[Kings Island policy on epi-piens?]

I take an epi-pen inside the park any time I go with my daughter (peanut and tree nut allergy).  I've never been stopped at security or even asked about it.  I take it out at security and put it with my phone each time.  We go many times a year.  I've done the same at Cedar Point with no issues.  She would not be able to be in the park without the epi-pen.  We've never needed it there, but you never know.

[Interesting Things Ride-Ops Do]

On Drop Tower, over Memorial Day weekend, while checking restraints, the operator was saying "Good luck" to everyone.  That was a new one, we laughed a bit on that one... wait, why do we need luck???

[Sit On it - A nostalgic look back at KI...]

This page is very awesome.  You posted the 1983 Park Brochure.  I assume the picture was taken in 1982 since it was in the 1983 brochure.

Interestingly enough, the little blond kid in the 2nd row is me when i was 9 years old. I had some hard copies, but I must have lost the last one about 10 years ago.

Very cool.  Will be following this page.

[Peanut Allergy]

^ You summoned me?

GatorGirl has a peanut and tree nut allergy as well. As milesharrison said, Rivertown Potato Works definitely uses peanut oil for frying, and they have signs posted at that stand saying that they do. The funnel cake stands do not use peanut oil, and neither does The Chicken Shack (we asked there on Media Day, the worker checked with a supervisor and it was safe). Since GatorGirl's kind of a picky eater, when we eat at the park we mainly stick to LaRosa's and the waterpark food stands, all of which are safe. I don't believe that the soft serve ice cream stands have nuts. We love our blue ice cream, and have had it many times without issues.

The park is pretty good at posting at the stands if they use peanut oil, and as far as I remember Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A are the only places that do (Chik-Fil-A uses it at their restaurants outside the park too, so we already knew this but it is posted at their stand inside the park). You may want to use caution if you visit Graeter's in the park since they do have chocolate/peanut butter ice cream and they use the same scoop for all the flavors (they do wash them off between flavors, but still...). They may also have walnuts like the Graeter's shops outside the park, but I'm not sure. With that said though, GatorGirl has eaten at Graeter's both inside and outside the park with no problems. Individual results may vary.

One area the park could do better at is posting allergy information on their website. Other parks are much better at that, even parks within the same chain as KI. Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, Dorney, Worlds of Fun and Michigan's Adventure have food allergy information pages on their websites, why don't Kings Island, Carowinds, Great America, Knott's and Valleyfair? (And yes, I just looked up all their websites to see who does and who doesn't. ) You can ask at Guest Relations when you visit, but it would be nice to know before you get to the park.

As far as cross contamination from nut residue left in lines or on rides, this hasn't been an issue for us. There's probably far more germs and stuff that you can pick up from those rather than traces of nuts... OK, where's my hand sanitizer? I think it would be safe to say to avoid eating at the tables right outside of Rivertown Potato Works and Chik-Fil-A since these places are much more likely to have traces of peanut oil.

We always bring GatorGirl's Epi-pen with us to KI but we've never had to use it, there or anywhere else.

I hope this has been helpful. Have fun!

You are awesome. This is very good detail. We've been two or three times without issues, but I've never asked others and she's never eaten anything inside the park. I've wondered about the blue ice cream and the pizza. My daughter will be happy to know she can try it this year. I appreciate all the detail you put in this post.

[Peanut Allergy]

Does anyone have details or allergy information about the park? I have a 9 year old with severe peanut/tree nut allergy. We have gone two times before, but we always bring food and I'm always nervous the entire time.

I don't mind bringing food, my concern is what other people are eating and traces of the food still being with them when they are in lines and in the rides.

Anyone have similar issues? Do you just carry wipes around?