When I look at Kings Islands home page they make mention of Music in the Parks and Music Showcase happening on May 17th. Does anyone have any details on what these might be? Where they are located? Are they free to attend? And how will these events affect attendance. I was planning on attending Kings Island this Saturday so I was just curious if Saturday would be an extremely busy day due to these events and this being the last weekend to purchase a Gold Season Pass.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can shed any light on these events.

I just found the spot on Kings Island's web site that gives info on the events:

http://www.pki.com/events.jsp

That explains the where (Cin. Loveland HS for the music festival) and a few of the details on the events. Has anyone been there on these days in past years. I am hesitant about this Saturday now. Those two events alone will bring in well over 10,000 not counting chaperoes, parents, friends, etc.

I was there last year during Music in the parks(that is what the music festival is called) and it was busy. To give you an idea i waited about 2 hours for FOF, 1.5 hours fo F/O, 45 minutes for SOB, 20 minutes for Beast. Hope this helps.

Just to let you know, Saturday will be just like any other Saturday in the park... the kids in the music festival have competitions and stuff off property, some perform at PKI and some of the awards are in Timberwolf and the picnic grove.

If you don't want to wait in long lines, never come on a nice day during the weekends.

20 minutes for Beast and 45 minutes for SOB but 2 hours for FOF? Is that odd to me only? I would have thought SOB and Beast would have been as long of waits as FOF. That has been my observation in the past.

As for not wanting to wait in long lines don't go any nice weekend day that is the only time a person can go now. Granted I can not control the weather but the opportunity to attend KI on a Wednesday now is not an option. I was just curious how the music festivals would affect the crowd.

These days are'nt so bad, It's more or less the same as Girl Scout day.