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The staffing issue is what I was really thinking about also. I know a lot of the employees at the Great Escape are not from the area. Hopefully they are able to figure something out and salvage part of the season.

Amusement parks in New York fall under the last phase of opening (phase 4) which wouldn't come until July 11th at the earliest. And that's IF the numbers cooperate - if they don't, that July 11th date is just going to get pushed back. The lodge would fall under phase 3, 2 weeks earlier than July 11th.

The sad reality is there are going to be parks across the Northeast that don't even find it worthwhile to open this year just like Funtown Splashtown in Maine. On top of being forced to put attendance caps on the parks, these parks literally have no idea who or how many people are going to show up this year. On top of that, these parks that rely on foreign workers are going to have a tough time staffing a full park.

I didn't know exactly how NY was looking at their reopening. you mentioned the hotel could reopen sooner but it's like Campgrounds in Nh which are opening this month they can't open their pool areas.

We're talked about foreign workers on the Whalom Forums also sine a few local parks tend to bring then in for the summer to fill in staffing.


but I've heard the chain plans to require reservations to visit so that they can limit the numbers each day.

At this point, we can really only share what we're hearing and I think everyone knows that whats seemingly right oen day may be wrong the next.

Just keep the updates coming they are very much appreciated.

I’m still on board with a July 1 opening.

Still absolutely nothing going on at park. I don't see the ride itself anywhere and I've been looking at usual dirt area daily. Definitely excited to see some work started.

What are the work restrictions in NY? Pretty much all of New England has a nonessential work stop and that includes major construction projects. Many small roofers and what not have continued to work but

Yea it’s been shutdown. Even if they wanted to they couldn’t work on it. Not the parks fault at all.

So here's your reopening update: Because the "Capital Region" didn't meet their regional benchmarks, Phase 1 reopening is delayed until May 28th, or until they meet all 7 of the required benchmarks for reopening (whichever comes first). So should we get to May 28th without hitting the Phase 1 requirements already, that'd push park opening out until AT LEAST July 9th.

Also I hope this doesn't come off as rude, but talking about Adirondack Outlaw is truly like beating a dead horse. There's no construction because like Sluggo said, it is literally illegal to start building it until Phase 1 can begin (if they even go forward with it), and as of April 30th, they hadn't even been issued construction permits yet.

A guy claiming to be an independent contractor at the park is saying the word is they are trying to open on July 30th with no waterpark this year. Who knows if that’s true but they did begin putting rides together about a week or 2 ago. Anyways, I’m not convinced they’re going to open any time soon and don’t plan on going this year anyways so I truly don’t really care if they open at all lol.