Worked there it’s last few years. It was scuffed, poorly managed, dirty, and almost run out of business by Kings Island. We never got breaks, we weren’t allowed to call thunder “because it might be the trucks on the highway”, most guards didn’t even bother to show up for work, we were always understaffed and the sun was brutal. It was the worst job I’ve ever had and I would do anything for just one more summer with it-almost all of us guards carry the same sentiment. Rest In Peace you disgusting bastard, I’ll miss you more than anything. 👊😔

@kalamazoo293

2 жыл бұрын

I'm working at Kings Island right now and I've past The Beach a few times. I'm not from here so I didn't know it was shut down and I was like GASP WATER PARK! I WANNA GO! and my friend was just like ya about that-

@magical86

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalamazoo293 yeah, you just missed her :( last i heard, land has been bought and a pet hotel is going up on the old employee lot. honestly, it was a pretty shit park, I had a free employee pass and still would never choose to go there over soak city if i wanted a good time.

@kalamazoo293

2 жыл бұрын

@@magical86 Damn. It seems pretty bad, I'm sorry shitty people were im charge of it while you were there

@magical86

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalamazoo293 it lives on in our hearts, and it’s also a pretty cool place to explore if you ever get the chance. I’d just recommend getting in sooner rather than later, I’ve heard conflicting reports on when/if it’s getting demolished… so hey, you haven’t missed your chance to go yet!

@oSInfra

2 жыл бұрын

I worked there its last few years also it was hell but id do it again without hesitation. Im interested to know who you were i wonder if we remember eachother

I miss this park so badly. Summer 05, on vacation here- it was so much fun that I speak about still 15 years later

I went to this place as a kid, I'll never forget the theme song

Mismanagement & short staffing & indifference to service is what shut this place down Not Kings Island

Damn... This is really depressing!! Almost all the places I loved in Cincinnati are abandoned or demolished. I had a lot of fun there, but it is what it is.

Live In Nky and this was some of my favorite childhood memories!! Nothing compares since. I mean just the tv commercials in the beginning bring back great memories. And the pearl pool. It was heated and just great. Who remembers the pearl pool?

I remember the commercials and the jingle. Sadly never actually went, always went to Boomerang Bay, but still wanted to one day check it out.

I went one time ever as a kid. It wasn’t for very long since it started to storm later that day, but it was an absolute blast! This just depresses me. I wanted to attempt and go again as an adult, but I had no idea it was closed a little while when I wanted to go.

I never knew they closed down. I loved this place when I was younger. A lot better than kings island waterpark. I love the Rapids they had & the lazy river!

I loved this place so much as a kid/ teenager. I spent my life there from age 6 to 17 . It was so much better than kings island when it came to a water park.

last time i drove by as few weeks ago after your video its not demolished lol

@MatthewSkiba

3 жыл бұрын

mark thompson yeah I know, just not sure why they stopped halfway. It’s a shame to see it go but it’s been on the decline for years.

@brando7352

3 жыл бұрын

it’s still up, was there deadass a couple days ago they took down some slides but it’s still worth exploring. just be careful i know of a camera in the parking lot it’s attached to the watchtower lookin thing not sure about others

@alissasmr744

3 жыл бұрын

@@brando7352 did you happen to explore the inside? I was thinking about trying tm but wasn’t sure if it was possible since there’s no actual videos of people going in

@madisonjessee5366

3 жыл бұрын

@@alissasmr744 were you able to explore it? i’m interested in doing so

@JaredPresleyExperience

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure within the next few years more, if not all will be demolished

I remember going to this place with my YMCA Camp when I was a kid and it's some of my greatest childhood memories real shit

I pissed in that lazy river hundreds of times after drinking beers at the bar they had at the north end of it. Loved that place back in the late 90s. Rent a tube for the day guzzle beers and float around for hours buzzing and catching rays. That was the life

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you sharing your good times in the Lazy River.

@silvercontained

7 ай бұрын

I think Alot more people piss in those pools then they would like to admit.

I remember the Cliff. My buddy Eddie and his mom took me here. Eddie passed in 2013. Makes me sad to think. alot of good memories here

I was a supervisor the last summer the beach was open. The closing mostly contributed to Sandra, the alcoholic general manager that enjoyed screaming at minors for no reason. She scared off most of the staff the first few weeks which left the remaining staff to make up for every short coming. There were very few employees who were over the age of 18, but we worked 60+ hours trying to keep the park staffed. It had the potential to be such a fun summer job where I wanted to get supervisor experience. Instead I was screamed at constantly for not being in more than one place at a time and never appreciated. They also told me I would get a $2 raise with my promotion (that happened in the first week I was there) and unfortunately I never saw that pay raise. I ended up leaving right before the season ended but those who stuck around were given $1000 bonus to stay until they closed. It was an extremely stressful environment and it makes me very sad that it ended that way 😢

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

Wow Taylor!!🤯Thank you for sharing your experience working there.

@eastside0434

Жыл бұрын

I want to here more about Sandra,was she drunk at work or just hungover.?

@LindaSmith-td7mx

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the story gives us heads up one of the many im sure whyit closed never got to go there but i wanted to

Childhood memories of every summer there as well as Kings Island, Surf Cincinnati, Coney Island, Six Flags in Kentucky.

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

Man, you are hitting all the right places for my childhood as well. Expect I never went to Surf Cincinnati which is tough because I should've when I was growing up.

@silvercontained

7 ай бұрын

Been to all of those places except Six Flags

Miss that place, :-(

i live in florida and went here 2 years ago and now it’s gone like i had a blast

@MatthewSkiba

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s crazy how time sure does fly!

Man I remember sooo many good memories going here with my cousin when I was a kid thank you for sharing this

I remember going here with my church, loved it

Absolutely loved this place, my brother and i went there often, great memories. Sad to see it like this...

Ah I remember this place,,I never went but I remember asking my parents all the time if i could go. Too bad

So sad. I came here all the time as a kid.

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I cry ever tim. 😢

Very disappointed that the beach is shut down I wish there open back up. One place where I always get my season pass but my last season pass was going all the way back to 2019

I just flew my drone there today. I posted it on my KZread page. I subscribed to your channel

Had soo much fun there in the 90s! It was far better than kings islands poor excuse for a water park. Dad would buy us season passes for both parks, we'd go ride coasters at kings island then go to the beach to swim and slide. Hopefully it will get reopened one day.

The cliff was dangerous inwent airborn in it and almost out of it. Then they had another slide that dropped you out several feet above a pool. That was freaking insane. It was a lot better of a park than surf Cincinnati

For years while we lived in Cincinnati my wife and kids and I went here every week.

I only went once (don't remember when) but it wasn't in the best shape but was still cool.

4:06 this was the first big slide I ever went down!!

Bro this place was so lit. Family would go every year. The last year we left, i left not knowing it would never open again 😢

Is there security... can we walk in there and RESPECTFULY check it out u think?

@crispinpadilla2974

2 жыл бұрын

Brooooo I'd be down. I've been trying to research if cops actually patrol here because I've worked at kings island for years and I used to love seeing all the waterslides active on the side of the highway 3 years ago. It was even better when I had a season pass in 2016. I'll always miss it, I want to go see it one last time

@lorrainenunnelley2853

2 жыл бұрын

Let's goooo

@Connor_explores614

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard if there’s security or anything? I’d like to check it out this summer

@zymxz

9 ай бұрын

@@Connor_explores614any idea?

@Connor_explores614

9 ай бұрын

@@zymxz I never got the chance to go unfortunately

I’m literally rewinding this to rap on that part of the video lol

I can’t believe e this happened it’s also so creepy going past it on the highway

I need that last beat

Who was there the day a woman broke her neck coming down the slide hitting the cobra statues in The pool at the bottom? I remember this so well for some reason

Went there as a kid mainly between the beach & soak city. Really fun but good times come to an end. Sad to hear about this stuff because it’ll never come back

We used to have so much good times there !

Can anyone point me to photos of the wave machines? They creeped me out as a kid but now as an adult (with a welding and mechanical background no less) am trying to figure out how they worked.

Grew up going here in the 90s. Haven't been since 2000. It was awesome then but heard it went downhill sadly

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

It is unfortunate! And with recent news I heard there is development of the land happening near The Beach Waterpark. So we could demolition in near future. 😬

@JaredPresleyExperience

Жыл бұрын

@@MatthewSkiba The new owner is a real estate developer from what I hear. But that's sadly what will probably happen. The property is valuable in it's location but for other things. Had different decisions and management issues been different, I do believe the Beach would still be operating this summer. Poor management killed the Beach, not Kings Island.

I went here in 2017. It's a shame that i only got to go once. I wish it stayed open because there aren't many waterparks around my location anymore.

This park should had never closed! If they had did an up grade, like all the other parks in Orlando Florida, then this park would be poppin like every other park in the world, but no its in cincinnati Ohio where everything go out of business for no reason

i lived down the street from there wish i could've experience it more.

That’s sad. I went nearly every year as a kid. 😢

The Beach water Park closed for Good at in 2020. Because I remember the last time when they were open in 2019 was my last season pass I had to the Beach water park they closed for Good in 2020. But in 2012 the Beach water park went bankrupt and clothes for that year and then in 2013 they got bought out by the new owners reopen stay open for another 6 years closed for good in 2020 never reopen.

Hey I’m doing a history video on the beach would you be ok with me using your footage

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

Hey go for it, I appreciate you asking.

It's still there

The Beach was my favorite place to go as a child, I had so many amazing memories. I miss the lilly pads, high dive, log roll they took out years ago. In the very back they use to have goats you could pay a quarter to get feed for them and past that they built a slide that was only open for a few years maybe. It was a slide you could go down with a tube that turned into a lazy river and then a tunnel slide at the end. I remember getting air brushed tattoos, hula hooping on reggae sundays, eating dippin dots, and renting our own tube we could take to the wave pool. One year they threw money into the wave pool and blow up balls we got to collect. There was also scuba diving in the pearl. I miss walking on the hot sand and hurrying to get into the lazy river to cool my feet off. My favorite childhood memories play over in my mind from the beach, I'm so glad I got to experience it. We stopped going for years, When it opened back up after being sold I was able to experience it for 2 years before they closed for good. They had mikes harder slushies that were really good, you only needed 2 tops and you were done. It's so sad to see how much it had changed over the years, those last 2 years I went was nothing like how it was when I was younger. The rides were always closed or at least half of them were and their printer never worked.

@LindaSmith-td7mx

6 ай бұрын

Wow what a cool story never got to go there but heard lot of commercials wanted to go there tho glad you had fun while it lasted

It’s not abandoned at all the grass wouldn’t be getting cut ig it was😂😂😂

@MatthewSkiba

3 жыл бұрын

Well if it’s not abandoned then go buy season pass tickets and ride down the Cliff water slide. (Sarcasm) It’s closed and relatively abandoned.

@charliestout2815

3 жыл бұрын

I live off socialville foster road. Its abdonned. I pass it every day. My company did some of the initial demo work when it changed from the beach to the beach at adventure landing... there was some theft that we rectified.

@Whoppercop

3 жыл бұрын

interesting how that work was done back when it first closed down for a year and not now crazy 😂

@shaun4702

3 жыл бұрын

website said temporary closed

@sharonrevelle1858

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaun4702 You know was it close?

You should’ve played the beach by the nbhd

4:10 I need it

I worked here one summer

@MatthewSkiba

2 жыл бұрын

When I was younger I would go here every summer and I remember a lot from this place.

Has anyone tried to go and explore this place?

it went out of bussiness beeacus kings island gold pass is included and platium is including with the water park and the beach was declineing attendence

Able to get in?

@MatthewSkiba

Жыл бұрын

Good question, I have no clue.

ok

I never knew they closed down. I loved this place when I was younger. A lot better than kings island waterpark. I love the Rapids they had & the lazy river!