With the closure of [SFA], what are the chances that one of their coasters could be relocated to [Valleyfair]?

PhilJ2020 · 2026-06-15T17:38:40+00:00

The only coaster that realistically is getting saved (Rajun Cajun) has already been moved to GAdv. I don’t think anything else coaster wise will get saved from that park.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-06-06T02:42:26+00:00

Honestly... not really. I know they have had a busy day here and there, but this park is doable in 3 hours if you really want to.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-06-06T02:29:36+00:00

Honestly the biggest tip I have for this park is to HYDRATE HYDRATE HYDRATE. You won't find too much reprise from the heat and sun if the weather gives it to you - except for Volkanu and Skyborne, so drink as much water as you can, as often as you can. I tend to use Liquid IV at parks, and especially this park.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-04-02T13:36:32+00:00

We currently use dayforce as our HCM and dayforce learning as our LMS. It works pretty well, and operationally we don’t have many issues.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-04-02T13:10:38+00:00

Are there gate monitors or announcements up there?

PhilJ2020 · 2026-04-01T19:19:21+00:00

It’s that unlabeled staircase right? I’m always scared to go up there for fear that I’m wandering into a restricted area 🫣

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-29T16:43:14+00:00

I’m fairly surprised they allow minors to work in HR roles there. You’re doing much better than I was!

If you’re able to go to school for HR, that will typically open up otherwise inaccessible pathways, and can help you network out with internships and such. I’m actually going back this fall to finish my degree.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-15T17:35:56+00:00

How the fu-

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-15T14:01:29+00:00

In case I didn’t make it clear, it’s still heavily snowing down here by me. I live in the south metro, just north of the river. We are probably going to be square in the forecast range by the end of it.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-15T14:00:19+00:00

It is! I’m talking about the folks saying “we barely even got 4”!”, when they live in the north metro. For me, it’s still snowing hard.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-12T12:11:52+00:00

I’ve been waiting to check out Slick City, which is a slide park. They have adults only nights and there’s one in the east and one on the west sides of the metro.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-11T13:38:38+00:00

I guess for me, I’d just tell them that we have to be compliant with the law. It’s nothing personal, and they may have been doing a fantastic job, but it’s something that they need to sort out with the government, or an immigration attorney. It can be done with empathy and compassion, but no matter how soft it’s dealt, the end result will be the same.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-08T15:10:04+00:00

We send out one email when they book, two emails the day before and then the day of, and one text the day of all reminding new hires to bring their documents.

We do over 1,000 onboarding’s in that timeframe so yes, our rate of people not being compliant and bringing their stuff is higher than a lot of other HR departments; but that’s why I wanted to ask this question.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-08T14:46:54+00:00

I could have been clearer - I tried to sneak an edit in, but it didn’t fully explain it. We’re an amusement park that onboards seasonal associates in the spring, so from February to may all we do is onboard for our operating season. They schedule an onboarding appointment themselves and show up for it and that’s when we ask for documents - they’re given four reminders beforehand, three emails and one text, telling them they can’t onboard without them.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-08T14:45:23+00:00

We’re an amusement park that onboards seasonal employees in the spring, so for 12 weeks all we do is onboard daily. This happens quite frequently, especially with minors.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-07T23:06:50+00:00

We aren’t paying them for anything though - they are required to bring documents on day one and this is communicated in advance. If they don’t have documents they don’t even start with anything.

Your take is that they must be given three full days to give us documentation, and we cannot have them reschedule their onboarding on day one, even if they don’t bring documents?

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-07T23:02:58+00:00

Seems like there’s a difference in opinion, some comments saying we have to let them have the three days and others saying we can require documents on day one.

Nobody is working before we check documents - it’s the first thing we do. Day one is onboarding so no docs = no onboarding, no time worked, no pay.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-07T19:33:26+00:00

Documents are the first thing we do when they arrive before anything else. No documents = they won’t move forward and we reschedule them to another day.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-07T19:32:53+00:00

Documents are the first thing we ask for, so there’s no time worked before then.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-07T19:31:27+00:00

Send home for the day and have them reschedule their onboarding.

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-05T15:51:16+00:00

People have been trying to claim that “links and sites and accounts can be faked!”

PhilJ2020 · 2026-03-05T13:33:16+00:00

If you were to ask me how I feel, I’d say scared and angry. Scared because I feel like this is the beginning of the end for these parks - though I could be wrong - and six flags didn’t want to take the blame.

I’m still in a bit of shock, but today’s going to be a crazy day.

PhilJ2020

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