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It was both sides last year. It just ran one train on both sides.

I mean they already play patriotic music in Coney Mall during Tricks and Treats. Maybe they could just move that playlist over to I street and call it a day! I'd take that over the jazz 100%

Also for those who don't know, the area under the load/unload turntable is a tornado shelter.

Ok that would be pretty cool in Rivertown. I believe Over Texas does something like this and I believe Cedar Point did the year SteVe came out. Also sorry for double post

We already have enough "story driven" family attractions. I looked up Dino Off Road Adventure and it's basically an antique car ride with dinosaurs. Wonder if it would it be an overlay of KMAA or it would take over the leftover Dinosaurs Alive path behind Orion. I think the multi launch coaster will win (if they use this survey to decide what's next) as most passholders I've seen on socials are ready for a new thrill coaster as 2027 will be 7 years since the last one. A new stunt show would also be nice. Is it basically the same as the previous ones (trailblazers/off the rails) or something completely new? I'd honestly like to see the Ultimate Stunt Show that took over the royal fountain in 2017/18 come back in some form.

Sounds like a survey went out today for future attractions and looks like a modern Vekoma launch was one of the options! Idk what the other options were if any as I haven't gotten the survey, but it sounds like the rumor season is about to start up again! Link to facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1668Wswpiq/

Guessing that probably means the castle is coming down. Fingers crossed we get something similar to the old Phantom Theater entrance.

My idea is a multi level station structure like Time Traveler where the queue is one and/or 2 levels below the station platform. Also if they go with a high capacity 3 train operation coaster, that could make it where they don't really need a long queue outside of busy weekends. Even on medium busy days, rides like Banshee and Orion are rarely longer than a few switchbacks. I also would like to see an under the station queue as A) it provides shade and B: there's theming opportunity I really wish more parks in the chain used the under the station area for queuing as usually when they don't it's dead space under there.

That is a bit of a stretch. They would need to put it together and test it a certain amount of times, get it certified by the state, then train the supervisors/managers, THEN get the crew trained which would honestly be a bit of a hassle as half of Coney Mall crew wise was completely changed up. For those who don't know ride ops at Monster were paired with Scrambler and Dodgem and both of those rides were on different crews this year so undoing all that and getting the ride ops cross trained with just a few weekends to go would be a bit of a task.

I think if there's any sort of pre-show it'll be set up similar to Haunted Hotel at Funtown Splashtown USA which is a newer Sally creation.

Is it just me or does it look like something that would fit perfectly in the Invertigo/Congo/Timberwolf plot at KI? Not that I would want one bc I'd rather not get a dive at KI, but just something to think about.

So basically a real life version of the old Six Flags bus commercials with Mr Six? Lol

I walked through that today and it honestly reminded me of the old vine tunnel KI used to have and what KD has. I would honestly not be opposed to enclosing this walkway with a permanent vine tunnel especially if The Vortex plot is going to remain empty going forward.

I don't believe they do it on purpose. If they do and are caught by upper management they likely get written up or even lose their job. I believe they are trained specifically to not scare those with the neckless on. Obviously accidents happen, but that doesn't mean they scare those with necklesses on purpose.

I'd like to see what is currently the Peanuts Showplace/meet and greet area utilized for this ride in some way. Whether that would be extended queue space or a Phantom Theater character meet and greet area and/or PT museum (like the lobby of PT Encore).

I'm guessing opening weekend and probably on most weekends, the line will probably be similar to the final days of Boo Blasters where it spills out onto the midway and heads towards Peanuts Showplace.

A building like that would probably take up most if not all of what Timberwolf takes up.

^^Or could that be the Phantom Theater tombstone and the lighting effect could be for the "phantoms" rising from the dead for Phantom Theater Opening Nightmare?

Paul Bonifield shared this on Linkedin a few weeks back. For those who don't know, Paul was one of the many who were unfortunately laid off by Six Flags back in May. Also in the comments, Chad Showalter (who was also let go) commented a bit about it. Based on those comments, it sounds like this project was planned for awhile and may have been the "family thrill attraction" planned all along. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paulbonifield_phantom-theater-returns-to-kings-island-ugcPost-7366851910231855104-Oe2X

I feel like every year around this time we hear about positive attendance trends and momentum toward next year after a busy fall since fall is in fact the busiest time of the year.

I'd like to see another indoor attraction added to Area 72. Like a flying theater themed around space flight. I came up with a little concept on what that could look like. The building would basically be connected to the FOF building and would also house a more permanent storage building for parade floats. I know this would likely be out of Six Flags budget, but a man can dream lol. It would also feature a double sided gondola to increase capacity.

I wouldn't expect anything new in the crypt until at least 2030 now that The Conjuring is going in there. I would think that they'd want to get at least 5 years out of Conjuring in there before they even think about doing something else there.

Tbh it just makes more sense to renew the license right now even with the troubles going on at Six Flags. I am 99% sure that retheming 11 kids areas on a last minute situation would be pretty costly and doesn't make too much sense especially after investing heavily into Snoopy attractions at Carowinds, KI, and Wonderland. Imo I think what very well could be happening is they decided to extend the license to buy more time evaluating the IPs long term. Then by 2029/2030 when hopefully financials are in a better place, they can make a long term decision and if they choose to axe Snoopy and bring in Looney and/or DC to legacy CF parks they can do it right and not just swap out the signs/give rides some touchups of paint and call it a day. OR they could decide to keep all the IPs and retheme the Planet Snoopys to DC or Looney Toons (Id prefer DC) and keep all the Camp Snoopys.

Agreed. Or how about a launch coaster with a Siren's Curse esc layout.

I don't know how I'd feel of an S&S scream n swing as our "front gate" attraction.