Watch out, someone might think guest services has too many employees during the next purge!

Closing/selling another park would definitely bring that number down to 280... I think all of these numbers are rounded to include a zero, so any additional coaster removals might bring that number down to 284. Knowing the current Six Flags I could also be led to believe that they had the wrong number in the first place.  It might be worth noting that Michigan's Adventure currently has 8 coasters (293 - 8 = 285), CGA has 9 coasters (293 - 9 = 284), La Ronde has 8 coasters (again 285), and Frontier City has 5 coasters (293 - 5 = 288). Even if a park doesn't close Six Flags may try to get out of a management contract at a park like LaRonde or Frontier City. 

This would be a great time of year to have guests use the Season Pass Processing Center— oh, sorry, they don't do that anymore. They should also still offer a physical season pass card IMO. I understand that we live in a digital age, but the fact that a smartphone is both required for constant use at the park and is starting to be outright prohibited on more rides is ludicrous. There aren't even any opportunities to get Fuel Rods or places to conveniently charge a device in the park. Plan all you'd like, but if your phone dies in the park, there are little to no easy ways to charge it.  There are ads and banners all around the park advertising the MVP sale. Some of the posters outside the front gate by the ticket windows seem to be more clear than other places. This one shows the Kings Island 2026 Gold Pass being "valued" at $180.  Here's an interesting question for those of you who have purchased your 2026 passes: did you receive a new pass number, or is it the same number and format as before? One would think that merging two pass systems might lead to some duplicate numbers or discrepancies in number length/format. 

Don and I explored the Conjuring maze rumor in June on Tower Topics.    

Now that this is confirmed, the discussion will continue on this thread.  https://kicentral.com/forums/topic/50291-official-the-conjuring-is-coming-to-kings-island-haunt/