...Now that advanced middle age and easily rattled vertebrae have drained the rapture from roller coasters, I've come to appreciate that theme parks are pure money traps deploying thrill rides to lure in young people – with their underdeveloped brains and insatiable stimulus joneses – in order to separate their parents from their cash with $4.50 lemonades, $7 funnel cakes, $10 locker fees and the like.

KingsFest is simply additional bait, hooking in particular large church youth groups who rove the park clad in matching t-shirts that feature cool slogans playing off scripture verses. For these all-too-willing victims, the price-gouging only accelerates around the concert area, which one pays an additional $20-plus to enter, and where you think Christians would be more sensitive to giving a "brother" a break.

Fat chance. More $4 drinks and other wallet-wrecking refreshments – not to mention endless marketing....

http://www.northstarwriters.com/rm078.htm

Seems like someone who doesn't like amusement parks in general.

I was there on Saturday, and I agree, the park was so packed it was miserable. When I first arrived the parking attendant looked at my KI platinum pass and told me I picked a bad day and should leave. I stayed and got a few rides in- overall the staff was good with a few exceptions.

What a horrible review. It seems as though this person is just finding things to yell at, as if he just can't stand being around other people enjoying the park.

What a whiney review! If people like him didn't go to amusement parks, then they would be less crowded, and more enjoyable. Those prices aren't that bad. Sure you could get stuff WAY cheaper at a gas station, or grocery store. However, if you compare it to say....a baseball game or other sporting event, the prices for food and drinks are pretty equal. Get over it!

^ Amen?

Can't disagree with the price gouging. The rest, though...

I have found soft drinks reaching, and sometimes surpassing, the $3 mark (the "fancy" ones) at several well-known restaurants, and they don't even have any rollercoasters!

What a unpleasant person everyone has their own opinion even how dumb they may be!