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Looks to me like the underside of a round platform they attached a cheap round outdoor rug on upside to make sliding it easier.

Raw green onions sprinkled on wings aren’t really just “greenery” like a sprig of parsley. It’s more of a topping or ingredient I was impressed they kept the micro greens thing going all through Carnivale last year.

I’d say they are at least tied with Knotts, but that park is in a totally different world.

Not.

Not saying the artful “wing off the plate” but yea, it should come on the gold plate. They had those early in the season at sweet spot. Maybe they are out, but that’s the kind of thing that costs just a little more, but does elevate the experience. So yes, keep the sauce in a condiment bottle, squirt it on the gold paper plate, put the wings on there and toss some darn onions on it. If they are going to do this stuff, they need to commit to it.

I wondered about the snow as well. I told my kids about it and then opening night said “look at the drones! They made snow LOL” Any mention of it has been dropped. I think there may have been other things (pyro off the tower) that were concepted but didn’t actually make the cut. Sorry-I wasn’t inferring fro your comments that these lasers were a late add, but as you said-impressed that they bothered with them “after the fact” since it still required additional payroll hours to instal them. I’ve worked places that years after the fact you find things on a shelf that had a purpose, but they came after the fact and just never were installed or even opened-just money wasted. That’s also why I wonder if this infrastructure has a “second life” intended (much like the initial Winterfest lighting upgrades have shows their usefulness outside of that initial expense outlay.

Hmmm interesting and and odd use seeing as they were already doing a lot of this (in a cheaper way) with light projection. Wonder why they felt the lasers were a necessary add. Thought these would be used more as an actual effect on/in the water. Need to see in person. Like you said also cool that they keep adding things. Like these are a more “permanent “ and reliable way of doing some of what the drones are doing. It will be interesting to see if the use of all this equipment continues on into haunt-Winterfest with sone type of nightly show for those events.

I think they mean “A Wonderful World of Fun” the original song for the show.

Ok-something is definitely up. They wouldn’t go to all the trouble of hosting a Q&A with Rick Bastrup after the 5 pm show on Weds just to promote a stage show. Something is brewing. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2022/july/kings-island-to-host-qa-session-july-13-with-phantom-theater-designer-rick-bastrup?fbclid=IwAR0M-1J-gLTXU8NQtUFSHT3Ovfq2ULy1R_SdaGRt3BJ0zHiynWncJ8fvR3g&fs=e&s=cl

Looks like the 6 “mystery lasers” are still a mystery. Not in use still. Wonder what the point of these is. They are pretty large and clearly gave done as of yet purpose in the show.

Which you’ll note I addressed in my original post. Doesn’t really matter as neither of us are in the entertainment scheduling dept. and have direct impact on already made decisions, but its fun to throw out ideas. I’m sure those in official capacities know what works best.

I’m jealous. I’ve only caught it once. I’ve got to get back up there soon. It’s a winner!

See-that’s why I really wondered about those showtimes. Wish they ran a similar schedule to CLUB KI-the crossover cast could do the parade at 6 -like CLUB does, then run shows at 7,8,9 and club at 7:39,8:30 and 9:30. If they want to do 4, maybe they could’ve done one at 4:30 or 5 and still had time to get cast to parade step off. I wondered about running such a physical show in the hottest part of the day. Could’ve done some awesome lighting that way as well and created a TON of energy around the tower area in the evenings. Oh well!

I could maybe see it being a weekend (Fri Sat Sun night) show during the summer season with a short “one song only” show weeknights. Disneyland ran a schedule similar with Mickey Mix Magic being a no pyro show through the week. I’m actually surprised they ran the full show every night starting Memorial day. I could’ve seen waiting till this weekend to start nightly runs of it. With supply chain issues and higher pyro costs, this isn’t a cheap show to run nightly.

Wish they could at least deck over it with a “floating floor” if they aren’t removing the hardware yet and put sone chairs or tables up there as overflow seating. There are already paths up to it. Would love it if they could get rid of the fence and what’s behind it to open up that view.

Doubt they would invest at that scale unless there was proof of conceit that the concerts were viabii lol s again. I have thought (pre pandemic-when there was actual retail) that the front of the park could be developed into a “lifestyle retail/entertainment” destination and offer reduced or free parking validated with a minimum purchase receipt. Not sure now if that would be viable with many of those struggling to fill space.

Anyone know if they are doing a 4th “tag” on the show, or just the show. The park is promoting FFF July 1-4 as a great 4th show, but we all know they are doing that nightly. Just wondering if they are adding to it, or utt it trying to hype it up as a seasonal offering.

That’s a thought I had just last night LOL I was thinking they missed an opportunity to cash in a bit on the PT nostalgia with a few PT items (like a T shirt with Larry “fringe” that looked like a butler uniform, or a shirt that claimed “I’m in the UNION”, or one with “You’ll be back” printed on the… back but then I got to thinking who really “owns” the characters R&R most likely sold usage rights, but to who at this point? And are those usage rights limited to original intended use (dark ride) or could those characters be used in other ways? Like done said, with the show they probably figured “out it in we can easily change it if we get dinged”

Seems odd that they didn’t get clearance for these before launching the show

I think you could make it engaging in 2023 without shooting at stuff, but you’d probably need to have the characters be screen or projection to be dynamic enough. There’s a reason Chuck E. Cheese (and even Disney to some degree) are ditching the creaky animatronics.

Another “owned” IP are the characters they created for Carnivale. Maybe BOOblasters could become a permanent “Carnivale capers” attraction hosted by Marty P Gras with an interactive “race around the world” shooter ride with the scavenger hunt characters. They were already very flat-cartoon style. Would be an interesting way to keep that ride in International street. Maybe redo the exterior/entrance to feel more a part of International Street. Could easily get a “Holidays around the world” overlay for Winterfest. Then a “new” phantom theatre could go between The Racer turn arounds (old action theatre) in a ride with physical sets, animation on props and architecture (doors etc) the interact with screen based characters. Use the original illustration style of the characters, and if done right, screens would be a better match to those great original renderings. No shooting, not a heat by beat retelling of the tide, but the same basic concept. Maybe even based on the show in that it’s an encore in a “rediscovered” abandoned theatre.

May be nothing, but somehow I feel like theyve laid a great big Easter egg in the KI theatre. The big “announcement “ might be hinted at 4x a day 6 days a week.

Hmmm it’s had a late open one day I was there and a 10 min max shut down right before I got on one evening. Maybe it’s just you that it doesn’t like LOL.

Would’ve been fun if the “kid” was named Gary. Only those “in the know” would get it, but it would’ve been a brilliant reference.

I agree. It looks great. I admit I rolled my eyes a bit a few months ago when the lineup was announced and we got.., “a scooter stunt show??? Really? For the 50th we get stunt show?” But this is WAY more with history, a “plot” and so much going on you definitely have to catch it more than once. I think this is one they definitely “undersold” but I’m so looking forward to catching it live next week.