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I hear the sound of dogs barking and howling as I walk pass the sales/season pass building. Add the sounds of animals other than dogs and you hear a mix in the kennel area. Be it the sounds of the pigs and goats from 4 seasons ago to the quaking of the ducks this season. Now I won't talk about the other thread of the scents of the park.

I worked in the market research field and know how the retail store (mass/grocery/drug stores)deal with discounts and sale items in their market strategy. For instance, a grocery store place an ad and listed their canned vegetables on sale at $.25 cents per can. They expected sales to increase but they were not seeing the spike they thought were happen. Then they placed a big ad and listed them as 3/$1.00 and had a big sign in the canned good section with this. The shoppers flocked in and their sale was a huge success! The people perceived a sale, even though they paid more for the canned vegetables. They paid 33 cents instead of 25 cents. It is the same with BOGO sales, but that is another topic. Season passes are advertised to go up after October 28th and buy now and save. They could had listed it at $89.99 for the Gold pass and offered a renewal price of $79.99 for current pass holders. Their sales could had been less for this time period but by pricing the way they did increased their sale projection higher than if they didn't.

Better watch out clicking on that person's profile or it might redirect you to link and the odds you contract a vicious virus is a good bet. Never click on any link if you don't want some vile bot loaded into your computer system. Hackers get your information and put it to their own use.

Do they have a dippin dots guy working for them?

The day will get very crowded at Haunt approaches. You will have two sets of crowds on Saturday: One for guests coming for the halloween events during the day, which will be more families. 2)Haunt will attack larger crowds that will be mostly teenagers to 40 age crowd. Expect lots of guests to stay for both events and making the crowd even larger. Planet Snoopy will start to close around 5:30 and will not be open for Haunt. Also be aware that there are NO REENTRY allowed for Haunt after 7:PM. If you want to go to your car or eat, do it before 7PM as afterwards, no reentry is allowed.

Saturday will be very crowded. Expect long lines on rides and the haunts.

When the park first opened under Taft, they had like bands that performed through out the park. A good friend of my from our high school band played the trombone in a swing band. I was even temped to try out for the clown band playing the tenor sax. I know they are due to have a live band after not having one for years and they might feel the guests would like a band based on surveys taken.

Unlike applying for a regular seasonal job position where if you show up, you can be hired, it is not the same for positions in entertainment. You must auction for the spot and like mention above, it is very fierce for those coveted spots. Think of the competition that people go through to try out for a spot on the various reality shows before they even appear on the show itself. It takes hours of school and practice to hone your singing or your dancing talents and you only have a very short time to shine for the judges before you gain a spot on one of the shows in the park.

If a person brought a camera on ride to take a picture like this, it is against park rules and Ohio law. Only pictures that are taken by the park on ride photos, or on pre-approved basis by the park for TV shows or movies where the equipment is safely attached and approved by the park would be allowed.

Not much at 15. For most jobs, you have to be at least 16 years old. I know you can be a character escort at 15. Just check the jobs link at the bottom of KI's web page and check the job description and minimum age requirements.

Don't forget that tasty blue ice cream that the bees love to dine on! After all, after feasting on the main course, nothing beats a nice blue ice cream for dessert!

Instead of the street car going to the gates of Coney, a bigger, better Island Queen will transport passengers to the park from the Public Landing. Due to the constant flooding of the Ohio River, which is one of the reasons for the move to Kings Mills, a flood wall would have to be built to protect it from flooding. This is needed if it expands like it is being envisioned. Even if it does not expand like this, the Island Queen would be a nice addition. My parents used to rave about taking it to Coney when they were young.

These contests reminds me of something that radio stations or some other group would do to entice some person to win tickets to a rock concert or some other event. Be the last person standing in a pit full of creepy, crawling, sliming creatures and you win 2 front row tickets to the KC and the Sunshine Band concert! (my own silly contest made up)

Bees are attracted to flowers for their nectar and anything else sweet smelling (to them).

Voban has a nice scent as compared to the scent it is used to mask!

They do not frisk you and ask you to remove the contents from your pockets. Now if they had smelled it on your breath, they might want to have a closer look in their security office.

During events that drew very heavy crowds, KI had hired off duty Mason PD and Warren County Sheriffs. If you look in the parking lot during operating hours, you will notice Mason PD in the parking lots. If you have people threatening scare actors as mentioned in another thread, imagine them having a few beers in them. As for them downing a 6 pack before coming into the park, if they appear intoxicated, security and KI PD can kick them out of the park and or arrest them.

There is thousand of feet of wood, lots of bolts and plenty of rails to sale if the demand is there. If the demand is there, they can always make more plaques to attach to the items for sale.

This is one of the reasons why reentry is not permitted during Haunt. We would not want those idiots going to their car and having a nip or two then come back and do things like that. It only takes a few to cause major problems.

Friday I would plan on wearing pants, long sleeve shirt and or a sweater and a jacket and a hat. It is not the time to wear shorts and tee shirt or even sandals or flip flops. I saw guests wearing those last Friday and they froze. One guest told me, he can take the cold. Yea right.

There are no early ride times on Friday's, only on Saturday and Sunday. It should not be as crowded on Friday as compared to Saturday, as long as it does not rain. But do dress for the cold. It is not the time to wear shorts and tee shirts. You will be surprised at the number that wear shorts that are freezing themselves.

It is not that KI does not want people to leave and come back during Haunt, but is to prevent them from drinking and coming back in. The haunt crowd is very different from the crowds during the day which is mostly families and not a high school to college age crowd. Also they have check you before coming into the Haunt. I have seen security make a guest remove his belt that was made out of bullets and some with sharp studs that could cause physical harm.

I know the military in the survival training instruct the soldiers on what type of insects they can eat in order to survive and keep their strength. My classmate, who was in Special Forces went through this training. But it is another thing for a person to eat them in some foolish insect eating contest. And all this for a chance to win a snake? I know I will never, ever enter this stupid contest as I could not dissect a grasshopper without throwing up.

The steel could be used in the next steel coaster at parks like Kings Island!

I thought when I entered a White Castle eating contest back when I was in high school was stupid, this takes the cake. Well, a roach filled cake. People will do anything to win a prize, no matter what the contest is. Be it walking barefoot on white hot coals, swallowing swords, eating light bulbs or other dangerous items. Who in their right mind will eat live insects? I would expect this kind of event at drunken, spring break event with stupid students but a grown adult? I wonder what the cause of death would be? Alive insects trying to chew their way out?