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Haunted Mansion was the “Ballroom”, Phantom Theater was the stage about halfway through the ride. @BoddaH1994 most likely said ballroom because that was what inspired the stage scene as they both featured the “pepper’s ghost” affect.

Between antique cars and steam locomotives, antique cars are easier to resurrect. Once you get rid of your steam locomotives, passenger cars, and rails….they’re gone. Water works kept our trains running, where as Kings Dominion’s railroad couldn’t be converted to a transport ride considering how the route was set up unless they ripped up the rails and reconfigure the line, which would’ve cost Paramount $$.

Don was very passionate about what he did for the park and its fans. I hope him leaving doesn’t put the park at a disadvantage down the road- there are some people who do such good work that it truly makes a difference when they’re no longer there.

I heard the same rumor but for a giga. Would SEAS want two hypers so close to one another? Granted they have Kumba and Kraken and their share of launched coasters..

Does that area of the park get much foot traffic? I know the Congo train station hasn’t been open for some time.

One of the props has Charlie Brown as a Mountie so that wouldn’t translate to an American theme park- granted you can design a lot with a 3D printer nowadays so they could do something entirely different. On a side note, I wonder how much $$$ is being saved doing the theming in house.

Surprised they don’t play Peanuts

Nope, it was because of what @Shaggy said. I believe they were licensed in the Mall of America as well which ironically got taken over by Nickelodeon. Chains will always want brands to act like a mascot. Sea World Entertainment has Sesame Street, Six Flags has Looney Tunes and DC, Disney has…well Disney, Universal has their IP and Harry Potter, Cedar Fair has Peanuts, and so on. I wouldn’t be surprised if Herschend started to look for a brand to be featured in their parks in the future to establish more of an identity.

What’s really unfortunate is that incidents are happening to these high profile rides. You had an incident with Top Thrill Dragster a few seasons back, now you have this with Fury 325. It makes you wonder if Cedar Fair will take a break from big installs in the future in favor of smaller attractions under 200ft.

Hanna-Barbera didn’t really age great into the turn of the millennium was on leave you properties like Scooby Doo, Flintstones, and Yogi bear be recognizable by younger audiences through direct to home films, cereals, campsites, etc. Warner Bros. didn’t really want to continue to promote characters like Quickdraw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Top Cat, etc. Nickelodeon became a popular go-to for kids of the 90s, but where, as Hanna-Barbera had existed for a few decades, Nickelodeon’s characters more or less faded. Sure everybody remembers SpongeBob as it’s still being milked to this day, but other properties, such as Jimmy Neutron, Fairly OddParents, Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, etc all faded into memory. Peanuts, on the other hand, has predated and existed alongside most of Hanna-Barbera and Nickelodeon properties throughout the years. There’s a Peanuts special for nearly every holiday. For a while they played said specials on network tv. They still produce content for them on AppleTV and they just had a big screen film come out a few years ago. At my house we still have the old VHS tapes that we put in for whatever corresponding holiday is coming up. I don’t think the Peanuts IP will ever truly become outdated as long as they continue to produce content for younger generations and they remain present in Cedar Fair parks.

I never understood why you would want to manufacture rides if you can’t supply the parts to them down the road-that’s only gonna make you look bad in the long term. It’s not like parks can go to Roller Coaster AutoZone and pick up what they need. I remember going to a a panel when I was an intern at Cedar Point in 2018 and somebody had brought up in Intamin. Their head of maintenance said that the cost of operating their Intamin roller coasters had gone up significantly over the last decade. I have no recordings of this panel, so I have no source to back this statement up aside from myself who was in attendance so take the information how you see fit. I’m sure removing Wicked Twister saved them some future expenses when it comes to purchasing parts and providing maintenance. I’d also imagine the removal of TTD’s original propulsion system has saved them some cheddar as well.

After doing some measurements from Google Earth, it’ll fit in that space nicely. However I’m not sure about a Lazy Bear Lodge clone coexisting without the possibility of sacrificing Flying Ace Aerial Chase- which they might want to do anyways since it’s a Vekoma “hang & bang”

If Disney can replicate the Haunted Mansion concept across their parks, why not? I wouldn’t be upset if we got Phantom Theater back if it meant that they cloned it for KD, Carowinds, and Canada’s Wonderland.

So pretty much what @WoodVengeance shared above.

I feel like Snoopy’s Snack Shack doesn’t see a lot of people- though I’m not sure if it’s open regularly.

I might get tarred and feathered for this but… I personally wouldn’t mind if Vortex wasn’t replaced. I have a strong theory that Invertigo and Congo Falls will go and that’s were we’ll see a new coaster. As for the current land that’s sitting unoccupied, it could be leveled out which would allow for expanded pathways, continued drone shows, and so on. Don’t get me wrong, they could still put something on that plot of land in the form of a ride, but I think that area should serve a greater purpose in my opinion.

From watching the POV, it seems like it’s a pretty immersive kid’s coaster complete with props, audio, and buildings: Something like this would make a good debut attraction for a Camp Snoopy rebrand all while offering a coaster that borders the line between a kiddie coaster and a family coaster.

I mentioned that earlier and personally wouldn’t be surprised if it was true. Most of the former Paramount parks have cloned coasters in their kids areas so it wouldn’t be so far fetched to think that history would repeat itself.

I remember how there was talks of a metro system taking people from Cincinnati to KI: https://www.urbancincy.com/2012/11/metromoves-a-decade-later/ The thing I find problematic with mass transit systems connecting to amusement parks is the potential loss of revenue from people not spending money to park in a park’s parking lot.

Technically, Boo Blasters is part of International Street but was rebranded when the chain dropped the Scooby Doo IP. I’m assuming they went with a generic ghost IP to make the transition easier while still keeping the shooting aspect. Also, I don’t know if Peanuts Worldwide LLC would want their IP associated with a shooting gallery- even if it’s lasers. @beastfan11 I’d personally be surprised if Boo Blasters was included in the revamp.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/10/26/carowinds-turns-its-focus-to-families-fun.html I’d imagine this would be what becomes of Space Buggies if we get a Camp Snoopy retheme.

I agree. What I said was more or less in response to people on Reddit talking about how they’ve “black listed” Intamin and RMC. I used “” because I don’t think they’ve ever officially said “we’re not going to work with these companies down the road.” I don’t think they’ll ever cut ties with a company for good because leadership can change on either end. I do wonder if B&M installations will be different moving forward, especially with the dive that Dorney is supposed to get.

I don’t think Cedar Fair will black list B&M- or at least it would be foolish if they did.