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California's Great America now currently lists a few events/celebrations on their website. Not listed above are Early Ride Times and the South Bay Shores opening day.

I updated the full events list again! I think this should be the last update, barring any crazy changes. Additions include events at Canada's Wonderland, La Ronde, Valleyfair, and CALIFORNIA'S GREAT AMERICA!! CGA doesn't have any of the big events listed, but they do have events and celebrations on their website! Darien Lake appears to be the last Six Flags dry park without any events listed for 2025.

I didn't really notice any sink issues besides the lack of an accessible handicap sink. The trough style for those makes sense (less drains = less pipes). I'll need to look again for a handicap door opener because there isn't really an excuse to have excluded one from the renovation. The inclusion of paper towel dispensers is very much welcome though.

Did your Pub Burger come with any toppings? I've seen comments that Jukebox Diner removed their toppings bar, so the Brewhouse might be the only place in the park that someone can find lettuce for their hamburger now.

Guests say the darndest things... I'd be curious to see the results of a survey that asks some basic questions such as: "Did you know that Kings Island is part of the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation family of parks?" "What are your opinions of the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation since July 2024?" "How does the value of a Six Flags park pass with the All Park Passport add-on compare to similar passes from other park chains?"

Two Cincinnati themed coasters in one park? That would be like putting two hyper coasters in one park! (just kidding! Orion is a giga coaster)

Hear me out: the Skyflyer plot is the perfect size for... A new full-size indoor bar!!

I think that might be where the fencing that was around Monster went. It was also around the new Coke stand last season.

Photo Suggestions: Rides, Roller Coasters, Queues, & Stations Grand Carousel photos of each horse & carriage a clear shot photo of the Carousel Organ, with minimal horses in the way photos of the building exterior and the new roof photos of architectural details around the station The Racer: the entire queue building pictures of the station Queen City Stunt Coaster updated station decorations the New for 2025 billboards River Racers Splash River Junction (try not to get people in these photos) the water tower Salamander Sliders Riverbank Slide Out Tadpool Restaurants, Shops, Games, and Theaters Kings Island Trading Company (2025 renovation) The French Corner Bar & Bistro Grain & Grill (post-opening) Sweet Spot Amenities & General Photos Oktoberfest new digital signs Kings Island History Walk photos of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 stones menus landscaping If it's a building and it exists, take a good picture!

Hi all! I think it would be a fun project to get some more good pictures of our beloved park. Pictures of all of the buildings (exterior & interior), rides, stands, theaters, and vistas within public view are requested. Do not enter restricted areas for a photo. Put some thought into the pictures you take. Play with the composition of each shot. If there are people in the way, kindly wait until they move or are away from the main focus of your photo. If you're interested, have access to a good phone or camera, and find yourself at Kings Island on a day where you can take some good pictures, then join the project! Submit your photos to KIC (linked below) and feel free to post them here as well. I will have a second post with suggestions below this one, including some KIC albums that look like they may need more up-to-date pictures. KIC Photo Submission: https://KICentral.com/kic-photo-submission Photo Examples: @KIfan73 Photo of International Street, looking north. | July 5, 2017 (from the "How to upload photos to KIC" topic) @Dane Photo of Vortex, looking from The Beast. | https://KICentral.com/photos/Vortex#5752 Kings Island | Photo of the Island Smokehouse in Soak City. | https://www.visitkingsisland.com/dining

Here's my I-Street store wishes that I promised over in the 2025 General Discussion. It's pretty basic but is probably better than just having the same merch everywhere. Kings Island Essentials: Park supplies, travel-sized medications, some candy, and quick solutions to common problems (rain ponchos, umbrellas, etc.) Kings Island Trading Co.: Plush Central & general park merchandise. Emporium: 4 Sections (near Auntie Anne's) Seasonal Merch — specific to yearly additions and seasonal events. Used for the Haunt shop and the Snowflake Lake ice skate pick-up. (North Emporium) Coaster Central — Anything and everything related to KI rides and roller coasters. Winterfest's only Emporium section. (South Emporium) Peanuts merch & other children's items. Used for Mrs. Claus' Cookies during Winterfest. (near Funnel Cakes & Glass Creations) Plushies & Kids toys with some candy selections. Kings Island Collections: Exclusive hyper-specific Kings Island merchandise. I saw some Homage branded items in here. Items that reference KI history. Defunct ride merch & nano coasters. The Made to Thrill posters Souvenir park maps. Not the standard map printed all over the park and on the mobile app, but one drawn by artists that can be framed and hung on a wall. I think it would also be a good business decision to offer some super cheap, unbranded items for $3 or less. Overcharge for park-branded merchandise, not cheap chapstick or band aids.

@BB1 You articulated some of my thoughts much better than I could have. Thank you for being critical! A number of people tend to forget that loving something also means being critical of its decisions because you want to see it do well. The crowd levels yesterday were simply insane, and I don't think the park was entirely prepared for that many people to be there. A number of the issues are fixable while other issues just came down to lapses in planning judgement. I'm of the mentality that the Passholder Preview should be a snapshot into an average mid-size-crowd day, not one of the busiest days in the early season. It would be a shame to put a limit on who/how many could attend the event, but yesterday's crowds were just way too big for it not even being the official Opening Day. My group arrived around 11 and was shocked to see that the parking situation was being treated like a private buyout event and not like a regular public operating day. Besides getting people through the gates quickly, was there a reason to not have anyone in the toll booths? Did the parking attendants not need to gain any experience yesterday? Normally if the parking tolls are backed up then associates will visually check passes and wave people through — which should have been everyone coming in yesterday. We parked and got through the new security just fine, but the south side of the entry plaza filled quickly and people seemed to keep flowing in through all open checkpoints. There should definitely have been a shift to only using the northernmost checkpoints once the plaza filled on the south side. Security began forming more lines in front of the turnstiles around 11:20, and guests were scanned in and let into the front half of International Street around 11:30. Those extra lines should have been formed from the beginning with dividers between each line. There are a set number of scanners, so why not have that many lines? The fact that Prestige passholders didn't get to use their parking and turnstile benefits feels like a major oversight, especially since it was the Passholder Preview. Getting into the park itself went rather smoothly, and I got to check out the new shop which looked really good. I have to agree with the complaints about having the same merch throughout the front four stores. As much as I really really like the vintage varsity merch, I don't think it needs to be in all four front gate shops. I'll make another post in the Newest Merchandise topic to go in more detail. The renovated Camp Snoopy/Diamondback bathroom was super nice. It looked contemporary and appeared to have new fixtures throughout. I did notice the lack of a handicap door button, the lack of a handicap accessible sink, and the fact that there were no urinal dividers. I don't know what happened there but it seemed really odd for them to be missing after a total renovation. We ate lunch at Miami River Brewhouse and had an awesome experience. There were some oddities there as well though. The receipt said "King's Island" at the top and we found out that there were also no handicap buttons on the doors (closest to Diamondback) to exit the Brewhouse. Otherwise, our food and drinks were really good and I would've happily finished my Big Dog if I wasn't already so full from the large portion size. As for other food offerings across the park I can really enjoy the fact that most dining locations have something standard in addition to a diverse menu, but part of me wishes that said standard item wasn't chicken tenders. I've been very lucky to visit Disney World twice and appreciated the fact that almost every quick-service location offered something like an Uncrustable as a standard item. I wish the new Six Flags would do something like this so families with picky/restricted eaters (a big deal for some toddlers I've known) could all get food from the same place. I know that if I don't like anything from a certain dining location then I can go grab something else and meet my group at a table, but some groups don't have that option. It would also be a good idea to have one more totally Gluten Free dining location in the dry park and one in Soak City. Backlot's update to become Queen City Stunt Coaster is a welcome change in my book, and I hope we can see some more work done to make it look even better. If anyone can find out what all of the new Ohio license plates on the trains say I'd be really interested to see! The new drink stand in Action Zone also looks really good. This was an excellent Passholder Preview for me, but the issues are absolutely shining through the cracks. The parking lot is in desperate need of an overhaul, and the flow of guests from their cars to the front gate is consistently messy. This could be a great multi-year project that would go along with the other general improvements we saw over the off season. The new security setup looks a lot better, but something still feels like it's missing. Maybe if we get a front gate renovation (not a total rebuild like at Carowinds) we'll see much more happen. Finally, yesterday was the first time I really noticed some of the accessibility issues at the park. Making the park more accessible where possible would also be a worthy general improvement project! I love Kings Island a ton, which is why I criticize it like I do. Any solutions I offer are really just my immediate thoughts. This park puts a smile on my face with every visit and I'd like to see it continue going strong for generations to come. If y'all have more thoughts, please share!

I think either a Wild Mouse or a thrilling flat ride could go there, but I don't think we'll see its replacement until after next year. The timing of its demolition seems to line up more with the last of the forced ride removals than the planned ones.

I think the small show in Rivertown was called Busker Jam. Those little shows gave the park some more kinetic energy and it would be nice to have them back.

The renovation looks awesome! I was pleased to see that the character of International Street was kept and that the interior is now laid out much better with the three counters being consolidated into one. I was not phased by the new Six Flags tags on everything, but I did see a bubble blower that had the new corporate Six Flags logo prominently displayed on the packaging. The associates still have Cedar Fair on their uniforms as well. I wonder how long we'll see those around. I will say that I keep seeing comments from people saying some form of "Six Flags is coming in and ruining everything already!" (ok that might have a little exaggeration, but it's still pretty close) which is simply not true. It might say something about the decision to keep the Six Flags name. Give it some time. Cedar Fair is showing up a lot more than the legacy Six Flags across the new chain. A number of the things people are upset about may have happened without the merger, and are only being amplified by it. Thank you for coming to my rant