Protests over Six Flags Over Texas alcohol permit begins

Kings Island has/had that arrangement for as long as I can remember. What difference does it make though? It can promote the monitoring of who is drinking, which is only in their best interest to maintain their permit, but other than that, it makes no difference. It's not like you have a beer and when you leave the area it's no longer with you.

Cedar Point allows you to consume anywhere but in the queues. I can't say I've encountered any alcohol related problems since 2000.

Kings Island eliminated the designated areas for 2007. You can now have it everywhere but queues.

Yes, many parks offer alcohol. But the majority of those parks know how to sustain thier operation to an effective level. Six Flags is still working on that one, even after 46 years?

Reading those several hundred comments attached to the articles was the best laugh I've had in quite some time. The spelling, the grammar, the stupidity and total lack of cohesive thought. These people don't need beer to be incoherent.

What's scary though is that you get enough uninformed people misstating facts, spinning horror scenarios, and mix in at least a few politicians up for re-election looking for some get tough issue to scam some votes, and such nonsense might actually carry some weight.

The rag that started this whole media circus has finally published an article that makes sense.

http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/392740.html

It's what Jeff said. This impacts no one. It's a just a way for people with nothing better to do to tell other people how to live their lives and run their businesses.

I can see if people actually lived right next to the park. Where I grew up in Morristown, there was a restaurant/night club right next to a residential area and when people got drunk, they'd wander into peoples' backyards and urinate all over the place. I doubt that's going to be the case here, especially because few people are going to go to a theme park and spend the $80 necessary to get lit on watered-down domestic lagers. I see this as no different than a restaurant or bowling alley serving alcohol and anyone complaining is clearly looking to draw attention to themselves and not the real issue at hand... which is to say there is no real issue.

RGB: Good observation. I know for a fact that if I wanted to speak out about drunks, I'd make sure not to sound like one myself.