OhioCutie

I applied last week - and received an email for an interview a days later. My interview isn't until the second week of March though - but I'm very excited. I've worked in Recreation before (Hamilton County Parks) and loved it. I'm currently a full-time nursing student - and am happy to get the opportunity to interview for a position. I worked three years in the medical field as a Medical Assistant before returning to school full-time for my 2nd degree - so it will be odd to be interviewing for a non-medical position!

I've never attended an Opening Weekend. In fact, the earliest I've ever gone to PKI is late June. I would consider checking it out this year, but I'll probably working. Blah.

I wouldn't care as much about the removal of the antiques and eagles if that obnoxious ride had not been put in their place. It really is an incredibly hideous ride IMO. It would fit perfectly in tha Action Zone, but..not where it is now. I'd much rather have the empty grass area where the Antiques were than IJST. This is from memory, as I have not been to the park since 2005, but if I remember correctly..IJST had some very annoying sound effects that really distracted from the feel of the coney area. But I suppose it's all about personal tastes and opinions.

Thank you for the welcome, as well as the compliment. Seems like a nice group of individuals here.

That's probably true. I just don't like parks getting rid of rides that the entire family can enjoy. Even grandma and grandpa could ride those!

That has got to be the worst thing they did. That ride is hideous there. It just doesn't seem to fit at all. Everytime I walk past it, I just want to ask someone "Why is this here?" I miss the Antique cars. :\ They ALWAYS had a line and were always popular, especially with pre-driving children.

I've read these boards for awhile, but never felt the need to register. Never had anything to say about a topic. This topic has drawn me in. I'm a non-smoker, but the nineteen year old daughter of two smokers. I've also gone to King's Island with an asthmatic date who wanted to avoid smokers at all costs, even if it meant getting up from a bench if someone with a cigerette was walking by. I also have two grandmothers who have both survived cancers that cannot be around cigerette smoke. I can see this from a lot of different angles. I see absolutely no valid argument against designated smoking areas. Don't like smoke? Don't go near those areas. Simple as that. I really doubt your lungs are going to collapse if a brief smell of snoke enters your nostrils if you happen to pass quickly by the smoking area. Simply not liking the smell is also a ridiculous argument against the designated areas. You'll smell it for a few seconds while you walk by. I smell unpleasant things all the time at the amusement parks..the bathrooms sometimes smell like something died in there. Sweaty stinky people on the 90 degree days aren't exactly pleasant to smell either. Smells are part of life. That said, I think smokers should respect the line-rule as well as staying within designated smoking areas. These areas need to be marked on the maps and there needs to be signs around stating that the park is smoke-free except in certain areas and these areas should be marked with signs as well. Some people really don't know. They see a few people smoking in an area, and they figure it must be okay to smoke there, so they do as well. They're not trying to be jerks, they really are just unaware. Make the smoking areas "appealing". Provide seats and tables and multiple areas to dispose the cigerettes. Perhaps have a food area within 10 minute distance so that smokers and their family can enjoy a hot french fry while the smoker gets their smoking done. They don't feel punished and therefore they will be more willing to obey the rules(although I think the biggest thing is that people simply do not know). I think King's Island would only need 2 smoking areas. One at the back of the park, and one near the front. People need to smoke. It's an addiction. Saying that they can smoke on the way there and on the way home is insane. Anybody who says that has never been around a smoker who is going through nicotine withdrawl. You can say it's pathetic, it probably is. But why punish them by making them leave the park entirely and re-enter losing 15-20 minutes of their day each time they have to leave. The poster above me, Mikewhy, has excellent ideas taken from Holiday World. And I think those should all be worked into King's Island. It will make everyone happy.