My wife and I usually go here once every 2 years as we try to rotate between Carowinds and King's…read moreDominion and Cedar Point and King's Island. My experience of this park keeps on getting better and we ended up this time going on the busiest days like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I went one day on a Thursday, but that is when we landed. We usually tend to get here an hour and 15 minutes early as they open the gates right at 9:00am. I recommend going to the not self serve parking as for some reason my phone did not scan to open the gate and it is easier for the person to scan the phone. If you are having trouble someone will come and scan for you. For Gold and Prestige members we got to into the park 30 minutes early and they opened up Diamondback, the updated Phantom Theatre and Great Pumpkin Coaster. If you have a regular ticket, you can explore the shops or wait at your favorite ride. I like the Peanuts characters are in one showplace too so you can go visit them. Here are the places I ate at as I have the meal pass: 1. Sports Bar - sit down place, food takes awhile to get, but you are relaxing at a table, while they come and give you your food. This place gets crowded 2. Mexican Place - not too bad, guacamole is extra however 3. Paris French - had the shrimp sandwich, but the chips were salty, bread has on the hard side 4. BBQ - I did not try it, but the meat looked really dry 5. Tom Chee - this place is good, but only if you like greasy sandwiches. Very filling for sure I recommend getting the blue ice cream and the red soda only available on selection locations. I tend to have at least one cup and ice cream per visit I did not buy too much merchandise this time around, but I like the Snoopy Store to visit. Shows For some reason, they do not do any Peanuts shows anymore. We watched Brad Ross, illusionist and he was fun to watch and a 50 minute show. We watched his show 4 times, but sometimes it was a way to escape the heat and take a nap and figure out how he did some of the tricks. Seating is comfortable. They do have live entertainment like dancers or singers in some areas. They do have the wine festival, but we did not buy a card since we have a meal plan. Rides (I rode the following) and here are my thoughts this time around as they might be different since the last review 1. Banshee - gotton rougher over the years and the vest restraints got tighter on me 2. Drop Zone - this ride worked on the last 2 days, show operations, but recommend to ride once 3. Congo Falls - sometimes this operates on certain days, but fun to get soaked 4. Bat - an okay ride, only ride it if the line is short 5. White Water Canyon - you will get soaked by the geyers, this ride opens from 12 to 9pm 6. Charlie Brown Rushing River - Fun log ride, line moves slow, I wish they would open both lanes. 7. Snoopy Soap Box Racers - fun kids ride 8. Woodstock Twirly Birds Ride - I always have fun being in the helicopter, ride is too short though 9. Mystic Timbers - fun wooden ride, lines are not long on this one 10. Diamondback - this line tends to get long for some reason and can be longer than Orion 11. the Beast - we like doing a day time ride which line is very short and night time ride line gets long. They do shut the ride down at 9:30pm for the fireworks show and reopen at 10:20pm. My wife and I sometimes do not get out of the park until 11:30pm. Night ride is definitely worth it. The ride has definitely gotton smoother 12. Orion - definitely one of my favorite rides - I wish they had more shade on the line queue, but lines do move quickly 13. Red Racer/Blue Racer - I prefer the red racer more smoother compared to the blue 14. Windseeker - slow operations on this one, but the line is not long, but a great view of the park 15. Adventure Express - pretty neat ride for visual, but rough riding it 16. Woodstock Air Flyers - this ride tends to get longer, but I find it a little on a shaky side 17. Antique Cars - we like going on this ride. Line might look long, but it ends up being around 20 minutes Rides I did not go on this trip but wanted to Flight of Fear - some reason this line got the longest and I do not know why, but definitely not worth waiting for 40 minutes. I think I rode this ride a bunch when it was raining and all of the other rides were closed. Overall a great time and have a fun time at this park.

Despite growing up in Ohio and living in Cincinnati for several years, I hadn't visited Kings…read moreIsland until today. Overall, it was fine. The Queen City Express Coaster was the right amount of thrill for me, and my kids thought just about everything was great. Admission was pretty reasonable, and with the wristbands, so is food -- we got two of them to feed our family of five, essentially snacking every 90 min. Highly recommend that strategy. That said, parts of Kings Island are a bit run down, including the parking lot and some of the rides, like the Woodstock Express. Also, the loading process for several rides seemed to be a bit slow and inefficient. Not sure why. In sum, I liked the visit. But didn't love it.

Visiting from New Hampshire Will recommend…read more Would return I actually wasn't quite sure how I was going to feel about this park after reading all of the reviews I kind of felt like I didn't wanna go, but let me just reassure you please make that decision based upon your own experience because mine was very different than what the reviews I was reading about There is plenty of parking you do not have to print your tickets The big issue they're making about coolers is really not that big of an issue. You just have to leave your cooler outside of where the water area is. There's a big covered area where the coolers go, and there was more than a dozen to two dozen coolers left in there and people would just come out of the water area and get their coolers, which was no more than a five minute walk less than Also, there was some complaints about not being able to bring food in there with you again the food you cannot bring into the water area, but you can bring anything you want in the cooler area and honestly, can you only imagine what the water would look like if you allowed all of these people bringing in all this food I was able to rent a locker to fit a beach bag with two towels, two pairs of shoes and a water bottle for $12 all day There was plenty of open chairs to sit on even if you wanted to leave your towels on the chairs nobody was going to be taking your towels I even seen wallets and phones As for the food, sure if you wanna eat before then that would be a great idea. My husband and I each had a chicken finger sandwich that had three large pieces of chicken tender on it and they were hand battered chicken tenders and they were $16 apiece with a bag of chips whatever we were hungry we ate it. It wasn't totally disgusting. We had no lines no waiting for the slides. There are large amount of stairs to the slides, which is why we ended up needing some food during our time here. I also want to point out that all of these waterslides are for multiple riders meaning 2 to 4 there is two slides in the whole park that are single rider slides The park was clean. I went to water parks before it just looks like a waterpark. There wasn't an overabundance of trash, floating in the water like it says there wasn't piles of shit like it says. As for the lifeguards, I also read that they are not very friendly. I find that to be faults. They are all doing their job there so they're not going to go out of their way to interact with you. If you speak to them, you will get spoken back to you, but as you will watch and see them, they are very aggressively doing their jobs So please again make your own review. Don't just not go because of what you're reading and I hope that my review will help you to get there to decide.

Zoombezi Bay is a Columbus classic and obviously has fantastic slides! However, there are some…read moredisappointing aspects. The food and drink prices are so far out of hand is laughable! And bathroom cleanliness has also completely gone by the wayside, which obviously indicates that the pools themselves cannot be that clean. Aside from the slides and the fact that there is a designated adults area, this establishment could use some work!

They have upped their game here even more! Its very well done and professional. It literally…read morestartled me several times. Its creepy. But don't we love the thrill of being scared or startled this time of year. Several of the exhibits move and talk. At least when we were there they didnt have people sneaking up on you in micheal myers ect. But anxiety trying to look out for them scared me lol. It was great fun. The home owners turned their yard into a haunted house for donations for charity. Hope their neighbors are understanding of the lights' noise and crowds of traffic. Def worth a visit. They also do up theircyard for Christmas for charity.

Absolutely incredible place to visit. The attention to detail is phenomenal, and the amount of work…read morethe homeowners put into this display is breathtaking!

The obstacle course on the lake is amazing! Always a good time with a lot of lifeguards to keep an…read moreeye on what's going on.

This place is so much fun!! The kids have a blast!! I highly suggest you get a season pass so you…read morecan stop in anytime. There is so much to do for everyone, kids and adults. It's so entertaining. They have pizza, hamburgers, chicken strips, candy, ice cream sandwiches, etc. at the concession, the ownership and management staff are super nice and accommodating. They have nine lifeguards on duty, so it's safe. They also have a Halloween Trail in September and October that your pass is good for I think. You are missing out if you don't check this place out this summer. It's just going to get bigger and better every year.

It's a very small amusement park located within the Columbus Zoo. Don't expect anything super high…read morethrill here as it's very much a family park. However, even I still always have a good time here!

Old school rides with the small town service. I just wish they were opened to the public more than…read morethey are.

It's a cute little place to have a private party! Kinda run down but has a lot of charm! Kids love…read moreit!

This place is awesome. Did tent camping and bounce house with the kiddo, who absolutely loved it…read more River is not really accessible from the sites themselves because of the steep grade, but that didn't bother us. We did not visit the "beach" because it was fairly brisk. Came mid week after a rain and it was nice and quiet. There is a small playground and each site has a picnic table and fire ring (no cooking grate). Staff is amazing - kind and attentive. Definitely coming back.

This was our first time camping at this site. The facility is excellent, with plenty of available…read morespots, all of which are electric. We had booked for two nights. The staff was helpful, providing us with benches, fire pits, and trash collection services. There are about six bathrooms on-site, which also have shower facilities. However, on our second night, the campsite was fully occupied, making it difficult to use the restrooms as they were often in use. Many people took long showers without considering others. By the end of the night, the bathrooms were very dirty, the toilets were clogged, and there was no hand soap left.

Don't come when they open @ 11 b/c the lines are crazy. By noon there's no line. It was about 15…read moremin wait. Cheapest option: 90 mins is $29 plus $5 for socks. There's about 12 slides plus a 5 & below area. They have basketball courts too w/ bouncy floor. Of course, they have concessions that were overpriced. The mats you lay on prevent going fast since the slides are covered w/ plastic runners. Nice cushions at end of slides. After an hour the kids were over it. Overall place was pretty clean & lines weren't too bad except for the royal flush & launcher slides. One & done novelty place for us.

Overall, this place was very fun. My kids (8 and 4) absolutely loved the slides and I loved that…read morethey could do a lot on their own with me watching sometimes. We were exhausted by the time we left from the stairs, which made it a perfect hot weekend activity! I have two suggestions: First, the staff wasn't super helpful. The woman who checked me in paused during the process so she could get candy from a coworker and then ate it while talking to me. There were no instructions given - I wasn't sure where to find the sliding pads, I wasn't sure of any of the rules, and I would have just appreciated a little more. The workers on the slides just seemed to be standing around. I asked for instructions when I went on my first slide and I didn't get the impression the young worker wanted to answer my question, nor was he monitoring to ensure the landing area was cleared before another slider went down. People were being pretty careful, but it wasn't very crowded, and I felt it could have easily become a problem. My family of four paid $140 for 90 minutes of play time plus $6 to rent a locker, so I expected more. The building itself was a little hard to find with our GPS; I feel like the signage could be bigger.