Imperial79

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?

That would be nice to see! Maybe someone can ask them this question and about restoring the antenna at next year's Coasterstock.

Oh gosh, this is hard to keep in!

This is good news, show's KI is working on the staffing issues, so they could be open during the last 2 weeks in August. I haven't heard anything about the school bill.

What a special and memorable moment for this family at Kings Island! Congratulations!

So what did he say after that? "I've recommended a lot of things to those peo-"

I'm not saying Mystic was the whole reason for the +2.5%, but CF did say before Winterfest that attendance was good at KI and Mystic was the main reason in their quarterly results last year for it being up. Good to see last year was great for KI, and CF's best performer.

Indeed, this notion that KI doesn't get enough love for corporate or that Banshee wasn't a hit is bizarre.. If Banshee wasn't a hit and they were focusing on other parks afterwards why did we get a big investment in 2017? Mystic Timbers, Island Smokehouse and Winterfest is not cheap I'd be guessing. While we didn't get a ride in 2018, we had plenty of new infrastructure upgrades, new Coney BBQ, and a new light show on International Street, I'll take it! Not that I'm trying make the season go by faster, but it'll be nice to see what's new for 2019 that continues to debunk this feeling.

Is Coney BBQ busy? Sounds like if they are, the lines are going pretty quick.

I'm relaxed, just clarifying. I think the Crypt building should be as well.

No I said it gives guests another thing to do, and it does. There was no 's' added to my comment.

^Yes I knew that, thanks. I never said it allows guest other things then Spirit Song.... Could they take it out? Yes, I don't think they need to right now tho.

Its another thing to do while those events are going on. Its an appeal to that demographic of their guests that helps bring them to the park, while they can continue to build up other areas of the park that need it even more then spending money on stuff like Magenta said. Why would you vote yes if you don't know what you would put there? They could move Congo Falls to Rivertown, and take out Invergito and put in a new coaster over that way, to help equal out the crowds in Action Zone, its just a thought tho.

I voted no, it gives guests another thing to do while visiting KI.

And trying to put doubts in people's minds about the future of the park (when this site is mainly about KI), and post about how Kentucky Kingdom can start just taking away attendance and money from KI, isn't going to be very well liked on here... If we are honest, the main park out of the 3 in the area (KI, KK, HW) that hasn't lived up to what was envisioned is KK, I doubt it ever will. Does Ed slowly keep building the park up and hope someone buy's it from him again? Or long term plan to keep the park? Who would take the risk and buy it with its history? I don't think any of the parks are getting shafted, and they're all pretty well balanced.