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Because a good number of folks on this site are hellbent on shoving a coaster into every single semi-available piece of land within the park. The mental gymnastics preformed to justify a new coaster installation is mind boggling to me. I’m also confused to why everyone wants to see Congo Falls removed. Same goes for Timberwolf. There’s plenty of available space for new additions without removing either of these. It’s also important to understand that not every new addition needs to be a coaster.

Love all of these ideas!

Consider me another who’d purchase all of that!

Hey, it’s happened before right? I’m with ya on hoping they could return as well.

You’re welcome. It’s a sad sight for sure. I don’t think there’s been much of a reason explained thus far.

Ah, I miss Swan Lake. That whole area between the Eiffel Tower through the Junkyard Coaster and into Rivertown has seen better days.

And we have a winner.

Unreal, man. Thanks for sharing. Seriously.

For what it’s worth.

It was a really involved maze. Definitely something special. Sorely missed.

Also… Urgent Scare has seen much better days. When it debuted, it was one of my favorite mazes created for Haunt. But now? It’s truly just a shell of its former self. I hope they’re able to utilize that space for a more permanent attraction and spend some time, money, and TLC on the existing mazes.

A significant addition doesn’t always mean a new coaster.

I mean, if you break down a lot of the 2022 additions you’ll see that they can easily carry over. 1. Food - In today’s announcement they mentioned improvements to service and delivery systems. That’s definitely a positive. Any menu items created specifically for the 50th could continue to be options or options of the same caliber could be introduced (hopefully). 2. Fireworks - The 50th show could be brought back easily if they wanted too. It would require a few creative changes, but it could be done. Even if that’s it for the 50th show, the infrastructure of the current show (projections, drones, lasers, etc.) could be used in a new show that could be just as great. 3. Shows - I’m not sure if there are any 2022 shows specifically tailored to be dumped after this season. They could all theoretically return. In addition to what you mentioned, you have a vast amount of general park improvements and the massive undertaking that was The Beast retracking project. That’s a capital investment worthy of being a season’s “new ride” by itself. Much of what 2022 brought will carry over I’m sure. KI’s time in the sun will be coming.

What’s your source for this information?

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.

Honestly? Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 full maximum. Back sections were a ghost town. I really hope they can figure it out, though. It was a great time.

Had a great time seeing this show Sunday. I hope they can find a way to keep this successful.

I’d be in for one.

I’ll echo sone sentiments here and hope that this could mean a refreshed Oktoberfest. A nice flat ride and and update land with new food options (looking at you, Festhaus) would be great.

And now that’s going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

I think Scooby was, at one point post-HB Land, technically a part of International Street.

Finally was able to get a ride in tonight. She feels fantastic.

Beautiful night at the park! Walked on everything.

Here are a few shots of the park I was able to get yesterday (from areas available to the general public en route to Riverbend). A couple notes: 1. The pictures don’t do it justice. The area looks pretty abysmal and any PR stating that they are going to use the space for “water attraction” expansions seems to likely be BS. 2. The Games Building and Moonlite Gardens are starting to look rough. I don’t understand why you let this type of infrastructure rot away. Historical reasons aside, it doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. The enthusiast and life long fan of the park also thinks it’s stupid. 3. It was a Saturday afternoon in July and the picnic area was an absolute ghost town. So that aspect of their business model seems to doing as well as the lead paint industry. 4. The supposedly open mini golf and paddle boats may have been operating, but they too were empty. What’s most shocking to me is the lack of upkeep around this now defunct area of the park. I understand that it’s not an area frequented by park guests as much, but anyone parking in that first lot to either see a show at Riverbend or have an unfortunate picnic outing planned is going to be walking right passed a number of ugly fences and unkempt landscaping. I would assume you’d want to show some pride in whatever creative and/or business endeavors you’re responsible for, but that’s obviously not the case here. Shout out to the ownership of the park. Most people who are this bad at their job get fired. A true accomplishment! You should be proud. What was their old slogan? “Turning back the clock on… nothing?”

Don’t quote me on this, but I think there’s a situation where the train (per someone’s guidelines) would either be able to run during Haunt or Winterfest. Could anyone “in the know” elaborate?