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I feel like The Bat doesn't get much love nowadays...

With the closure of Boo Blasters, I wonder if another ride is going to be added to WinterFest or keep as is.

Honestly if Phantom Theater does return..  I would love it if they mention the destruction of their former theater and maybe make a mention of Boo Blasters as a joke like they did in the Phantom Encore show.

I would honestly love it if Scooby-Doo came back to Kings Island even just as a meet & greet character! Honestly 15 years without Scooby and the park hasn't felt the same especially since he was there when the park opened in 1972.

I bet you the structure could definitely be modified to fit the theater facade theme. If all of the structure under it is still in good condition, it would just need new shaping and paint. I'd rather see a new facade though. The pillars for the gate are probably easy enough to redo on their own. I believe the deciding factor would be if this new attraction has a more cartoonish art style (like SDatHC and BBoBH do) or if it will have a more realistic art style (like Phantom Theater did).  Speaking of construction, I hope we'll see proper fencing go up. It will probably just be the chain link with the vinyl covering, but I think wood fencing would look much better. I'd assume it'll go up where there is a door blocking the exit hallway, maybe something blocking the entrance bridge, and maybe something blocking a staging area where they'll bring some stuff out through.    It would make sense for Six Flags to wait until the SFOT announcement on September 25th, but I hope they go this route and announce it before the start of the Fall events. The park will have been open to the public for 3 days before the 25th and, to me, it would not make sense to have a 3 day teaser campaign (unless they don't plan to physically tease at all). We've seen the subtle hints in the BBoBH closure announcement post, which may be all we get until the official attraction announcement comes.  Realistically, I know to not trust Six Flags with anything so if they announce something for it I will be a happy camper. I would not like to see a Justice League dark ride, nor would I like for it to become a different DC/Peanuts/Looney Tunes attraction. There is a also non-zero chance that this project gets delayed or cancelled entirely within the next month. Like I said, I do not trust Six Flags with anything they promise.  The fact that a lot of people on Facebook seem to think that the Phantom Theater reboot and the removal of the Peanuts from the parks is 100% happening speaks to how bad Six Flags has been at communicating basic information to its guests in a timely manner. Parks that normally had announcements by mid-August are now starving for any information at all, and the void they left is being filled by people with inside sources as well as by theorists who have no idea what might be going on. It seems that the even park's unpaid Facebook attendants have no clue as to what it will be. (No offense meant to the aforementioned FB attendants.)   To be fair, the cardboard cutouts would just be a continuation of what we have seen since 2003. While I'd hate to see the ride become Boo Blasters with a Phantom Theater overlay, I think I'd rather see that over many of the alternatives. It's either animatronics and cutouts or animatronics and screens — anything else would look far too cheap. A proper full-on 2026 version of Phantom Theater with all animatronics would be the best. A slightly more budget friendly Phantom Theater would be acceptable for the time being.    I really hope they save the trees all around the building.