Purplehaze

I am happy they have beer carts back this year so i can walk around and drink a few beers, I just hope some drunk azz dont ruin it for everyone.

Um, we carried in 20oz mt. dews and a few bottles of water at CF last summer. No problem what so ever. That was also the policy at PKI last year hoever security was instructed to let it slide for basic drinks you carried in, like one per person.

I been back of The Beast more times than I can count. Back in the early 80's, we had ATV's and often did drives back along the access roads to look for lost items and such and patrons who were back there smoking dope...lol.. Unfortuantly the rides employees abused these fine machines and they were taken away perm.

There is a sign that is pre 80's in lebanon also!

Just got back from the park and having season passes processed. If you bought your pass last year and got a blue temp pass and had your pic taken, then you dont need to wait in line to do it again, just walk up to the ticket window and they exchange it for you. Also got alot of pics today. the front gate bathrooms were open to the public.(( after 13 or so years working there and going there as a guest i never knew they had bathrooms up front in the corner where you get your hand stamped for re-entry...lol)).

Not to mention there are countless law suits filed against KI every year. For example there are over 200 cases on file just in warren county in the court of common pleas. not to mention also all the cases in the county court. Yes, there may be many of these that are real and deserved lawsuits. But i betcha anything most of them are just people wanting a payday and KI mostly just settles on these to make them go away. It is hard to tell cause most of them have been nolled or closed in the acres system.

I am not upset one bit so keep your cheeta comments to your self please.... I also agree everyone has an opinion. however mine is as stated. For this guy to sue over an act of mother nature was absured. Maybe there was a reason he did it but the lawyer said the park should have warned him... That is just retarded in my opinion. And yes they settled out of court on this just so KI could probably move on. Maybe today when I go get my season pass this weekend I will fall on the slippery pavement then sue them cause they didnt tell me it was slippery when wet while raining. There very well could have been other factors in this guys story and why he sued them however I bet there wasnt much more except greed!

First of all, yes family comes first. Second of all KI's insurance would have paid this probably and his insurance did not make him sue anyone. Maybe if it was his house insurance but it wasnt. It would have been his medical insurance. It was a act of mother nature and its a pitty someone like this sued someone like KI. It was not their fault what so ever. If someone came to my house in a storm and soon as they got out of their car lightning struck it would not be my fault. Just cause they have money does not make it right to sue them, there is other means to recover and you would not loose your house. This I know for a fact! So that is not an issue whatsoever! I have read different articles on the net about this case. He claims it was KI's fault they did not warn him it was dangerous to be out in a storm moreless. KI paid unspecified damages on this suit just to make it go away. But you better believe me if someone sued me personaly over something so stupid I would turn around and take them to the cleaners. OMG the park should have warned him it was dangerous. I am pretty sure every adult knows this. Just a waste of time and stupidity of this guy to do this. Like i said before the guy wanted payed! wasnt cause he was loosing his house sheeh come on!

see ya in 4 1/2 hours.....

Family sues Kings Island Father struck by lightning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Kimball Perry Post staff reporter Yes, Cincinnati lawyer Drake Ebner admits, cynics will believe he is suing Paramount's Kings Island because the amusement park makes lots of money. And yes, the cynics will wonder snidely how the park can be held responsible for Ebner's client being struck by lightning on the park grounds. "That would be a lot of people's knee-jerk reaction in these types of situations, frankly," Ebner acknowledged. But they should hold the park accountable, for not telling his client and thousands of others about an impending lightning storm, Edner said Monday. "They could have told the people not to go to their cars, which are large metal objects that can attract lightning." He filed the suit late last week in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court on behalf of Shawn Perkins, of Laurel, Ind., Perkins' wife and two children. The family was at the park June 12, 2001, unaware of an approaching electrical storm, the suit notes. When they went to the parking lot, Perkins was struck by lightning, suffering significant brain damage. "The car he (Perkins) was touching was blown apart," Ebner said. Park spokesman Bill Mefford said Monday he'd not seen the suit and needed time to research it before he could comment. Ebner noted that the law is clear -- the park has "a duty of ordinary care" to warn visitors about such dangers. Even if park officials weren't aware of the impending storm, Ebner insisted, they should have been and taken steps to protect patrons. The suit accuses the park of negligence by not warning park-goers. "We believe that the weather system was predictable. Therefore, the risk and injury to Mr. Perkins was predictable and therefore avoidable," Ebner said. Tornado warnings are routinely issued, he noted, and there are services the park can subscribe to that will warn it of imminent severe weather that could harm patrons. "If you are a multimillion-dollar business, wouldn't you (pay for such a service)?" Ebner asked. "I'm just not mentioning that (the park earns millions) for the concept of deep pockets for the suit." Instead, Ebner insists, the big bucks the park rakes in should make it able to afford steps to better protect its patrons. "Think of the amount of money Kings Island spends to get people to the park," he said. "Safety is not common sense. You and I don't run amusement parks. Because they are in the unique situation they are in -- that says they need to do things that you and I don't do." There is a similar suit, he added, in which a theater owner ignored tornado warnings and was successfully sued by movie-goers who weren't told of the warning and were injured when they walked out of the theater into the storm. Publication Date: 06-17-200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I will be there when they open in the morning to get my pass made.

Sometimes life isn't pretty!

Um maybe that guy got what he deserved, he was blown up also, some people are just plain ole greedy and stupid!

2005 Forbes report.

Hope they still have the fudge.

That's pretty mean anyways it is going on all weekend..I am thinking about going one day during the week anyway..It probably would not be as crowded omg your kidding right? some people need to get a sense of humor!

Well if you have read any of my posts in the past here you will already know I can not wait for a cold one at Lt. Dans back bar then of course if I have to The Beast also...hehehe

The older I get the less I like it. Takes a toll on us oldsters...lol

I have only visited Boomerang bay a few times out of all the gazillion times i have been to KI, however this year I am gonna swim there alot.

We need to delete this topic and quit talking about it before everyone and their brither shows up this weekend and we have to stand in line forever....hehehe

Also if you already got the temp card last year, your whole family does not need to go. One person can get all the passes on your list. However if you did not get your pic with your temp pass last year you have to be there for your pic.

I do not like skyline at all, however I do love Gold Star.

Yes all are gold until the end of May then the prices go up and I think the gold goes away.

I had better drive up there and buy a few to make sure they are good...hehehe