screamingnight Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Since I know now that KI is now just going to be family park why cant KI become a smoke free park? And a beer free park? Sorry I cant spell alcahol. Anyway I just cant stand the smell of cigerate smoke or beer. To be honest its really disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Well, other than the designated smoking areas, PKI is smoke free, and has been since last year. Granted, they don`t enforce the rule often, but it is in effect. As far as alcohol sales go, Paramount did ban in when they originally bought the parks in 1992. But they brought it back a short time later. Why? Because beer brings in lots of money. Yes, it may not be a "family friendly" product, but Cedar Fair sells beer at their other parks, and will likely continue to sell it at the former Paramount Parks because it brings in money. After all, Cedar Fair is first and foremost in the business of making money for its unit holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Alcohol & cigarettes - correctly spelled, just for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Alcohol was initially banned following Black Sunday....but was soon back. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I thought it was also banned after Paramount took over the parks, and soon came back, but limited to the point of sale and surrounding premises. (Which is why there are signs saying no beer beyond this point outside several of the restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Yep, as contrasted with Cedar Point, where alcohol can be and is carried in cups throughout the park. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikewhy Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Yep, as contrasted with Cedar Point, where alcohol can be and is carried in cups throughout the park. . . Actually, like the smoking ban, the limitation on where you can take your alcohol is not often enforced as far as I can tell. I have been to Kings Island many times this year, and I always see people carrying their beer around the park (away from the authorized areas), often with a cigarette in the other hand. These bans and limitations are good intentioned, but unless they are enforced, they really are useless IMHO. Of course I can not blame some smokers for not knowing... it is almost impossible to find the so called smoke-free environment in the park map... it is buried in one of the general behavior paragraphs. Unless you are really paying attention, there is no way to know that the park is smoke free. And the announcements they play are not something most guests can even hear over the speakers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 When I was last ay KI, I didn't notice a problem with smoking. However, it did not seem overly obvious that there was a no-smoking policy in the park. If I was a smoker who did not know about the policy beforehand, I didn't see too much that stuck out as a warning that they'd be breaking the rules of the park if they smoked out in the midways. Just seems like an ineffective policy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I went on Monday 7/24/06 and I seen a LOT of people smoking in NU and all over the park too many to count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Picard Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 They have the policy announced over the audio system when you are entering the park now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 They have the policy announced over the audio system when you are entering the park now. I still think most people, myself included, probably drown out any audible non-smoking warnings, especially when first entering the park. They'll be too preoccupied with approaching the park and pointing at rides, then handling getting their tickets, then worrying about the security scanners, then getting through the gates, and then perhaps trying to dodge the people who try to get their picture all the while arguing over where to go and which ride to hit first. It's a lot of stuff going on, and I'm sure the announcements are lost in it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 If you want to see beer drinking at an amusement park, go to GL's Oktoberfest. Beer everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I thought it was also banned after Paramount took over the parks, and soon came back, but limited to the point of sale and surrounding premises. (Which is why there are signs saying no beer beyond this point outside several of the restaurants. It was. It was a horrible decision by Paramount. After profits for that year were sharply affected, the decision was uhhhh "re-evaluated." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 If you want to see beer drinking at an amusement park, go to GL's Oktoberfest. Beer everywhere! Not anymore. GL's Oktoberfest was, like Winterfest at Kings Island, cancelled. In fact, the park now closes Sunday, September 17! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefall Pkd Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Smoking I'll agree with, Paramount has done little in enforcing the bans and they even sell those caner sticks next to the park entrance at KD. But for the Beer... I have no problem with it, barely even notice it. Now I know many people here wanted Busch to buy KI, now those are parks built on beer. Beer in every country at Busch Gardens Europe, yet somehow they come across as an extremely family friendly park. All things in moderation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 You know, it's kind of funny. I have run into drunks in nearly every park in the country, but never at any Busch park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StXsteven Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 They really should start enforcing the rule.. I understand its hard to worry about that when you got so many people in the park, but I have never seen the rule enforced upon someone smoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 If you want to see beer drinking at an amusement park, go to GL's Oktoberfest. Beer everywhere! Not anymore. GL's Oktoberfest was, like Winterfest at Kings Island, cancelled. In fact, the park now closes Sunday, September 17! You are mistaken, Oktoberfest is held each year in Sept, it is still on this year. Halloween Haunt is cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Yep, I am. From their website: September 15 -17, 2006 From Munich, Germany to Aurora, Ohio -- Geauga Lake is proud to present the 26th Annual Oktoberfest, Sept. 15- 17. Join us for an event full of bands, bratwurst and brew-ha-ha! Whether you enjoy dancing the Polka with local bands, the flavor of authentic German cuisine or the taste of frothy beer, Geauga Lake's Oktoberfest has something for everyone! Thanks for telling me. Too bad I will be out of town, at some little park in Charlotte, NC that weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Shoot if you want a LOT of alcohol in a park go to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. The park puts in temporary metal detectors before the gates (which are not used during the day). Then inside the park I have never seen as many drunks at any park. But when you get a nice plastic glass that flashes different colors you have to purchase some alcohol just to get a souvenir... The Food and Wine festival at Epcot is another great time to get alcohol. Not as many drunks but tons of people walking around with alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersNSich Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news...te/15147476.htm Proponents of a ballot measure to ban smoking in Ohio offices, bars and restaurants handed 185,000 signatures to the secretary of state Friday, but the measure could be rendered meaningless if voters also approve a competing state constitutional amendment in November. The signatures collected by the nonprofit SmokeFreeOhio coalition are close to double the 96,870 required by state law to get on the ballot. The measure would ask voters to approve a law outlawing smoking in places of employment and most enclosed public areas. But a competing alliance, Smoke Less Ohio, is also gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment that would ban smoking in most businesses but would exempt bars, bowling alleys and fraternal halls and allow restaurants to have smoking sections. The amendment would supersede the SmokeFreeOhio-sponsored law, if both are approved, and would also rollback local smoking bans. Smoke Less Ohio is well on its way to gathering the 323,000 signatures required by its Aug. 9 deadline, spokesman Jacob Evans said. Now if it would ban smoking at amusement parks like KI, I'll definitely vote for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screamingnight Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 If you want my opinion I think KI should be like Holiday World. A smoke free park and free drinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Holiday World has smoking areas. But, they are well marked, conspicuous, nice and the smoking restriction is, at least from what I have seen, enforced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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