Winterfestguy

As one of the most photographed back drops of the park as one enters, I am sure management has consulted with one of the new Kodak business units for use of the proper background colors in order to achieve that perfect picture on a sunny, blue sky day. I don't think I would purchase my picture in front of something with water that has a black, less cheerful effect to it (unless it was Haunt).

I wonder when they will post the times for Graveyard Shift (likely during the day Sat/Sun in the Festhaus)? - Graveyard Shift is not on the main page under attractions/ shows like Hot Blooded is nor is it on the Haunt website like Hot Blooded and Half Pint Brawlers are. Too bad they can't cover up the ice and put the show back into the King's Island Theater where it played years ago. Graveyard shift is still one of the best shows that played in the park - Maybe someday KI will bring back a few of the other great shows that have played in the past in the theater (wishful thinking now that the ice show with Snoopy has taken over the theater)

This show can be good and can be awful. RBL is an all summer show at Cedar Point and the audiance band members are the key to a good show. Two shows were awful (almost walked out) but the last show of the night had some terrific auidance band members that had everyone on thier feet for almost the entire 35 min show. But better yet, why not ditch the fake guitars and bring back real guitar rockers like were in school of rock? I miss the live musicians at King's Island. It would be nice to bring back "live" musicians rather than all these "props" the singers carry around.

Great job on Snoopy's Starlight Spectacular - For winter time, change the sound tracks, add the ice rink with a few decorations, return Santa's Toy Factory and Home for the Holidays shows and you have an instant Winterfest. Just wishful thinking .....

Well, Snoopy Rocks on Ice made its debut this last season at another Cedar Fair Park (Dorney Park in PA) in an their new building (which was delayed in construction). The show itself is okay if you are a small child, and hoping someday that the ice show finds a different venue at Kings Island in order to restore the true entertainment (with a live band) to the once great Kings Island theater. Signed, Sealed, and Delivierd has played the last two seasons at Cedar Point - not the best show to play at Cedar Point, but now brought to Kings Island and hopefully greatly re-tooled (the show itself needed lots of work). At least Kings Island is getting one new show, Way too much TV, so will wait and see how that comes together in the Spring.

Does anyone know if the Eiffel Tower Christmas tree is still in storage? It still would be nice to see the tree lit up over the Holidays as you drive by on the Interstate. Marketing and price are keys to a successful event. A successful scaled back Winterfest event could be profitable if well thought out, just as the original Winterfest once was. With Haunt running longer in the season, it may be a bit of a challenge to transform the select venues of the park, but with careful planning and some public input, think it still might be possible, although probably very unlikely in my lifetime. Santa's Toy Factory will always remain one of the top shows in the history of the park - gotta love those dancing reindeer and singing penguins, not to mention the elves.

Some wish that Endless Summer on Ice would finally End and restore the great variety shows like Graveyard Shift or School of Rock back to KI - that will probably never happen. But since Scobby-Doo had to hang up his skates forever on Sunday, my bet is to watch for "Snoopy Rocks on Ice" to come to KI next season (which opened new this year at Dorney Park, and Cedar Fair typically likes to cycle some shows between parks).

It would be nice for KI to install the Effile Tower tree for all to see while driving by over the Holiday Season instead of keeping it stored in all the drums for eternity with no future use in sight.

Would be nice to see musicians return to any of the show venues at KI. It would be nice to see a show similar to School of Rock return to the Kings Island Theater or something other than an ice show.

On televsion they now have a live band with the ice show. The live band is on a stage just behind the rink. Maybe KI should just add a live band to their ice show? It certainly would be nice to see live musicians return to KI once again in any of their show venues.

It certainly would be nice to restore the entertainement in this facility like it used to be, and to have an in house production with a live band. I think the ice shows have their place at Cedar Point (where the facility was huge andcan not be used for much more since it used to be an IMAX). The King's Island Theater (which was built as the American Heritgage Music Hall) was built for live shows, and even had the sound system upgraded to support such entertainment. It will be interesting to see if an in house production does indeed replace the ice show next season. Hopefully the summer did end for the ice show.

Missed an instrumental band to accompany at least one of the shows (well, one guy playing the guitar in The Country line or the clown band short come back was nice). Endless Summer on Ice was nice for a few seasons, but would like to see a new instrumental / variety type of show return with the set changes, cool costumes, cool lighting effects/fog, and put to good use the cool sound system in the Kings Island Theater.

1) Separate Season Pass Entrance 2) School of Rock 3) Winterfest 4) King Cobra 5) Back Porch

I would also hope they do reintroduce Winterfest several years from now, but that is unlikely given the expansion of Halloween Haunt (not enough time to transition the park). 2005 had one of the coldest Decembers on record, and the extreme cold weather in addition to the bad pricing structure produced poor attendance. Everything takes time to work the bugs out. It still would be nice to see the park put up the Eiffel Tower Christmas tree for all to see as everyone drives by Kings Island over the Holiday season (It was a great sight to see every evening on the way home from work). It is probably better to get some use of out of it rather than keep it in storage somewhere.

Best show that the International Showplace has seen in years. Now if KI could only bring the Monsters Rock - Buried Alive to the Paramount Theater (good riddens to the awful baldini). the park would have the best entertainment of all time.

I would have to agree that the best part was Dead Awakening followed by Club Blood.

I saw all four shows Friday night, and this show is definitely not for kids. In each show, there were many older folks that got up and left, but on the other hand, heard lots of positive comments from those that stayed. Who ever thought that there would be a girl in a white teddy and a shirtless guy "dirty dancing" on stage at KI? For some this was not the family ice show type of entertainmnet that some expected and for others, it was the best show ever held at the International Showplace in years. On the other hand, the show at the Paramount Theater left a lot to be desired - KI should have brought in Monsters Rock from Cedar Point to play there with the cool guitar players.

It's the best ever - and the best show ever held at the International Showplace. There were some monsters in Rivertown, Drop Zone, and Coney Maul, but agree that the majority of them seem to be stationed at the front gate.

I have to agree - Halloween Haunt is better than ever this year. Cedar Fair sure has gone to extremes with their shows - from a tame ice show in the summer to the dead awakening at Halloween Haunt. I never would have imagined a girl dancing in a white teddy with a shirtless guy doing suggestive moves. It was also interesting to see the reaction of the crowd to dead awakenings - there were many that found it offensive and left, but the dancing, lights, and sountrack were awesome. I hope this gives Cedar Fair an idea to put a night time show back in International Showplace in the regular summer season. I will be back to see this again several more times. And for those that went to watch the great baldani in the Paramount Theater, well, it was an interesting torture just to sit and listen to that guy for sure. This is one show I will not be back to see. It would have been better off to bring back the Monster Bash, but then they would have had to cover up more of the ice with plywood. (You could still see the Endless Summer signage behind the black curtains and burlap, which means Endless summer on ice will be back next season.) And the best new attraction I had to give to Club Blood - an interesting concept that I thought the park pulled off very well. Overall, a very impressive event, and Cedar Fair lived up to its promises to make Halloween Haunt bigger and better than before. It will be intersting to see next year how many season ticket holders pay the upcharge for the event.

This event will probably do very well since they are extending it to season pass holders unlike what Paramount did for Winterfest (well, they gave season pass holders a very small credit on admission). Paramount really missed the boat with their horrible pricing structure of $29.99 considering when this summer Cedar Point lowered admission to the entire park for $24.95 with special coupons. It's also sad to see the Holiday Illumination trees sitting idle behind the Jolly Rancher drink station on the pond. Maybe someday in a zillon years Winterfest will return. I still remember the early Winterfests where the park sold out every night and you had to wait a hour to skate on the Royal Fountain. Well, guess its time to make Hershey or Dollywood my regular Christmas Amusement Park.

Twinstin to the 60's - nice to see some of the same cast and musicians from school of rock back in concert. Nice to see this show still playing on weekends through labor day. hope this one returns next season -

The cast of this show has gotten better over the summer and has added some little extra gestures and facial expressions in the past week. And for those that were fans of the School of Rock, Alex and Kevin in the band still rock. Alex had a few great guitar solos that stood out this week since the Matt the sax player off. And if you watch during their warmup period around 1:30, they may even play a few minutes of AC/DC Back in Black like they did on Friday. Great to see such talented musicians and hope they return next season. Nice to see a great show back in this location after being left empty last season.

It's nice to see Cedar Fair restore the entertainment back to the park. The show is a bit choppy in places, but overall, a good ice show - and I agree it has great lighting. The Paramount Theater is better suited to musical shows such as the Graveyard Shift, School of Rock (or even the old Toy Story from Winterfest) rather than an ice show. Maybe next year the ice show can move back to the Festhaus where it used to be many years back (even though back then it played in the American Heritage Music Hall for a year before moving into the Festhaus for a few years).

I visited PKD this summer as well and did not think their show was as good as PKI. There were some differences in the two shows, but think the cast at PKI was much better. I also think the sound in the Paramount Theatre is much better than at PKD. Luckily, I got two shows saved, one with the regular cast and one with the alternate cast and replacements for those that left for college in late August. Hopefully, some of the musicians will audition for next year's new entertainment line up around the park.

The school of rock cast was informed today on their last performance day that this show will not be coming back next season, and that the Nickelodeon parade would not be back as well. So, out with Rock N Roll and in with Snoopy on Ice. Next season sure will be full of changes, that is for sure.