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I feel Carnivale is here to stay just because it's an International themed festival and KI and KD have International Street. I think Carnivale will return to KD in 26 as just like KI in 22 they're taking a year off to celebrate their 50th. I'd be okay with it as long as they expand on it and keep adding to the event and not cutting back like they've done the last few years. One way to do that is to bring back a Carnivale themed bandstand show (ie Royal Rhythms) and not just have Retrospect as the show. It just didn't have that "International Festival" feel to it. I'm glad they chose to keep Food and Wine as it has a lot of potential to be a staple at the park. It also really works well in that Tower Gardens/Eiffel Tower base area. However, I really wish instead of late May through June, they did it in late April through May. Have it be that springtime early season event instead of Summer. Now my main wish (obviously like we saw with Food and Wine last year where they added it last minute) is we see some type of Soak City event. That's literally where your new capital for 2025 is. Take advantage of it! Do some late ERT on the new attractions as part of like a "glow nite" event like you used to do. It felt like a major missed opportunity to not do some sort of "kids event" in Camp Snoopy last year to help promote Camp Snoopy and no the showing a new "camp snoopy" movie in Beagle Scout Acres doesn't count. I also would keep our eyes on Timberwolf this year. With Skyflyer being removed and Spirit Song mysteriously going silent last year after coming back one year post Covid (2023) with no signs of it coming back as well as no signs of KI hosting anymore concerts after the 2022 concert series flop, I feel like the time to pull the plug on it would be now especially if Congo, Invertigo, Drop Tower, and The Bat are all potentially on the chopping block. That would open up a large plot of land at the front of the park for something massive! Now that's the conversation of another thread lol. As for live shows this year, I'm willing to place a bet that Trailblazers Xtreme and Country Crossroads are returning. I'm about 50/50 on the gazillion bubble show as it looks like KD is potentially getting it, but they show at multiple parks so KI could still get it, but honestly I could also see KI getting Brad Ross as he did a 2 year stint at Carowinds and he was very popular there. The main question is about the bandstand show. Usually KI runs their shows for 2 years. Retrospect has ran for 2 years. However, Off the Charts ran there for several years. However, I really hope they do a live band show there again or at least change up the songs. Finally, not really live entertainment/special event related, but please please please PLEASE NO MORE JAZZ ON I-STREET!!! I know I sound like a broken record here, but the jazz has been playing for 3 seasons now and imo just does not fit International Street. Now, I could get behind the jazz during food/wine fest and Carnivale as it fits those events well, but outside of when those events are going on, I want to see orchestral music playing again! International Street is meant to be grand and revealing not laid back jazzy!

Easy answer...NO!

Should be available in this version, you just need to switch the default emoji set from Invision stock to the full Unicode emoji selection.

It should be available in the next update. We just need @malem to install the newer version of the forums. Then we can turn them on.

Here is a picture of it when it was The Beastie in yellow! https://kicentral.com/photos/the-beastie#8668

Yeah I've had that happen to me a lot, so I don't know if that "technically" counts. I wonder if Kings Island should have an elimination tournament in which you go head to head with other players and if you get a higher score then them they get eliminated until there is only 2 players left. Winner gets a free season pass for the next season!

This is actually a disappointment for some of us though. For those of us who actually enjoyed this attraction, it was well worth the upcharge, especially when you could catch it on the cheap. I always did this 1-2X a year for sure and it became a Pride Night tradition with some of my friends. Heck, I got my fiancé' on it by sheer shock and surprise this past event. Now I am so glad she rode it because now it appears to be no more. And I agree. It really was the most thrilling experience in the park. If you've never experienced this kind of attraction, you can't imagine what a rush this thing was. No coaster or flat ride compares.

I know the events had already been listed but here is a news story in the Journal-News today. https://www.journal-news.com/lifestyles/kings-island-announces-special-events-coming-to-the-park-this-summer/PU7MNSBWERCQHE5DQ34K6WYDLY/

Yep! I'll never forget Coasterstock 2022 when it stormed during lunch and lightning struck Diamondback I believe and the thunder was so loud everyone in picnic grove jumped lol!

Beast is a classic for night rides. My favorite ride in the park ever was during Haunt one night where I got on one of the final trains in the front row, with only a couple others sitting in the back. This made it feel like we were completely alone, out in the middle of the woods at night. Aside from that Adventure Express and Mystic Timbers are amazing night rides as well. Really help get you immersed in the atmosphere of the ride and both have a secluded from the park feeling for most of their runs. (though do wish AE had some more trees around it to block more views.

Probably the only thing left that could have lured me back to buy another admission ticket for KI. It was the only ride left that still gave me a true adrenaline rush. Now the odds of me coming back are massively less than they were before, not that they were more than 1% before.

Mystic Timbers has become my favorite night ride, particularly during the Haunt when fog is covering that area as well. Just completely insane and out of control.

No lie, this is kind of disappointing. Grand Carnivale has ran it's course imo and the Food/Wine Festival did not have stellar reviews. An additional celebration day for 4th of July is good...but other than that, nothing new, nothing real exciting.

I'm a member of ACE and GOCC. I will be joining Coaster Crew and the Western NY Coaster Club soon. While not an official coaster club, being a part of KIC is similar to being in one of the clubs because of the people involved and the camaraderie amongst members.

Not that hard if they stop the ride and you can alternate targets...