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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.

Can you explain more? Are you sure it's not an issue with the scanner? When I worked at KI, if the scanner turned red we had to send the guest back up to where they purchased it. If it became a scanner issue, we had to call and report it to upper management.

I say just eat Skyline outside the park. It's much better that way even if you can technically get it for free at KI with a dining plan. Like I always order my "ways" extra juicy and they most of the time deliver on that. At KI that isn't really an option.

As Boo Blasters is officially no more, construction is set to begin on the transformation into Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare set to debut in Spring 2026. This thread will be used to document the construction progress of this exciting "rebirth" of a former beloved dark ride. As a reminder to keep the terms of service in mind when posting on here and to only get pics in authorized areas. To view the terms of service, view here: https://KICentral.com/forums/topic/4128-terms-of-service/ Here's to another season of construction! To get things started here's the advertisement of this new ride outside of what once was Boo Blasters shared by @Losantiville Mining Co. in the announcement thread!

I know this isn't likely, but something I was thinking about with the entrance and queue. Since this ride is going to be very popular and on busy days, Boo Blasters line tends to spill out on the midway, I think what they should do is connect the current queue house with the Peanuts Showplace and move the entrance to the ride to down by the Great Pumpkin Coaster in what is currently the entrance to the Peanuts Showplace. I honestly kinda like the wooded feel down there and it could make it feel like you're going into an overgrown/Haunted theater in the woods. Having 2 separate queue rooms also opens up potential to multiple scenes for this storytelling. I also was thinking if they choose not to go that route they could make the Peanuts Showplace into a Phantom Theater character meet and greet area and museum. If they wanted to create new props/decor for the new ride, they could then (if they still have them) display the old decor from the old Phantom Theater that they had in the PT Encore show lobby in the Peanuts Showplace.

Orion had a giant banner on the fence after it was announced. They also did a daytime Haunt in what was Chaos themed around the Orion storyline as a "pre launch" preview. Tbh I really want to see the daytime/HallowTween Haunts return in the future. I liked what they would do with the corn maze and even last year with the daytime tour of Madame Fatales.

1 person at dispatch is inexcusable tbh. It doesn't help that antique car crew is also responsible for WindSeeker AND Shake Rattle and Roll. Imo it should always be at least 2 dispatchers MINIMUM. Just because they can technically operate antiques with one dispatchers doesn't mean they should. Just like how Dodgem should not be a single op even though it technically can. Or how Viking Fury can run with 2 instead of 3 which slows down operations significantly bc that means the person up at drive has to come all the way down, unlock the gate, check the load side, and go back up and if a safety issue needs corrected they have to go back up and unlock restraints and start over which is a pain.

Sounds like it might be time to bring him back onto Tower Topics @DonHelbig @BoddaH1994

Why not both Maestro and Larry? I think what will probably happen is they'll have Maestro up there at his organ and there will be lightning and thunder special effects for the "stormy night" part and then have the ghost notes disappear from the organ and then both Maestro and Larry will give instructions to find the notes using the flashlight. Kinda like during the Scooby Doo Haunted Castle days where Scooby and Shaggy were up there telling you how to use the blasters.

I think there's lots of potential with this. Here is a recent installation by Sally Dark Rides at Funtown Splashtown USA in Maine and it looks cool. If Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare is done anywhere close to this, I think we're all in for a treat! This Haunted Hotel theme honestly reminds me a bit of Phantom Theater in a way.

Made an exterior idea using a Boo Blasters exterior photo found on Wikipedia: Source for photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Blasters_on_Boo_Hill

I would at least hope they dress up the bridge and make it not look like a medieval castle bridge. Maybe add a "red carpet" on it.

Well this thread is now officially outdated lol

I'm honestly wondering what the exterior is going to look like. Will they keep the Castle and dress it up to look like an old opera house like Music Hall? Will they remove the Castle and make the entrance like how it was for the original Phantom Theater? Will they move the entrance to just the right of the exit and make it more on International Street instead of Planet Snoopy? This is interesting to see. I'm honestly leaning towards they'll keep the entrance where it is right now and strip the castle and put up a theater looking building. If so, I'm hoping they remove the stone bridge and put in a pathway that looks like the entrance to a theater.

That was my speculation. I believe someone later commented that 2023 was originally a Soak City expansion. However, there's no way to know for sure what the original 2023 plan was pre Adventure Port.

All I want is them to have Maestro playing the organ in the queue again and PLEASE NO FUN TV'S IN THE QUEUE!!!!

I feel like that got put on the backburner indefinitely if it was planned to go in the crypt. I think the Conjuring will be in the Crypt for at least a few seasons. Now Usually, I would think since we're getting a smaller addition in 2026, that 2027 would be a major addition (kinda like how we got antique cars in 2019 then Orion in 2020). However, with the financial state of Six Flags right now, it wouldn't shock me if the 2027 capital are just postponed 2026 additions (ie Great Adventure launch coaster, Carowinds super flume, Magic Mountain thrill glider etc) and KI likely just gets park improvements or a small flat ride and then 2028 is the big year for KI. Now, I could see 2027 being our year if we end up losing Invertigo and Congo at the end of the season, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Sorry if I sound dumb, but is that a photo from this season? It honestly looks like a photo from years ago.

Where did Mike Koontz say that? I'm not saying KI managment doesn't regret Vortex's removal since I'm sure their thought back then if you would ask them now is by 2025 a new ride would be there, but then this thing called a pandemic happened basically destroying their 5 year plan and making the ROI on a 30 million dollar investment harder to get. Then you have the merger with Six Flags come into play. I also think while the desire is to replace Vortex before putting a coaster somewhere else, if rides like Invertigo and Congo reach the end of their lives and they have no choice but to remove them, I think they'd change plans and put the next big thing there first as having a giant empty hole right at the front gate is not a good first impression. If that's the case, we may not get a Vortex replacement until around the 60th anniversary in 2032.

May I ask where you got this information from? Also was the planned 2023 SC expansion the same that we got in 2025 and was Pipeline planned to be retired at the end of 2022 for it?