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The gulls think its a fine investment! What a heck of a perch they added for them this season!

Out of all the parks in the chain now, and all the years to actually build it…it is opening in 2025 at Cedar Point. There are other parks in the system that also have flat, empty plots of land. It is honestly ridiculous to think this has nothing at all to do with Top Thrill 2.

Sure, it's a stock model originally intended for another park, but it looks like a good fit for that plot of land with the bleachers where Wildcat was, and the empty plot behind that where some of the old dorms were demolished. Apparently going to be re-routing Perimeter Road closer to the marina to open up that property. Honestly it seems like a win for the park. They're basically getting a "free" major coaster and filling in that awkward plot of land. The color scheme isn't the best, with the theme some kind of blue scheme would fit best, but I doubt they'd want to repaint a newly made ride. I wouldn't want it to replace Vortex, that plot deserves something custom-built and using the terrain and midway proximity. Flattening it would lead to a strange looking area, sort of like how Orion's station and queue area look somewhat strange because of that land having previously been flattened to fit Firehawk.

Went with both grandkids on Sunday (my 9 yr old grand daughter is not quite ready for the Haunt) and had a great time. We rode 4 rides and spend most of the time watching the shows and doing the lantern scavenger hunt. For as much fun as the Haunt activation spots are the Tricks and Treats is just as enjoyable. Fine job again KI.

The 90s wrestling fan in me thought Doink the Clown was facing Lex Luger somewhere in Coney Maul.

Timberwolf sign is gone from the gate by the ticket booth. It could be nothing but something to watch. It was there earlier this year.

Slight spoilers below but more speculation than anything: ------------ Anyone whos been to haunt this year (lol I know) have a better opinion/idea of how the scale of investment on this Son of Beast activation point compares to the other activation points for the lanterns?? i guess another thought that comes to mind and why i ask, is does this seem like a larger investment in theming compared to the other activation points? if so potentially the dual case use that comes to mind is a combination of marketing budget and haunt budget to really sell the announcement of a new project? or get the hype train rolling for a potential 2026 capital announcement in 2025? With a tertiary benefit of a real marker point to sell the lanterns for at least 2 haunt seasons? Certainly if the shipping Crate remains (obviously probably without the lantern point activation sign, and shipping label sign referencing haunt lol) through winterfest-offseason-and into next season, there may be more to this. Number 5 is alive? (also it would be killer to see the park do a similar setup to this one done at the SOB station, but near The Vortex plot and themed to the former ride at some point in the coming seasons)

They met their expectations. I often look for rooms at random times to see how busy Breakers is and I can tell you it was busier this year than ever. That being said, I do expect that several reservations were cancelled/changed once it was announced that TT2 would not be opening this year. Another thing to remember is that the sports complex (sports force parks) brings in a ton of people to Sandusky as well.

I’m impressed with the interactive lantern so far at KI. A plethora of locations to interact with. More so than Disney’s Magic Band.

I’m not sure if this thing is working right. Is the wheelchair supposed to do burnouts or something?

I include myself in the weird community of enthusiasts. But I'm self-aware enough to know that the way we tend to reflexively think about things (why didn't Park A get New Ride X, they Park A deserves it more!") doesn't apply to the real world of park management. First of all, calling TT2 a "disaster" is an emotional response. But more importantly, who considers the investment to be "disastrous"? Just because an enthusiast thinks it's a disaster doesn't mean the folks in charge do. Now, that's not to say the ride not opening this year is anything other than bad, but coasters are a several-decade investment, so it's a bit early to label the investment a disaster. There were a few rides whose debuts were pushed from 2024 to 2025. Are those also "disastrous" outcomes? If those aren't "disasters" I don't see how TT2 is, considering the net effect is the same - a ride is opening a year later than originally scheduled. Even if it were true that hotel reservations were down this year, does it make sense to spend several million dollars because a few rooms went unused during the season? It seems like it would make far more sense to simply adjust room rates, something they already do to control demand. In fact, their ability to dynamically price lodging means that if there unused lodging capacity, it's probably more or less by design.

What is a Til coaster

So much SOB Lore..... I'm here for it....

Booze Blasters

Well the regions largest Starbucks is on one side of the fountain, so maybe in line with all the alcohol additions recently, the Boo Blasters space will be converted to the largest Party Source.

They are straight up taunting us at this point this is straight up evil.

You might be 100% correct. I think we can all agree that it is time to update BBOBH at this point.

I'm aware you comment may be in jest but I feel it is important to support things the park does that is good. I get an extremely good value out of my season pass, drink plan and meal plan. I figure conservatively I have saved over $600 on drinks and food alone, that kind of savings allows me to make additional purchases in the park. So many times I've read on this forum that people are "voting with their dollars" by not purchasing things that are not worth it as a way to send a message to management. For example I didn't participate in the food for grand carnivale because they eliminated the tasting cards. By the same token I strongly believe in supporting (voting with my dollars) things management does that are very well done to send a message to do more of this. Plus have a great souviner. BTW, I was told (and I found it to be accurate) that in order to activate the lantern spots make sure the side of the lantern that has the haunt/Kings Island at the bottom faces the activation point. Again, kudos to management for going above and beyond the lantern definitely has my vote.

Whoever had the brilliant idea to put a loud horn on i street as an interactive station didn’t realize a lot of people eat on I Street. The horn is annoying, way too loud, and for some reason will play constantly for 1 minute straight which makes enjoying your meal on i street extremely uncomfortable.