Everything posted by I...am SteVe
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare Construction Progress
Please no. The purpose of a themed attraction is to get people to feel as if they've stepped out of the regular world, not to thrust them back into it.
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Kings Island Halloween Haunt 2025 Discussion
While I don't know if it even has a name, it wasn't on the map last year either. It's probably intentional, since the scare actors over there are pretty well disguised as bushes,
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Guests Say The Darnest Things
Group of two teens waiting in line for The Racer while looking at AE: "That's Mystic Timbers, right?" "No, that's The Beast! How dumb can you be?" "Oh wait, you're right. Can't believe I made that mistake."
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Predictioning Wait Times For Phantom Theater Opening Nightmare!
I think it'll average over an hour over the course of the season. I'm curious if more queue space will be added.
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Six Flags Renews Peanuts Through 2030
A bait-n-switch. A legacy CF classic
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Kings Island General Discussion 2025
"We got a Golden Ticket. Get your Gold Pass today!"
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare New in 2026
That song he's listening to looks awesome. It might just be the MVP
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Six Flags MVP Passes On Sale Now!
Tragic...I could've saved some time at CP if I knew this before I went. However, it's rare to see any line longer than Maverick's, so I always used it there.
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Six Flags MVP Passes On Sale Now!
Curious...Cedar Point's app lists only certain rides being Single-Use Fast Lane compatible due to Fast Lane Plus.
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
I feel like Great Adventure fell out of the top tier when Ka closed, but the company probably doesn't agree.
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Invertigo: The Next To Go?
Surprisingly, the sign for PT:ON outside formerly-Boo Blasters promotes the Gold Pass.
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Bye bye, Boo Blasters
New temporary queue space for BBOBH has been added. The line now starts by the entrance to the Peanuts Showplace and winds its way up to the castle.
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare New in 2026
I find it noteworthy that Rick Bastrup wrote in his book, Adventures of a Theme Park Designer, that he'd be willing to help bring back Phantom Theater. Keep in mind that the book was written around the time PT:E was still being shown in the park.
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Knott's to remove Xcelerator? RUMOR
I wouldn't be surprised if this happened. Early Intamin hydraulic launchers seem to start having major problems around the 20 year mark.
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare New in 2026
Wasn't there a Peanuts-themed shooting ride on passholder surveys for a while? If so, it's entirely possible that that PT:ON was that very concept to start out, but was re-themed. Why would they change the theme? Because of the expiring license. This could be an indicator that Charlie Brown and Snoopy might be evicted in favor of one of the legacy SF IPs.
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare New in 2026
While I really love the whole idea, the new character design is a little funky, especially Maestro. I was expecting the cast to be pretty close to what they looked like originally.
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8/28 Boo Blasters: Announcement or Teaser?
Maybe it'll be both, continuing Mike's story and ending with the announcement.
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Axe, Axe, Baby Construction
It's probably either for Conjuring, or for some Haunt props.
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Bye bye, Boo Blasters
Great job, KI. Now I'm gonna lose a ton of sleep thanks to your epic teaser.
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Kings Island Halloween Haunt 2025 Discussion
Here's an idea; since Pass Perks actually work now, add one day of Haunt maze admission as a mid-tier reward.
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Movement at the Monster
The park's site states that they're waiting on a part.
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Invertigo: The Next To Go?
Low, but possible. I'd like to see Ragin' Cajun move into Snoopy.
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Legend of "Swoop" - TOPGUN - Arrow Trains
According to @KIghostguy 's KI book, the ride was already under construction when Paramount took over. This would also infer that the (originally intended) theme had been chosen by that point, which would explain the strange color scheme.
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Guests Say The Darnest Things
At CP in line for SteVe: "I don't see why they have all this dang metal detection." "It's probably 'cause the ride is steel." Same group, ten mins later... "They're running two cars here. Most rides don't do that."
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Kings Island Halloween Haunt 2025 Discussion
The KI haunt site now shows sponsors for Slaugtherhouse (Skittles), Alien Abyss (Snickers), and KillMart (M&Ms). Please don't tell me they're about to put a ton of ugly "presented by ______" signs on each of those.