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Lol I think I deserve a KIC.com award for that one!

I've always thought Zephyr has been my favorite Kings Island flat ride, considering most of the time it doesn't have a line.

I never knew this book existed! I'll have to find a copy in 2024!

That's because it was such a memorable ride, hopefully a revival ride is in the works and the Maestro can put on one more performance because "the show must go on!"

Has anybody been to Six Flags Over Texas and rode Pirates of Speelunker Cave? Do you think it lives up to the original Speelunker Cave ride? Tell me your thoughts and opinions.

I agree with bringing back German food and more inside restaurants would be good.

I'd definitely love to see German food in the FestHaus it would definitely fit the theming.

Is there a restaurant or food that Kings Island replaced or got rid of? For me I really wish they never got rid of Hanks Burrito Shack, I always loved eating in there, especially the big portions of food! Well comment down below if there is a food or restaurant you would to bring back to Kings Island.

It's funny that everything seemed to think that Top Gun (now The Bat) was going to be removed. I am actually surprised that Xtreme Skyflyers is still operating. I'll make a prediction if we are talking the next coaster removal, it's gotta be Invertigo. (Watch me be wrong in 10 years when it's still there!)

Now it's not even $4 for an ice cream cone!

Thread bump! If I were boss I'd bring back Hanna-Barbera characters/theming. I miss seeing Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, & Scooby-Doo in the park. Yabba, Dabba, Doo!

I always wondered if Kings Island would get a clone of The Hurler during the Paramount era. That actually would have been cool, but I guess we we'll never know now.

Yeah it's funny Yeah you felt a real connection with the Maestro and it seems like everyone who rode the original ride remembers him 20 years later. Now if Boo Blasters gets removed in the next upcoming years, I don't see 20 plus years after that people will remembering Boocifer!

Thank you! Also I was really thinking maybe the old (surviving) PT animatronics could be used on display in the que, for nostalgic purposes maybe not moving but they can be there just to look at. I do also like the "Happy Feet" idea.

After a phenomenal Phantom Theater Encore show at Kings Island, I know a lot of people are speculating if the Phantom Theater ride would return at some point in the future. My question to you is if the Phantom Theater ride returned, what would the new layout be? Would it be in a new area of the park? Would there be a new story within the ride? Here's what I think 1. Location: Where Boo Blasters is currently (Old Ride locaton) or I could see them making the Old Action Theater (which has been an eyesore for over a decade) into the new Phantom Theater. 2. Name: Phantom Theater: Return Of The Maestro. 3. Storyline: In the que The Maestro can talk about the destruction of his old Theater (poking fun at Scooby-Doo & Boo Blasters) and then the actually ride we take a trip throughout the Theater in the same buggy style as before with new characters and some returning Old characters, creepy yet goofy like the original. 4. We gotta bring Back animatronics some digital effects would be good but overall animatronics. 5. The same musician number as before but with a modern tone. 6. A few jumpscares in the ride and the re-use of some of the original animatronics from the original Phantom Theater. 7. Alternate idea: what if we brought back the boat system and make it like the original Enchanted Voyage but in the style of the Phantom Theater? So what do all of you think? Let me know down below your thoughts!

Yeah I really do miss seeing those, thank you for the pictures!

Does anybody seem to remember this giant billboard of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo in Hanna-Barbera land at Kings Island? If so does anybody know what happened to it, weather it got sold or destroyed? I'm curious because I used to love seeing it when I was a kid, thank you!

I second that.

I love the new website design, being a member of KICentral.COM for about 10 years, I'm really loving it!

I was laughing at that too!

20 years later...

I've noticed this as I've aged, I used to ride various coasters in a row when I was in my teens but now as I'm approaching my 30s, I definitely need breaks in between rides. (Especially on Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point.) But I still love to ride nonetheless.

The Blue Ice cream at Kings Island is my favorite, we don't have the exact flavor in Michigan but we have Blue Moon, and honestly it's not the same as Kings Islands ice cream.

Yeah I agree shows come and go at Kings Island, I actually really enjoyed this show at Kings Island, I actually got a picture with the cast in 2019 (I'm not sure what the name or the show was but I really liked it.) I never got to watch the Phantom Encore show (and I really wanted to) but there is always YouTube.

When the Moose Out front tells you Kings Island is closed.