Imperial79

^I was thinking about what area of the park it would be nice to add a fountain or something similar, looked at Google Earth and the only place that doesn't really have anything is Coney Mall. A few days later we have the 2019 Antique Car's returning, with nice landscaping, water features and a bridge and more!!! It sounds like Kings Island is going to try and make the new car ride as close to Les Taxis as they can, I think we're in for a treat!

Looking back reading through this thread, this turned out to be very true!!!

Is that what the cars will look like or will they look like what we saw at Winterfest?

I think from the wording that Mike Koontz said, it being 'alongside The Racer and across the Jutebox Diner', sounds like it being just on one side of The Racer. I wonder how much land though? That whole side from Dinosaurs Alive entrance to where the empty building that's only used for Halloween Haunt possibly? If so they have plenty of room, and that'll be a good sized Antique Car ride. I hope we'll see some drawings soon of what it will look like.

They said it will be across the Jutebox Diner as well, so on the main walkway of Coney Mall.

Awesome, this is great news, thank you KI!

^That and the area where they're working on the dorms aren't outlined either.

Maybe the Zodiac is a hint for a Ferris Wheel coming back?

Okay! So who’s better at teasing, Kings Island or Cedar Point?

I hope it’s the Antique cars, the Skyride or our Flying Eagles coming back.

So has someone lost control of this? The news is talking about it, but they did say it was just rumors for now, so if anyone's let down for next year (no new roller coaster), they can't blame the park, they've already commented on it once, should they have to do it again?

Do you think Kings Island has done a good job the past 4 years on what they've added and updated? I do think KI has lost some of its wow factor, losing Les Taxis, The Flying Eagles, Phantom Theater, Oktoberfest Ferris Wheel, bigger log flume, theming and landscaping. I know it must be a pain for the park, when people look back and see what's gone and then compare it to today. They have brought some of these things back, classic music on I-Street, Winterfest and Peanuts Celebration (not brought back but still new) and more landscaping this year around the park. I feel like from what Mike Knootz said at Coasterstock, they'll work on Coney Mall some more with maybe a new flat ride, and hopefully on making International Street more beautiful again like it was around 2000, and here's wishing they don't cut anymore of the branches off the tree's near the Royal Fountain, the shade is half gone now...

Maybe if what is true (is it?) that if the flyers down at Carowinds can't get its permits okayed for next year either, then we can hope for the return of The Flying Eagles brought back to KI? It's probably a long shot. Or they could put in a Wheel of Fortune type ride there.

Coney Mall sign and if its ever going to return and where its at?

Going through the forum and I found this thread about attendance, and @Shaggy and other's talking about the 1998 attendance for the park and how good it was, and the Amusement Business Magazine estimated it to be at 3.6, and KI had one of their best years in 2017 and compared it to the record of 1998. Here's the thread. So was 2017 a lot better then what TEA numbers estimated?

No new ride/s this year, they could have announced the new Lights and Fireworks show along with Coney BBQ and might have generated excitement with that but it didn't happen so we'll never know.. Would it be better to try and announce something, even if its no new ride and have guests say, "Well I wanted a ride this year"! We just came off of 4 years of always having something new, and the parks attendance has continued to go up for the past 10 years. How many years can it go up and then finally guests take a little break? This year maybe? Maybe it's the heat, and more parks around the nation are staying open longer, leading some to wait till later in the year since they have more time to visit the parks?

Oh no they're back!!! We try to answer a few questions within one post, if you want to post again shortly after you just posted, just hit edit Fye.

Glad to hear nothing bad happened.

1. Can we possibly see more of the classic rides return someday (Skyride, Les Taxis, Trabant type ride, etc? 2. Can we see the floral style bushes along the Royal Fountain brought back? This looked very nice! 3. What happened to the antenna that was on the Eiffel Tower, is it in storage at the park somewhere? 4. Can The Racer get repainted back to its original colors?

I would like to see a Trabant or Whipout return to the park, and the Skyride as well. Keep updating International Street and add the floral style bushes along the fountain again.

Could have they done it the way you said Rooh? Yes, but that's hard to believe, but I don't know, I'm sure whoever saw it wasn't to happy with guests chalking up the park as if that's normal... Could have the park decided they needed to make an example out of someone whos doing it the first time, to make sure if other's saw you (your kids) drawing on the sidewalk and it got around, that anyone can do that without being punished, what started out as 1 time, turns into 5 then 10 and up and up... Maybe you can explain more what happened? (If your are still here lol).

Chef Nate just posted this from his Twitter @KICHEFNATE, this looks delicious! Anyone going to go and try it?

I like the Coca-Cola red shirt and the white green one with the Starbucks look the best, I'm going to pick them up when I visit!

I do not want to see the entrance messed with, it works the way it was designed. No coaster in front of the park, not every Cedar Fair park needs to be the same and be like Cedar Point. Would the Magic Kingdom put a roller coaster in the front entrance of Magic Kingdom? No.. I would be walking up to the front of the park asking myself "Where am I?? This isn't Kings Island"...

I've never heard that before, wonder if the pilot ever got into trouble, flying so close to the tower like that? , Maybe Kings Island can someday buy a new antenna from Intamin?