Monday, July 17, 2006

Weekend Fun?

This past weekend My wife and I went to Paramount's Kings Island (PKI) with Jericho and Hope. The park was empty! No waits on anything (except the indoor rides with air conditioning) and it was a great time.

HOWEVER... I'm elated that Cedar Fair has bought Kings Island from Paramount. The park hasn't been right since Paramount bought it. Paramount renamed all the rides after movies and gave the park a stupid theme. The staff is so lazy they can't even give a thumbs up for ride safety checks. It's just a lazy fist hung in the air. The classic rides are in terrible need of paint and general sprucing up because Paramount focuses on the side games and adventures that are additional cost instead of the rides that are the main attraction. Generally the great amusement park I remember from years ago is gone and a corporate money pit has grown in it's place. It is sad, very sad.

Hopefully the good people at Cedar Fair can return Kings Island to it's former glory.

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