Today, Kings Island begins daily park operations. With that come the announcement of its Memorial Day weekend festivities and a packed 2025 summer events line-up. Over the Memorial Day Weekend,  Kings Island will honor America’s military with free admission from May 23-26. All active and retired military members, including National Guard, reserves and veterans will receive a free ticket to Kings Island, plus discounts for friends and family.      Debuting on May 23, the brand new 2025 Nightly Fireworks & Drones Show kicks off. The finale celebrates the fun, thrilling moments and memories of a summer day spent at Kings Island. The show will run nightly through Aug. 31 when the park is open until 10:00 p.m.     RiverRacers Water Coaster opens on May 24 at Soak City.  Along with RiverRacers, the new kids play area, Splash River Junction opens as well. Soak City will be open daily through Aug. 17 and weekends from Aug. 19 – Sept. 1.      Live Entertainment begins on May 24 through Sept. 1. From an extreme stunt show and a gazillion bubbles to fireworks and live music, Kings Island’s 2025 live entertainment line-up has something for everyone.     Food & Wine Festival presented by Sharefax Credit Union runs Friday – Sunday, May 30 – June 22. Bring friends and family to enjoy a wide assortment of exceptional wines from around the world and specially prepared culinary delights along with live entertainment, special activities and more.     Star-Spangled Nights presented by M&Ms runs July 4 & 5. In honor of Independence Day, Kings Island will light up the sky with one of the largest and most impressive fireworks shows in Greater Cincinnati     Grand Carnivale runs July 19 – Aug. 3. Experience how the world kicks up its heels at this larger-than-life, international celebration. Delicious international food, a high-energy nightly parade and more!     Visit the Kings Island Website for more details: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/   KICentral hopes everyone has a great summer season at Kings Island!

Great Adventure is almost certainly a trial park for what's to come. They lost a lot of stuff over the off-season, so I think they have a little extra money to "fix" more things. It also helps show more investment in the park so guests don't immediately think the park is on its way out. Magic Mountain also got a fresh marquee sign refurbishment this year and put up an old logo. "Six Flags" is on that sign, but is secondary to "Magic Mountain" and less visible than the park name. 2025's FrightFest/Haunt and Holiday in the Park/Winterfest will be a good way to gauge how quickly things will move over the next few years. The initial growing pains might be done by then and corporate can move forward with their future plans.  Those parks are also one of the reasons why I think "Six Flags" will be dropped from some of the park names. If the Legacy Cedar Fair method sticks then I think we'll see "A Six Flags Park" stick at only a few of the Legacy Six Flags park logos and not come to any Legacy Cedar Fair park logos. SF Over Texas, SF Over Georgia, SF St. Louis, and SF New England aren't going to get rid of it unless they change their names (unlikely). I also think they only went with the Six Flags name for corporate purposes Most of these parks can speak for themselves, especially once the Legacy Six Flags parks are brought up to the higher standards. I could be completely wrong. That's the fun part about all of this. Nobody knows what may happen next.    I think the Funsultant character is supposed to say We're serious about FUN — although I don't know that it's working. That line might have been a direct quote. The only ads I've seen with her (and the Funtern) have been the first ad where they didn't show her face and the ones that I looked up online. None of the actual Funsultant ads have naturally popped up on my no-ad-blocker and higher-than-most YouTube/social media screen time. Bringing back Mr. Six would be great as long as he isn't held back and is not used to directly sell Silver Passes. I think it'd be a better way to re-introduce people to Six Flags. So many things could be done. Send out a fleet of new Six Flags busses on a US tour. Those things are like the Weiner Mobile in how recognizable they are. Advertise all of the investment being put into each park. Post those to the big corporate social media account. Get the word out that Six Flags is back, new and improved (whether we on here think so or not). 

So got wrist band, shirt, and a frame for a beast picture.   Kinda funny as it is from the 40th anniversary of Beast...(2019??)  

yep got ours today as well.  

Materials arrive via FedEx in a nice box. If you are a season pass holder, drink wristband ticket, meal tickets, and fun pic ticket are in your season pass account. So excited for Coasterstock this year.