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1 minute ago, silver2005 said:
I think KI may need to add another Skyline location if tonight was an indication, the one was pretty busy the few times I passed it.
Tbf every place was busy today considering so many restaurants aren't open yet.
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Did they repaint the new track?
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10 minutes ago, Stoan said:
Flavored water and smaller bags of chips than last year. Though right in front of the Glockenspiel so that's cool.
Flavored water what a great complimentary beverage.
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Very Exciting stuff to see!
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They really had to turn off the fountain before Haunt even ended? Ruined the only good aspect of this years haunt.
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4 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:
1 will this still be the tshirt place?
2 looks like the thing at Jungle Xpedition. Will we have a show there?
3. What’s that?
3 is the Coke freestyle? 1 the concept art shows it still being T shirts.
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New additions doesn't really sound like changing to year around operations. I'm excited to see what the park announces tomorrow. I think a decent flat ride would be enough to convince me to renew my pass.
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8 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:
To reiterate, there's a 99.9999% chance that this document means nothing from a guest-facing standpoint.
Why is that?
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Kinda funny if this does turn out to be a 30 million dollar B&M. Like within the past 10 years including this hypothetical coaster they would have spent like 100 million on new rollercoasters but just around 10 or so million on new flats (This is a guesstimate I have no idea how much the flats cost). I feel like when I look at my day at Kings Island one of the biggest things I wish I could experience would be more high thrill flat rides. Flatrides I feel like provide very unique and memorable experiences at times if I'm being honest. They're a nice change of pace instead of just marathoning roller coasters all day. Now I won't complain about a new rollercoaster and I think it is needed but flats would be just as good imo.
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Just now, IndyGuy4KI said:
Seems quite useful in getting fans talking about it. I am having a hard time believing they added companies in to throw us off. Respectively, KI fans are probably the best detectives when or comes to decoding out of any other park.
Them BGWfans people have us beat.
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31 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said:
It’s still very disappointing to see such a small amount of fog around the park. I thought the fog last year was light outside of the official scare zones, but this year the fog is extremely light within the scare zones and practically non-existent outside of them. I emended when the fire would shoot out on Backlot Stunt Coaster, and the whole sky would light up with the fog in the air. The atmosphere is not nearly as good without the fog.
The park as a whole didn't have nearly as good of an atmosphere imo. The theming around the park is not nearly as pronounced. The scare zones with the exception of pumpkin eater don't really feel themed at all. Like coney mall looked pretty much like normal coney mall at night. The fog not being present is a huge atmospheric buzz kill. Only thing Im remembering from my haunt experience thus far are the scare actors on I-Street.
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Very cool to see but doesn't really tell us all that much beside the park will likely install a new ride for the 2024 season. Exciting none the less.
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Best aspect of haunt this year imo.
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On 9/16/2022 at 6:09 PM, disco2000 said:
I think KI has recognized that when you focus on the "little things" then the revenue and profit increase because people are spending more. This has been a multi-year initiative that started with the I-street revamp, return of the antique cars, and fixing the glockenspiel, all the way through to fixing the carousel organ and Phantom Theater Encore and everything in between.
I do agree the park has put a great emphasis on improving the overall guest experience through minor enhancements like you’ve mention but my issue becomes with the fact that at times it appears they’re only halfway committed to this. As has been brought up numerous times the theming they’ve paid for, particularly at A72 is not always maintained. In addition I’d argue that flat rides very much are considered little things in the mind of guests yet the park has not added a new thrilling flat-ride in a decade. No excuses for that, especially when parks like Canadas wonderland are able to add a new kids area rollercoaster & a massive thrilling flat ride in the same year. I’d argue 2019 might be the best year for park improvements with Antique Autos, I street and the various other improvements. Largely in part due to the fact there was a new ride.
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5 hours ago, FUN&ONLY! said:
As it stands, 2023 seems like it will be a worse season at Kings Island than 2022. Unless anything else gets announced, 2023 will only see the return of Grand Carnivale but the loss of the 50th Anniversary Celebration. I think Grand Carnivale is great, but I don’t think it matches the 50th Anniversary Celebration (I think most people would agree) and is also not new. I hope Kings Island announces SOMETHING new for next year, though, at some point.
Yup, there's literally nothing to look forward too for next season. It'll feel exactly the same as 2021 unless they announce something new. Well I guess there will be one major difference between those seasons, that being the price. Still no excuse for a park that makes as much money as KI does to not add any new attractions for 3 seasons.
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4 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said:
So all you did was come on here to do some passive aggressive complaining?
In my experience, they have had plenty of workers this season, who have been engaged and provided a good experience. If you have people to send home, it seems like you have more than enough people to work there.
Not quite sure how hard it was for the park to hire people this season but to be honest I don’t think screwing with peoples hours is not a good way to keep recurring employees. It’d certainly leave a bad taste in my mouth if my hours kept getting cut.
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1 minute ago, BoddaH1994 said:
Although I doubt we will see a new ride, I still believe that there is far, far more to KI’s 2023 story than Grand Carnivale, Haunt, and Winterfest.
Then they should have announced that today to be honest, because right now grand carnival ain’t going to be enough to convince some people to get season passes. But yes I agree there will likely be other small improvements.
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2 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:
I doubt we'll see a coaster in 2024 knowing our last ride addition was a coaster. I'm honestly expecting a Soak City expansion and/or a flat ride in 2024. They could honestly do both in the same year since Wonderland is adding both a coaster and flat next year. Maybe a coaster in 2025 or 2026.
Whatever they do next year it better not be just one area of the park as that’s not going to be sustainable for the park. Next year should be like canadas wonderland where they improve Planet Snoopy while also adding a new high thrill flat ride elsewhere in the park.
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2 minutes ago, Kenban said:
According to the press release from Cedar Fair total Capital expenses for 2023 is the highest ever at $200 million. It feels like there has to be something more, maybe not rides, but paint, retracking wood coasters, new restaurants, something likely not worthy of being announced today.
They’re renovating the Knotts hotel which probably cost at least 50 million I’d have to assume is taking up a big chunk of that money.
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1 minute ago, beastfan11 said:
What’s your source for this information?
I mean a lot of that stuff seemed to be just for the 50th anniversary, I don’t have a source just speculation.
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2 minutes ago, beastfan11 said:
This is just personal conjecture, but a lack of a major addition in 2023 makes me feel like something significant could be on its way for 2024 or onward. No reason get upset. 2022 was the best season I’ve personally experienced and there we no massive capital investments. No need to be upset.
Most of the 2022 additions are gone come next season, food, fireworks, shows gone.
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So nothing new got it.
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16 minutes ago, Captain Nemo said:
What that WHAT!!!!
so far Can W has peaked my interest over all the other announcements and it doesn't even have a video.
At least one park in the chain knows how to build high thrill flat rides.
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6 minutes ago, MrSourNinja said:
Just because it’s a new addition does not mean it’s an important one.
Personally, I don’t watch the shows so no I didn’t enjoy it. Also, that show is replacing a show that already ran. So at best, it’s a small net positive if the show is better.
As other posters have mentioned, most people go for the rides. For the things they cannot do anywhere else. I can go to plays in any town. I cannot ride rollercoasters or large flats in any town.
Only 2 out of the last 6 years having additions is concerning any way you paint it. And with nothing being announced today my season pass is seriously up for question. That’s 2 platinum season passes might I add.
They had a chance to win my $600+ on passes alone and they are losing that chance. There is definitely other things I can do with that money.
Yup, perfectly said. I’m not going to spend $1500 on my pass if the park isn’t doing anything besides basic maintenance to “improve the guest experience”. There’s just no excitement for me about next season. Small flat rides go along way when it comes to improving the guest experience, just look at the reception to antique autos. Disappointing that’s all I have to say.
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