Love Camp Cedar. We rent a cottage at least once a summer for a staycation. Excited for these changes and to have a bit of HB back in our KI experience.
I've heard that one I-Street jazz song too many times. Even instrumental patriotic music (for the 250th) all season would be better at this point. Speaking of the 250th I wonder when they'll release the events and festivals calendar. It was released on March 4th two years in a row, but now I'm thinking they might still be ironing some details out. Some other parks don't even have events posted past Star Spangled Nights so far.
Something else I noticed on the webcams last night was at least 10 cars driving through the park between 3:30-5AM (I work second shift so my sleep schedule's crazy right now). They all went to the building between Alien Abyss and (what I believe to be) a water tower. Does anyone know what that building is? I thought the maintenance and security offices were up near the front of the park, but maybe there's more back there?
Another sign of Kings Island waking up to start the season is here: the lights in the Royal Fountain have been turned on and are synced up with the tree uplighting along International Street. Tonight they are cycling through four solid colors and then twelve bouncing chase sequences. I suspect the fountain will be filled around the same time as it is every year. It will be nice to see what decorations are installed and when the park sign will finally go back up! We've been seeing the Kings Island medallions on each light tower since 2022, so maybe they'll change something up for 2026? Not too much, but I think some new decorations on the light towers would be nice.