34 minutes ago, SAMA9719 said:

I can find paper work that the city gave the property to them

@IndyGuy4KI... well... you asked...

Awesome, thanks @SAMA9719 It is always great to show proof so all on KIC are able to see! 

On 7/24/2018 at 1:00 PM, BoddaH1994 said:

Yep. There is a boneyard out there. Also if you look from Drop Tower you can see a strangely leveled spot. If they are to build dorms, I’d put my money on this spot.

What spot?

1 hour ago, Shawn Meyer said:

What spot?

Look toward Great Wolf and slightly east.

I'm still not sure where I'm looking.

On 7/24/2018 at 1:00 PM, BoddaH1994 said:

Yep. There is a boneyard out there. Also if you look from Drop Tower you can see a strangely leveled spot. If they are to build dorms, I’d put my money on this spot.

I LOOKED fOR a Building  Permit I cant Find One 

15 hours ago, Shawn Meyer said:

I'm still not sure where I'm looking.

This photo is obviously old. I do not know where the dorms would go, but the spot I circled is both leveled and cleared now.

I LOOKED fOR a Building  Permit I cant Find One 

The plan has not been approved yet. They are still on the agenda for the next planning committee meeting.


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So, they've gotten a little serious about keeping people out:

(all that fencing, and a gate to keep out traffic from Columbia Rd. Is new)

 

Checking on this yesterday, there's a significant amount of land clearing underway...these dorms would be out of site and have easy access to the park via service roads.

 

Welcome to KIC @Theme Park Rob! Thanks for the updated picture!

@Theme Park Rob Thanks for the pic. Got a pretty good zoom there! Welcome to KIC!

“The park is planning to construct dormitory that would open in about a year, Chad Showalter, the amusement park’s spokesman, told this news outlet today.”
 
https://www.journal-news.com/news/kings-island-wants-add-housing-for-out-area-staffers/TxVJqIwNKAFrjrbHWpmWyO/

Should have been a b&m (giga)


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Where is Tera when you need him?  

19 hours ago, matthew0813 said:

Should have been a b&m (giga)

You need workers to operate that giga though

I present to you One Team Village:  https://twitter.com/KingsIslandJobs/status/1054731548115828736

 

 

I'm surprised they actually went through with this.  They dearly need it though.  I'm surprised it's not purely for International workers.

The price is pretty good.  Probably far cheaper than what people are paying to live in the hotels around KI.

1 hour ago, BoddaH1994 said:

I present to you One Team Village:  https://twitter.com/KingsIslandJobs/status/1054731548115828736

 

 

Since people have asked about it:

source:

www.twitter.com/KingsIslandJobs 

This is extremely similar to how Cedar Point does their employee dorms. I paid the same amount as KI is charging which is a more than fair price. I got to meet different people from different parts of the country and even different parts of the world that I still talk to on facebook and such. We also had trips to different parts of the country like Niagra Falls and Chicago.  I was an intern so I was fortunate enough to stay in an apartment as opposed to a dorm; nothing was wrong with the dorms but the apartments had more room and slightly more amenities. If anyone is considering staying in a dorm, they're extremely fun experience!

No Coke Freestyle machines in the common areas?  Come on man!

3 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

No Coke Freestyle machines in the common areas?  Come on man!

Something tells me it would always be closed...

@SonofBaconator Obviously being new buildings these will be in fine shape and meet modern building codes but I hear the ones up at CP are pretty run down especially Cedars (early 1900s). The poor state of housing is often cited as a reason many choose not to work up there.  I suppose one’s socio-economic upbringing plays a large role in the perception as well.  

I take it your experience is different at least in the apartments? 

 

Yeah, If you ever drive by the ratty ass red building on the roadway around CP you take to get to the back lot, that's the Cedars dorm.

Cedars was closed permanently at the end of this past summer, replaced by additional new housing off-Point.

4 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

@SonofBaconator Obviously being new buildings these will be in fine shape and meet modern building codes but I hear the ones up at CP are pretty run down especially Cedars (early 1900s). The poor state of housing is often cited as a reason many choose not to work up there.  I suppose one’s socio-economic upbringing plays a large role in the perception as well.  

I take it your experience is different at least in the apartments? 

 

I was in Bayside, the last building you see before you enter the causeway. At $9 a day rent it was good- had a living room with a tv and AC, microwave, full fridge/freezer/ and stove, pull out couch, and my own bed. I shared the apartment with 5 other guys and we enjoyed ourselves. It felt like being in college and it was a fun experience. Cedars was a fun place to walk around but I'd never want to live there personally. A lot of ride ops stayed in Cedars during the summer as well as other associates who wanted to be closer to the park. It'll be weird to not have anymore associate housing on the property anymore. The dorms were more modern than my apartment but I'd still prefer the apartment myself as it had more amenities.

9 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

No Coke Freestyle machines in the common areas?  Come on man!

That's not good. If they have one there, the chances of the one in Rivertown being open goes down. Well... if you're there it will be closed anyway.

18 hours ago, King Ding Dong said:

No Coke Freestyle machines in the common areas?  Come on man!

Maybe there will be a Skyride from the dorms to the park

1 hour ago, Gannersdaddy said:

Maybe there will be a Skyride from the dorms to the park

A log flume would be cool as well.   Have a second station at the dorms and they could just send empty boats through when employees needed to get to the park.   Win-win for guests and employees.  

1 minute ago, King Ding Dong said:

A log flume would be cool as well.   Have a second station at the dorms and they could just send empty boats through when employees needed to get to the park.   Win-win for guests and employees.  

Double station Giga? Employees only though.

I renamed this thread from "wants to" over to "is adding" Dorms.