I saw several young guys walking around without shirts Sunday...their backs all covered with tattoos..and their britches hanging so low that all you saw was thier boxers. Why does KI allow them to walk around with their britches so low. Also....to any of you who wear them like that...doesn't it get aggravating to have to hold them all day...or be constantly pulling them up?

At CP they let you wear your swim suit in the main area of the park for Snake River Falls and Thunder Canyon. Before Cedar Fair took over KI, you had to wear your regular street clothes on the wet rides in the main area of the park. ( White Water Canyon, Congo Falls.) Anyone know if Cedar Fair changing the no swim suit rule for KI?

On Wild Thornberry's and White Water Canyon you only need shoes and shorts. Swimsuits are permissible.

I believe the reason that you can take your flip flops off on any ride that you might lose them on is because of safety concerns. I would rather have someone riding barefoot than a shoe go flying and hit me on the head.

I would also like to point out that when I was working in the rides department, we were informed that the dress code was bikini tops were fine, however they MUST be wearing shorts, not bikini bottoms.

As for the guys: I do not like that fad, however if they wish to demoralize themselves by looking like a thug, then let them. However, if it is offensive to you, then go to guest relations to alert the park to the problem. If enough people do that, then the park will make a rule against it.

However Tom, you can not take flip flops off any ride, there are a select few such as Wild Thornberries and WWC, but on rides like Beast and the other coasters......shoes at all times.

I saw several young guys walking around without shirts Sunday...their backs all covered with tattoos..and their britches hanging so low that all you saw was thier boxers. Why does KI allow them to walk around with their britches so low. Also....to any of you who wear them like that...doesn't it get aggravating to have to hold them all day...or be constantly pulling them up?

I agree there. I get so tired of looking at butt cracks-it is just common decency to wear pants that fit. I consider that partial nudity, and that needs to stay in the bedroom.

...and the bathroom...otherwise doing one's business fully clothed could become quite messy!

...and the bathroom...otherwise doing one's business fully clothed could become quite messy!

Thanks!! I needed that

I've seen many people walking around in Bikini tops, but today, I saw two girls, no older than 16, walking around in tiny bikini's in the main park, carrying their shoes. Is that even allowed in the main park?? Maybe to some a bikini is considered 'clothing', as in a top and bottoms so it's ok to wear it. Seriously people, cover up.

However Tom, you can not take flip flops off any ride, there are a select few such as Wild Thornberries and WWC, but on rides like Beast and the other coasters......shoes at all times.

Actually, when I visited last Saturday, an employee at White Water Canyon said over his microphone-thing that shoes were required.

Really? Did I not see people take off flip flops all the time on Invertigo...and I think on Firehawk as well?

Whenever I go I wear my custom Shox which are around $130. I've tried to take them off multiple times on WWC, you know, trying my luck each time, and every time I get told to put them on. Why? Why should I have to get my expensive (or any, for that matter) shoes wet? Walking around all day in soggy shoes is ridiculously uncomfortable.

Carry a spare set of cheap beach shoes in a souvie bag. Works for me.

Whenever I go I wear my custom Shox which are around $130. I've tried to take them off multiple times on WWC, you know, trying my luck each time, and every time I get told to put them on. Why? Why should I have to get my expensive (or any, for that matter) shoes wet? Walking around all day in soggy shoes is ridiculously uncomfortable.

Because hundreds of bare feet in that muck at the bottom of those boats would just be a breeding ground for fungus and God knows what else. I'll pass on getting ringworm, thank you....

Not a terrible idea, but still, why should I have to do that? Why can't I simply take my shoes off and leave them at the station? Not trying to be a pain but, really, is it that big of problem?

Hundreds of bare feet? Fungus? Ringworm? And that is different from going to the waterpark how exactly?

Exactly. Besides, I'll take my chances.

Hundreds of bare feet? Fungus? Ringworm? And that is different from going to the waterpark how exactly?

The water in WWC is lake water, while the water in the waterpark is at least chlorinated...

The WWC water is chlorinated daily....or at least it was under Paramount....

The WWC water is chlorinated daily....or at least it was under Paramount....

It didn't smell like it last week when we rode it, and it didn't burn my eyes when I got drenched like pool water always does, but that may simply mean that there's not as much chlorine in WWC as in a pool. Then again, there wouldn't need to be because they make people keep their shoes on. IMO, the bottom line is, I wouldn't dip my bare feet in the swill at the bottom of a WWC raft if everyone else before me had done the same. Maybe I'm developing OCD in my old age.....LOL!

I rode WWC the year it opened and there was a lot of river foam, and it smelled like fish. Much better nowadays.

I smelled that same fish smell last year in August when I went on it and it made me sick to my stomach geez whoa!

It has never smelled quite so bad as did KC:KC!

Well, WWC was designed to be a reservoir for the park.

Sooooo.... It was designed to not be chlorinated. Yes, treating the water but not chlorinating it.

Paramount took many liberties. It's very well possible that they would dump ample amounts of chlorine into a reservoir.

And how do you treat water without chlorinating it, I might ask?

It has never smelled quite so bad as did KC:KC!

I must agree. The Beast lake had its share of not so pleasant odors as well, as I recall.

Smelled like that when the Brady Bunch was here. Spiders in their hotel bathtubs, too.

Well, WWC was designed to be a reservoir for the park.

Sooooo.... It was designed to not be chlorinated. Yes, treating the water but not chlorinating it.

Paramount took many liberties. It's very well possible that they would dump ample amounts of chlorine into a reservoir.

And you would know......how?

Because I was around when it was built.

KCKC and WWC were both reservoirs. From time to time, it would even be used to water landscaping.

Oktoberfest Lake, Monkey Island Lake and Swan Lake were designed as water run offs.

I wasn't challenging that they are reservoirs, I know that. However, both WWC and the log flume are treated with chlorine.

I think its law actually they HAVE to be treated with chlorine, or it would atleast make sense to keep people from being sick which translates into fewer lawsuits for CF.