June 13, 201313 yr I understand it costs a little more money but if this is really issue you can buy a Kings Island Fast Lane: FAST LANE & FAST LANE PLUS [TABLE=width: 95%] [TR] [TD]Speed Past the Lines on Some of Your Favorite Rides! FAST LANE - Make the most of your day with a Fast Lane wristband that allows you to bypass the regular lines on more than 20 rides and attractions including Diamondback, Flight of Fear, and more. Ride as many times as you want all day long. The only thing we limit is the number of these exclusive passes we sell! BUY NOW AS LOW AS $35.00 FAST LANE PLUS - For the ultimate Kings Island experience, upgrade to FAST LANE PLUS. Enjoy all of the Fast Lane attractions PLUS, unlimited rides on The Beast and Firehawk! A very limited number are available each day so buy yours today! BUY NOW AS LOW AS $45.00[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane Its funny that they created a fast lane plus. Eventually the fast lane won't even be fast. :lol2:
June 13, 201313 yr I understand it costs a little more money but if this is really issue you can buy a Kings Island Fast Lane: FAST LANE & FAST LANE PLUS [TABLE=width: 95%] [TR] [TD]Speed Past the Lines on Some of Your Favorite Rides! FAST LANE - Make the most of your day with a Fast Lane wristband that allows you to bypass the regular lines on more than 20 rides and attractions including Diamondback, Flight of Fear, and more. Ride as many times as you want all day long. The only thing we limit is the number of these exclusive passes we sell! BUY NOW AS LOW AS $35.00 FAST LANE PLUS - For the ultimate Kings Island experience, upgrade to FAST LANE PLUS. Enjoy all of the Fast Lane attractions PLUS, unlimited rides on The Beast and Firehawk! A very limited number are available each day so buy yours today! BUY NOW AS LOW AS $45.00[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] https://www.visitkingsisland.com/things-to-do/fast-lane This is great but many of these families are strapped for cash due to the fact that one of the parents can not work. I am not comfortable in saying they should pay extra for something we should be offering as a common courtesy.
June 13, 201313 yr This is great but many of these families are strapped for cash due to the fact that one of the parents can not work. I am not comfortable in saying they should pay extra for something we should be offering as a common courtesy. They are offering families not to wait in lines! They are just asking families to wait to enter the ride and fill that time with other activites.
June 13, 201313 yr This is great but many of these families are strapped for cash due to the fact that one of the parents can not work. I am not comfortable in saying they should pay extra for something we should be offering as a common courtesy. If they can afford to go to Kings Island then surely they can afford a Fast Lane Pass if the lines are that much of an issue.
June 13, 201313 yr They are offering families not to wait in lines! They are just asking families to wait to enter the ride and fill that time with other activites. I understand that and for most that is probably enough but the example in the exert LRCW posted it is not. 75center has already stated they would have no problem with the rules but again there are varying levels of Autism and I would rather let a few people ahead of me in line than prevent a family from enjoying the park.
June 13, 201313 yr If they can afford to go to Kings Island then surely they can afford a Fast Lane Pass if the lines are that much of an issue. In some cases you are right but to think that there are families out there that are not saving for this trip because their child enjoys it so much is not accurate.
June 13, 201313 yr I'm curious...for those of you who have (or know of someone who has) an autistic child....when you go someplace like this, do you "stick together" as an entire family throughout the day? Or does one parent stay with the autistic son/daughter, while the other one goes off with the other children (if there are any)? The reason why I ask, is that at the beginning of the article it stated what the previous "rule" was...and that was that a rider and a companion (so that's just 2 people) were allowed to enter through an alternative entrance and ride after a brief wait. So, if that was true, what did the other family members do? Wait in the regular line?
June 13, 201313 yr I'd let a bus load of mentally or physically handicap kids jump in line in front of me.
June 13, 201313 yr The policy is a good one. I do not say this to create hardship to those parents of autistic children. Those parents already have learned there are do's and dont's in exposing their children to the outside world. The parents have already learned to make accomodations that will fit within their kids needs. And in this case, the parents will learn how to sign up for the rides in advance, or have a family member that is willing to stay 30 minutes ahead of them and sign them up so that when they get to the ride, their name will be up and they do not have to wait. Bottom line is, and this sounds cold hearted, their are no IEP's in the real world. There are times when special needs children have to make due the best they can. Kings Island is trying to fair with minimizing the wait in line while treating these individuals the same as everyone else.
June 13, 201313 yr The policy is a good one. I do not say this to create hardship to those parents of autistic children. Those parents already have learned there are do's and dont's in exposing their children to the outside world. The parents have already learned to make accomodations that will fit within their kids needs. And in this case, the parents will learn how to sign up for the rides in advance, or have a family member that is willing to stay 30 minutes ahead of them and sign them up so that when they get to the ride, their name will be up and they do not have to wait. Bottom line is, and this sounds cold hearted, their are no IEP's in the real world. There are times when special needs children have to make due the best they can. Kings Island is trying to fair with minimizing the wait in line while treating these individuals the same as everyone else. Your right it sounds and is very cold but hey you will get on the ride ahead of me.
June 13, 201313 yr The policy is a good one. I do not say this to create hardship to those parents of autistic children. Those parents already have learned there are do's and dont's in exposing their children to the outside world. The parents have already learned to make accomodations that will fit within their kids needs. And in this case, the parents will learn how to sign up for the rides in advance, or have a family member that is willing to stay 30 minutes ahead of them and sign them up so that when they get to the ride, their name will be up and they do not have to wait. Bottom line is, and this sounds cold hearted, their are no IEP's in the real world. There are times when special needs children have to make due the best they can. Kings Island is trying to fair with minimizing the wait in line while treating these individuals the same as everyone else. They're not the same and the number of people that would "cut" is so immaterial that they can go in front of me all day.
June 13, 201313 yr I'm curious...for those of you who have (or know of someone who has) an autistic child....when you go someplace like this, do you "stick together" as an entire family throughout the day? Or does one parent stay with the autistic son/daughter, while the other one goes off with the other children (if there are any)? The reason why I ask, is that at the beginning of the article it stated what the previous "rule" was...and that was that a rider and a companion (so that's just 2 people) were allowed to enter through an alternative entrance and ride after a brief wait. So, if that was true, what did the other family members do? Wait in the regular line? In our case we stayed together when they were younger but as I've mentioned, we always waited in line. As the older ones grew we let them go off with one parent and the other parent would stay with our youngest who has the autism. We would then switch off. It was a much more enjoyable event for everyone that way.
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