Hawaiian Coasters 325

I could honestly see The Vortex replacement in 2028 followed by a parking lot coaster (Invertigo/Congo/TW area) along with a renovated entry plaza in 2032 for the 60th anniversary (which is crazy to think we are getting close to the halfway point to that year as the 50th year feels like yesterday). Assuming we don't run into another major financial disruption (ie another pandemic or major recession or even bankruptcy).

So it seems like the new tower is going in the parking lot somewhere in front of the current building. Interesting they chose there instead of right behind the waterpark where there is some open land there between the outdoor pool and columbia rd.

Elizabeth Nadeu, The digital marketing manager has announced she is leaving Kings Island to take the social media and community manager position at P&G: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUo86ZCDIpJ5QSkQbDTE6spzt7I1Y64vNya3PA0/?img_index=1 I know some of you have mixed feelings about her, but she was always nice to me and I will miss her around the park and I wish her nothing but the best moving forward.

While I love the idea of a fully enclosed queue, I don't see Six Flags investing in that kind of money. That's more along the lines of something Universal or Disney would do. P.S. Can you do a full walkthrough of the queue or just a set of pictures of each area of the queue?

My concept is that area would be an overhang. Also I believe there's a creek there already and my concept involves expanding it and giving it nice landscaping like the water features in Siren's Curse's queue.

I have been wondering how a queue could work for a Vortex replacement and I mocked up a sorta idea of a queue line with a double sided locker system and metal detectors (like Siren's Curse). The station of the coaster would be higher than usual allowing for a bunch of open space underneath the station that would be used for the double sided lockers, the exit gift shop, on ride photo booth, and a merged queue that would also feature a "pre-show" for the ride. The coaster model I have is a modern Vekoma launch.

I came up with a mausoleum concept for Banshee's queue. It goes over the main part of the queue that is usually first to open up when the line gets longer

I mean KD invited Clint Novak as well as Brian Sterowski who are both highly regarded KD influencers and aren't hesitant to criticize the park when things aren't great.

Apparently a meeting took place at Kings Dominion with the new CEO John Reilly with multiple KD media influencers where the discussion was about the future of the park. I really hope we see one of these at Kings Island as its no secret that the relationship between the park and some of the bigger media influencers haven't been the best lately.

Another "wish" I have which won't happen this season and likely won't happen in the future as the ROI likely isn't worth it to those in charge is to see popular rides with very little shade get a shaded structure. I mocked up some "queue house" ideas for Diamondback and Flight of Fear (the old Firehawk queue which is used more than the current indoor queue). Diamondback's is based on the old Rivertown Mining Company building that used to be there and FOF's is based on the theme of Area 72

Are we going to be able to time travel back 20 years with that lol

I think they should at least set up a temporary overflow queue in the peanuts showplace just in case for opening weekend crowds.

Webcams are down lol EDIT: Not anymore

I mean Magic Mountain is basically doing that this year and I don't believe they're adding any new rides to that area. In fact they're removing a couple of rides in their kids area. If the budget allows, I think they would do it and they could make it marketable. I think families would be very excited about an expanded Beagle Scout Acres. BSA is nice, but I think they could add more to it. A multi level play structure and splash pad immediately come to mind.

I actually had this same sort of thought. Imagine if the Indy 500 could build their own version of COTALand at the Indy Motor Speedway. I don't know if they have space for it though.

I know this is about 2026, but I kinda wanted to look ahead a little bit to 2027 when it comes to capital. I think if 2027 is going to be another mild year in terms of investment at KI and they want to do something to market for 2027, my wish would be to "finish" Camp Snoopy. Hear me out: Camp Snoopy while they did a good job on it it feels unfinished to me. Ways they could finish it without needing to invest too much money would be: stain the concrete in the area to a more light brown color add Kite Eating Tree and Space Buggies into Camp Snoopy (retheming buggies to Pig Pen's Mud Buggies) add the 3 rides behind Surf Dog into Camp Snoopy add another playground to Beagle Scout Acres. More specifically a multi level play structure like what Cedar Point used to have on Forbidden Frontier. You can put it in the open space behind Pig Pen's Mess Hall If there's still space and/or budget left, add some sort of splash pad Finally, add a Camp Snoopy sign at the other entrance to Camp Snoopy right behind Snoopy's Boutique. Make it like the sign that was in the original concept art: Basically do what Magic Mountain is doing with their new Bugs Bunny World coming this year

I mean we've had people on here go down there and get permits/plans before...COUGH COUGH Orion lol.

Banshee they really knocked it out of the park with! Especially the announcement video! Mystic Timbers I thought was well done too! Orion was good, but there were some missed opportunities with the teaser campaign. I liked how Banshee and Mystic Timbers had teasers on the fence on opening day while Orion didn't. Especially with the buzz surrounding Firehawk's demise and the future Im shocked they didn't at least do some sort of teaser on the fence opening weekend. I remember the forum here buzzing the days leading up to pass preview 2019 hoping for teasers yet were disappointed when there wasn't any teasers on the fence.

I heard a rumor that the park turned it down bc they would've had to cut trees too close to The Beast (assuming it was going to go in The Vortex site). I don't remember where I heard it though. Not to mention The Vortex site is not flat so they would've had to do some major work to be able to put it there. I also doubt Mr. Koontz wanted to remove any more major rides for it (which is why it didn't go in the Invertigo/Congo/TW area which it actually would've fit well there). Also the park was already lined up for a waterpark expansion in 2025 which was more overdue than a major coaster. Siren's Curse likely wasn't decided on for CP until like mid summer after Mexico couldn't get it built.

Oh no not this again lol. I thought this horse has already been beaten dead a million times lol. I respect your opinion, but I can't see how people couldn't be excited about a 300 foot coaster lol. Look I know it wasn't Fury or Millennium but it was the biggest investment in park history. Im going to end this talk right here as there's already a million other threads on this subject. Back on topic. I'm very excited about this mainly bc I never got to ride the original Phantom Theater. I was born like a month before it closed. I haven't been this excited about a Kings Island new ride since Orion. I'm also really liking the direction the park is going with updates. It's a much bigger improvement over the very few updates we got for RiverRacers.

That's honestly a very bold thing to say considering we got a giga coaster in that timeframe.

Now what I wish they would do is expand the men's restroom up there so its not just one stall anymore.

I agree with that and I think another place would be in Planet Snoopy. I had a concept years back that involved demolishing the Planet Snoopy blue ice cream stand as well as the Snoopy grill there, Tom&Chee, and Cornerstone (the associate cafe) and build something like Harmony Hall or LazyBear Lodge at CW there. Make it 2 levels with a basement and have the basement be the new Cornerstone for employees.

I don't want anything with the letters B&M associated with The Vortex plot. Give me a Vekoma, Mack, Intamin, or HECK give Zamperla a shot but please no B&M!

^^Not that many people believed Orion would be another Fury 325 when it was announced. Even when the layout got leaked and people with engineering minds and Nolimits2 accounts mocked up the layout most people knew it was going to be more like Leviathan than Fury. Most people thought it would be another Fury back when the KI giga was just fanboy talk on forums and subreddits mainly bc CF historically outside of I-305 made their next giga taller than the previous one and loved to shoot for records. So that's kinda why it caught many people off guard when they decided to go giga at KI, but chose not to go bigger than the previous ones.