There’s no reason the two couldn’t be staggered to not overlap. HRN is pretty short. I’d rather see it cut to 15 minutes and do 2 different versions, almost like a playlist through the night. Have it run 6:30 7:30 8:30, 9, 9:30. Then the :30 min show at Showplace perform at 5,6,7,8 so by 6 there wouldn’t be more than 15 minutes in the evening without something going on by the tower. Even if they could add in a small local act by the carousel at 6:45, 7:45, 8:45 for 15 minutes. 

Off the rails in 22 actually surprised me how “story driven” it was. It was a bit silly and schmaltzy, but you expect that. That’s when it shouldve ended. Even when that came back in its reduced state the following year it was “ok” but started that transition to “stunts with music” if they could’ve kept the feel from “Off the Tails” then I wouldn’t feel like they were such a waste of the space. 

Overall these stunt shows have not been well produced.  They basically just play music and do stunts and there’s no coordination between the two.     I don’t know what the dancers are for because they don’t do any significant choreography.       I would rather see this amphitheater used in the evening for the bandstand show like they did in 2014.        

Interesting.  I just watched a YouTube video about The Sphere last night, and the plan to roll them out worldwide, but in different scales. Subjectively, I don't think Six Flags would have the money, or if they did, actually invest the money in one of these. I think for a mini sphere the cost they projected was around $250 million plus the operating expenses are exponential.  The Las Vegas sphere took in something like 1.25 billion in top line revenue and was still in the red in spite of the luxury experience and spend.  Unless Kings Island had this open every day of the year, I think it would be a paperweight, and probably the end of Six Flags as we know it. 

I actually took a survey from the park a few days ago and part of it was they had a list of possible enhancements to the park and had me rank my top 3. One of the options listed was a mini "sphere" theatre with seating. There was no concept art or anything, but what I have in mind is a much smaller Las Vegas sphere type theatre. I'd be all for that as long as it isn't dark for the peak summer season like the KI Theater is.