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Which I totally respect the park for doing considering they didn’t have to do it at all. They were smart to keep “stunt coaster“ in the name to establish that it’s still a stunt coaster, but it’s themed to Cincinnati instead of Los Angeles. That being said, I do think they could spruce up the show scene before you enter the tunnel a little bit. I’m assuming the rebrand was also an excuse to turn off the helicopter as well as the fire affects. If they removed the helicopter from the ride in the off-season, I don’t think as many people would be upset about it. Heck, they could rehome it in area 72 somewhere if they really wanted to.

It’s also possible to remove the logos for the sports teams and just go heavy on the colors. I don’t think a tiger stripped car is infringing on anything.

This was a really creative idea. I wonder if this was a project that they wanted to do for a while or if this was something that came to mind last minute.

Makes you wonder if they’ll do something with the current Skyline shelter

I think it’s because they’re so easy to market and the average non enthusiast park-goer isn’t going to care if there is another version somewhere else. You could apply that logic to boomerangs, freespins, and so on.

I think they’ll do B&M for parks that need that larger investment and higher capacity, Vekoma for parks that need something different, and potentially S&S clones for the majority of former CF parks that would be used as filler.

I have a polarizing theory: 4D freespin Cloneable, easy to market, thrilling, and would be the only one within a 5 hour radius with the closest one being at SFGAM.

I’m referring to 4d freespins, larson loops, etc

I see parks in this merged chain as territories- if one wants to see which parks are gone, they should look at what territories they can afford to lose to a competitor like Sea World, Herschend, Merlin, etc. You also have to look at saturation- for example the east coast is saturated with Six Flags parks now so it might not be a complete loss to sell off one in a market they’re already dominating. After reading the article, here are my picks off the top of my head: SFA- neighboring KD, GA, and DP this park sits in a saturated region and doesn’t have a lot of modern attractions to keep people coming in like the neighboring parks do. Valleyfair!- it’s not in a really competitive market for Six Flags to really want to hold onto. Plus considering that it’s no longer Cedar Fair, I don’t feel like there’s much of a need to keep a former namesake park. La Ronde- On one hand it would be losing a Canadian park but on the other hand I feel like priorities would be shifted to Canada’s Wonderland. Plus from what I heard, the park isn’t of much quality to keep investing in if money could be allocated into more profitable properties. I’m sure there are others on there but those 3 came to mind first

If the ride were to come back, I’d like to see some things altered to give a sense of progression where the phantoms appear more physically towards the middle and end of the ride… For example I felt like they could’ve gotten away with simple changing portraits like at Haunted Mansion where a light would flash fast and riders would see the altered form as opposed to placing physical phantoms behind the scrims. That’s just a nitpick but it might’ve saved them some money if they did 2d imagery as opposed to putting a figure behind each painting- it also builds anticipation for when you actually see the phantoms later on in the ride.

Demolish the box in Rivertown and put this in its place on the open land between The Beast and Diamondback

I was scrolling through Pinterest and saw this pin pop up for a Haunted Mansion/Early Boo Blasters esque ride themed to the Ghosbusters franchise. Below are a few bits of concept art and the link. https://www.slashfilm.com/533329/ghostbusters-ride/

Another one to add: Phantom Theater Pre-merger I was legit excited about the idea of the ride coming back but now that we’re in a merged chain, and with priorities being refocused, I don’t have confidence that it would be done justice.

I know when the attraction first debuted in ‘92, it was noted in old videos that the ride was completely custom to KI with its concept, characters, and overall theming. A year later Paramount took over the chain and started implementing their IP, allowing Phantom Theater to stick around until the early 2000s. With that in mind, was Phantom Theater ever intended to be cloned at parks like Kings Dominion, Carowinds, and so on under the pre-Paramount chain? The original IP seemed too good not to milk and even to this day still feels underutilized.