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Great Adventure is almost certainly a trial park for what's to come. They lost a lot of stuff over the off-season, so I think they have a little extra money to "fix" more things. It also helps show more investment in the park so guests don't immediately think the park is on its way out. Magic Mountain also got a fresh marquee sign refurbishment this year and put up an old logo. "Six Flags" is on that sign, but is secondary to "Magic Mountain" and less visible than the park name. 2025's FrightFest/Haunt and Holiday in the Park/Winterfest will be a good way to gauge how quickly things will move over the next few years. The initial growing pains might be done by then and corporate can move forward with their future plans. Those parks are also one of the reasons why I think "Six Flags" will be dropped from some of the park names. If the Legacy Cedar Fair method sticks then I think we'll see "A Six Flags Park" stick at only a few of the Legacy Six Flags park logos and not come to any Legacy Cedar Fair park logos. SF Over Texas, SF Over Georgia, SF St. Louis, and SF New England aren't going to get rid of it unless they change their names (unlikely). I also think they only went with the Six Flags name for corporate purposes Most of these parks can speak for themselves, especially once the Legacy Six Flags parks are brought up to the higher standards. I could be completely wrong. That's the fun part about all of this. Nobody knows what may happen next. I think the Funsultant character is supposed to say We're serious about FUN — although I don't know that it's working. That line might have been a direct quote. The only ads I've seen with her (and the Funtern) have been the first ad where they didn't show her face and the ones that I looked up online. None of the actual Funsultant ads have naturally popped up on my no-ad-blocker and higher-than-most YouTube/social media screen time. Bringing back Mr. Six would be great as long as he isn't held back and is not used to directly sell Silver Passes. I think it'd be a better way to re-introduce people to Six Flags. So many things could be done. Send out a fleet of new Six Flags busses on a US tour. Those things are like the Weiner Mobile in how recognizable they are. Advertise all of the investment being put into each park. Post those to the big corporate social media account. Get the word out that Six Flags is back, new and improved (whether we on here think so or not).

Congratulations! I did a little snooping around on Kings Island's website and found the following in their Guest Accessibility Guide (pregnancy section is at the top of page 10). It wasn't terribly easy to find, but I hope it helps. I've included the second paragraph listing the rides as a quote below. Best of luck to you, your wife, and your new little one!!! Kings Island Accessibility Homepage: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/accessibility Guest Accessibility Guide PDF: https://qr1.be/W5QK

How about something conceived by their insider FUNsultant The coaster in the picture is almost definitely a stock photo from one of the parks galleries. Putting together one ad campaign and changing the park name is certainly cheaper than spending money on 20+ campaigns. Hopefully we'll see better once the merger has calmed down and some parks have dropped the "Six Flags" from their name. Great Adventure, Great America, Fiesta Texas, Discovery Kingdom, and a few others would be good contenders for that. Bonus points if Fiesta Texas gets its fun logo back. I think the Silver Pass is there so the parks can have a "budget option". That being said, it's still good to have it available! If someone just goes to the park occasionally or doesn't have the money for a Gold or Prestige Pass, they can get the Silver Pass now and go do all of the rides and shows from mid-April to Labor Day. Add in the Pass Perks program and that's enough for a family who only goes for a few days each year. On a different note: did anyone get to see what kind of pavement will be used under the new festival structure? All of the pictures make it look like the edges have been prepped with asphalt. I haven't seen anything that would indicate concrete going down, so my guess would either be pavers or asphalt (the latter of which would be a big mistake for a park that normally prides itself for its beauty). There needs to at least be a little planter on the corner nearest the Eiffel Tower and maybe another one near the lamps by the carousel. Looking back at a recent image it looks like it'll be asphalt around the edges. There is space for at least another tree or two and some pretty flower beds! (Unless that's actually very dark mulch I see, but I doubt it.)

Thank you! I must've read an outdated article.

Do you mean the double-sided standing signs? I believe those are meant to replace/supplement the old interactive map kiosks. I've only ever seen them while they're on (except after they were first installed). It would be awesome if they showed wait times and weather info. Some of the other Legacy Cedar Fair parks have been installing these as well. I hate being on my phone in the parks, but unfortunately it seems Six Flags would rather save the (relatively minimal) amount of money that printing maps and physical pass cards would cost. Six Flags, please stop forcing guests to use their phones! Now it seems the only way to get a physical pass card is to go to Guest Services and plead your case. If you're talking about the small Wait Times signs or Fast Lane kiosks, I've got no clue. Those were good additions though.

Holiday World's free soft drinks program is certified Super Nice tradition that is a definite selling point for those who come to the park. In a world where everything costs too much, I wish more parks would adopt a small complimentary item program. Things like sunscreen, printed park maps, water, or even a $0.51 souvenir pressed penny program would be awesome to see! Good on you, Holiday World, and here's to 25 more years of included soft drinks!

I think I read that the City of Santa Clara would like to keep California's Great America running even if they have to find a buyer or run it themselves. The land is owned and leased by the tech company (Prologis?), but the city has no intention to rezone the land. Six Flags could probably take a good number of rides out while they still own them. It may not be a great economic decision for the city to have the park, but I do hope it survives the purge. The possibility of selling the parks to other management also exists. I don't know how it'd work out, but I could even imagine a spin-off company taking on some of the smaller/worse parks. At least that way Six Flags can say that they didn't close them. The former Six Flags/Premier Parks got themselves into a lot of trouble when they went on their spending spree from around 1995-2004, and I think they've been dealing with the consequences ever since.

I don't think the planters or kiosks would need to be too big, probably 8'-10' across at most for planters w/ seats. For context, the space from the entrance building to the front of the I.D. sign picture area is 60' while the distance from the entrance building to the edge of the parade route is 35'. Putting one on either side of the street would leave about 20' between the edge of a planter and its nearest obstacle (the parade route, the entrance building, KI Trading Co., and the FunPix building). Even something like this tower kiosk at Epic Universe (screenshot from a TheTimTracker video on YouTube) would work and serve as an elegant wayfinding method at the entrance to the park. I'd prefer something a little better looking and with an overhanging roof for Kings Island, but it'd add visual interest either way, especially if done well. A planter could have a small tree or large/tall vase full of flowers (like the fountain in Adventure Port) in it to accomplish the same. Canada's Wonderland — which has one of the best park entrances that I've seen — used to have small trees in this area that accomplished this very well. I believe Kings Dominion still has some of these near their entrance, although their entrance is much denser overall. A legacy walk full of personalized bricks right there would also be cool. Cedar Point installed one on their Main Midway for their 150th anniversary. Either way, something definitely needs to be done to take Kings Island's International Street just a little further to cross the finish line.

Is this (and Shake, Rattle & Roll's) birthday sign made with AI? This may be the only appropriate use of it in the park I can think of, but it still feels off. I can't control what other people do; however I can be upset about it. Maybe a better way of putting it would be that it feels a little disingenuous. No special merch, no other decorations, barely any social media posts about it, just an AI birthday cake on a cardboard sign that some will need their glasses to read. Something tells me this was not made or commissioned by Kings Island's sign shop...

It'd be nice if they got the rides done for Opening Day like they used to. I understand if the attendance needle doesn't move until after Memorial Day, but in that case the attraction opening date should still be set and advertised. The trend of "It'll open when it opens with little to no notice" has been super frustrating. Will there be backlash if it's not done on time? Yes, but at least guests will know when it'll be open instead of guessing and hoping about when they schedule their vacations. I have the same gripe with when festivals and shows dates are announced, but attraction opening dates are what I'm complaining about at the moment.

You make a lot of good points! Although I think most of what was done in 2019 had good reasoning behind it. I don't think I can forgive removing the fountain pedestals and not replacing them with wide-spray versions like Kings Dominion has, but I've written about that elsewhere on here. The park did somewhat create visual curbs using the pavers, they just didn't revert the layout back to the original 1972 version. There is a separation of zones with the black strips of pavers dividing the paths and seating areas, which took the place of the planters that were there before.. When both Kings Island and Kings Dominion completed their first International Street renovations in 1982(?) they both swapped the walking and seating areas for the reason stated above. I'd have to go look, but I don't remember exactly how Canada's Wonderland had their International Street configured when they opened in 1981. I think if Kings Island decides to replace the pavers between the entrance and the fountain, they should either add two small-ish planters or screen-based information kiosks in that area. It would bring some visual interest to the area and break up the vast expanse of nothingness. While they're at it I'd love to see the wood planter carts come back to flank the main sign again. They were there in 2019, but have been absent in recent years. Around the Eiffel Tower should be brushed concrete instead of asphalt. Pavers would be too visually busy in this case, as would paver bricks, whereas concrete/asphalt don't distract the eye and encourage guests to look up at the magnificence of the tower. The reverse is true for the paver bricks in Tower Gardens: the History Walk stones are each a clean square in the middle of a sea of busy bricks. Anything larger than the bricks would make the stones stand out less, and may not stand up as well to the rapidly varying elevation within Tower Gardens. Replica gas-style lamps would be nice, although I can't imagine good places to put them along the length of the street. More flowers and more landscaping would probably hinder some of the work areas needed to set up for Winterfest. I think it would've been beautiful to bring the decorative white rocks and green hedges back around the fountain, but those may have gotten in the way of building the railings and taken up staging space. Two sections would also probably need to be taken out each year in order to put the ramps in. Having a ton of landscaping around the base of the tower might also get in the way of stringing up the lights. Finally, I don't know that adding more statues is necessary. The Don Quixote statue is rather nice because it's unique. I'd be all for more topiaries though. Whatever future additions and renovations may bring, I hope they improve the character of the street to be even better than before! I'm interested to see how large the current trees grow to be. They're planted pretty close to each other, but without knowing what kind of tree they are I don't think it's possible to know. Can anyone tell what this is? I can't see if it's the Carousel structure or if the new festival structure is already up and covered.

More indoor eating areas would also be really helpful for Winterfest. The park already seems to want its new rides to be able to run for Winterfest, so why not convert some restaurants for that as well?

This looks like it'll be an interesting park for those who are able to visit it. The castle (or what I assume is the castle) has a similar vibe to other architecture in Abu Dhabi, although the art style hides more architectural information than it shows.

It looks like the Cedar Fair-ification of Six Flags is well underway on the non-attraction side of things. Park policies have been updated across the chain, all-season meal and all-season bottle programs have been mostly standardized, and events are being shared across all of the parks under the new Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. Also in classic Cedar Fair fashion, one park will be permanently closed now that the merger has taken place; although, unlike Geauga Lake, visitors of Six Flags America have received ample notice. No word yet on when California's Great America will officially close, but I hope they are able to have their 50th Anniversary celebration next year alongside Six Flags Great America. Most Legacy Six Flags park maps have stayed the same (except for Great Adventure) while all Legacy Cedar Fair parks have updated to the new 2025 map style. Ride operations within each park have moved to using the system that Cedar Fair parks have been using. Parking has been largely standardized to include a dedicated Preferred Parking section. Smoking is now prohibited within all parks under the Six Flags umbrella, with a dedicated smoking area located outside each park gate. Events such as Viva La Fiesta, Tricks and Treats, and Winterfest will now be offered at parks from both chains. So much has happened so far, and yet so much has stayed the same. I would suspect any changes to Legacy Six Flags park websites will start to take place closer to 2026, with each website being rebuilt from the ground-up to better match the Legacy Cedar Fair / new Six Flags Corporate style. Ticket and Pass offerings will also hopefully be fully standardized for the 2026 season. Individual park mobile apps and maps may be rolled out for 2026 once those teams have had more time to develop them. I'd love to see paper guides make a comeback, even if it is in smaller quantities than before. The paper map guide from Winterfest 2024 was very nice to have. If any Legacy Six Flags parks are to be fully re-branded, I could see that happening between 2026-2028. Some contenders include SF Great Adventure, SF Great America, SF Magic Mountain, SF Darien Lake, and SF Great Escape. Parks like Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia will probably not be rebranded/renamed since they are original Six Flags parks whose names are actual references to the six individual flags that have flown over their states. Finally, SF Fiesta Texas and SF St. Louis could go either way, although SF St. Louis could revert to Six Flags Over Mid-America to keep Six Flags in the name. Anything that will reduce the size of that massive Six Flags logo for those parks would be great. We may still see some ride removals as the new Six Flags works to balance their budget sheet, but I hope we're past the worst parts of it. For standardized Season Pass and other offerings I'd love to see, read below. Cedar Fair pass structure (mostly currently implemented) Pre-K Pass (not currently available at all parks) Silver Pass Gold Pass (All-Park Passport eligible) Prestige Pass (All-Park Passport) All-Park Passport former Six Flags membership programs would be integrated into the Cedar Fair payment plan system (simply a name change). 2025 Legacy Six Flags meal plan program offerings 1 meal/day 2 meals/day (4hr apart) All-Park, 2 meals/day (4hr apart) Cedar Fair drink plan program offerings (all have 15min intervals Drink Plan (Fountain & Freestyle Coca-Cola products) Drink Plan+ (Fountain & Freestyle Coca-Cola products, ICEEs, coffee, hot chocolate) All Season Souvenir Drink Bottle (Fountain & Freestyle Coca-Cola products) Cedar Fair One-Day add-ons FunPix integration across all parks a new Return Time-based Fast Lane system guests would walk up to a kiosk (popping up at the entrance of most coasters), scan their Fast Lane, and get a return time. Or just stick with the Fast Lane system as it now stands. All Season Fast Lane add-ons could still exist Cedar Fair Season Pass Parking benefits Parking is included at all parks when a season pass is scanned. Cedar Fair Season Pass Locker Rental Six Flags VIP Tours these seem to work similarly to VIP Tours at Universal Orlando, where a tour guide takes a group through the park and provides information throughout the day. VIP Tour perks include VIP Parking Park Admission Priority Ride Access (seems to be different from a THE FLASH Pass) one Lunch meal/person one Dinner meal/person unlimited snacks Would probably be an easy money maker for the parks that could offer it. new After Hours events

If the Gold and Prestige pass prices each went up $50/$100, what kinds of additional benefits would you see as absolutely necessary for the new prices to be worth it? A Gold Pass would go from $145 to $195/$245, and a Prestige Pass would go from $350 to $400/$450. There has been plenty of discussion about the fact that Kings Island/Six Flags passes are cheaper than their competitors (especially for the price per park with the All Park Passport), so what would you like to gain if prices increased? I would assume the Silver Pass would stay the same at around $105 per pass and keep its current benefits. Additional benefits (at Kings Island) could include: an indoor VIP lounge for Prestige passholders exclusive access to the Preferred Parking lot before noon each week day for Prestige passholders no non-Prestige access before noon increased season pass discounts free/discounted access to exclusive After Hours events discounted access to an exclusive Winter Chillout-style event. admission to the seasonal Passholder Preview, now without Silver Passholders and only open to those with Kings Island as their home park one free single-use Fast Lane ticket per season per Gold Pass / two free single-use Fast Lane tickets per visit per Prestige Pass free/discounted access to an exclusive Halloween Haunt or Winterfest experience(s) I have a feeling prices will eventually go up, so put your ideas out there! Unless Six Flags plans to release an all-new pass structure system that is.

Does anyone know: if Flight of Fear were to receive further investment and had the possibility of getting new trains, are there trains that would work better and possibly be more comfortable to inhabit? I know there could be some issues with it fitting into the station without modifications, but I'm thinking theoretically here.

I'm gonna double post, sorry. I just saw some footage of the construction site as it stood within the past week, and... it's not looking too good for AlpenFury to open to the public by late May. There are still quite a few support/track pieces not in place and there is at least two weeks of work left to do on the station. With all of that and ride testing needing to be finished, I'd think June 7th would be the earliest they could open it if construction stays at the pace it's at. Does anyone more knowledgeable know if there is something that can be done to help ensure projects are done by the beginning of each season again? The parks shouldn't rush construction, but letting each season's big additions be incomplete until month(s) after park opening seems like it should be unacceptable. So far I can remember KI's Camp Snoopy, Top Thrill 2, AlpenFury, Siren's Curse, Snoopy's Racing Railway (Carowinds), and Snoopy's River Raft Blast all being late to open. Adventure Port can also be filed into that list, but we know it was a late decision and was therefore not going to be ready. What can be done? Do parks need to start planning, budgeting, permitting, announcing, and starting construction earlier than in previous years? This happening once or twice within a span of several years is understandable, but at least 7 attractions in 4 parks over 3 years sounds like awful business practices and planning.

Just wait until Sirens Curse is running at full tilt I think I'll be skipping TT2 as it looks a bit extreme for me, but I'm very happy to hear that it's finally running.

I thought something was in the works to help with the US's "service fees" issues, although I'm sure any progress went out the window by the end of January. It's a massive shame that Americans are consistently worse off monetarily because we don't have the same consumer protections as most other first world nations do. As for Wonderland's drip pricing, I'm very happy that the Competition Bureau has taken initiative on this. I don't know if this was a fee scheme from Cedar Fair/Six Flags HQ, but hopefully it will show that American companies operating internationally still need to follow the law while in other countries.

This restaurant looks great and sounds like a delightful spot to enjoy the awesome food Dollywood has to offer! I'd love to see some more pictures if anyone has any.

I'd love to see a new flat ride come to the old Saltwater Circus site in between your yellow marking and Diamondback's train shed. It could be like Cedar Downs at Cedar Point (although that ride model is no longer in production), and a beautiful pavilion could be constructed for it like the Grand Carousel has. That pathway is one of the least dense areas in Kings Island and could use something. Alternatively, I think an indoor sit-down restaurant (a la Brewhouse) could go here as long as most of the big trees are kept in place. I also really like y'all's ideas for improvements! I think the English building could probably still go next to Wishbone Grill (that space was once a wood carving shop until it was converted to be more seating space), but I would imagine it more as just extra covered seating. The Chinese/Asian-inspired building could probably fit nicely in the space I wanted to see a ride in, and become a fully indoor restaurant. The space next to I-Street Treats is an important entry point to get behind the French/Spanish buildings. This secondary location — while away from the main part of the street — would give it more room to be a bigger building as well. One space that could be used after some additional work would be the small parking lot just beyond the front restrooms. This space does back up onto the park administration buildings, but, as I said, additional work could be done. I think that would be a great spot for some Colonial America buildings, and could be a way to help celebrate the USA quarter-millennial next summer. Earn some brownie points with crowds that like that kind of stuff (I'd like to at least see the buildings). Call it Columbia Market. That references both the Columbia Road that the park sits on and Columbia, the classic personification of the United States.

The queue for this maze would probably be able to have a much smaller footprint, especially if it is a cattle pen-style queue. If it does become a new location for Cornered, I think they'd also need a lot more concrete. Kings Island has historically preferred to put guests on a stable path within mazes, but they may be able to achieve this using gravel so it can be more temporary. I doubt this will be a New for 2026 attraction (unless KI receives Rajun Cajun or something else from Six Flags America), but it would be a great spot for a Haunt maze. This Fall will be the 25th Halloween Haunt (formerly FearFest) event, and I think it would be really cool if the park did some things to celebrate that milestone anniversary. I think it will probably just be a blank slate for now. One thing I'd like to see the park do is expand Coaster Connection. It is so cramped in there and the line to check out only allows one skinny aisleway connecting the left and right halves of the store. Hopefully it's soon due for a true renovation like KI Trading Company was this past off season.

It'd be nice to see some little theming elements integrated into WWC. I think having something near the railroad bridges would be awesome. I remember there being one or two more buildings on the hill right there that were visible from the train, and now there is only the small operator booth. The only real investment for things like that is just the cost of materials, labor, and installation with no upkeep needed for years on end. Has anyone ridden the KI&MV RR and been able to see the turtle by the beavers this year? It got moved every week last season and now it looks like the beavers have been moved closer together and the turtle wasn't there at all. It'd be nice if the lone animatronic was also working more often. I assume he's always plugged in, so the issue might be a part. I would personally not like to see much western theming done in Rivertown. The area was originally themed to a town of the early 19th century — specifically early Cincinnati. It's evolved to be more of a small river town stuck in various points in time. My main point here is that the theme is supposed to be more rustic than it is western. Cedar Point can be the park with a western area (Frontiertown and Frontier Trail): I think Kings Island should keep with the rustic area that Rivertown is supposed to be.

Kentucky Kingdom is getting some really good upgrades! Comparing what I've read to what I've seen on Google Maps, it looks like these changes are aimed at fixing parts of the park that didn't necessarily make sense while improving it overall. I wouldn't be at all shocked if we slowly start to see the park be physically reshaped and more attractions moved around/removed to facilitate this. The three biggest obstacles/fixes I can see from my computer are the entrance plaza, the center road and its crossings (always an issue), and the way that Hurricane Bay cuts Kentucky Flyer/Skycatcher/Giant Wheel off from the rest of the dry park. If the park can't work something out to finally move the road, a third crossing that goes under Lightning Run and next to Giant Wheel might be the best way to lessen the dead end-edness of that area of the park.

I've so far found it fascinating just how little of the Legacy Six Flags has popped up in the new Six Flags! All of the Legacy Cedar Fair's touches have been very noticeable from drink stands to refreshed restaurants to new ride operations procedures to ride repainting/refreshing. I think the most Six Flags I've seen in parks like KI and Carowinds are the new sponsors on each TV, the new copyrighted company name on most new things, and the new festivals at some of the parks. It seems that Great Adventure has been the guinea pig for rolling out the overall company transition this year. They have received a new logo, seen only at the front of the park; a new Sweet Spot, complete with the standard logo and everything; the new LCF/SF map style, the only LSF park to do so; and all of the touches mentioned above.