Stoan

It is really the only reason I keep the Prestige Pass at this point. I live VERY close to the park, less than a 20 minute drive. My daughter likes to go with me, and we both like Skyline and Coasters. The vast majority of my visits are less than an hour, we pop by, ride 1 coaster with the pass, get food on the way out with the dining plan, stop by VIP for a cookie/chips, and go home. We go probably 3-4 times a week during the summer with exactly that schedule.

The chips have been downgraded in the VIP "Lounge". We now have the option of 3 chips of slightly more than half an ounce. A kids lunch sized portion.

Another alternative idea for opening nightmare could be to kind of discover all the reasons for the rides in a "haunted" manner. Why Mystic Timbers had to be quarantined, why The Beast lives in the forest, the alien stuff for Orion and Outer Limits would be a bit disjointed though.

Naughty List chicken Tenders sounds promising. So does the Shepard Pie

Can you imagine the amount of power they could provide if they covered the parking lot in panels like the Cincy Zoo.

The car for the Outer Limits/Orion area is a really nice feature, the Ghost Hunting Van would work really well.

Channel 12 has a story about some of the animatronics. As a side note, I cannot see the Opening 2026 sign and not think "Spongebob Squarepants" https://local12.com/news/entertainment/kings-island-unveils-new-animatronic-characters-upcoming-interactive-dark-ride-collab-collaboration-phantom-theater-opening-nightmare-iaapa-expo-orlando-mason-ohio-cincinnati-family-fun-entertainment-tech-rollercoaster Also Sally Darkrides also has a "Ghost Blasters" which is just BooBlasters but interestingly KI isn't listed as a park location. Please don't make PTON the same dang ride.

I feel like I'm having a Mandela effect, there was a spider event in addition to tree, snake and bat?

That theater scene was my favorite part of the original

I like the winterfest train ride, but I feel having the 12 days of Christmas as the theme and not trying to time it to the lights is a big loss. They have to play like 3 or 4 versions during the entire ride just to have music last the entire ride and only the first day actually matches. A nice ride through a winter village with music would be better, IMHO.

It has characters back in Hanna-Barbera Land. You could ride Dino, the Flintstone Car, Foghorn Leghorn, but when it changed to Nickelodeon they took the characters out and kept the name.

I want a topic about why the "Character Carousel" is still named that despite not having a single character on the entire ride.

Paper cups are not required for water. Water fountains do a fantastic job of allowing people to drink without a container. You are right though, it isn't comparable. One of these things is generally only given once per visit and has a chance to be reused or stored for later. Really though, the park needs recycling something fierce.

No, but arguing we shouldn't have physical maps because of the waste is also a drop in the bucket compared to cups. I'll trade paper cups for the maps

I hate having access to the thing I payed for too! I should just stop enjoying things that I purchased!