Imperial79

Do you have any pics of the waterfall in Rivertown working, and of the Coney fountains?

Really nice ideas brenthodge. The new restaurant would definitely be a popular spot to enjoy the scenery. I agree, if it would make the park money, they will do it. Having a lake or a water ride there, with some new trees, pays tribute to Rivertowns history, plus it fills in the area, so it makes it not feel empty. They could also add a flat ride right across WindSeeker.

I found this site and it talks and shows the history of Kings Island up to 2019, and things they wish the park would bring back, some of the things the park has brought back. I have never seen some of these pictures, so this was a real treat! Kings Island - Part 1: It's Good to Be the King. — Themerica

I would like to see water return under the footbridge in Rivertown, hopefully soon it can happen.

I know if I was a paying customer to one of their parks, and I bought a ticket that is more than last year, and I come in and see an entire section of the park closed off, I wouldn’t be coming back. They need to work on doing anything they can to hire, do what Cedar Fair has done, start trying to bring in internationals, build facility’s for them to stay, do they already do that though? I haven’t heard of them doing it. Edit: I just saw that Great Adventure is putting some of their broken down, old dirty rides in the middle of the park, doesn’t scream premium experience to me, making the place look like a dump.

Same here, I didn’t know the cars had a poster! Just bought that, the Son of Beast poster, and the Kings Island 50th blanket!

It seems like it just gets worse for Six Flags, the more people look into what is happening in the company. Screamscape now saying that the park Presidents of St. Louis and Great Adventure are confirmed to be retiring here soon.

Sad to see nothing in terms of rides being added for next year, that will make it 3 years (the longest ever I think someone posted) nothing is added, hopefully the park brings some of the small things back we’ve asked about here lately next year, and some new paint for Diamondback.

This is a wonderful idea! I really hope the park takes your idea and goes with it! Does anyone remember what the KillMart building use to be, before it became that?

If they would take a year off of adding rides and just planted more tree's that would be fine with me, the park needs more shade/greenery. California's Great America has a nice Ivy tunnel that would look really nice at Kings Island, when they start taking things out at CGA. A nice spot would be in between BLSC and Diamondback, along with the tree's already there, it would be a nice place to cool down, as you walk through, and would be very picturesque.

I was on the Facebook KI season pass page, and read that they are no longer taking guests up to the top level of the Eiffel Tower, due to that elevator being more bouncy. Is that true? I noticed when I was there the other day, we didn’t visit the top level, but thought nothing of it, since that is normal. I hope they will still take guests to the top sometimes.

Congratulations to Don and KI! They are always fun to read! On to 2,000!

Just got back from the park, what a great day! The fireworks were amazing, there is no substitute for being in person. First ride of the day was on Orion and it was great, then did The Beast, I like it even more now than I did before! Probably bought the most things I ever did, they just have so much now that I like it is hard to choose what to get. I like the Orion stuff the best, so that and the 50th anniversary stuff was the main things I got. I saw the Street Party and it was great too, everyone was having a blast! Awesome job KI!

Hope to see a Swan Lake poster

Same here, I’d like to see it in that spot again. Do you think there’s enough room for it though with Woodstock Whirlybirds so close? They might have to take it out, if they did, maybe we could see KI taking a ride from CGA Planet Snoopy, to help fill in its place. It would be nice to see Peanuts Pirates be added to our Planet Snoopy, this would give Kings Island the most rides again for a kids area, adding the Skyride and the Peanuts Pirates breakdance ride. This may help KI retake the Best Kids Area at the GTA, from Dollywood if Kings Island is interested in doing that.

“Through the July 4th holiday weekend, we have continued to generate new highs for in-park per capita spending, as well as drive growth in our out-of-park revenue channels, most notably through our resort properties,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Zimmerman. Looks like things are going very well, and probably will have a record year this year. I can’t to visit the park in July, I will definitely be buying some 50th anniversary items! https://www.cedarfair.com/blog/2022/cedar-fair-reports-record-revenues-through-the-july-4th-weekend https://www.cedarfair.com/blog/2022/cedar-fair-to-announce-2022-second-quarter-results-on-august-3rd-earnings-call-starts-at-10-am-edt

Is the towers as tall as the old Kings Island Skyride?

I am too! That would be a dream come true! If we get anything else, I’d like to see the Bayern Kurve, that would be icing on the cake, but I doubt it, since other parks in the chain might be asking for it as well.

Okay thank you for the correction.

Hopefully Mike/Kings Island can move quick and ask for the Skyride, so we could have one again. Would love to see that brought back.

My guess is they probably will relocate some of them, that’s what happened with Geauga Lake.

I just read this, just came out a few minutes ago! Cedar Fair to close California’s Great America in up to 11 years! What is everyone’s thoughts? This is very unexpected. https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/bizwire-2022-6-27-cedar-fair-capitalizes-on-opportunity-to-sell-its-land-at-californias-great-america-amusement-park#:~:text=Cedar Fair%2C L.P. (NYSE%3A FUN)%2C a leader in,amusement park and plans to close the park. https://ir.cedarfair.com/news/news-details/2022/Cedar-Fair-Capitalizes-on-Opportunity-to-Sell-Its-Land-at-Californias-Great-America-Amusement-Park/default.aspx

Maybe if they added some things from Soak City to it, it would entice more people to buy it.

Ah okay. Nice to know

Yes, it has a balcony, or rather the room next to the IR has a balcony. I remember one time walking around IS and looking up, seeing Don on the balcony taking pictures a few years ago. Btw the show is great, good job KI and the company doing it!