However, the schedules for Carowinds and Kings Island were just released, and they also show serious cutbacks in the hours they'll be open this year. Carowinds is closing at 8pm on summer weekdays, and PKI isn't opening until 10am on any day (used to be 9am). Also, PKI is closing at 10pm in the summer; I'm pretty sure that last year they were open until 11pm or even midnight, at least on Saturdays.
Is this just a general cost-saving measure, or are they in trouble financially? I'm particularly annoyed about the 9pm close for PKD since that makes it difficult for me to go there after work during the summer and make the drive worthwhile (I live over an hour away).
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When parks close later, normally the only people inside the park will be the ones who arrived prior to 3pm.
They see the hour they they close earlier as a way to cut back on staffing costs and overall running costs.
The final couple oif hours in parks are run at, I guess you could say, a loss to the park operator. This is why most restaurants, kiosks and sideshows close before the actual posted opening hours. The only thing that is of any benefit to the park in the final hours are the gift shops and most people will only purchase this upon exit.