Took my 4th trip to Kings Island this evening. With all the talk about the merger, the only difference I have noticed is the wait times at food restaurants have been worse. No issues with rides stacking, cleanliness, etc. I’ve been overall pleased with my experiences so far this year for the price I pay.


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For those who have been to the park recently, is Banshee back up to 3 trains yet?

42 minutes ago, Diamondback_Is_King said:

For those who have been to the park recently, is Banshee back up to 3 trains yet?

It has been 3 trains more times than not.

I saw a rumor on Facebook that there was Intamin track showing up near Orion. Any truth to this rumor?

6 minutes ago, Colonel_SoB_fan said:

I saw a rumor on Facebook that there was Intamin track showing up near Orion. Any truth to this rumor?

Let me guess, was it green track? lol (iykyk)

6 minutes ago, Colonel_SoB_fan said:

I saw a rumor on Facebook that there was Intamin track showing up near Orion. Any truth to this rumor?

Nope, that's already been disproven. Apparently it was a stack of sheet metal scaffolding.

That is why I come here to prove the facebook rumors wrong.

There is a lot that can be said about the overall feel of the park and even my oldest noticed last night saying something along the lines of he wishes we didn’t go to Disney all the time because he notices the things KI doesn’t do like Disney but on a more positive

 

holy smokes The Beast is great. I don’t remember a time the ride felt this good. Last night we had a back train ride and yes it was rougher than the front but it was enjoyable. Never felt like it did a few years back. 

Has anyone been to Soak City recently. I assume it's packed with the heat, but are they staffing most of slides and have most things been open (or both wave pools running)? I've yet to visit the waterpark yet this year, but I went to Cedar Point Shores last week and it was such a joke. A good portion of slides and attractions at their waterpark were closed, and just wondering if I'll encounter the same issue...

P.S. Our waterpark is so much better, sure there's the lake setting, but there's not an ounce of share by 99% of the loungers and chairs. Their wave pool or lazy river doesn't have a single shaded seat. I asked if there were any shaded areas they'd recommend and was told "that's what the cabanas are for. Or there's also the VIP lounge" 

I'll include this screenshot of their wave pool loungers, look at this abomination:

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needed to show the wavepool

Looking at the webcam, it appears whatever was wrong with The Royal Fountain has been fixed.  

2 hours ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Looking at the webcam, it appears whatever was wrong with The Royal Fountain has been fixed.  

They put the pedestal bowls back and all the proper nozzles!!?? Wow. I didn’t know that was in the works! 

2 minutes ago, brenthodge said:

They put the pedestal bowls back and all the proper nozzles!!?? Wow. I didn’t know that was in the works! 

Ya, as if!

One can dream. 

Update from June 16: dangling lights still dangling and tables still gross.  Granted people are gross and need to learn to clean up after themselves... that said - this smeared material had dried long ago...

Six has very intelligent/talented people in the C-Suite and they'll figure this out, but at what cost to the guest experience and loyalty... Attention to detail is not there.

 

On 6/30/2025 at 1:10 PM, BeeastFarmer said:

Looking at the webcam, it appears whatever was wrong with The Royal Fountain has been fixed.  

It looks like it is only kinda sorta working. The center jets still don't work, but more is working than before and they are at least changing again instead of being stuck turned on.

1 hour ago, CedarPointer said:

It looks like it is only kinda sorta working. The center jets still don't work, but more is working than before and they are at least changing again instead of being stuck turned on.

I personally thought they looked better “stuck”. At least they weren’t popping pointlessly all day long. Looked closer to the original. I still don’t understand why the center nozzles are so puny. At least the middle should be grand and dense. The whole thing looks like a sad shopping center. 

Imo if they aren't going to fix the water show jets, they should just bring the old bigger fountains back. 

Even if they don't bring back the pedestals, installing fountains like Kings Dominion and Canada's Wonderland have would probably look more grand than this. What's there now is fine (meh), but if they're not going to be used as intended then there is no good reason to keep them in this configuration. 

I had some hope park management would sober up sometime in the next ten years and restore the Royal Fountain to its former glory but that felt like a long shot even before the merger.

The current fountain set up is nicer with the jets interacting with the nighttime firework show. The fountain pedestals are dated and get in the way, in my opinion. If anything I’d like to see more water jet features like a water screen be added to the fountains so the park can project a video and imagines onto it during the nighttime fireworks.

 

I disagree and agree @Tr0y.  For the current night show, the spayers serve the purpose. However, is 5 minutes a day worth it?  Remember, too, the narrative pushed by the park back in winter '19 was daytime AND nighttime shows. 

The previous iteration was signature KI. It added the elegance to IS. 

They could have had a great system, I would conjecture, if they had arranged the jets in a fashion that allowed what we have now, with a daytime option that had the pedestals present "virtually". Plumage in the middle, smaller bursts in the outside. Either this was/is not possible ( I'm not a fountain person) or they didn't consider it, it was out of the realm of spending. 

All that to say, I wish it was done differently. But, given the choice of no renovation of IS or what we have now, I'd choose what we have now. Much more visually pleasing to me. 

Are the still playing 6 jazz songs on a loop?  While I enjoy those, they need to go back to 2017-2019 International Street music. That really set a great atmosphere. 

1 hour ago, Tr0y said:

The current fountain set up is nicer with the jets interacting with the nighttime firework show. The fountain pedestals are dated and get in the way, in my opinion. If anything I’d like to see more water jet features like a water screen be added to the fountains so the park can project a video and imagines onto it during the nighttime fireworks.

 

Except they don’t really “interact” they just go back to squirting up and down throughout the whole show. The pedestals COULD have been retrofitted like the lotus barges from Rivers of Light- maybe even incorporating flame effects. Imagine new bowls with higher sides that hid choreographed jets during the day (they would just be “fixed” until show time) fire effects, lighting etc. The smaller barges really only had 5 jets each. Even if they reduced two three pedestals it would be better. 
https://youtu.be/TYiWk0JP6Sc?si=35zTKee-_hNatTOd

There's been two or three people working on the fountain nozzles this morning. I captured this one shot with a technician taking apart the front sprayer on the left side

Looks like they want to ensure everything is up to speed for the holiday weekend. Good to see that.

Yeah looks like the fountain is back to full strength. The middle show sprayers are back on and they're doing the little dance up and down the fountain

I just had in mind that the fountains when redone were going to be like Canada's Wonderland and/or The Island in Pigeon Forge....what we got was the Temu version.

1 hour ago, Orion-XL200 said:

I just had in mind that the fountains when redone were going to be like Canada's Wonderland and/or The Island in Pigeon Forge....what we got was the Temu version.

Perfect description. It’s like the guy folding the hose in half to make the water dance. 

13 hours ago, CoasterJack said:

There's been two or three people working on the fountain nozzles this morning. I captured this one shot with a technician taking apart the front sprayer on the left side

If they would JUST angle the multi stream jets more dramatically to the center it would help. As it is they serve no purpose just slightly off center at every angle. They should arch toward the middle. 

There were still 6 nozzles not working yesterday and a few not at full height. I hope they get the rest of them working correctly. 

On 7/2/2025 at 10:23 PM, brenthodge said:

If they would JUST angle the multi stream jets more dramatically to the center it would help. As it is they serve no purpose just slightly off center at every angle. They should arch toward the middle. 

Canada's Wonderland has had theirs set up like this with sprayers very close to the left and right walls of the fountain basin. It looked really nice and made the fountain feel full and alive. Imagine the image below but with the Eiffel Tower and much smaller trees. I'm glad maintenance is at least trying to fix the fountain as it is now though.

11 hours ago, Losantiville Mining Co. said:

Canada's Wonderland has had theirs set up like this with sprayers very close to the left and right walls of the fountain basin. It looked really nice and made the fountain feel full and alive. Imagine the image below but with the Eiffel Tower and much smaller trees. I'm glad maintenance is at least trying to fix the fountain as it is now though.

That. Exactly. Ours would probably arch higher as they are closer to the center. That actually adds another “look” to the fountain, as opposed to “slightly crooked vertical, and vertical.