RollerColt

Good call on skipping the Reds for your trip. They’re straight up awful this year.

Good Gravy! at Holiday World always surprises us with how smooth it is too. For a family shuttle coaster, I can't get enough of it haha...

Only 2 in the whole park? That’s no good…

“So you’re sayin’ there’s a chance!”

Great announcement and very creative! My family and I are looking forward to riding it next year!

For us, last year we were blown away by Cookes of Dublin. We simply had the cheeseburgers and it was an instant favorite. We had some other high quality meals throughout our time in Orlando (including some excellent pizza from Epic Universe), but something about those Dublin cheeseburgers… we still talk about it. I hope we can scrounge up money to go back to Florida again some day!

Hence why they stand out, at least to us.

This is happening across a lot of companies and organizations, not just KI. The school I work for used to highlight students and their achievements mixed with updates on future events. But now? It’s just bland generic crap mixed with AI about enrollment. It really feels like less and less people take pride in their work. There’s a specific term I’m thinking of… online quality continues to degrade over time…

I really think it’s going to be a Mack water coaster: https://www.mack-rides.com/products/water-coaster Would be such a fantastic addition to the park.

Rode it one time and that was enough for me. Such a strange ride experience, and definitely a let down. I'm glad the space is finally being put to good use again. It'll be awesome to see the new ride from Highway 162.

Definitely happens more at places like Disney since they operate year round. That’s a lot of wear on the machine over time! I actually can’t recall any breakdowns personally at Kings Island, but our trip to Disney last year we had the Three Caballeros ride and the Little Mermaid Ride break down while riding. Three Caballeros was pretty funny though. Even the music shut off, and the boat behind us had a big wedding party. They all started singing the song and getting everyone else in the section going. Staff was laughing as we all came into the station once the ride started up again.

“There’s one more angel in Heaven… there’s one more star in the sky…” 🎵 Surf Dog the things that ya stood fer…

So have I. I’ve also noticed some general work around the fountains. My guess is they’ll start filling the area with water in the coming weeks if not already.

Yep. I bought a pass for Holiday World… Despite the fact that Holiday World is 3 hours away while Kings Island is only 40 minutes away.

I'd think so too. Still plenty of time to get things done. Absolutely. I imagine the lights will be updated to help signify it's return. I'm happy to see the flat rides get some TLC. I'm not personally able to ride most of them (got vertigo from labyrinthitis years ago, now I get super dizzy on anything that spins) but my wife and kids absolutely love spinning rides. You can bet they'll be on monster a some point this season!

Same. Even Planet Coaster considers it a flat ride heh…

I hope Dollywood continues to be a beacon of light in a very dark corporate end game world... So many private equities and companies out there buying out beloved chains and local places just to shut them down...

I hate to say it... but with another major recession on the horizon I doubt we see any development for a while... I worry parks all across the country are going to see some rough decline in attendance.

So... we basically go back to what it was like before the merger happened in the first place? LOL... I'm with you though. It's a mess and probably shouldn't have happened... Also, I still find it interesting how Cedar Fair didn't learn from the sins and mistakes of Premier Parks during the first Six Flags acquisition process years ago. Newsflash to corporate executives, it's probably not a good idea to take the name of the struggling company you're buying out... Especially when that struggling company's name and brand is synonymous with "lower quality" to the general public...

Yeah, we were at Epic on July 3rd, super busy and packed naturally due to the holiday weekend. Stardust was consistently the fastest experience of the park by far. In fact, I don't think the ride wait time ever went over 25 minutes.

I agree. I took my family on a trip to Orlando last summer and spent 2 weeks between Disney and Universal. In addition to the premium ride experience (pretty much every ride is heavily themed and designed and is considered world class), the IP is really what sets them apart. I can admit we spent a lot of money in the shops for all of exclusive items. Harry Potter, Super Mario, How to Train Your Dragon… Star Wars, Stitch, Toy Story… It’s really hard to beat that. And then you toss in that these parks are in geographical locations that allow them to stay open year round…

I was only 12 at the time, but I really enjoyed Son of Beast’s campaign. The giant box violently shaking and growling was really cool and intimidating. Lot’s of mystery and speculation leading up to the announcement.

Vekoma has really upped their game. All of their recent designs and track layouts have been stunning.

Companies collect tons of data in relation to their product. For example Kroger keeps tabs on every interaction a customer has, tracks data on trends... follows what the customer is buying down to the microscopic level. They look at analytics in terms of attendance, and they also use surveys a lot. All companies do this. Is it really that much of a stretch to you that Kings Island would take a vetted interest in consumer data in relation to opinion on the biggest investment in the park's history?

I’m just glad it’s making way for Supercharged to be removed. That was one of the strangest and saddest experiences I’ve had at Universal. The story… the acting… the lack of… cars lol.