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I agree I also hope it isn’t too cartoonish as the original theme was “scary” but fun but I hope the new one keeps the scary theme and doesn’t get too cartoonish, hope it’s like the haunted mansion, Also curious how the interactive element will work

Just trying to get the pulse for how excited we all are for the new opening attraction our beloved new phantom theater. Are you A. Super excited and can’t wait B. Excited but cautious, slight worry about how “cheap” it’ll be C. Sorta excited but deep down you know it won’t be as good as Original Phantom D. Neutral/Not excited or even maybe prefer Boo Blasters or Scooby I myself would choose B as while I am extremely excited and I hope that this ride blows me away I am slightly concerned that they will re use too many boo blasters elements or potentially the that new “flashlights” won’t work for long periods of time like the blasters, having said that I believe even a decent Phantom Theater ride is better than Boo Blasters any day of the week! Let me know what you think guys

Potential major spoiler ahead turn back if not wanted , credit Daniel Holtgrefe Facebook page

I think they definitely should bring the bust back that’s a haunted mansion classic staple that works great for Disney and Kings Island in its effect and it’s a cheap effect too

Looks like the Hallway has possibly 6 portraits

Also posted on Kings Islands story is a picture of boocifer, with a very vague caption I wonder if he will stick around for the new ride I kind of hope he does cause I like him

This is the worst time for an anticipated ride opening especially one as exciting as phantom theater returning, the lull period. I’m ready for it to be here, I’m not patient 😂!

I do hope we get a phantom theater holiday overlay that’s properly done, not just decorations but new dialogue and music maybe, I like the new style too and I do think they need to be a little more innocent looking due to the fact that you don’t want children who loved boo blasters to be afraid of this new ride and after all this is a family ride

Two points, I like the look of the cat, he’s modeled very well and I wonder why he has Christmas ornaments around him, maybe a Christmas scene? Also I was right in my guess that the characters would be more light hearted then they used to be, some older fans may not like that but I think it’ll still have scary elements

Richard Doyle confirmed as maestro again, interesting to see where Rick bastrup will appear in the ride, here’s to April.

I doubt it, most we got for boo blasters was Christmas hats on the ghost and Bells around the ride and queue

That’s a nice looking color that I think will look even better under low light, looks like the some color as the balcony box at the old opera theaters which is obviously what they want

I would certainly hope they show an animatronic and ride vehicle but at the very least an animatronic, I am curious what the surprise will be

The red eyes were quite literally just two red lights taped onto the busts head, somewhere I have a good picture of them I’ll look for, I also wish they would’ve been left for SDATHC because the spookiness of that show and the busts would’ve merged fine

To my knowledge, two of them were still intact as of a month ago when boo blasters was still open, and two of them were removed and never reinstalled after they were displayed at the Phantom Theatre play, somebody can correct me if I’m wrong about that, but I believe that is the case

Nothing would “ruin” this ride for me as I’m just excited to have the IP back at the park with phantom but Too many cardboard cutouts and screens would make this subpar, i also really hope they use the original PT soundtrack as that’s a certified banger.

I’m actually mainly just interested in seeing how the flashlights work and how much of the ride will be animatronic based and how much will be screen based

Good question, I actually do not know although I agree that Woodstock Express would also be a good ride to have open but honestly just being at the par for an extra two months is nice

Hopefully this year Adventure Express is open for Winterfest it’s gonna suck not having boo blasters this year, hopefully next year, we’ll get to have a phantom theater Christmas

I agree from what we have seen so far the new Phantom Theater has much more of a cartoon looking design than the old PT and therefore probably not a good idea to market it at Haunt considering that it is first a ride for families and you don’t wanna deter them from thinking it’s too scary for children

1. Hoping that theirs lots of animatronics and that the queue has the Maestro and moving bust, I would like to point out that two of the bust in the walls are still there so that would be easy to install. 2. Having said that i think the peppers ghost effect may not be included due to emphasis on shooting targets or also the Maestro in the lobby as Kings Island may put more of an emphasis on the actual ride and not the queue. 3. Keep this ride a staple at Kings Island, in the future if a new dark ride happens then build it somewhere else, leave phantom theater at the park just like disney would haunted mansion or pirates of the carribean

I kind actually hope that get some use out of Boocifer and reuse him for the Phantom Theater, i think hes an awesome animatronic that i hope doesnt just go in the garbage

Cool to see boo blasters behind the scenes and also cool to see that at Sally Headquarters you can still shoot at the scooby doo and the haunted castle props, new Phantom Theater Maestro looks slightly more cartoonish but still looks good, I wonder how many Maestros their will be, im excited for the expo soon

Hopefully we will see someone updates soon, I’m getting antsy

It wasnt from The dipping dots guy was it shaggy? :) Yes, that would be a cool façade for sure and also to answer your other question. Yes, they used to play music and noise outside the queue.