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This is going to be a great way to end the 2018 season! Who would have thought we'd see decorations in X-Base? I hope they have a 2019 sign on the Eiffel Tower that lights up when midnight strikes! Maybe they can put it on the 50ft level so they won't have to move the star?

Breaking news for Winterfest 2018! It will be bigger and better then last years for sure! Posted from Don on the KI blog. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2018/august/dont-look-now-but-winterfest-is-just-around-the-corner

KI painted the Eiffel Tower this year? Or do you mean they painted near the 50 ft level? It would be nice to see the 50ft area open to people who attend Coasterstock, maybe rope off some of the area they don't want visitors to go and put tape over the wires on the floor so nobody trips?

Did Don say where the entrance was going to be? I watched someone livestreaming it, and heard Don say you'll be able to see the Eiffel Tower pretty good. I hope they save as many tree's as they can!

I don't think people would mind a low capacity ride like the regular Ferris Wheel the park used have, if it was added there. International Street is about relaxing, and taking in the environment and sights, with the Grand Carousel on the left, and the Ferris Wheel on the right, and the Eiffel Tower in the middle for rides, I think it would add some charm. Its not like Action Zone where everything is fast paced. Would a large Ferris Wheel like what Cedar Point if added, steal some attention away from the Eiffel Tower?

If not adding a Ferris Wheel to Coney Mall, maybe KI could add it to International Street? I don't believe a new ride has been added and taken out since the park opened in that area, and it could be put on the empty plot of land across from the Grand Carousel, on one side you have the Carousel on the other the Ferris Wheel, it would look nice at night!

Yes I printed it. I must have misread it about the all Season preferred parking option, I don't see it either as an option now. Thanks

Do they send the gold pass in the mail or do I pick it up at the park? Another question, I was thinking about getting preferred parking added but didn't, now I wished that I did! Can I still add it for both this year and next year? Thanks lol.

Just bought my first ever gold season pass, anyone else new or has everyone else bought theirs for next year already?

Okay so KI can leave Killmart alone, make it a restaurant, what about getting rid of the building, and add a Ferris Wheel or another flat ride in that spot? I think adding another ride right next to our new Antique Car's would look great.

Okay, looking at Valleyfair’s Route 76 car ride they added in 2014, it’s 1,500 ft long, our Antique Cars are 1,320 ft long, so a little bit shorter but not much, and from pictures online plus Google Earth it looks like theirs is very nicely landscaped, and they have a fountain, we’re going to have all that and a bridge!

Is the Killmart building going to be torn down and the cars going there as well?

Skyride, Wheel of Fortune type of ride, floral style bushes along the Royal Fountain.

And it doesn't say "Outpost 5", it says "Number 5"', its not the same thing... People took little pieces of Easter eggs like the wood at the grave (been there for many months), KI posting The Racer and The Beast on their social media to celebrate national roller coaster day, sightings of Fred Grubb, Don posting about his favorite coaster around the same time (he does that), etc, ect, to make the announcement about a new rmc sob, when the park said those teasers have nothing to do with KI. The teasers are for Cedar Point or other parks, and even during the announcement, they said it was about something that happened in 2004. Its not the parks fault, fans just got carried away...

^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?