Hello Jessica,
We just returned from our first trip to KI. We stayed @ the Embassy Suites in Blue Ash and loved it! They offer an excellent made to order breakfast with any kind of eggs from omlets to scrambled to fried and so on. They also had bacon, susage, potatos and our daughters favorite pancakes (smores to be exact) also made to order. I prefered the pecan (yummy). they also had all the usuals muffins, bagles, fruit, drinks and so on. They have a nice indoor pool with a waterfall and a hot tub. They also have a sauna and hot tub. Also, what we enjoyed most was the suite itself. You have a seperated livingroom-bedroom. This was great for naps! Oh I almost forgot they have a pond in atrium filled with huge fish and turtles. The kids loved it! All this for a rate of $104. per night. This hotel is easily reachable off of 275 to reed hartman rd (sp?). Also only an easy 10 min if that drive to KI. It is located in an office building nice area kinda off the beaten path but we liked this because it was less congested.
We ate @ Bubba Gumps in the park. It was a little pricy ($40.00 for the 4 of us) but tasty! The drinks were expensive. I forgot that water was free all you have to do is ask for a cup of water. That will save you big time. And as hot as it was on Saturday that was all we needed to drink. We also ate at La Rosas (outside of the park) and had an excellent stuffed pizza for $16.75 that we could not finish. I don't know if the prices in the park are the same @ LaRosas but if they are We will eat lunch or dinner there next time. We also had the blue ice cream. Awesome!!!
Hope this helped. Have a great time! We sure did!
Paula