Captain Nemo

So THATS why monster is closed!

The majority of the “park updates” had to do with weather conditions. I began seeing these posts in my feed about 3-4 years ago. At the time it felt like an actual update trending with national weather services; however, as a few years passed I noticed a trend and so did the comment section. This started to feel like too common an occurrence.

I do have to say it does seem just about everyday I see those “park update” posts from a park informing early or full closures. Before the merge this was a post I saw VERY often from Six Flags Magic Mountain (nearby park to me). This year I am seeing this type of post from parks a lot more on CF legacy parks.

Gary!!! He was such a fun guy. Saw him a lot that opening year.

My best guess for the demo. Cost of demo < cost of retrofitting But as Gordon said, I could have sworn that the building was not on the chopping block when the ride was announced.

Wow… that needs to be someone’s yearbook quote. Perfectly said!

Meh, show should have been hosted by Combat Stupendous. School of Rock was a standout though. And while I know Hot Blooded was a fan favorite, Dead Awakening was better.

The most clever show the park has had. Plus it was a huge hit with everyone, how can you go wrong with a marshmallow fight!

The Spokesperson is Mr. Six This reminds me of a story during my time with Carnival Cruise. They had 2 pro DJs for each ship. About 10 years ago the company realized they could cut one of the DJ positions and have a host do it without any pay bump. Hosts did it because it was now part of their job description as per the men in charge. Now, there are less than half the amount of DJs they had, the pro DJs left with the company have more work with the same pay and the other half is now done by individuals who are not ‘DJs’. The hosts can do an OK job at DJ’ing but you can get that job now without any background knowledge. I’m not here to comment on if this is good practice or not, but it’s a technique that Six seems to be following in the footsteps of.

Bump

Had a Purple mattress 6 years ago, wasn’t for me. Sometimes the entertainment at this park isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. I use to really enjoy the shows, now they don’t really seem worth the time. Not because they are not good or anything but because how you use your time in a park now-a-days is vital in order to get the most out of your day.

Plus SIX can benefit this. As you just said, you just stopped to listen for a few minutes. That statistic is important to SIX. Only Food and Beverage will know the amount of revenue they make with and without a live performer. Spoiler alert, it’s a lot of money.

It sounds like a great program! Live performances like that are a lot more intimate. Plus soloists get a freedom to break out of the venue show norms. No big light's, fog or lasers needed. Just a catchy song and a singer to keep the good jive going as you head to the next ride.

Live entertainment and Kings Island have had a very long and committed relationship. Through each era we had a very different style of stage shows. Large cast and broadways style, ice skating, and whatever Half Pint Brawlers was… I loved most of the entertainment the park had throughout my memory going back to 2005. I never saw a show before that. Up til then parks have and still stick to the ‘review show’ trope. Find a musical subject and stick with it for 20-30 minutes. Shows are great, but they bring no revenue in the sense of; Those 500-1000 guests during those 20-30 minutes is valuable to the guests and even more so to Six Flags. I don’t need I need to speak to this community about how important a half hour at a park can be. From Six Flags perspective, that time at a show is also time you could be getting food, getting a caricature portrait, buying on ride photos. All things that get you to use your wallet. So parks attach experiences like culinary and theatre (festhaus). in this day and age of live entertainment I think Kings Island needs more investment in live band/soloists like they have done during Winterfest. Marty’s Party is still hands down the best dang show Kings Island ever had

I would be okay if GG removed the long break shed all together and replaced it with a tunnel with bunny hills. Look, I get the nostalgia of Beast. But there’s no reason to keep the long shed as is. At one point I hope beast gets Timberliners (with a custom front train)