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I think they actually made it just one price for everything, no matter the pass type nor what parks it can access (another reason they're "losing money" on meal plans).    On to more about the Dining Points system idea: here's what else I've thought up. 3 tiers of Points (listed with price values even though they won't exactly line up) 1 Dining Point — A simple salad, burger, hot dog, or chicken tender basket. The Classic Chee from Tom + Chee would fit well in this category. $10-ish value. 2 Dining Points — A hamburger/cheeseburger with toppings, anything from Panda Express, or the Pep + Chee. The Chef's Special or any of the Festival Food items could fit well here. $15-ish value. 3 Dining Points — A funnel cake, cup of Dippin' Dots, ice cream cone, or . $20-ish value. No amount of Dining Points can be used for meals like the Mother's Day Lunch, Fright Feast, or Winterfest Buffet (should any of those return). Each park could have a Pass Perk of 1 additional dining point once or twice per season. Each meal comes with a side, but items like funnel cakes and Dippin' Dots (obviously) do not. Marked as it already is on menus. Generally the same as the current system. 2 tiers of Dining Plans (plan works at whatever parks the guest's pass works at) 1 Dining Point Plan ($99) — Each guest receives 1 Dining Point to use per day and an extra 5% food & beverage discount. Price reflects the possibility of getting 10 meals throughout the season to consider it "paid off". 3 Dining Point Plan ($199) — Each guest receives 3 Dining Points to use per day and an extra 7% F&B discount. Price reflects the possibility of getting a minimum of 10 meals throughout the season to consider it "paid off". The Single Meal Deal stays the same with no point totals involved. ($25) The All-Day Dining Plan stays the same, though the distinction between Meals and Snacks is removed and the price is increased. ($60) The Premium All-Day Dining Plan stays the same, though the price is increased. ($85) Points do not accumulate, nor do they roll over. I contemplated a few other ideas, but felt that they would either complicate the system too much or be too similar to the current system. If the new and old systems are too similar then I think guests will just see the changes as a money grab. The prices need to go up a little either way. Someone with more business experience can say more, but those are my thoughts in the moment.   These don't really solve the issue of people using their meal plans to come get lunch every day, but I think it splits up the pricing more evenly compared to the current system where everything is one price. I still think most passholders barely break even on their dining plans based off of my personal dining plan tracking. There's not a great way to actually limit guests from getting $800 worth of food per season without putting a numerical restriction on how many times it can be redeemed. Legacy Six Flags tried that and it failed. 

Something interesting I noticed during my meal at the Brewhouse today is that the receipt now lists the official Dining Plan "price" of each meal as $9.50 and the "price" of a Drink Plan cup refill at $2.75. This is down from $11.00 and up from $2.00 respectively. Before those prices (around 2024) they were $12.00 and $2.50 respectively. I'd love to know why they keep changing. This technically might mess up my dining plan usage spreadsheet, but I will continue to use the $11 and $2 "price" since that's what the season started out with.  (I put "price" in quotation marks because in reality you don't pay anything at the register, nor is a number decreasing within an account.)   My classic Pub Burger and Coca-Cola were really good by the way. The only complaint is that the patties were super misaligned between the buns during assembly, but I fixed it quite easily.

I think the construction might be for a new PFAS filtration system given that it’s right next to the water tank. The park filed a permit a while back to install a new PFAS filtration system, which makes sense since Kings Island was recently found to have high levels of forever chemicals in its water. The article below is behind a paywall, but it reveals that Kings Island was found to have levels of forever chemicals in its water 6.3x the legal limit. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/08/21/are-there-forever-chemicals-cincinnati-water-see-map/85706338007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z1177xxp000150c000150e1177xxv003748d--60--b--60--&gca-ft=178&gca-ds=sophi

Yep, look how many people got confused on FB with the "I have a gold pass and want to add a meal plan, but they have a price for silver, gold, prestige, and all park.  Which one do I buy?"

Oh, the idiots would loose their minds. Lol