As of hotels I would like to recommend The Kings Island Resort. It is obviously not a 5 star hotel but it is decent and has a shuttle service to KI, so you don't have to pay for gas or parking. I will bring up a link in just a sec.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-323320-kin...erence_center-i
Let me go find the home page too.
Here it is
http://www.kingsislandresort.com/
It is ok but not great. I hope my advice was helpful!