Vote For Kings Island For Best Theme Park Holiday Event! I already voted, currently as of this post... Kings Island is ranked #3, lets make Kings Island number 1! 

https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/winterfest-kings-island-mason-ohio/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAOCL2djbGNrA4IvRWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHi2uDLc0PHqfVSv7gyemrjE_TmgFm6HwdWzbuzeSdoU0Oxj2zej8eRmOwy_C_aem_cIUILKi9fxfFeGhFSTMjcQ&brid=_vzs8phM3FGQZRpcazQUsw

Just voted, let’s do it. They were at number 7 yesterday, that’s a big jump to number 3!  Good to see the park itself is helping now as well, with posting on their social media. 

Lmao.  Winterfest above Smoky Mountain Christmas is so funny. 

I like Winterfest, but who knows what it'll actually be like this year....it's hard to say it's the best for 2025 when it hasn't happened, especially under the management of Six Flags. If it was 2017 when it returned, sure I'd vote for it. But like @rexpostal's thought, Smoky Mountain Christmas is the superior event, especially because year after year it continues to get better. We can't say the same for Winterfest.

It is nice to see that the park is once again pushing stuff like this on there socials. It seems that the current marketing team sees the value in stuff like this. It does bring pride to everyone in the area when they win so it is nice to see. When I was an associate it always felt good knowing that you contributed to that and even as a guest you get to contribute to it as well by voting.

We are number 2 now! 

7 hours ago, Orion-XL200 said:

I like Winterfest, but who knows what it'll actually be like this year....it's hard to say it's the best for 2025 when it hasn't happened, especially under the management of Six Flags. If it was 2017 when it returned, sure I'd vote for it. But like @rexpostal's thought, Smoky Mountain Christmas is the superior event, especially because year after year it continues to get better. We can't say the same for Winterfest.

There's also the fact that Smoky Mountain Christmas also has 8-12 high-quality shows with two of them being nearly an hour long. Winterfest is a really good time for entertainment at Kings Island, but most of them are outdoors in small venues with little to no dedicated seating.

Why would I vote for an event that no one has been to yet?

On 11/13/2025 at 6:36 PM, BeeastFarmer said:

Why would I vote for an event that no one has been to yet?

Agreed. As much I enjoy going to Winterfest every year, who's to say what this year will be like? Sorta reminds me of tipping before receiving your food/drink orders. 

2 hours ago, DJSkyFoxx said:

Agreed. As much I enjoy going to Winterfest every year, who's to say what this year will be like? Sorta reminds me of tipping before receiving your food/drink orders. 

It would make more sense to run these polls while events are happening. 

3 hours ago, DonHelbig said:

It would make more sense to run these polls while events are happening. 

I have never understood the timing of these USA Today polls.