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PKI Foodguy

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  1. The park will be closed today!
  2. We have fresh brewed ice tea at several locations through out the park... I'm not sure of all the locations, but Bubba Gumps freshly brews tea. Also I think it would be great to have fried Turkey legs just like they have at Disney and Universal
  3. Yeah, it would be a much better fit in Cali, but how awesome would it be if it were at PKI?
  4. ^ true, but different enviroments can provide different experiences. Festhaus is air conditioned. St Pizza is right by the fountain, OBS provides great views in the waterpark, and Rivertown, well it's rivertown.
  5. Here a link to check out a new video on PCW's Italian Job PCW Italian Job video
  6. What new food item or item in general would you like to see sold at Kings Island?
  7. Where is your favorite place to get Larosa's pizza at PKI?
  8. LoL! If it was a big enough, bad enough coaster, well, then no, I wouldn't complain.
  9. I think I'm confusing you guys, I love having the regional brands in the park. Its the national brands that I worry about.
  10. OK guys, we all understand the financial piece ot the puzzle. The question is, is PKI becoming too commercialized? Are there too many Sponsors and national brand name restaurants? And those darn signs...who else hates those signs littering up our park? I mean, we all know about Boomerang Bay, Gold passes, and Bubba Gumps! Do they really need scrolling signs everywhere to remind us?
  11. YAY! I was hoping someone would say that. We strive to make sure that all of our restuarants are good at PKI. Obviously I didn't vote in the poll, I was hoping that I wasn't the only one
  12. This is a new location for this Season. It should be located in the old Magilla Gorilla's Grill, However I've heard that this may be tenative.
  13. We had one, it was called "All Star". And our subs are still available in Festhaus.
  14. Larosa's tastes great and makes the park a ton of money, I highly doubt we will see papa Johns in the near future. That and Papa Johns uses fresh ingredients, which would make it almost impossible for us to keep up making those type of pizzas on high attendence days.
  15. I like those, now all we need is a mascot like Mr. six!
  16. Or, they would have to pay a ton of money to keep the paramount name and keep branding the rides.
  17. You're right, the advertising has always been there. But it used to be a little more suttle. The John Deere's or toros behind the Tower was cool. Kodak at the picture booths and in the picture oppournity spots made sense. Mach Three at Top gun, pushing it a little bit, but applicable. My point is that they are throwing more things in front of us. For instance the Dasani Village in the water park, and the big Inkdot sign by the tower. The thing that irks me the most are the big signs everywhere that flip. Sure its cool to advertise for the rides, and we all know its nice seeing a refreshing Bubba Gumps add. But I feel like this big eyesores have become intrusive. I mean look in Festhaus, do they really need nine of those things? And Meijer? The reason people come to amusement parks is to get away from the real world for a little while. But Meijer is just going to remind them of the grocery list, which is going to remind them of laundry, and soccer practice, etc... And I used to love the fact that we only allowed regional brands into the park. Our beloved Skyline, Larosa's, and Montgomery Inn were all Cincinnati Favorites. They were ours and ours alone to share with the world who came to visit us. Graters fit in very well with this selective group of eateries. But Subway, Chickfila, and Starbucks (although we love it) feels like another intrusion of the real world sneaking into this fantasy theme park.
  18. You're right, Kings Island gives nothing away for free. And we actually run the subway and graters franchises, and we pay them a nice chunk of change to do so. My point is, do you think its becoming to commercialized. Of course we have to make money, but at the expense of losing our innocence?
  19. First there was the olympics, then all of the sports arenas and stadiums, is Kings Island next? Remember the days of our own little park, back then it was just Kings Island. Named because of its location in kings mills and after our beloved coney island. Then before you know it Media Giant Viacom bought the park and decided to stick Paramount before the name. And while I'm not complaining about the names and themeing of our rides, I do wonder about some of the little stuff. Do we really need and official lawn care equipment provider, printer, car dealer, hotdog, film provider, etc...? Remember the days of simple restaurants. Remember when Festhaus was like a German festhaus, or the good ole Oktoberfest Gardens. Now Festhaus looks like a mini mall with all the video games everywhere, and the little pamphlets on the tables, and the signs, we'll get to the signs. And we all know I love Bubba Gumps, but they took our nice little beer garden and stuck a corporate name on it. And remember when we were adimate about only allowing hometown brand names such like Skyline and Larosas. I never thought I'd see the day that the park would have a Subway and a Starbucks. What's next Mcdonalds? And the signs, oh the signs...some of them even advertise for Meijer. What does Meijer have to do with enjoying the day at the park. Next thing you know they'll be licensing out the rides. Bank of America's Eiffel Tower, First Star's face off, Italian Job presented by Fifth Third. The Great American Tomb Raider, Cinergy Racers. Oh and what if we sold rights to P&G? Downy's Drop Zone, Cascade falls, Dawn's Delirium, Tide's Top Gun, Swiffer's Son of Beast, Foldgers Flight of Fear, The Beast by Bounty, Tampax taxi jam, What do you think?
  20. How did you remember all of the names?
  21. ^ And the winner is......Familyman
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