We CHANGED King's Island's WORST Policy

[@elementoftheride]

I didn’t even know that existed (I mean as a teenage coaster enthusiast I’ve never dealt with anything that would lead me to your experience) but I understand where your coming from. Kings island is my home park and I’ve always enjoyed going, it’s truly one of the best parks out there, but it’s sad that nonsense policies like this still exist. I’m glad they used your experience to make changes, thanks for sharing!

[@cedarpointless]

We've been multiple times this year and this was our first time with this particular experience. I'm absolutely glad they realized so quickly just how poorly thought out the policy was and made a quick modification to remedy it. Thanks for watching!

[@classicamusementparks]

It seems weird that there isn't just one policy chain-wide. I think the admissions should be based on size, not age. Measure the kid, slap a wrist band on them, charge the correct price, then use the wrist band at the ride. Can't even begin to estimate how many times I've watched them hold up the lines to re-measure the height again and again and again and again.

[@cedarpointless]

There's so much good about this idea! Love it!

[@f0nk3m0n]

The pre-k pass is a great idea

[@Calakapepe]

If they want to be fool-proof.. just make the ticket requirement based on whether they are tall enough to ride a certain number of kiddie rides.. thats kinda the gague of value anyways. Are they old enough to partake and enjoy the park rather than just existing there?.. they'll probably be tall enough to ride that kiddie swing or maybe that kiddie car carousel ride

[@cedarpointless]

I really feel like there's something to this!

[@realnicksutton]

Plus Michigan’s Adventure and Canada’s Wonderland. MA is very family oriented, so I’m sure they don’t want to give up that revenue for the Pre-K age ranges.

[@car_tar3882]

Honostly I think it makes sense for knotts and maybe kings island to not have a pre k pass while other parks do. If you go to say kings dominion every major ride there is for adults and older kids and kids under 5 get next to no value out of going. At knotts and maybe kings island i haven’t been there are major family rides and kids get a lot of value out of going.

[@cedarpointless]

You're welcome to have differing opinions! I don't necessarily agree, but that's fine. Inconsistency here bothers me. It is annoying to me that I can buy a Gold Pass for my wife and I, and Pre-K pass for my daughter. Then, I can get an all-park upgrade and use our gold passes at King's Island, but it is not possible to utilize the pre-k pass that we already have. If the excuse is how much "experience" you can get out of the park being the justification for cost, my wife and I can get the maximum experience and King's Island sees none of that money, because I didn't buy our passes there. So they should just not accept any passes or accept all passes. It's weird that Gold Passes are accepted but Pre-K isn't.

[@car_tar3882]

@@cedarpointless yeah definitely. I think they should honor other parks pre k passes.

[@f0nk3m0n]

Its wild that kings island is basically saying "your kid's ticket is only free if theyre too young to know wtf is going on" i feel like the age should be 5 if theyre gonna put a limit on it

[@tractorgt]

Our home park. I didn't realize we had so many degreed child psychologists working there. Wow. 🙃 Sorry you went thru that. This is sincerely the most ridiculously stupid thing I've ever heard about ki. You should have contacted channel 9. They love exposing this stuff.

[@cedarpointless]

I'm glad they took swift action to change policy the same day we brought it to their attention, but the more irritating part to me is that it feels like this policy that deals with children was developed by someone who doesn't have children. You joke about the child psychologist thing but it really does feel like there's a disconnect with what the policy developers think about kids and the reality of them. That's the part that seems more irritating to me. A similar thing is how at the beginning of rides, the ride attendants still do all these announcements about keeping your hands and feet inside the ride at all times etc etc, as if these 2-4 year olds even understand for one second what they are saying. I understand the employees have to do it for ALL rides, but It really feels like they need to modify this procedure and make it more kid-friendly for kids rides. I legit heard yesterday an employee use the phrase "if you need assistance" and my immediate thought was "my 3 year old doesn't know what assistance means."

[@KoasterLife]

This policy so stupid 😂. It’s like the employees were told to be persistent with the child to get the answer they want. Hopefully KI and Knotts will work in the pre k pass so people can avoid your situation.

[@cedarpointless]

It's definitely stupid 😂. I really hope they do start to take notes from other parks and that they get consistent chain-wide