CarterFamilyof9

I am a thrill ride junkie and this is true for me too.

Well, I guess that clenches it. I just had to ask, to try and save a buck, but the convenience outweighs the $40 or so I would have saved.

All of my children are well under driving age. I was thinking the same thing- that the only benefit is the parking and the early times into Boomerang Bay which we hoped on utilizing. I am wondering this- if we get there early to go into Boomerang Bay and only myself, my husband and our two oldest children have the gold passes, will they ask that we wait to go in, since the entire family does not have gold passes-?

(Newb alert here!) Hi all! I have had a good time reading through the forums here- it brings back a lot of memories of Kings Island. I have been coming every year since I was a kid- and now myself have 7 children. My kids are getting big enough for the bigger rides (woohoooo!) which makes me even more excited. I am getting ready to purchase our family passes and was considering buying just the first 4 passes for my husband and our 2 oldest as gold passes and the rest as regular season passes. Would there be any reason I would regret not getting them ALL gold passes somewhere down the line this season? I know Boomerang Bay opens early for Gold Pass holders- so do we ALL have to have the gold passes to get in early? My boys are preschool/kindergarten age and I was hoping that we could get them the regular passes. I know it sounds stingy, but with 7 kids I try to stretch our dollars as far as we can go. We are also purchasing a pass for my sister and our mother and father in law. Should we just go all gold? I'd love to hear someone elses perspective, keeping in mind that while I am not a cheapo, I do budget every penny I spend very carefully.