Ngo-2006, abantu abayizigidi ezingu-335 bavakashela amapaki okuzijabulisa angaphezu kuka-600 e-United States. Lokho kubalelwa emalini engenayo elinganiselwa ku-$11.5 billion, okuwukunyuka kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine ngo-4.
Izigidi ezintathu zalabo abafuna ilanga nokuzijabulisa bavakashele i-Cedar Point Amusement Park eSandusky, e-Ohio. Ipaki, evuliwe kusukela ngoMeyi kuya ku-Okthoba, iyindawo yemindeni emahoreni ambalwa enyakatho ye-Ohio. Kulo Meyi kuqophe isizini yesi-137 leli paki lisebenza futhi lihlanganisa nokuvulwa okuhle kwe-roller coaster entsha. Njengoba ipaki landa, kanjalo nesikhathi izivakashi ezihlala lapho kanye nenani lemali eziyehlisayo - izivakashi zivame ukwenza uhambo lwezinsuku ezimbili futhi zichithe ngaphezu kuka-$40 ngomuntu ngamunye ngaphakathi kwepaki.
Ukudla kwenza ingxenye enkulu yezindleko zomuntu ngamunye, futhi ipaki kufanele ikwazi ukuphakela izivakashi ngendlela ephumelelayo ukudla okungaphezu kokukodwa phakathi nokuvakasha kwazo. Futhi njengoba kunezivakashi eziningi ezitholakala kuzo zonke izinhlobo zabantu, leli paki kufanele linikeze izinhlobonhlobo zokudla.
“Ngokungafani namapaki amaningi okuzijabulisa, sihluke kakhulu kulokho esikunikeza amakhasimende ethu,” kusho uMike Mason, iphini likamongameli wenkonzo yokudla eCedar Point. "Siwela yonke imingcele ngempela uma sikhuluma ngokudla eCedar Point."
Uthe ukwehlukahlukana kwezinketho zokudla ngaphakathi kwamasango kuqhathanise neThe Walt Disney Company.
Ukondla izivakashi, i-Cedar Point isebenzisa izindawo zokudlela ezisheshayo ezingama-36, izindawo zokudlela ezigcwele eziyisishagalolunye zasendlini, i-Johnny Rockets franchise operation eyodwa (enikeza ukudla okuyizi-3,000 kuya kwezi-4,000 ngosuku ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwepaki) kanye nebhikawozi elilodwa lamadonathi kanye nesitolo sekhofi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunezinqola ezifika ku-75 ezihlakazekile kulo lonke elasepaki ezisebenzela "konke okunye esigabeni se-impulse," kusho uMason. Izinketho ezinempilo zihlanganisa amakalishi anezithelo ezintsha kanye namaphakethe emifino ngayinye, kuyilapho ezinye izinqola zinezisekelo zepaki yokuzijabulisa yamakhekhe efaneli, u-ayisikhilimu namasoda.
Futhi lokho kungaphakathi nje kwepaki.
I-Cedar Fair Amusement, umnikazi weCedar Point, inamapaki okuzijabulisa angu-13 namapaki amahlanu amanzi e-United States naseCanada. Ngo-2006, inkampani yanda ngokwengezwa kwamanye amapaki amabili e-Ohio, e-Geauga Lake e-Aurora nase-King's Island. I-King's Island ingelinye lamapaki okuzijabulisa amatasatasa e-United States ngokususelwe enanini lokugibela kanye nomthamo wokugibela wangehora. Leli paki liphinde laqashelwa njengendawo Engcono Kakhulu Yezingane Emhlabeni iminyaka eyisithupha eqondile.
I-Cedar Fair iphinde ibe nepaki lamanzi, amahhotela amabili, i-marina kanye nezindawo zokudlela ezintathu eziwuchungechunge - ezimbili ze-TGI Fridays kanye ne-Famous Dave's Legendary Barbeque. Kukhona nezindawo zokudlela ezimbili ezingekho esizeni sokuphakela abasebenzi besizini abayizi-5,000 kuya kwezi-6,000 abadingekayo ukuze basebenze ngokugcwele epaki.
Lokho kwehluka kwezinketho zokudla kuvela ezinhlobonhlobo zabantu kuleli paki. Intsha kanye nabantu abadala abasebasha ngokuvamile bafuna ukudla okusheshayo, kuyilapho izivakashi ezindala zivame ukuma eMidway Market esebenza ngokugcwele, kusho uMason.
“Uhlala ubona imakethe evuthiwe lapho,” kusho yena.
ICedar Fair ibisebenzela ukufaka izinketho ezinempilo iminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyisikhombisa edlule, kusho uMason.
Izingxube ezintsha zamasaladi nezinhlanzi nokudla kwezilwane zasolwandle konke kube yimpumelelo. Phakathi kwamakhilogremu angu-50,000 kuya kwangu-60,000 kaulethisi nemifino enamaqabunga asetshenziswe kuleli paki ngonyaka odlule. Lokho kwaba ukwanda ngaphezu kuka-2005, kusetshenziswe amakhilogremu angu-46,000 we-ulethisi nemifino enamaqabunga. Izikhungo zokudla ngaphandle kwepaki zengeza amanye amakhilogremu angu-50,000 kuya ku-60,000, kodwa ngezindawo zokudlela ezimbalwa - okubonisa inselele yokuphakela ukudla okunempilo epaki lokuzijabulisa.
Ukudla okulula okunempilo?
I-Cedar Point ithole ukuthi lapho izivakashi zithatha iholidi ukuze zize epaki, ziphinde zithathe iholide ekudleni okunempilo.
"Iningi likuphonsa ngefasitela ukudla kosuku," kusho uMason. “Bafuna ukudla okuthosiwe okusha, izindlebe zendlovu namakhekhe efaneli.”
Imizamo yokwethula izithelo njengokuthenga okungahleliwe ayiphumelelanga. Lesi siqiwu sethula izinqola zezithelo eminyakeni emibili edlule enezinqola eziyisithupha kuya kweziyisishiyagalombili, kodwa manje sezine kuphela – uma kuqhathaniswa nezinqola eziyi-14 ezidayisa u-ayisikhilimu wakwaDippin' Dots.
Ngisho uMason akagonyiwe kukho. Uthe usehambe cishe kuzo zonke izindawo zokuzijabulisa kuleli, futhi akajwayele ukukhetha imikhiqizo yepaki, ngakho uyaqonda uma izivakashi zingazithengi izithelo nemifino.
“Ngokunganaki, ngibonakala ngidla ukudla okunempilo kakhulu ekhaya kunalapho ngisepaki lokuzijabulisa,” kusho uMason.
Kodwa akukhona konke okulahlekile. Nakuba ukudla okuningi okunikezwayo kungase kungabhekwa “njengempilo,” uthe leli paki lisebenzela ukwenza izinto ezaziwa kakhulu zehlise amafutha ne-cholesterol. Into enevolumu ephezulu amafrimu asanda kusikwa epaki - enziwe ngamazambane amasha e-Idaho - futhi manje awanawo amafutha e-trans futhi awanayo i-cholesterol. Amafrimu anokunambitheka okuyingqayizivele, futhi kuthathe isikhathi ukuthola amafutha okuthosa angazange ashintshe ukunambitheka kakhulu kulokho amakhasimende ayekufuna.
Ezinye izinto ziyakhula, futhi, kusho uMason. Nakuba ukusetshenziswa kukalethisi epaki kunyukile, kukhuphuke kakhulu ngaphandle nje kwepaki, ngakho-ke nakuba amakhasimende engafuni ukudla ukudla okunempilo epaki, uma engaphandle abuyela kumenyu enempilo.
Izinselele Zabasebenzi
UMason uphethe izitolo eziningi zokudla ezinabasebenzi abangama-30 kuphela abasebenza ngokugcwele. Kodwa phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha leli paki livuliwe, izisebenzi zesizini eziyi-1,900 zisebenza endaweni yesevisi yokudla.
Lokho kudala izinselelo ezithile, ngoba inzuzo iphezulu ngokwemvelo. Abasebenzi abasha bangena Ohlelweni Lokuphepha Kokudla kanye Namazinga, oluhlanganisa ukuqondisa nokuqeqeshwa, kanye nohlelo lokuqeqeshwa emsebenzini lwezinsuku ezingama-30. Abaphathi bonke bagunyazwe uhlelo lwe-National Restaurant Association's ServeSafe, futhi inani labantu abafakwe kulolu hlelo lakhe ubuhlobo phakathi kwepaki ne-NRA.
"Ayikho indawo eyodwa eqinisekisa abantu abaningi kunathi," kusho uMason.
Phakathi nesizini engasebenzi, i-NRA yaze yasebenzisa i-Cedar Point ukwenza amavidiyo wokuqeqesha amafilimu awo wonke amalungu ayo. Eminyakeni edlule, i-NRA kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ivakashele izindawo eziningi ukuze ithole izithombe zezindawo zokudlela ezihlukene, kodwa epaki kukhona okungenani indawo yokudlela eyodwa engaphakela isigaba ngasinye.
“Yonke into ilapha ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa,” kusho uMason.
Isevisi Yokudla Yesizini
Enye yezinselelo ezinkulu iCedar Point ebhekene nazo emsebenzini wayo wokunikeza ukudla isikhathi sonyaka saleli paki. Inqola ngayinye esebenza ngokushesha, esebenza ngokugcwele futhi ephakelayo ifakwa ebusika futhi ivalwe lapho ipaki ivala ngo-Okthoba, bese kufanele ilungele ukusebenza futhi ngoMeyi.
"Isikhathi 'sokuphumula' cishe asikho," kusho uMason.
Kunamayunithi angama-65 epaki okufanele avulwe ngosuku olufanayo, ngaphezu kokuqeqesha abasebenzi nabasebenzi. Kodwa isizini ngayinye, cishe ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka, yonke into iyasebenza naphezu kwesimiso esinzima.
Njengoba izigidi zamakhasimende zithenga ukudla okumbalwa ukuvakasha ngakunye, akunzima ukucabanga ukuthi hlobo luni lwenzuzo olungabonwa ngokuhlala uvulekile unyaka wonke. Uma imali eqoqwayo bekumele yenziwe minyaka yonke, uMason uthe izindawo zokudlela zingaletha amakhulu ezigidi zamaRandi. Kodwa lokho kuwukufisa nje ukucabanga - leli paki lihlezi ogwini lweLake Erie, isimo sezulu esingamukeleki kumapaki okuzijabulisa angaphandle unyaka wonke.
Ukuqinisekisa Ukuphepha
Ngenani lezivakashi ezidlula epaki isizini ngayinye, uMason ubheka ukuphepha kokudla njengento ebaluleke kakhulu. Ukuphelelwa yisikhathi okukodwa kungasho amakhulu noma izinkulungwane zezihambeli ezigulayo kanye nomonakalo esimeni senkampani njengendawo ejabulisayo, nephephile.
“Sisebhizinisini elintekenteke kakhulu,” esho.
Yonke indawo yesevisi yokudla iyadingeka ukuze kugcinwe amalogu okushisa ehora ekudleni nakumathuluzi. Ngisho nezinsuku ezihamba kancane noma izinsuku zemvula, uma amalogi engagcinwa noma amazinga okushisa okudla elahleka ngaphandle kwebanga lawo elimisiwe, ukudla ngeke kunikezwe.
"Sithatha zonke izinyathelo ezingenzeka ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yethu iphephile," kusho uMason.
Futhi lokho kuhlanganisa nabahlinzeki. I-Cedar Fair isebenza ngefilosofi yokuthenga eyenza izinqumo ezisekelwe kusevisi, umkhiqizo kanye nentengo - ngaleyo ndlela. Isici esibaluleke kakhulu - isevisi - ihlanganisa imigomo yokuphepha kokudla, njengesitifiketi se-HACCP.
“Siqinile kakhulu kulokho,” kusho uMason.
Uphinde abhekane nabahlinzeki-mpahla abanomlando oqinisekisiwe futhi banganikeza inani nekhwalithi edingekayo epaki. Ngaleso sizathu, abahlinzeki bepaki bonke bangabahlinzeki abakhulu bezinsiza zokudla abanezilawuli zabo zangaphakathi zokuphepha kokudla.
Leli paki lenza ukuhlolwa okuthile kuyo yonke isizini, kodwa hhayi ngokuqondile ukungcola. Izivivinyo eziningi zenziwa ngesisindo kanye nokuvumelana kwemikhiqizo ethile, njengobisi olusetshenziswa ekunyakazeni endaweni yokudlela yaseJohnny Rockets franchise, kusho uMason.
Uma kukhona i-kink eyodwa ekuvikelekeni kokudla, uMason uthe kuzoba umkhiqizo wepaki. Nakuba abahlinzeki bempahla benazo zokulawula futhi ipaki iqeqesha abasebenzi balo, imizamo yokuzithandela ayanele.
“Indawo eyodwa esenza konke okusemandleni ethu isendaweni yokukhiqiza,” kusho yena.
UMason uthe uzoqiniseka ngokwengeziwe ngomkhiqizo awuthengayo uma i-FDA ibeka imithetho mayelana nokuvuna nokukhiqizwa kwezithelo nemifino.