELIEVE IT WHERE THE ROLLER
COASTERS AND OTHER RIDES ARE
GOING TO BE ACTUALLY UP AND
RUNNING WITH.
YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES?
WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT AT SIX FLAGS THAT
PEOPLE CAN EXPECT?
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY'LL SEE WHEN THEY COME TO
THE PARK ARE A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN
EVERYDAY LIFE NOW.
SO SOCIAL DISTANCING WEARING
MASKS WHILE ON A RIDE,
DISTANCING ON THE RIGHT AS
WELL.
YOU KNOW, NORMALLY YOU WOULD
SEE THAT TRAIN, THAT KOSLOF
TRAIN FILLED UP WITH EVERY
SINGLE SEAT.
THIS TIME WE'RE CHANGING THE
SEATING PATTERNS SO THAT THAT
ISN'T THE CASE.
WE'RE ALSO USING TECHNOLOGY TO
LIMIT CROWDING AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A
MOBILE ORDERING SERVICE WXR
FROM THE SIX FLAGS UP.
YOU CAN JUST ORDER YOUR FOOD IN
ADVANCE AND NOTIFY YOU WHEN
YOUR FOOD IS READY.
JUST GO UP TO THE WINDOW AND
PICK IT UP.
NO MORE WAITING LINES, NO MORE
HAVING TO AND AROUND HERE.
I LIKE THAT.
I LOVE THAT.
AND WHO WANTS TO STAND AROUND
THE SOUNDS WAY MORE CONVENIENT.
AND MARK, I DO HAVE TO ASK
BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THAT
THERE'S SOME RULES ABOUT
SCREAMING NOW IS THAT TRUE?
NO.
SO WHEN IT WAS FIRST LET OUT
THAT THEME PARKS WERE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO REOPEN ON APRIL 1ST,
THERE WAS THIS RUMOR THAT WENT
VIRAL THAT THEME PARKS WERE
GOING TO HAVE TO ENFORCE NO
SCREAMING ON RIDES.
SO THAT'S JUST BASICALLY FALSE.
THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN ENFORCE
THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
SCREAMING A RIDE IS REALLY AN
INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE.
SO WITH US REQUIRING MASS TO BE
WORN AND SOCIAL DISTANCING THE
RIDES, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS
GOING TO HELP MITIGATE THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS ON RIDES.
>> WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU
CLEARING UP THAT RUMOR.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE
VISITING YOU ONE OF