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I've been thinking and I'll say a ride like Rip Roarin Falls at Carowinds would fit well in the Congo Falls/Timberwolf plot. Give it a dark forest/wolf theme to go with a spooky/dark forest retheme of Action Zone.

I've said numerous times in the past that the 4th of July at KI should be more than just "come and enjoy the park as is during the day and watch a bigger firework show." It should have special activities, entertainment, and food offerings during the day. Sounds like the new regime has similar thoughts.

Im going to stick with my gut and say park improvements and enhanced live entertainment and maybe a more stacked special event calendar with some pop up events like 5ks, food truck festivals, pass holder ride nights, maybe a concert or 2? Think 2008 or 2022. Best case scenario for a new attraction we see a new flat ride or another expansion/renovation to the kids area or Soak City. I mean KD during their 2010-18 coaster drought got 2 Planet Snoopy expansions in 3 seasons.

Why was the site down all day yesterday?

**DOUBLE POST** Watching the POV I really like the spinning buzzsaws in that little show building where the switch is in the middle of the ride. I've mentioned the idea of the shed on Mystic Timbers getting an upgrade. Imagine if as part of that upgrade when you enter the shed you have spinning buzzsaws like that over and around you along with sound and lighting effects that would eventually lead to an animatronic encounter or multiple animatronic encounters in the main show room of the shed.

Do we know what the price tag is for this? I'm sure the ride along with the proposed theming will cost a pretty penny. Idk if it costs as much as Copperhead or Fury did though. Also remember this ride was originally supposed to open this year, but was delayed along with other planned 2026 projects like Great Adventure Project Purple and Magic Mountain's thrill glider. It seems as if Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare, Tormenta, and Speedway Stunt Coaster were the only planned 2026 projects that moved forward. Shoreline Pier at GADV and Looney Tunes Land at MM were last minute additions. Also assuming 2028 is an off year for Carowinds, the earliest Carowinds will end their "big coaster drought" will be 10 years after Copperhead which is actually pretty unusual for a park the size of Carowinds especially since the corporate HQ is right next to it. I see people complaining all the time that KI hasn't gotten a big new coaster since Orion, but they're perfectly fine with Carowinds likely going 10 years between large coaster installations. While I don't like the whining and groaning that enthusiasts have against their home park not getting a new coaster every 3 years or so, I find it strange that Carowinds seems to be getting a pass for likely going 10 years between major coaster additions while a potential 8 year gap for KI is the end of the world and means Six Flags hates KI or what other silly claim butthurt fanboys will come up with lol.

Since the person who thought it would be a good idea to mess with the fountain in the first place is no longer employed by KI or Six Flags, I think the park should consider changing the fountains back to how they were with new pedestials since the old ones are used in Orion's queue.

Great Adventure has ocean/seagull sounds playing on the speakers in their new Shoreline Pier area that soft opened the other day. I can't see how KI couldn't have done something similar on the path from I-street that goes up against the ride exit and first aid as well as outside the ride entrance but with eerie/spooky sound effects kinda like what played outside the original Phantom. I just don't like how they play the Kidzbop along that pathway. If they want to play Kidzbop in Planet Snoopy fine, but move it toward the Character Carousel/Whirlybirds area and have a custom soundtrack playing outside Phantom. It's not too late to do this whoever is in charge of music if you're reading this!

So either John Reilly was lying in the conference calls when he talks about wanting to increase labor and maximize rider throughput or the board of directors have been blocking his his ideas/vision.....

^^definitely puts to bed any speculation of anything major for 2027, but I could see a new flat ride or something smaller announced later. Also could see 2027 being an enhanced entertainment/special event year (think 2008 and 2022 or KD this year). Also with it being the 55th anniversary, that could be used for marketing to promote a season focused on entertainment.

^^I just can't see how Mr. Carovillano or anyone in upper management both at the park and corporate level can look at that and think that's acceptable! I don't know if it's just the workers not caring or if they're just too busy to even get to cleaning it due to being understaffed/staffing cuts due to corporate, but this NEEDS to be addressed asap or else longtime fans/passholders may start taking drastic measures that neither the corporate people or upper management want! Hate saying it, but with the way cleanliness and food quality has been handled the last couple of years, it may take what recently happened at Busch Gardens Tampa with one of their restaurants for upper management/those calling the shots to wake up and stop the penny pinching!

I actually was thinking a ride like Werewolf Gorge that uses the Crypt building and goes out into the woods and hugs the terrain would be very cool.

Looking at Fiesta Texas' announcement of Werewolf Gorge, I really like the theming they're putting into it. Looking at the renderings, it looks like they're going to have a couple of animatronic werewolves during the ride including one in the ceiling during the swing launch section which looks to take place in this shack/shed like structure. How this fits into Kings Island? Well I've been saying for awhile that the shed on Mystic Timbers is starting to feel outdated as it is approaching its 10th anniversary next year. My thoughts is, how about to celebrate Mystic Timbers 10th anniversary next year, they spend some capex and completely redo the shed and add things like animatronics and more effects into the shed and maybe bring back the "whats in the shed" campaign and actually have it live up to the hype this time as the park has more resources/experience with indoor theming now than they did back in 2017. Also then replace the queue shade structures at Diamondback with a full on wooden shade structure themed to the old "Rivertown Mining Company" and have an animatronic rattlesnake in the ceiling of the structure.

The first time I ever went to Holiday World was in 2011 and I remember seeing videos and knowing about that ride before I went. Sadly, it was closed both days we were there which was likely a story for a lot of people who went to Holiday World when it was there lol. The next time I went was in 2015 for Thunderbird so I never got to ride it. Also fun fact from that 2011 trip. At the time, the biggest coasters I had ridden were Flight Deck (The Bat) and Racer at KI. I was too scared to ride The Beast, but the first coaster I rode there was The Voyage! I still can't believe I did that lol. I was 9 years old at the time.

Adding one of these would be so Holiday World. We know how much they love their water coasters and they have basically every type of water coaster concept except this one.