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How many markers are in the area? Are there a lot?
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The original calendar Kings Island released for last year had that final week in August, but sometime in January or February, the calendar was changed so that those days were removed altogether. With the calendar change, the hours were also cut leading up to Memorial Day. Eventually, the last few days in August were added back but without Soak City operating hours. There is a rumor that talks of a possible Six Flags/Cedar Fair merger began in January of this year, which would align with a lot of the cost-cutting we saw this year. In addition to Kings Island slimming its operating calendar around that time, a Peanuts show was rumored to have been cut before Kings Island opened for the season. Additionally, certain rides started the season with slashed operating hours (the water rides and train) compared to previous seasons, and a lot of game locations were also planned to be shuttered for the season.
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https://www.wlwt.com/article/kings-island-winterfest-christmas-lights/45767917?fbclid=IwAR3DxfTjGMFA8vrtN0aypkyyKH82siznn08kGltRetYCbqOg7STSEpExozk Despite the entertainment cuts, at least we can look forward to a big increase in lights for Winterfest! I hope the new lighting is well done!
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Honest question. For people who went to Winterfest last year, what’s bringing them back this year. There’s absolutely nothing new and a lot of the good stuff has been cut. It’s really sad to see. With everything that’s been going on this year, I just don’t get excited about Kings Island like I used to.
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
FUN&ONLY! replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
I am very worried that Kings Island is headed back to the Paramount days but with even tackier themes. I don’t even know where Kings Island could put a DC Universe in the park without ruining the themes of classic attractions. Action Zone seems expendable, but I just cannot see the Banshee name and theme biting the dust. It is probably one of the best names and logos for any ride in the world. All other areas of the park are classic and their themes should not be touched by DC in any way. Vortex also deserves an originally themed replacement and not some DC comics themed rollercoaster. -
Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
FUN&ONLY! replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
I don’t know. I think Kings Island’s future definitely looked brighter in 2022 than it has all year… especially now. All we can do is hope for the best at this point. -
Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
FUN&ONLY! replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
The biggest thing I am concerned about is the mention in the report about all the possibilities of the new IPs. I would absolutely hate to see DC themes come to Kings Island in any form. I would easily rather have a Kinzel-era unthemed rollercoaster installed than a rollercoaster themed to DC. -
Going along with the broken effects on Adventure Express, the state of the effects on Mystic Timbers the past couple weekends is easily the worst I have ever seen. The truck noises that play when a train is dispatched were completely gone. The entire lift hill sequence including the noise it makes when creating the lift hill was completely gone. Furthermore, the “don’t go in the shed” and subsequent “go in the shed” was completely gone from the brake run before wanting the shed. This is on top of the lights being out on the crashed truck by the entrance, most of the shed lights being broken, the backpack with the radio in the queue line no longer working, some of the TVs in the queue not working, and the audio on the stairs no longer working (which goes something like “There’s an old truck in the lumber mill, you got to jump start it, get out of here. Right now.”) These effects not working coupled with the broken effects in Area 72/Orion and Adventure Express is sad to see. Even on Backlot Stunt Coaster, the propellor on the helicopter has been broken all year.
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A survey was sent out this past summer asking about new events and parades. Maybe we are getting something new?
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While I do not know how much the tournament affects park attendance, Kings Island makes a point of keeping the park open during the tournament even if the park can barely be staffed. Even if people do not visit the park while in town for the tournament, the rollercoasters running in the background of the tennis facility is free adverting and lets visitors become aware of the park (if they were not already) so that they may make future plans to visit the park. I could possibly see a big 2025 addition to coincide with the expanded tennis tournament and increase in visitors, but it is probably too late to carefully plan out a big new rollercoaster for 2025 (assuming one is not planned already). Instead, maybe Kings Island will take advantage of the opportunity and advertise a massive new 2026 addition (which seems more likely) during the 2025 tournament to entice visitors to come back the following year.
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Then they use it as a lame excuse to shut rides down and save money on staffing.
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That makes sense. I wasn’t at the park last night or even in the area and was just blindly going off posts and footage from last night. I am glad Kings Island has not backtracked on the decision to pump more fog. It really makes the park atmosphere as good as it is.
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The fog was lacking again last night, which was very disappointing. Last week, it was a million times better.
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It would be kind of neat to have a setup where you have the option to ride in the front half of the train for a less extreme ride with the magnetically controlled seats or the back half of the train for more extreme ride with the uncontrolled seats. This setup would require a very good separator, though, as he/she would be bombarded with requests. A single rider line could also be implemented to boost capacity and ensure that there are not empty seats being sent out.
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There is only so much Cedar Fair can do to get guests to spend more and increase per cap spending at the rate they have been. The company has introduced Fast Lane, raised the quality and price of food, introduced the Prestige Pass, and introduced Single-Use Fast Lane in recent years in an effort to get guests to spend more. There are only so many more money grabs that Cedar Fair can think of in order to continue seeing guest spending increase at a high rate. The company really need to focus on driving demand whether that be through expanding its portfolio of parks (which is extremely expensive) or attracting new guests to its existing parks by improving the experience whether that be by adding new rides and attractions or just improving the guest experience. It depends on how you look at it. I would say it definitely is a regional park compared to Disney or Universal as most of its visitors are from Ohio and surrounding states. While it may be a destination park for enthusiasts all over the world, it still attracts mostly regional guests. Compared to smaller Cedar Fair parks like Worlds of Fun or Dorney Park, Cedar Point definitely has a much stronger regional pull, though, as guests will travel 4 hours to go to Cedar Point but probably not as much for Worlds of Fun or Dorney Park. In this sense, it could be viewed as more of a destination park.